Trapped in her own Web

Racing to You

Bucky was ripping apart his third punching bag when Steve skidded into the gym out of breath. "Tony just received a tape. It's from Him." He looked at Steve with wide eyes before they both dashed out and into the lounge where Tony was setting it up on the TV screen. Bucky picked up the packaging and clenched his fist when he saw His name. The tape was one of those old VCR tapes.

Everyone was accounted for. Bucky sat on his own on a stool he'd dragged from the kitchen. Tony hit the play button and a chair in front of a window appeared on screen. Unfortunately the glare of the sun stopped them from seeing what was out of the window. Bucky heard Natasha and a girl talking. The girl seemed to be speaking in German.

When Natasha came on screen she gazed curiously at the camera and Bucky clenched his fist at the black eye and broken nose. He then took in what she was wearing and gasped loudly. The others turned to look at him and he explained that the dress she was wearing was her wedding dress. "Wait little Red is married?" Tony had surprisingly stayed sober, instead of drinking he had thrown all his effort into trying to track Natasha. No one answered, they just continued watching.

Bucky swore when he struck her. The others gazed uneasily at him. He asked her who he was and when she refused to answer a second time they heard a girls scream and Natasha's protest. "They have a hostage." Steve said quietly. When she revealed that she was Alexei's wife they all just sat in stunned silence. Clint was visibly shaking with rage. Steve looked at Bucky curiously, he hadn't reacted at all to the news.

Bucky knew, of course he knew he was one of the people at the very small very private ceremony. It hadn't mattered. Instead of spending her wedding night with Alexei she had spent it with him instead using the excuse of training. Everyone's ears perked up when they realised Natasha had had an affair with her training instructor. Bucky visibly paled, aware he was about to be exposed.

When it happened it was surprisingly Sam that spoke first. Tony paused the tape again. "C'mon dude, you know I called first dibs." Bucky raised an eyebrow.
"You know she'd never be with you Sam. And besides, unless you called dibs about 60 years ago then technically I called it first." Sam grumbled.
"Whatever. At least now we know her type's super soldiers eh Cap?" Steve blushed and looked at his feet.
"What?"
"No it's not like that Buck. We were on the run and were about to get caught so she said that public displays of affection make people uncomfortable and then kissed me."
"Is there anyone else I need to worry about?" Bucky asked.
"Well she had a fling with Matt Murdock aka Daredevil at some point. Lasted a few years I think before she took off. Oh and she told me about this hook up with Deadpool a few years back, you know when we were really drunk. And before I met Laura, when Bobbi and I were on a break we would sometimes... like when a mission was going bad, end of world kind you know? But we were always stoned and it never meant anything so..."

Everyone stared at Clint incredulously. "And you only felt the need to tell us about you and Romanoff now?" Tony asked. Clint held up his hands defensively.
"Like I said, it never meant anything and I had a girlfriend who I'm pretty sure was closer with Nat if you know what I mean. And I have a wife and kids now so it's all history anyway."
"Wait," Tony looked like Christmas had come early. "Are you telling me that little Red swings both ways and that your girlfriend cheated on you with her and you cheated on her with little Red?" Everyone stared at Tony confused.
"What? No! I mean I don't know? We all used to work together. There was me, Bobbi, Hunter and Nat. Hunter and Bobbie got married, divorced, hooked up, broke up and continued like that. I think they're together at the moment. It's a love hate relationship. But with Nat, no idea!"
"In the red room the girls were trained to be adaptable. As much as it was looked down upon back then it was necessary to be comfortable in every kind of situation. That included sex." Tony looked at Bucky.
"So you're saying Nat is bi or pan."
"No, I'm saying old habits die hard. It's up to her to tell us." They nodded.