Siren

Family date night

Checking his watch for the tenth time in twenty minutes Bucky glanced over to the entrance of the living room. It was getting close to dinner time and he'd yet to see her. He knew from this morning's conversation he'd been listening to while Juno put herself back together that she was going with Henri to check out apartments for him, but she should be back by now. Catching Natasha and Wanda's attention he asked, "Hey, do you guys know if Jun's back yet?"

Nat looked his way from where she was sitting on the couch braiding Wanda's hair and shook her head no. The younger woman spoke without looking up from her phone. "Piet told me that Maria mentioned she was going to meet up with Tony and Pepper." What, that didn't make any sense.

"But they're in California. Why would she go there when they'll be back tomorrow?" The Russian raised an eyebrow, but still didn't say anything. He knew she knew what was going on, she always did. "Natasha, if you know something, tell me."

"First off, she's not your girlfriend anymore, Barnes. And second, I don't have to tell you anything." Finished with the french braid she tapped Wanda's shoulders to move so she could get up. "If Juno wanted you to know she would have told you." With that she walked away giving him a hard look. What had he done now?

As far as he knew Jun and him were fine. Still on shaky ground, but they had left things on good terms this morning. Maybe that was what the problem was. Had he moved too fast? When she had taken Henri to the living room for privacy he'd gotten so jealous. Bucky wanted to show her that no matter what the Frenchman said, he loved her more. That the chemistry they had would shade anything she felt for the other man. He probably should have used his words, but when he saw her all he thought about was his need to claim her as his. To keep him in the back of her mind while she was with Henri who he was sure was going to use their time together to try and woo her.

Coming over to sit next to him on the other large couch Wanda tried to reassure him things were alright. "If it helps, she didn't seem upset. More like she needed to take a break cause she told Maria to take her off the roster for a few days. Juno hasn't done that since she came back from London."

That had to be a good thing right? Something had shifted between them for the better, but maybe it was too much. Maybe she just needed to clear her head without interference from either him or Henri. Tony, as her family, would give her that.

"Can I ask you a question?" The younger woman nodded for him to go ahead. He wasn't sure how to ask so he just asked. "I don't expect you to tell me everything about what happened between Jun and Henri. Just, can you tell me the basics?"

Bucky knew something bad had gone down between them at the end of her mission, but no one would talk about it. Whatever it was had changed her even more than what he'd done to her. Juno might have been warmer to him since last night, but she wouldn't just snap out of five months worth of pain. The cold exterior, the excessive drinking none of it wasn't his Jun. He just needed to know what he was up against.

"To be honest I don't know much. Juno didn't talk about the entirety of it to anyone other than Tony, Fury and Steve." He nodded for her to go on. "Well, she did say that Henri helped her through your guy's breakup and.." She paused thinking about how to tell him what she knew without hurting his feelings.

"It's okay, Wanda, just tell me." It might hurt, but it was better to know now rather than later. Sighing with a lot of reluctance she scooted back against the couch and just spit it out.

"She didn't say it, but the way she talked about him I think she fell in love with him a little. I'm sure she'd deny it, but the way she's different now tells me that her heart was broken all over again. The way she's been acting; the risque missions, the partying and the drinking has all been a way to protect herself from getting any more hurt." Placing her hand on his forearm she gave him a tight smile. "I'm sorry, Bucky."