The Grey - Steve Rogers + Bucky Barnes X OC Love Story

Chapter 8

Victoria and Noah were at the store, grabbing groceries for the week. She was pushing the cart while he followed behind, smacking her butt playfully or trying to put his finger in her butt. "Can you stop?" She asked after the fourth time of swatting him away.

"You're boring." Noah whined, he moved on to pinching her sides as the two walked.

"Okay, you're pushing the cart." She finally said with a huff. She moved to walk in front while Noah pushed the cart. He ran the cart into her ankles several times as they went through the aisles before she finally spun around, frustrated. "Can you go grab ibuprofen?" She asked.

"Fine. But grab cheetos." He said before walking off and leaving her with the cart.

Victoria rushed through the rest of the trip, hoping to be almost done by the time he got back with the ibuprofen.

"Oh, Chalupa!" Victoria heard Noah call out loudly. She rolled her eyes at his nickname for her, texting him what aisle she was in so he wouldn't continue to shout.

When he came back he had an armful of snacks to go with the ibuprofen. "You never have this stuff in the house." He said with a shrug as he filled the cart.

"Because it's not healthy." Victoria said with a shrug, she ate healthy most of the time. She wanted to keep up the physique Steve and her worked so hard for her to get. She wasn't even trying to get strong when she agreed to train with him, but she liked how she looked for the first time in her life. She used to always be a little thicker, thankful for her curves from her Cuban background, but soft and a little jiggly. But since Steve started training her since the blip she had muscles, she had an even bigger ass, firmer too. She loved it, she didn't want to risk losing it.

"Is that all you care about? Being in shape?" Noah asked, Victoria shrugged. "You don't seem to mind my body." She teased.

"Yeah, if you'd ever let me touch you." Noah mentioned.

"You don't want to anyway until I'm back on the pill." Victoria argued calmly.

"Then hurry up." He mentioned, Victoria rolled her eyes and continued to shop.

As usual, she drove the two home. He helped unload the car but sat down on the couch while she put away all the groceries and started on dinner. She was tired and didn't even want to bother, but she didn't want to start a fight about money. So she roasted a porkloin and made roasted cauliflower and carrots to go with it. Also making jasmine rice to go with everything. She made Noah's plate and handed it to him before heading back into the kitchen to weigh out her own meal.

Victoria flopped down on the couch, crossing her legs and sitting her plate in her lap as she ate, Noah's choice of show on the TV. But she didn't bother to pay attention to it, they'd watched the entirety of Shameless 5 times already, she was tired of it. The only reason she didn't sit at the kitchen table was simply because she was exhausted from training with the team, she didn't want to have to move again.

"Can we watch something else? Anything, your pick." Victoria said when she finished up eating. She grabbed his plate as well and took them into the kitchen, loading the dishwasher and sitting back down. Her entire body felt sore from all the training she'd been doing lately, if they had a tub she would've happily sunk into the tub and fallen asleep as the hot water soothed her muscles.

"Like what?" Noah asked, he threw the remote at her and got on his phone. Victoria gently tossed it back. "You pick, just not shameless, please." She pleaded. Noah took the remote and rolled his eyes, turning on a movie he knew she hated. When she saw what he picked she crawled over to him on the couch. "I'm just going to go to bed. Can I have a kiss?" She asked sweetly. She straddled his legs as she waited for him to put his phone away. When he did he landed his hands on her thighs, giving them a rough smack.

"Please, stop." She pleaded. Noah squeezed her thighs roughly, she could tell he was trying to be playful but she was exhausted. She was sore, she just wanted to lay down and relax.

"You keep going to bed earlier and earlier everyday. Peter tiring you out?" He asked. Victoria couldn't help but roll her eyes. "I just haven't been sleeping well." She lied. She was grateful for it to be the weekend, two days without sparring. She needed it, her body needed the break. She knew if she asked Peter to calm down he would, he would give her a day where they did nothing. But Tony insisted she needed the practice. She wasn't sure why though, assumed that there was a danger she wasn't aware of, that there was a chance they'd come for her. But she didn't care, she liked the extra time with her best friend. So every single day for the last month she's been sparring with Peter. Most days with Steve or Bucky also.

"Can I just have a kiss, please? I'm really tired." She pleaded. Noah grabbed her and pulled her against himself, tightly wrapped his arms around her.

"Oxygen." She joked as his grip tightened, he loosened up until she could move her head to jokingly bite onto his beard.

"You're gross." He joked, finally letting her out of his arms. She leaned against his chest and stole several kisses from him. "I love you." She promised.

"Love you." He answered, his eyes fixated on the TV.

"No. I love you." She repeated.

"Love you." He answered, Victoria rolled her eyes and blocked his eyes from the TV. "I love you. Go to bed." He said. Victoria was quick to steal another kiss and climb off of him, heading to bed. She brushed her teeth, washed her face and did her skincare routine before changing into her pajamas and climbing into the bed.

She didn't fall asleep immediately, she scrolled tiktok for a while, trying to get her mind to calm down. Before she shut her phone off she got a text from Peter. "Patrolling wouldn't be so boring if you were here." The text read.

"I can't swing from buildings lol." She texted.

"Pessimist." Peter texted back.

"Realist lol." She replied.

"You could climb on me like a spider monkey while I swing haha" Peter texted back.

"Sounds complicated lol" She texted back before putting her phone on silent and turning on the gentle piano music she listened to every night to fall asleep.