It's Forbidden

One of You Isn't Going to Make it

For the next few days, Aspen and Bucky decided to spend in Aspen's room alone. They wanted more time to themselves before having to go back out and see everyone. They had been through a lot lately and now that everyone finally knew about them being together and everyone was okay with it, they wanted to just be together without interruptions for just a little while longer. And that's what they did for the next three days.

But after that, they knew they needed to show face. Aspen knew Wanda and Natasha would be looking for her, and she knew she couldn't not talk to Steve because he would probably think he was losing both aspen and Bucky to one another and it would cause problems. That was the last thing they wanted because everything just got okay again. 

Aspen got herself dressed and was ready to head out to find Nat and Wanda. She told Bucky where she was going and she left. Neither of them were in their rooms, Aspen asked Bruce where Wanda was, she had gone out for the day, but Natasha was at Tony's bar as usual. She told Aspen once how she loved to bartend, she loved hearing people's stories and helping them if she could, that's how she became friends with Aspen.

Natasha liked people watching. As weird as it sounded, a lot of people were guilty of being people watchers. And Natasha was one of them. Aspen walked in, seeing Natasha standing at the bar pouring a drink for herself. It was empty except for her and Natasha. As soon as she walked in, Natasha looked at her and smiled at Aspen, rolling her eyes in the process.

"Well look who finally decided to come see me." Natasha said to Aspen. Aspen was expecting this. She knew Nat would give her shit for not talking to her for over a week. But in her defense, she had surgery, yes she also go laid and talk to her long lost nephew in the process, she had a lot going on, but she should have made time for her best friend,

But she also knew that Natasha would understand that Aspen needed a break. She needed time for her and Bucky alone because everything that had to go through to finally be together. She knew Natasha would understand that after fighting for so long, Aspen needed to take a minute for herself and have a time where there was no fighting and where there was just peace.

She got those three days of peace and perfection with Bucky and she was now out of hibernation. She knew Nat didn't really blame her, she knew, she also knew as her best friend, Natasha couldn't pass up a chance to give Aspen shit. It was her job. And she knew Aspen knew she wasn't really upset with her. She completely understood. As she should.

Aspen decides to give Natasha shit too, because Natasha also could have easily came and got Aspen and talked to her. They lived in the same compound, it was an elevator ride and a couple doors away. Point being, they gave each other shit because they felt like it and they were trying to be funny, and they both thought they were hilarious.

"You know you could have easily come and see me. I just had surgery I was trying to recover." Aspen tells Natasha, smirking. They both knew damn well she did more than just recover this whole time. Aspen hadn't even told her and Natasha saw it written all over Aspen's face. She had gotten laid. There was a change in her body language, her posture, her aura, and Natasha was her best friend, so she just knew. She smirked back at Aspen and shook her head, she was one hundred percent going to call her out on it.

"And having sex is part of your recovering?" Natasha asks her. Aspen knew Natasha knew, she just didn't exactly know how. She started blushing, shades of red and pink spread across her cheeks and she tried to hide it but failed miserable, just as she did every other time she tried to hide the fact that she had been blushing. 

"I..." Aspen started, but she knew there was no point in hiding it because she was going to tell her anyway and she clearly already knew somehow. "How did you know?" She asked Natasha. "You have a hickey on your boob and you're loud, everyone heard it." Natasha tells her. She had been wearing a tank top, she didn't realize her hickey's were visible and she did not realize just how loud her and Bucky had been. Now she was really blushing. She was so embarrassed that everyone heard everything.

"Oh god." Aspen says. "So was it good?" Natasha asks her. Aspen rolled her eyes, thinking to herself, obviously it was good if she was loud enough for everyone to have heard it. " "Good" is insulting." Aspen tells her. Because good was insulting. It was honestly earth shattering and life changing. Especially since she had lost her virginity to Bucky. It was amazing and she didn't even have anything to compare it too, but she knew she had never made herself feel that good so when he did, she knew he was beyond good, in bed.

"Now I get why you neglected me." Natasha tells her. "I didn't. I swear." Aspen tells her. "There was that...one time, I talked to Tony and bed rest." Aspen says. "You know I'm just teasing." Natasha tells her. "Do you want a drink?" Nat asks her, already pouring her a drink. "No thanks. That's all you. I'm not drinking." Aspen tells Nat. "Are you already trying for a Barnes baby?" Natasha asks Aspen. Because Aspen always had a drink with her.

"What? No! I just realized I only use drinking to try and run from my problems so I don't do it anymore." Aspen tells her. And it was the truth. "Speaking of problems." Nat says, "Steve?" She asks Aspen. "He's completely okay with everything. Once he realized I was related to Tony and not Bucky." Aspen tells Natasha. "Yea I heard something about that." She says. "Stark." She adds. Aspen rolls her eyes at Natasha. "Between you and Bucky I swear one of you isn't going to make it." Aspen threatens, obviously teasing.