Time Bomb

Chapter 15

It was 3am when I got a call that woke me up out of a dreamless sleep. I read Dani's name across my screen and immediately answered.
"Hey, everything okay?" I asked and could hear the erratic breathing on the other end.
"Where are you?" I asked. The interview was only about an hour outside of LA so I'm not too far from her.
"I ran from the hotel. Tried to get as close a distance to you as I could where I won't be seen. I'm in some field roughly 20 minutes from you. I checked your location." She said, trying to calm herself.
"Drop me a pin, I'm on my way." I said and hung up. I quickly threw on a pair of jeans, my jacket and shoes. Grabbing my keys off the table by the door and rushed out. I bring my motorcycle everywhere with me to ride around on my own.
As soon as I got to my bike, I got the text from her with her current location. I fired up my bike and sped over to her. Willing her in my head to just hold on.
I made it to the field she was standing in the middle of. I jumped off my bike and ran to her, the yellow glow from her chest getting bigger by the second.
As soon as I got to her, she turned and threw her arms around me, colliding into my chest with more force than I expected.
We stood there in each other embrace until the glow simmered down. We didn't speak, I just took her hand and guided her back to my bike.
"Let's go." I said and she got on the bike behind me, her arms wrapping securely around my waist.
I drove to my hotel and brought her to my room where we could truly be alone. We got inside and we stood across from each other in the small kitchenette the hotel provided. A dim light hanging above us.
"You came..." She breathed out, locking her eyes with mine.
"You called." I said back, reaching a hand out to caress her cheek. I gently pulled her face closer and kissed her. A passion in it that I didn't expect. After a few moments, she climbed over the island in between us, sitting with me in between her legs. At that point, I had put my other hand to the other side of her face. Her arms wrapping around my neck.

Dani's phone ringing caused us both to pull apart as she pulled her phone from her pocket and answered it. I went on to kiss her neck and collarbone.
"Nat, I'm fine. I knew we weren't far from where Bucky was so I came to see him." She said, a brief pause before she spoke again. She let out a soft moan as I sucked on her neck, leaving a hickey behind as I moved down her her collarbone.
"Uh huh, I'm kinda busy. I'll text you in the morning to come pick me up." She said and quickly hung up the phone, tossing it over to a chair behind her but instead it hit the floor.
"Oops." She smiled and wrapped her legs around my waist.
It wasn't long after that when we both stripped our clothes and I fucked her right there on the kitchen island.

"When did you get this?" I asked, tracing a tattoo of my winter soldier red star just below her collarbone, over her heart.
We're laying in my bed now, she's wearing just my shirt to sleep in while all I have on is a pair of underwear.
"Nat and I had a few drinks a week ago and we decided to get tattoos together. She got little black window on her wrist in symbolization of her avenger name. I got your winter soldier red star to represent.. well.. you." She said. I could see her eyes sparkle in the moonlight that creeped through the blinds behind me.
"So, you and Nat go out to get tattoos and you choose for your first one to be dedicated to me? Dani, that's incredibly sweet." I said, continuing to trace the circle surrounding the red star.
"I drew it myself, you know. A tattoo studio wouldn't have something like that in a book." She said, smiling at me.
"It's beautiful, Dani. I love it." I said. I could see in her eyes how tired she was. I pulled her closer to me and she nuzzled her head into the crook of my neck, her arm resting on my chest.
"Get some rest, doll." I whispered to her and kissed the top of her head. Shortly after that, I too had fallen asleep.

I woke up to the sound of Dani's phone ringing on the small table next to the bed. I reached over and saw Nat's picture on the screen.
"Morning, Nat." I said quietly, trying not to wake Dani who is still sleeping in my arms.
"Good morning to you too, Buck. Dani still asleep I assume?" She asked, her voice chipper.
"Yeah, she had a nightmare so I don't think she'll be up any time soon." I lied. I'm not about to reveal her secret about what she is.
"Poor thing. Well hey, the producer call and said he was going to be pretty busy putting the last video together and gave her the day off. Mentioned we may be done here earlier than expected, that he would keep us informed. So go ahead and spend the day with her. I know you've missed her. I'm gonna go have breakfast with Steve and Sam. Enjoy your day, Buck." She said and hung up the phone. I smiled and set her phone back down on the small table. Closing my eyes again in hopes of maybe getting an extra hour of sleep with Dani still out.

When I woke up again, Dani was no longer in bed beside me.
"Dani?" I called out, sitting up and rubbing my eyes.
"In the bathroom!" She hollered back. I heard the toilet flush and the faucet turn on as she washed her hands.
"I should probably get going, I'm sure Nat is freaking out." She said, beginning to get dressed. I reached over and grabbed her hand, pulling her on top of me.
"She already called. You've got the day off and I'm not letting you leave." I said and watched as her face lit up with a big smile.
"I've missed you so much. It's not easy at all being away from you." She said and relaxed her body on top of mine.
"You have no idea how much I've missed you too." I said admittedly.
"You wanna do anything today?" She asked, propping herself up on my chest.
"I haven't given it too much thought yet. I passed back out after I spoke with Nat." I said, watching as her eyes glistened in the sunlight.
"Anything come to mind? We could go out to eat, go for a walk, anything you want." I asked, brushing back a few strands of her hair.
"Honestly, I'm so tired of people... I'd actually really like to just stay in here and watch movies or something." She said. I could see in her eyes just how much she's regretted doing this music thing.
"Then that's what we'll do. We can rent any movie you want, doll. We can even order snacks. With that uh... door rush? What's the food delivery app that recently started doing grocery shit? I can't remember the name. Clint talks about it all the time. Says it's really handy when you're busy with work and forget to eat." I said and she laughed.
"It's called DoorDash, Buck. And yes, we can do that." She said and rolled herself off of me.
"I'll order snacks, you pick the first movie." She said and tossed the tv remote to me.