Bartoned

Chapter 31

The wedding of Kari and Wanda seemed to rush up on everyone suddenly. It was weird how things like that could happen. It would seem like there was an eon before a big event and then it arrived, and you couldn't believe how fast the time had gone.

You had been so busy though, with work, helping Kari with her wedding preparations, planning your own wedding, the two bachelorette parties, and parenting, there was never a moment of your time not occupied by something. By the time the wedding actually arrived, you felt exhausted and worn a little thin.

Though the excitement radiated off Kari and Wanda, the ceremony was relatively small and was held in Central Park at the Cop Cot under the natural gazebo. Wanda was getting ready with Natasha, Carol, and a few of the other women Avengers who she was close with in the apartment she shared with Kari, while Kari was in your apartment with you and her mother while Clint got ready and kept Nattie out of the way. She was nine months old now and had started self-weaning from breastfeeding, and while she couldn't walk alone she was very into cruising along, holding herself up on the couch or coffee table, or better yet, holding her daddy's hand.

A photographer had been taking photos of Kari getting ready but everything seemed to be done now. Hair was set. Makeup was done. Dresses had been smoothed over and double-checked.

"Alright. I think... I think I'm about to become someone's wife," Kari said, looking around to see if she missed anything.

You handed her her bouquet of red and white wildflowers. "FRIDAY can you let Bucky know we're heading to the car? And tell Wanda we're heading out?" you said.

"Of course, miss," the A.I. replied.

You kissed Clint and Nattie goodbye and headed down to the cars where Bucky was waiting. You, Bucky, Kari, and her mother all climbed into the back of a limo and it pulled out into the busy midtown street.

"So you're the one who's acting as Kari's father?" Kari's mother asked.

"That's right. You can call me, Bucky," Bucky said, offering her his hand.

"I'm Conny," she replied, shaking it. "Funny, you don't look old enough to be her father."

"I assure you, I am," Bucky joked.

"You would have been in Europe around the time she was conceived, weren't you Buck? Any trips to Denmark?" you asked.

Bucky chuckled while Kari glared daggers at you. "No. You cut that out."

"It's possible. I was sent all over the place," Bucky replied.

"Oh god," Kari groaned. "I should have asked Tony after all."

The car pulled up at the gates of the park, and the few security that had been hired moved in quickly to help get you all to the venue without a problem. You could hear the group gathered up on top of the hill from where you all waited in the closed-off marque.

When Wanda and her group arrived you heard them talking as they moved into their own one. The celebrant came to collect us as Bucky fixed his kippah to his head and went through the instructions about when each of us should go.

She left and a moment later a four-string quartet started up, letting us know she was making her way down the aisle.

"See you down there," you said, kissing Kari on the cheek and heading out of the tent.

Natasha was waiting for you looking stunning in her cocktail dress, with its scoop-cut neckline and flared-a-line skirt that reached just below her knees. While the style was completely different from your floor-length empire cut dress, the red matched exactly.