Chapter 64: The Challenge

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The weekend passes quickly and as much as I have missed being with Steve, this has given me and Bucky a chance to be alone together and refamiliarize ourselves.

I remembered what it's like to joke around with him again and to wake up beside him or at least near him since we shared the living room couches.

Sometimes during the night I would try to squeeze myself on the same one as him despite how uncomfortably smashed together we were.

On our last night, Bucky and I stay up talking until the early morning discussing the time that we've spent apart.

He told me in more detail about his time in Wakanda and how for the first time in years he started to feel at peace again.

I understood that, because once I came to the compound that's how I started to feel too.

"Do you miss it there?", I ask.

He strokes my hand with his thumb, "In some ways. I miss the environment, T'Challa and Shuri. But you and Steve weren't there, so it wasn't complete".

"Would you ever leave the compound? And if you did where would you live?", he softly asks.

"I don't plan on living as an avenger forever, so yeah I plan on leaving one day... I'm not sure where, but  somewhere warm, nice, and with a large house", I say as I smile to myself envisioning everything.

"What else do you see in your future", he subtly asks, even though I know what he's really asking.

During the years that we spent together I never allowed us to talk about the future. Because at the time I wasn't sure if I'd be able to achieve the dreams I've always had.

But now, I feel safe enough to think about the future more.

"I want a family. Kids, a dog or two... and just to be as blissfully happy as I can be", I reply.

"Would you want that with me?", he asks.

I move my body up slightly as I look at him in the moonlight, "Are you offering?".

A coy smile plays at his lips, "I just want to know if you've thought about it. I know that before you never wanted us to talk about the future".

"I've started to, and I guess it's because now I feel like I can have one. What do you envision for the future?".

"You", he says barely above a whisper.

I lean towards him and delicately place my lips on his.

He slides his hand down to my waist and grasps it firmly as he brings my core closer to him.

"I love you", he tells me in Romanian.

"I love you too Buchanan", I reply before reconnecting our lips once more.

As we are making out Bucky surprises me by tickling my side causing me to let out a loud squeal.

He's quick to cup his hand over my mouth as he laughs at my reaction.

"Shhh! You're going to wake the whole house!", he whispers in my ear as I try to control my own laughter.

I pull his hand down from my mouth, "Well it's not like I could help it!".

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