Chapter 21

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Bucky walked Violet back to her apartment with a firm hold on her hand as he did so. He stopped in front of her door and wrapped an arm around her waist, Violet wrapped her arms around his neck and smiled up at him.

"Thank you for taking me out." She said happily.

"Thank you for letting me take you out." Bucky responded, he moved to wrap both arms around her waist. One hand settled on her lower back while the other settled on her hip. He felt that her sweater had rode up, exposing her midsection as she stretched up onto her toes to hold onto him. His fingertips touched her bare back.

"Are you going to come inside? Or are you finally ready for some alone time?" Violet asked shyly, she wanted him to stay, but she also didn't want him to get tired of her.

"Do you need some alone time? I'm okay with sleeping over after a shower, but that's your decision." Bucky promised her.

"I need a shower too, then I'd love it if you came back." Violet admitted.

"Then I will meet you back here in 30 minutes." Bucky promised. He gave her a quick kiss before releasing her from his hold and heading towards his apartment next door.

When Bucky walked into his apartment Steve was waiting for him on the couch. "Girlfriend?" Steve asked with a half smile. Bucky pulled his jacket off, hanging it on the hook and sitting beside Steve for a minute. He knew his shower was quick, so he had some time to spare.

"Yeah, girlfriend." He said with a big smile. "When did that happen?" Steve asked, he really was happy for Bucky, but he was also a little jealous.

"Today. She said boyfriend by mistake, I liked it." Bucky admitted with a shrug.

"Not last night? You two looked pretty cozy on the couch." Steve said.

"We were, I'm headed over there once I get a shower." Bucky confessed.

"Is she really ready for all that?" Steve asked. Bucky's smile faded as he stared over at his best friend. "I'd never do anything to make her uncomfortable. We had this talk man, don't worry about it." Bucky said.

"We still don't even know what happened to her." Steve pointed out. Bucky stood up to head for a shower. "You don't know, she told me everything." Bucky said before walking into his bedroom to grab a shower. He took a quick, room temperature, shower and cleaned up his stubble. He threw on a simple pair of black sweatpants and a plain black t-shirt, but he made sure he had on a nice pair of boxers in case he had to ditch the sweatpants, he knew she kept her place warm. When he made his way back out of his room Steve was gone, he hated to admit that he was relieved. He knew eventually Steve would try to convince him to tell him everything Violet went through, but he and Steve both knew Bucky would never tell anyone. It was Violet's decision who knew what about her.

He made his way to Violet's and knocked lightly, she opened up a moment later smiling up at him. Her hair was wet and pulled into a loose messy bun on top of her head, secured with a large claw clip. She had on a thin dark blue long sleeved shirt and a matching pair of dark blue plaid shorts with a thick pair of pink fuzzy socks. Violet stepped aside to let Bucky in and quickly shut the door behind him, she remembered to lock the door though.

"How do you always smell so nice?" Bucky blurted out, Violet let out a quiet giggle.

"I don't know, I don't wear perfume." She admitted with a shrug.

"Really? What do you do?" He asked. Violet took his hand and led him into her bedroom, she already had a few snacks on the nightstand just in case and had a movie ready to play on the TV, The Terminal.

"My deodorant and body wash are both blue raspberry sour candy scented. Maybe that's what you smell?" Violet offered, she climbed up in the bed and under the covers, Bucky joined her side a moment later.

"I definitely smelled the blue raspberry." Bucky admitted, he wrapped his arms around her and pulled her to lay against his chest. She happily laid her face on his chest as she started the movie.

"You smell nice too, by the way." Violet admitted after a few minutes. Bucky laughed and kissed the top of her head. "Thanks, it's my cologne." He said.

"No, it's you too. Even when you're not wearing it. You somehow smell like leather and cinnamon." She said shyly.

"Well thank you, doll. Lately I've smelled like you, my jacket smells like you." He said with a smile.

"Sorry..." Violet said, Bucky squeezed her a little closer to his body and kissed the top of her head again. "Don't be, I love it." He admitted. Violet turned a faded shade of pink and nuzzled her head into his chest.

The two laid together happily watching the movie and munching on popcorn, when the movie was over she switched it to Odd Thomas before climbing back up on the bed and against Bucky.

"Can I ask something?" Bucky said after a few minutes while they waited for the previews to play through.

"Of course." Violet promised.

"If it doesn't make you uncomfortable, could I see the tattoo on your back?" He asked. Violet smiled and let out a small laugh. "Of course, it's only my stomach that I'm uncomfortable with." She admitted. She sat up in front of him and pulled her shirt up over her back, holding it up into her hair but making sure the front of her was covered since she wasn't wearing a bra. She sat like that for several minutes, Bucky lightly tracing a finger over a couple spots, studying it, studying her. When he was confident he studied it well enough he tugged at her shirt to let her pull it down and smiled at her as she spun around on the bed.

"You shouldn't feel shy showing me anything though, you're so beautiful." Bucky promised. But he knew it would take a while before she felt secure enough to show him all of herself, even longer before she would be willing to have sex with him, he was willing to wait. He didn't even care about having sex with her, he just wanted to be with her. He just wanted her to trust him, to feel comfortable with him.

"I'm doing my best, I promise." Violet said shyly. Bucky pulled her up onto his chest so she was laying fully on top of him. "I know, take as long as you need. I just wanted you to know that." He said reassuringly. Violet leaned in and gave him a quick kiss, smiling against his lips afterwards. "Thank you." She said quietly.

Violet shifted to lay her face against his chest while he watched the movie. She drifted off to sleep not long after the movie started. Her entire body laid on top of him as she slept, he didn't mind, he loved it. He loved feeling her small, cold body curled up on him. He loved smelling her on his clothes the next day, he loved all of it, all of her. He loved wrapping his arms tightly around her while she used him like a personal heater, her own furnace. He wrapped both arms around her and held onto her while she slept, but he stayed up to watch the movie she had turned on. He actually loved the movie, he'd never admit it to Violet or anyone else, but the ending made him tear up.

When the movie was over, he turned off the TV and relaxed, keeping his arms around Violet, keeping her on top of his chest. He surprised himself with another night without a single nightmare.

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