Family

Chapter 11

Eyes fixed on each other Nail executed a perfect dip and made it look like they were lovers. To Barnes chagrin as the song ended Ophelia just lent backwards off of the bar allowing a huge smartly dressed bear of a man to catch her bridal style . She paused as he stood her up, placed a soft hand in his face and kissed him making the bar roar again and Nail immediately pulled her away from his manager glaring at him she laughed, wrapping an arm around her as the bar erupted into cheering and people returned to their drinks wordlessly Nail led her through a dark door and down a corridor to his dressing room. Barnes groaned and knew he should go after her to make sure she was safe but Claire was hanging on his arm keeping him busy. Besides with the Avengers here what could happen?

"Stay here as long as you need." Nail kissed her fingers and pointed to the whiskey on his guitar case. "Toys in the box in case you need to shoot someone" As he advised her to stay, the light flickered telling him he was wanted back on stage. "Well you've got three options as far as I can see, stay here, go back to your friends and be a good little girl, or come on stage in about five minutes and sing with me." Ophelia felt a large grin appear on her face as he grinned and she nodded. Immediately she started rummaging through the box of unwanted costume and finding a silk t shirt pulled her knife out and smiled mischievously. She had five minutes to get stage ready. Pulling her hair loose she just tossed it a few times and found her lipstick.  Ophelia pulled out her phone and called Nico. It wasn't right without him.

"Where's Ophelia?" Stark asked as he suddenly realised she hadn't come back to the table. Looking around he couldn't see her anywhere. Barnes was busy with a woman in his arms. Turning to Steve he asked him to help him find her. When Barnes next looked at the table he realised the team were gone. Shrugging he turned his attentions back to Claire unaware the team were frantically looking for Ophelia who was missing. Stark cursed knowing he was going to have to tell Fury he had lost her. But as he carried on looking Nat pointed wordlessly at the stage. There was the missing agent singing with the band. Her dress has been replaced by a minuscule t-shirt and tiny shorts leaving not alot to the imagination. He watched as Nat moved towards the stage and Ophelia started laughing as Nail started playing a base guitar and she began singing Psycho Killer. The crowd went wild and he saw that several people in the audience recognised her and were singing along with her. The worrying part was that it was mainly men and from the look of them they were ex or current servicemen. When she finished the place went wild and curiously Stark pulled one of the men to a side.
"What do you mean!" The man scoffed "their the original Psycho killers. Her unit had more kills in Afghan and more non return missions than anyone else in twenty years. They said if the killers went after someone they got them. They were the best intel extraction unit." and with that he was gone as Ophelia started singing backing to the singers country song. Glancing sideways he saw Barnes twitching. Quietly he suggested to Rogers he send the super soldier home and they would look after Ophelia, if she ever left the stage. He could hear her laughing as the singer began singing about his desires, eyes firmly fixed on the girl. After he spoke to Steve he looked back at the stage he swore Ophelia was gone.

"Blimey you've gone up in the world" Nail laughed as he parked the van in the Avengers compound and helped Nico out as Ophelia set his wheelchair down. "Are you sure they aren't going to mind."
"I don't care" she replied honestly. "My room is huge and we need a sleep over." Ophelia smiled and let her friends into the building and up towards her room, unaware that Bucky was watching. As she led them past the living area she saw Rogers, Barton and several others sitting there.
"Sneaking men into the compound . Ophelia?" Starks voice asked and all three giggled. "We've been looking for you. You're not supposed to go anywhere without Barnes."
"He was busy. Don't worry Stark I had backup" she motioned to the two people beside her. "Tony can I introduce you to Nico and Nail, Nail was the singer tonight. We were stationed in Afghan together. These are my boys!" Ophelia knew her cheeks were red and she was ever so slightly drunk but she didn't care.
"Ahh the Tango expert. Well bring them in here!" Wilson laughed and he smiled recognising them. He quickly introduced the two men to everyone and passed beers to them.
"Good to see you found your dress" Stark commented raising an eyebrow at her. Ophelia accepted a bottle of water from Wilson and drank most of it immediately.
"So now you sing and you do computers?" Rogers asked as Ophelia plonked herself down on the floor next to Nicos wheelchair, moving her tangled hair out of her sweaty eyes, Nail sitting behind her beside Nico, allowing her to lean on the sofa between his legs.
"Yeah Ophi is the only one of us that stayed the course and stayed in the business. Our bronze star babe." Nail laughed and she punched his leg glaring sharply. Without a word he started playing with her hair tying the loose ends up into a plait. As Nico explained what he did in a surprisingly interesting manner.
"It's ok golden girl" Nico smiled at her. "I got a wheelchair out of it and you got a medal" as he spoke he reached into a pocket and produced a hair band which Nail used to tie up the end of the plait. Showing this was something the threesome did on a regular basis.
"What else have you in my pocket?" Ophelia demanded. He produced a set of handcuff keys making her laugh loudly and eliciting looks of puzzlement from the rooms other occupants, "Madrid. it's a long story" the three chorused laughing again. Nico shaking his head ruefully as he remembered their last mission together. A pack of pain killers, a chocolate bar, her preferred lipstick, a crumpled piece of paper with some sort of list on it and a small knife. Ophelia mouthed an "oooh" and stole the chocolate bar. She could feel herself going red with embarrassment as Nail then placed a hand on the two of them winking,
"Still have an Opi pocket huh?" He laughed and his friend just patted the pocket making them both laugh. It was obvious to everyone they had a bond that couldn't be broken. Ophelia wished he hadn't said anything about the medal. A short while later she excused herself and went to the rest room to splash water on her face and hide the fact she was shaking. Looking in the mirror suddenly her breath caught and all she saw was the explosion killing their team and her dragging Nico and Nail out of the rubble. Suddenly she found herself sitting in the floor shaking and struggling to breathe and then a pair of hands were pulling hers away from her face and Nats voice was telling her to oh breathe. She gripped onto her arms like she was going to drown shaking as Nats voice faded into the distance and she became trapped in her memories. She knew she was beginning to shout and tried to stuff her hands in her mouth to stop herself. Shaking her head as she smelt the burning flesh and rubble. Then a strong pair of arms picked her up and held onto her rocking her telling her to breathe and she realised it was the last person she wanted to see her like this. She struggled in vain, trying to get away from him, hitting him furiously, as his voice seemed to be talking at her from further and further away. Then Nail was there pushing past him and touching her face to make her look at him he said the simple words she needed to bring her back to the present.
"You're making her worse! Nico needs you Major" at the barked words Ophelia exploded from Barnes arms and ran to her friend wide eyed convinced something had happened to him as she barrelled into the room dropping to her knees beside his wheelchair checking he was ok.
"You did the Nico needs you line huh?" He asked Nail as she hugged him and he rubbing her back gently. "Ophi girl, I'm good honest I'm good" As he smiled at her, gently touching her,  her eyes refocused and she began to get control of her breathing. Wordlessly Nail sat on the other side of her and put his arms around her kissing the side of her head. Barnes knew he was m jealous of the two men who were obviously everything to Ophelia, something he wanted to be to his very core.