Who's Afraid of Little Old Me

9

It is Leonardo.

Leonardo is a member of the Italian mafia. He was my first mission. I got close to him, dated him, ended up falling in love with him, did some stupid things, got caught up in mafia business, he tried to sell me to the mafia. Basically one big scandal.

We took down a lot of mafia members and saved a lot of people. But we also lost a lot of people. And we made the mistake of getting involved with the mafia. Now they hate the Avengers specifically me.

There was this safe house in Italy and I was sent on a mission with some others to take it down. A huge gunfight went down. My task. Kill Leonardo. That's what I did. I shot him. And then set the house on fire. We wanted their deaths to look like just a tragic accident. That didn't work though. Somehow the mafia knows it was us. The media doesn't know but the mafia knows which is worse."Oh, how I have missed you darling" Leo says to me. I want to throw up. My throat gets scratchy and dry. My heart starts beating faster.

Leonardo walks behind the bar and stands next to me. He places his hand on my lower back "You are gonna walk out of here with me before anyone notices" He says and flashes me his gun that is on his hip. He did teach me the lesson to always stay strapped. So I pull up my dress and flash the guns strapped on my thigh holster.

"It's always got to be difficult with you doesn't it" He says and then he grabs my face and kisses me. Um, what the hell. I push him off of me. I reach to grab the gun from under the counter and he grabs my hand and squeezes it tightly.

Before I know it he is grabbed from behind and pulled off of me. A man punches him. Bucky.

Bucky pulls him close "Touch her again and I'll kill you" He says and throws Leonardo on the floor. Leonardo stands up and goes to throw a punch at Bucky. To Leonardo's surprise, Bucky catches the punch and returns the favor and bunches Leonardo right in the jaw. Striking him. Leonardo wipes the blood from his nose "This isn't over Cass I will be back for you" He says before walking off .

Bucky walks up to me "Are you okay doll" Bucky says and grabs my face to make sure I am not hurt. I push his hand away "I'm fine and I didn't need your help Barnes" I place both my hands on the counter and try to calm myself down and think of what the hell just happened.

"Who was that guy" Bucky asks me. His voice is soft and gentle when he talks to me this time. It's not demanding or anything. He sounds sincere.

"Wouldn't you like to know" I say. I look over at Bucky. He is about to say something. Before Bucky can say anything else the team runs over to us. Bucky backs away from me.

Wanda runs over and hugs me "Are you okay she asks me" with a worried look on her face. I guess they all saw Leo walk out of the party. Natasha and Wanda comfort me as Dad is going insane over how he got away so easily. Everyone is talking over each other. Bucky looks at me and notices I am overwhelmed. He grabs my hand "Come on" he says. After we sneak away from everyone he drops my hand. He drops it. We go up to our floor. "do you need anything" Bucky asks me. "No I'm fine" I say trying to forget about what happened. Bucky walks me to my room. I walk into my room and Bucky just stands at the door.

"Okay well, goodnight Cass" Bucky says while standing in my doorway.

I look up "Goodnight Bucky" I say to him before he closes the door.

After that, I don't know what else happened later that night. I shower and then head to bed trying to drift off into sleep. It takes a little while before I fall asleep due to my mind unstop thinking and overanalyzing everything. Analyzing every interaction with Bucky.