Forever

9

A few hours later, after all the guests have left and it's finally quiet, they're all conversing in a sort of circle of a couch area. Bree and Pietro are standing next to each other, as usual, and she looks up at him for a second. She has to do a doubletake when she realizes he's looking right at her, causing her cheeks to flush as he slowly turns away. She hangs her head and faces away from with a shy grin while running her hand up her arm and squeezing it.

"Hey, Bree?" Nat calls and she quickly looks over. "Why..." She starts before she's silenced by Wanda's gasp.

"What the hell did you do to your hand?" She quickly grabs Pietro's and Bree smiles.

"That wasn't there earlier." Nat points, completely forgetting about what she was saying before.

"Some guy touched her inappropriately so I handled it." Pietro shrugs.

"Did you kill him?" Tony nods.

"No, why does everybody think I killed him?" He squints his eyes down at Bree, who just smiles at him.

"'Cause we would've." Clint nods, making her laugh.

-

Bree and Pietro are still next to each other, but he's sitting on the arm of the couch by Wanda. Bree lightly taps his arm with her finger and he has to pull himself out of his zone before looking at her, making her smile.

"You good?" She whispers and he smiles with a nod. "I still taste whatever you gave me." She motions grossly.

"Really?" He chuckles.

"Mhmm." She nods.

"That was hours ago." He shakes his head with his arms out and she nods while silently laughing, making him do the same.

He turns away and she crosses her arms over her abdomen to cover her laughing with her fist.

"What're you guys doing?" Bruce motions to the two and they all look over.

"Are you high?" Rhodey jokes and they just silently laugh harder.

"Was that a yes?" Tony raises a brow.

"No." She laughs. "Inside joke." She shakes her head and hand, making him smile as he licks his lips while watching her.

"Already?" Tony nods with raised brows.

"Yes." They both nod.

"You cannot know." She points to the nosey crowd and they roll their eyes, making them chuckle.

-

When they all decide that it's bedtime and they're almost falling asleep on each other, everyone gets up and goes to the elevator as to not let to drunk ones fall down the stairs as they go up. Tony and Pepper have gone to their floor while they all go to the floor with their bedrooms. Bree is still with them and walking fairly far back with Pietro while the others try to eavesdrop.

She stops him in place and goes behind him with her hands on his shoulders. He smiles and bends his knees for her to jump on his back with a giggle as he holds her up by her thighs.

"Look at them." She points in a whisper tone as they keep moving. "They're trying to listen."

"How do you know?" He smiles a bit.

"They're completely silent and keep turning their heads a little." She explains and he chuckles. "They're really bad at it when they're drunk." She grimaces while he smiles.

He speeds her out of this hall and soon enough the others realize that it went quiet. They slowly turn around and realize that they're not there anymore, causing them to sigh in defeat.

-

They get to Bree's floor and she chuckles as Pietro nicely drops her to her feet with smiles from both.

"Thanks for the ride." She chuckles as she steps in front of him and he nods with a small grin. "I, uh..." She pulls her hands together behind her back.

"...Goodnight." He slowly takes a step backwards.

"Yeah, goodnight." She nods with slightly furrowed brows.

"See you in the morning." He stalls.

"Right." She nods. "In the morning."

He hesitates for a second before speeding out of the room while both fail to hold back the small and excited grins as they head for their rooms.