It's Forbidden

Sleeping Alone

A few days later, Aspen and Bucky go on another date. They go out to the bar they had all gone to the night that they first kissed, where they also had their first date. The rest of the team was doing their own thing. Natasha was keeping tabs on Steve, just incase he was looking for Aspen and Bucky. But he wasn't. He ended up training and going to bed pretty early, the old man in him was really showing at that point. So Aspen and Bucky were in the clear.

They had been out for an hour already, ordered drinks, they had shared fries and Aspen picked at bucky's food. She never orders her own, always saying she's not hungry, but when Bucky gets his food, she'll pick off his plate, which she's done forever, so now he knows and he always orders enough for both of them. And he never minded sharing with her. She was the only one he would ever share his food with and he actually liked to share with her. What's his was hers.

They were sitting close to each other at the bar, Aspen was playing with Bucky's metal fingers, Bucky was using his other hand to draw patterns on Aspen's waist. Aspen smiles up at him and shakes her head. "This is going to be our last date until we figure out how to tell Steve." Aspen tells him. He nods and continues to draw little hearts into Aspen's side.

"We better hurry up and figure it out then." Bucky says. "And I'm guessing that means I don't need to talk to him." Bucky asks, referring to how him and Woden had talked the other day and Bucky said he would talk to Steve. "No we should tell him together. Just sit down with him and tell him." Aspen says. "tell him how we feel about each other." She says. "Explain how it happened." She adds. Bucky nods again and he removes his hand from Aspen. He picks up his drink and he finishes it off.

When he finishes his drink, his hand takes its place right back in Aspen's waist. Aspen smiles at the contact and him putting his hand back after he had taken it off to take a drink. "I think that'll be the easiest and calmest way to do it." Bucky says. Aspen notices the heart pattern he's drawing on her side and she begins to blush. They're talking about something serious but they were basically having a whole separate conversation with their body language and facial expressions.

"when should we do this?" Aspen asks. "as soon as possible. So we can keep going on dates." Bucky says. Aspen shakes her head smiling at him. She knew exactly what he was going to say. She knew he wanted to do it as soon as they could because he wanted to keep going on dates with her. And she felt the exact same way. "we need to make sure he's in a good mood though." Bucky adds. Aspen knew this too. If they caught Steve in a bad mood, it would be way worse than if it was a decent day and he was in a decent mood.

Bucky pulled Aspen closer and she rested her head on his chest. She still played with his metal fingers, Bucky loved when she did this, and she loved to do it too. She loved to do it because the contrast feeling of his metal fingers against her flesh one's, she loved to do it because those metal fingers, the metal arm, it was a part of him. And she knew that he was scared of whether or not his arm scared her, and this way, he knew she wasn't afraid. And that's why he loved it, he loved how she showed him constantly that she wasn't afraid of him.

After a few minutes, Aspen looked up at Bucky. "Can we go home?" She asked. She was tired, and she wanted bucky's arms wrapped around her as she fell asleep. "You're done with me already?" Bucky asks, knowing she wasn't, knowing she was tired, but messing with her anyway, because they wouldn't be them if they didn't constantly tease each other one way or another. Aspen shakes her head and pushes his shoulder playfully.

"No. I can't get enough of you. But I want to fall asleep with you." She tells him, her hands wandering up to the collar of his jacket and straightening it out. "I'm tired. I want to hold you." She adds. Bucky smiles, a slight blush spreading across his cheeks as she admits to him that she wants to be held by him, that she wants to hold him while they fall asleep together. It was nothing new, they've been doing this for weeks now, but they still always made each other blush, and they always would.

"Then we better get home." Bucky says with a smile. "I'm driving though, you drive like an old man." Aspen tells him with a smile. She stands up from her barstool and wraps her arms around his neck. He was still sitting down, his arms wrapped around her waist. "technically, doll, I am an old man. And you're an old women." Bucky tells her.

Aspens jaw drops open, she tries to hide her smile. "There went your chance of getting any tonight." She says to him. Teasing him. They both knew they weren't going to do anything that night but she was still gonna try and mess with him. "You called me old first." Bucky points out. Aspen shakes her head and smiles at him. "it's different when you call a women old." Aspen explains to him. He shakes his head and bites his lip, smiling back at her.

"You're sleeping alone tonight." Bucky tells her. She Shakes her head and laughs at him. Both of them knew damn well that they were sleeping together. "No I'm not." She says, pulling him close and hugging him, he squeezes back and holds her tight, placing a kiss on her temple and laughing. "Yea...no you're not." He admits.