Butterfly (Bucky x Reader)

Reading date

"You want to read together?" you asked in surprise.
"Yeah, that way we aren't reading alone" he suggested.
"But what about our kitties?" you giggled.
"Cats are fiercely independent. Come on, it will just be a few hours at most" he said, his voice gravelly and it made your skin feel like it was alive all over again.
"Okay, but after lunch. I don't get hot meals during the week" you finally consented.

"Why don't you get hot meals?" he asked, sounding surprised.
"I need to be at my desk when and if Steve needs me. Besides, you both do enough missions and I have the reports to work on. So I'm always just grabbing cold food from the cafeteria during the week" you shrugged.
"Hmm, that doesn't seem fair" he sounded like he was frowning in his voice.
"It is what it is," you sighed.
"Doesn't Stevie invite you to the meals?" he asked.
"No silly, I'm just the hired help" you giggled.
"Hmm" he hummed again.
"What?" you were intrigued by him, wondering what was going on in that head of his.
"Not sure I agree with it," he said.
"You can't change the rules, silly," you laughed.
"For you, I want to break them," he said, his voice getting deeper. You could hear movement in the water from your side of the phone, it was a constant splashing. "Tell me, doll, what made you apply with the Avengers?" he asked.
You hesitated, unsure of how much you should divulge. You leaned back in the tub and thought good and hard on what you wanted to say. "I guess I just wanted a higher paying job, and some stability" you said carefully.
"That sounds suspiciously like a masked truth" he chuckled. "That's alright, I'll get it out of you," he said softly. "I'll see you at one" he said.
"See you then" you hung up with a sigh of relief. He was asking all the right questions, but you weren't sure how much you wanted to divulge this early. You had worked for Shield for ten years, and had been Fury's personal assistant before you landed the job with Steve. Fury knew your secret, and that's only because he pulled you half starved out of a Hydra jail cell you had been in for a year. Everyone thought you had gone off to college and disappeared, but what really happened was far more nefarious. You were kidnapped and experimented on. You are a werewolf now, from experimentation. You don't morph at the full moon, more like you can take on your wolf form at will. But you do experience heat like a real wolf a few times a year. With Fury, he would give you the time off, no questions asked, and you would lock yourself in your apartment and suffer through it. Your vibrator would see a lot of action during those. You hoped that Steve and Tony wouldn't mind that you might need a week or so once in a while without notice. You doubted you would be able to function in the office during a heat. All you wanted was sex during those times, and your body would feel like it's burning up without it. Ice baths helped with the symptoms.
You did have a boyfriend for one of your heats, but he got freaked out by how much you wanted to make love and broke up with you after a couple of days. He called you a nymphomaniac, but you couldn't bring yourself to correct him on what was really wrong. You felt dirty ever since during your heats and tried to steer clear of dating. You didn't want anyone else to know your dirty secret.
One plus of being a werewolf was you had great hearing and a sense of smell. Especially when you changed. When you changed you were a white wolf, and the size of a larger wolf. If they put you with a pack of wolves, no one would know the difference.

You went back to your book and continued reading before getting out of the tub. You got a quarter of the way through the book before the water got cold. You got out and took a shower with Japanese Cherry Blossom shampoo, conditioner and soap. It was one of the few scents that grounded you. You walked around your apartment naked in a towel, trying to decide on what to wear. You normally just wore office clothes, or lounge clothes. You looked through your closet and picked out a pair of distressed denim skinny jeans with a low cut pink tank top, and a black cardigan. You decided to wear a pink thong and push up bra as well. You gave Melody a kiss on the tip of her little pink nose and put her on her favorite cat tree before locking your apartment door behind you and heading to the cafeteria.

