Never Safe

Chapter Sixty-Nine

Someone had proposed a movie night for that evening; you arrived in the living room just after six. Almost everyone was already there.

"Hey y/n."

"Hi Stevie" you grinned, skipping over to the couch and sitting down next to him. He put his arm around you and you cuddled up to him. "Hi Maria." She was sat on the other side of Steve, smiling back at you.

"Hi, sweetie, how are you?" 

"Good. You?"

"I'm alright. Still working all the time though."

"Is it easier when you can actually read it though?"

"Yeah. I seriously think your brother needs penmanship classes."

"Probably."

"Speaking of whom" Steve interrupted. "Did you see Bucky on your way here? Or Natasha?" They were the only ones missing.

You shook your head. "They're probably together. Are they definitely coming?"

"I think so. They told me they were."

"Hey, can someone grab the snacks from the kitchen?" Tony requested from the couch he was sat on across the room. He was busy staring at the TV, remote in hand, scrolling through Netflix.

Steve stood up from next to you. "Come help me carry stuff?"

"Sure."

He offered out his hand; you took it and he pulled you up. You walked hand in hand to the kitchen. On the table, there were about half a dozen packets. Some popcorn. Some crisps. Steve got out some large plastic bowls. "Here. Empty them in these." He moved to the fridge and took out a few six-packs of beer. "I'll be back in a minute to help you carry them."

You nodded and started filling the first bowl with popcorn. Steve returned to the other room. He put down the beers on the coffee table and went to leave again. Just before he got to it, the door opened and Bucky and Natasha walked through. They were each carrying a handful of blankets and pillows.

"Hey Steve" Bucky greeted as he walked past. He and Nat dropped the blankets onto one of the couches, available for anyone who wanted one.

"Hey, what took you so long?" Steve wondered.

"Uh..." Bucky was clearly hesitating. He subtly glanced at Maria, who luckily didn't notice as she'd already started up a conversation with Nat. "Just had to do something... where's y/n?" he asked after noticing your absence.

"Kitchen" Steve nodded his head towards the door and started walking towards it. Bucky went with him.

"So what were you doing?" Steve queried when they were out the room.

Bucky sighed. "You know that mission I went on a while ago? I was gone for two weeks."

"Yeah, when you were collecting Hydra intel."

"Right. All the intel I got was on a flash drive... but I lost the flash drive."

"You lost it?"

"I haven't seen it since we moved to the compound. I've looked for it everywhere but I've already unpacked all my things so I don't know where else it could be."

"It's gotta be somewhere. The apartment was completely empty when we left."

"Yeah I know. Hill wanted it handed over ages ago but with everything that's been going on, I completely forgot about it. Now that things are starting to be okay again, I have a feeling she's going to ask for it soon."

"Well hopefully she won't remind you tonight, so you can forget about it for now. I'll help you look tomorrow."

"Thanks... I just don't know where else it could be."

The guys had reached the kitchen now. Steve opened the door and they walked through.

"Where what could be?" 

You were sat on the countertop at the side of the room with a bowl of popcorn in your lap.

"Y/n are you sure you've unpacked everything?" Bucky asked without answering your question.

"Yeah, why? What you looking for?"

"And you put all my stuff in my room right?"

"Like you asked me to, yeah."

"Okay."

"Why?"

"Don't worry about it."

You rolled your eyes and jumped off the side. You handed the bowl of popcorn to Bucky and handed him a bowl of crisps from the table. "Take those." He did as you said and carried them to the living room. He handed them to the other guys on one couch before sitting down next to Nat on another. Bucky put his arm around her as he kissed her gently on the lips.

"Excuse me. Sorry. Ima just-" You collapsed on the couch, trying to sit between Natasha and Bucky. Except there was no room, so you ended up sitting half on Bucky's leg.

"Y/n!"

You kept wiggling around until he eventually gave in and shuffled over to make room for you. You looked to your right and smiled widely. "Hi Nat."

"Hi y/n" she laughed, clearly not minding where you sat as much as Bucky was.

"Popcorn?" You offered her the bowl you were holding. She took a handful. You looked to Bucky, sat on your left.

"Are you serious?"

"No, I'm y/n."

"I will shove you off the sofa."

Your jaw dropped with mocking disbelief. You faced Nat once again. "Your boyfriend's mean" you whispered loudly.

"Yeah" she whispered back. "But he's hot, which makes up for it."

You frowned at her. You quickly turned your head to look at Bucky, then back at Nat. "Are you blind?"

She scoffed and covered her mouth with her hand to conceal her laughter. Meanwhile, Bucky grabbed a pillow and smacked you in the face with it.

"BITCH!"

Nat had to quickly get a hold of the popcorn bowl from your lap as you attempted to wrestle the pillow out of Bucky's hands. He just laughed as he kept it out of your reach.

"Guys, shut up, we're playing the movie now" Tony called, pressing play on the remote. You managed to win the pillow and so you whacked Bucky with it before tossing it over to the couch Steve was sat on (so Bucky couldn't take it again and hit you back). Instead, Bucky rolled his eyes in defeat. He took one of the blankets and gave it to you; you spread it out across you, Bucky and Nat. You snuggled up between them, ready to watch the movie.

'Scream'.

You subtly took a deep breath, hoping no one would notice. You'd never seen it; you weren't a huge fan of horror movies. You pulled the blanket up to your chin, ready to hide behind it if necessary. Nat noticed so she put her arm around you, and Bucky put his arm around you both. The movie played on the TV.

The first scare you weren't prepared for at all. You flinched with your entire body, spilling the bowl of popcorn in your lap and making a mess of it. Everyone noticed; they all looked at you. You embarrassedly sunk down on the couch. No one said anything, though. Under the blanket, Nat's hand found yours and she squeezed it tightly. You squeezed it back. The next few scares weren't as bad. Somehow, you actually managed to drift off to sleep while watching the movie. 

When Bucky noticed, he made sure you were comfortable. Although, you were cuddling up to Natasha more than him.

The movie ended, but someone put on Scream 2. Bucky decided not to move you, as he thought you were fine where you were.

Eventually, Natasha fell asleep too. The pair of you were leaning against each other, huddled together under the blanket. Bucky smiled when he saw. He, of course, had to take a photo. His two favourite girls.

And when Bucky dozed off at some point during Scream 3, Steve took the liberty of borrowing Bucky's phone to take the family picture.