Marvel/Actor Stories

Secret from Steve (Pt. 2)

Part 2. It's longer, sorry!

I was back to the compound the next morning. I found Bucky first. He smiled over at me, then slightly frowned. "What's wrong? You seem flustered."

I nodded, "I woke up late, after not getting much sleep. I barely had time to get dressed before having to leave."

His eyebrow lifted curiously, "Did you eat?"

With a huff I shook my head, "No. I didn't want to be late here."

He scoffed, "Screw that. Come with me, sweetheart. Let's go get you something. I'll talk to anyone who tries to say something if we are a little late."

He guided me to a kitchen without giving me a chance to protest. "We have just about everything, so what sounds good?"

"Anything but eggs. That's one thing I have found I cannot stomach right now."

"Waffle? Bagel?"

"Bagel." I smiled at him

He nodded and got to work. Two minutes later,  thanks to Stark's inventions, I had a perfect bagel in front of me.

Tears pricked my eyes,  "Thank you, Buck. This is amazing. You're so nice to me all the time,  even if I don't deserve it."

He chuckled at the hormonal response, "It's no big deal, Kenz. You deserve kindness, and I'm happy to help. Eating is something you shouldn't ever be skipping; especially now."

I took a bite of my food. And made quick work of getting it gone so we wouldn't be late to our meeting.

When I was done he took care of my plate for me and then gestured his hand to help me stand up. I laughed and let him, "Such a gentleman. Thank you, again, James. You're truly the best."

"You deserve to be treated like the lady you are, Kenz. Let's go get to that meeting before Steve sends a search party to look for you."

When we arrived back to the meeting room, we weren't the last one there and I had 2 minutes to spare. He opened the door for me, then walked with me to our seats.

I felt intense eyes on me and looked to see Steve watching me across the table. I smiled at him, "Hey, Rogers. Good morning. "

He nodded stiffly, "Good morning, Kenzie."


After the morning set of meetings we were done for the day. I was thankful for that. I hate when I'm stuck here in meetings all day. That's my least favorite part of the job.

Bucky leaned over toward me, "Do you want to come see around the compound beyond all the boring parts you always see?"

I laughed that he remembered me mentioning never seeing much of the compound outside of the meeting rooms. "Yeah, sure. That'd be fun."

He lead the way, we passed Steve and an uncomfortable looking Sharon.

"That's got to be awkward." He whispered as we rounded a corner away from the couple.

I shrugged, "Probably. He said she isn't sure if she wants to stay and be in the middle of things. I told him I'd talk to her if she wants, and confirm to her there's nothing to be in the middle of. And explain to her myself what happened."

Bucky nodded slowly and glanced to me, "That's a very sweet thing for you to offer. I'm sure Steve appreciates that."

"I hope so. I have no problem if she's going to be around. If that's who Steve wants then I want to get to know her. She could be my daughter's stepmom one day."

He lead me all over. The team kitchen, the training gym, and their private areas where some of them stay from time to time.


"Hey, Kenzie. How are you doing?" Steve asked as I got to the table at the diner.