"I was starting to get worried," Bucky said as you got close to the garden. You looked up and he was wearing a white t-shirt with a black hoodie, a glove on his left hand, a pair of dark blue denim jeans, and his combat boots again. He had that sexy smile of his as he looked at you, and he licked his top lip as he studied you getting closer.
"You shouldn't be, you said one o'clock. Its quarter to" you giggled as you got closer. You were wearing your tan uggs on your feet since you didn't want to put on a pair of socks for the occasion.
"I guess I was a little early," he chuckled. "You look beautiful" he immediately complimented you.
"I didn't even put makeup on" you shook your head.
"You don't need that stuff," he scoffed. "How was your bath?" he asked.
"Good, Melody kept me company" you gave a soft smile. "How was yours?" you asked.
"Relaxing" he grinned. "Come here" he held out his hand to you and you accepted it. He pulled you in close and you flushed. "You smell divine," he murmured. He smelled like pine and leather, and you were addicted already. Last night it was hard to get a good read on his scent with the scent of stale beer invading your senses most of the night. You picked up on a hint of lavender and looked at him in surprise.
"Did you have a lavender bath?" you asked quickly.
"How did you know?" he asked with a bit of crimson on his cheeks.
"I can smell it," you giggled.
"You smell like flowers in the springtime" he murmured. "It's my new favorite" he winked at you. He intertwined your fingers with his and he led you more into the garden where there was a porch swing and you squealed excitedly. You were surrounded by flower beds and rose bushes, and white gravel pathways. "How's this?" Bucky directed you to sit down.
"This is perfect" you sighed happily. You sat on the far left and Bucky took the far right. He grimaced at the distance and held out his hand to you. "What?" you asked.
"Come here," he said softly. You moved to the center seat and he put his arm around your shoulders and smiled to himself. "So how long has it been since you dated?" he asked.
"Seven years or so. I'm out of practice" you flushed. "You?" you asked.
"That's a crime. I can't imagine a dame as beautiful as you going that long without a guy" he shook his head. "For me? It's been about five years. I'm married to my job, and apparently that's a problem" he chuckled. "I'm starting to see a reason to slow down a bit though" he ran small circles with his thumb in your arm.
"I can't imagine you slowing down," you shook your head. "I barely know you, and you haven't stopped once"
"Maybe I didn't have the right reason or person to make me slow down" he said softly.
"Oh?" you asked with flushed cheeks.
"You see there's this woman that I saw at the bar last night, who's smile lit up the room. I had to get to know her, and now I'm sadly addicted" he winked at you.
"You're quite the charmer" you giggled as you cuddled into him, putting your feet up beside you.
"For you I will be" he said with no hesitation.
"Can I ask you a question?" you asked him.
"Anything" he said quickly.
"Why are you wearing a glove on one hand?" you asked with a slight frown.
"I have a metal arm, it freaks people out" he sighed before speaking. He looked worried, but you couldn't help but smile.
"Well, it doesn't freak me out" you decided and quickly pulled off the leather glove to see the black and gold vibranium arm. "It's so pretty," you said, touching his fingers. "You shouldn't have to hide when you are at home, good sir" you told him and handed him his glove. He looked almost bashful, and nodded before putting his glove in his sweater pocket and gave a nod.
"For you doll, I'll lose the glove" he grinned.
"Good" you smiled and snuggled into him again. He took out his science fiction book and you took out your phone to read from the kindle app on your phone. He chuckled and told you that you would have to teach him how to get books on his phone on Monday when he came in the office. You readily agreed, but you had your doubts that he would actually come into the office. You have been working there for over a month and you didn't meet him until yesterday. Although, you felt like you might be overstepping your boundaries by cuddling into him. He was making it impossible not to though. He smells so good, and he is sweet as pie. You looked at him through your peripheral vision, admiring his five o'clock shadow and his piercing blue eyes. What you really wanted to do was curl up on his lap, but you didn't know where that feeling came from. Something about Bucky called to you, and it was a mystery to you. He is, hands down, the most handsome man you have ever met. Why he seemed so focused on you is also a mystery. One that you hoped to one day solve. He made soft conversation while the two of you read your separate books. He tried reading off your phone once and you immediately hid the screen from him. Mainly because it was at a very spicy scene and you didn't want him to know about it. He even tried tickling you to get you to fess up your phone, but you refused. He finally gave up and just pulled you in tighter to snuggle. It wasn't until the alarm went off on your watch that you realized that it was supper time. Bucky seemed sad to see you go, but he promised to text you and you promised you would message him back before you left.