With Him | Bucky x Reader | Enemies with Benefits

-6-

Y/n's POV:

Barnes was pounding on the bathroom door, "Get out Y/l/n."

 "I'm busy," I called back. I was working on a subtle smokey eye look, I wanted it to be noticeable and sexy but also appear effortless. 

I put on some clear lip gloss and reached to unzip my dress before I opened the door. There were many reasons for this: 

1. If I asked him to do a small task that he thought I couldn't do it would boost his self-confidence, vital for my plan.

2. He wouldn't immediately see the front of my dress which showed a little more cleavage than necessary, it was slutty enough if you were looking but to anyone else, it looked elegant and sophisticated.

 and number 3. It would reveal to Barnes that I wasn't wearing a bra. In all honesty, the dress had a bit of built-in support and cups but he didn't need to know that. 

I opened the door. "Could you zip me up?" I asked innocently, moving my hair out of the way.  

"Sure..." he replied suspiciously. As he moved up my back, I felt his knuckle graze my spine and I hoped that meant that my plan was working. 

Or maybe I was overthinking. 

I turned around and let my hair fall naturally behind me, "Thanks," I said, but when I went to look him in the eyes, I saw them glance a few inches lower. I moved out of the doorway and smiled inside my head, phase one? Complete.

We got to the dinner table just before Olivia and David, and James was about to sit down across from me when I suggested he sat next to me, that way he wouldn't be able to grab any sneaky looks at me like I had seen him do a couple of times since we got on the boat. 

The others arrived just a minute later and after introductions had been done and food had been ordered we all started getting to know one another. 

Some questions were easier to answer than others, and a couple of the things we said were true, James told them about a friend he had since childhood, we just didn't tell them that his childhood was almost a century ago and that the friend was Captain America. 

I found that I had dug myself a hole earlier by saying that I had a sister, they were constantly asking about childhood experiences and I often almost forgot to include her when mentioning things like vacations. 

Barnes was getting tense next to me and I knew why, Olivia's husband had been talking to me a lot, but often looking a little lower than my eyes. This was not part of the plan and when James realized that it was making me uncomfortable he took my hand under the table to comfort me. It almost made me feel bad about what I was going to do next.

I knew James wouldn't order a dessert, he rarely took any back at the compound and he had told me after our first meal here that he didn't really like the look of them, so while we were eating and he was telling a story, I began to palm him through his pants. 

I could see the struggle on his face as he tried to continue telling the story without his voice breaking up. 

Once I had finished my food, I fought to hide my laughter under my free hand as he gave me a glare that could have killed someone. 

At least I was having fun.

Once we got back to the cabin I burst into laughter. "What the fuck was that?" he asked. I tried to respond with a snarky comment but I couldn't stop giggling. "What if anyone had seen?" I straightened out my face but the moment I looked at him, I burst back into laughter. 

"Fine, if you won't stop laughing..." and he tackled me onto the bed, tickling me mercilessly. We rolled around on the mattress, both not wanting to be first to tap out until we stopped with James straddling my waist on top of me. We both chuckled before he got off me and said "Well, that was an eventful evening."

(707 Words)