The Midnight Sky

An Irritating Guard

I stepped out of the bathroom in my towel. It was two thirty in the morning and I couldn't sleep so I decided to take a long shower to ease my mind. The bathroom was still steaming by the time I left it. The compound was deadly silent. I could hear owls in the distance. I walked down the hall and made a sharp turn around the corner, knocking into someone. My towel dropped and I almost screamed but Bucky's deep blue eyes emerged from the dark and my scream got caught in my throat.

"I'm sorry." He gasped.

I picked up my towel and knotted it around my body. I was flustered.

"I was going to get a plum and I didn't know-" He began, embarrassed.

"It's fine. I mean, I have really good boobs." I cocked my head to the side.

He let out a breath of air. I felt it on my face. There was a pause between us. We stared at each other for a while before he cleared his throat.

"Okay. Uhm, see you in the morning." I broke the ice because Bucky seemed so uncomfortable.

"Yeah." He nodded and began to walk away, putting the plum to his lips.

"Make sure you eat the damn thing." I whispered after him, so soft he couldn't hear.

I went in my room and dressed in my pajamas and got in bed. I fell asleep quickly and woke up around twelve in the afternoon. I walked down to the kitchen and grabbed a cup of coffee and a bagel from an array that I'm pretty sure Steve set up. I saw Wanda and Natasha out on the lawn, Wanda moving boulders with her powers. I decided to join. But as I was passing the workout room, I heard my name being mentioned.

"She's not a bad person." Bucky sounded winded. "She's not crazy. She just has a guard up and it irritates the hell out of me because she doesn't need to be that way. Especially towards the team she's working with. We've all been traumatized."

"Reminds me of Tony." Sam piped up.

"Don't give her a hard time because she is careful about her emotions." Steve stated. "We all have our own issues. She has some, too."

"Did you feel the intensity of her powers?" Sam laughed. "I thought I was going to die."

"How can someone that small and that beautiful make you feel all that in five seconds?" Bucky sounded annoyed.

"Beautiful?" Sam asked him.

"Oh my God, Sam. Yes. She is a beautiful woman."

"Beauty has no limits to pain." Steve sounded like he was close. He's such a fucking grandpa.

Shit. I hid behind a wall just as the door opened and all three of them piled out.

"I'm going to shower." Bucky told them.

"Don't take one thousand years having naughty thoughts about your girlfriend." Sam taunted.

"Genevieve one hundred percent doesn't look at me in that way so shut up." Bucky waved his hand.

I waited until I heard their footsteps far enough for me to walk outside.

"Rise and shine." Nat gave me a smile.

"Hey." I waved, sipping my coffee.

"Grab ahold of it and crush it." Natasha pointed at a tree. Wanda began twirling her fingers, the ball of red glowing magic appeared.

"No. We need oxygen." A voice came from nearby. It sounded young. We all turned.

It was a baby freaking sitting in a tree with a backpack on his shoulders, a blue sweater and khakis. What the hell?

"Parker." Wanda smiled.

The baby shot something out of his hands and swung as if he was Tarzan to the ground. He hugged Wanda and Nat. He looked at me.

"Hi. I'm Peter Parker. Spider-Man. Tony's kid and the best thing that has happened to the Avengers."

"How old are you?"

"Seventeen." He puffed his chest slightly. "Look older, right?"

"You look like you're seven. I'm Genevieve. Lady Agony or whatever. The worst thing that has happened to this dumb rock band." I shook his hand.

He pulled me in for a hug. Ew.

"You can't be that bad. Show me your power."

"NO!" Tony ran out. He was sweaty and greasy. "Don't you dare lay a wave of pain on my boy!"

We all laughed.

"Let's go Peter!" Tony began to hurl Peter off. "I have some new stuff to work on and study."

"SOME OTHER TIME!" Peter yelled as Tony dragged him inside.

We all cracked up.