Deity

All Of Me

"Tony? Can I sleep with you?" Kayla spoke softly, having decided to give Steve and Bucky a night by themselves. She was also using it as a way to get Tony out of the lab.

"Huh? Where's Cap and Buckaroo?" Tony blinked, looking up from the thing he had been attempting to put together. He glanced behind her, expecting to see the two soldiers.

"I wanted to give them a night alone." Kayla explained, approaching when he reached a hand to her. "I do not like sleeping alone. I spent so long by myself that I've grown spoiled with having them in my bed."

"Yeah... Yeah, you can sleep with me. C'mon." Tony realized it was about 1:30 am and wondered what she had been doing up until that point. He stood up and led her to his bedroom. The genius undressed and went to take a shower, unbothered by her seeing him undressed. She had seen his chest and merely sighed, no sign of disgust or pity.

The deity didn't need to sleep but she liked to. It made her feel human. She crawled into Tony's bed and waited for the genius to return. It didn't take long and he laid next to her.

Tony liked the deity. She helped more than anyone really knew and he was appreciative of her efforts to help him sleep without nightmares. He wondered how many others she helped with their crippling anxiety and newly developed phobias.

"Thank you." Kayla murmured, curling into his side. The way they were laying was deliberate because Tony could only sleep in certain positions due to the reactor in his chest.

"Anytime, Honey." Tony answered once he was sure she was asleep. He hated having to hide his growing fondness of her but he wouldn't make a move on someone else's girl. He pressed his face into her hair and fell asleep, mumbling softly. The genius descended into warm darkness with a blissfully dreamless sleep ahead of him.

Kayla slept much better with someone else. Especially when she was allowed to not restrain her magic. Some past lovers had disliked that her magic seemed to almost have a mind of its own.

The three men she now adored loved her magic and the good feelings it brought to them. It helped soothe and heal their hurts, be they physical or mental ones.

~~~~~~~~Later~~~~~~~~

"Stop that." Steve tilted his head away from Bucky's fingers. The former assassin was poking at him to be annoying.

"Why?" Bucky pinched Steve's face curiously, enjoying his new arm. He could feel sensations like skin and clothing.

"I don't like being pinched, Jerk." Steve swatted Bucky's hand. "You're an overgrown toddler!"

Bucky raspberried at Steve, making sure to spit on him like that. "Deal with it, Punk."

"Why are you two bickering?" Kayla came in, wearing a long skirt that looked like it should trip her with every step. Somehow it didn't though.

"Steve is being a jerk." Bucky whined. He was so excited and happy because of his new arm.

"He keeps pinching me." Steve complained. He was glad Bucky was happy but he didn't like being pinched.

"Bucky, behave." Kayla kissed Bucky's cheek softly and then Steve's forehead. "Why don't you guys go outside? It's nice out."

"Yeah." Bucky nodded, activating the thing that made his arm look like it was made of flesh.

Steve chuckled. "How's Tony?"

"Sleeping soundly. He needs it so badly. He's been working so hard to keep us safe." Kayla sighed softly. "The Government and SHIELD are angry that he won't hand you two over. Like you were property." She spit out the last four words, form flickering.

"Shh, Doll." Bucky soothed. "We're okay. No one is going to take us."

Kayla kissed Steve softly and then Bucky. "Enjoy your walk. I have to do some godly business." By that she means attending a meeting on why she changed Steve and plans on it for Bucky and Tony both.

Bucky grinned after, kissing Steve now. "How the fuck did we get so lucky?"

"More like I got lucky and dragged your dumb ass along for the ride." Steve tugged Bucky into his lap to hold him. "She saved us both and she'll save Tony too."

"Good. Tony deserves it." Bucky kissed Steve softly. "He's much better than Howard... Howard was a jackass back in the 40s and must have gotten worse with age."

"I didn't like the way he looked at all the women on base." Steve sighed and then cuddled Bucky for a minute. "Ready to go for a run?"

"Hell yeah!" Bucky bounced up and ran to get on comfortable shorts and a t-shirt. He returned quickly with his socks and shoes on also, practically dragging the blond out the door to go on their run.

Elsewhere there was a meeting happening. Kayla stood in front of Zeus and crossed her arms. "I am not sorry and I will not say I won't do it again. When have I ever asked for anything?"

"I don't think she has ever done anything for herself." Hades had been called in as one of the Big Three.

"Exactly. I want to make my own family. They deserve it. Their souls are so pure and good. And fractured. They need me." Kayla grew to be on par with the gods. She rarely ever took on her godly form.

"Let her have them. It's not hurting anyone." Poseidon shrugged. He was not concerned with what she did. He had his own business to mind.

"Fine. But they are your responsibility." Zeus rumbled after a long discussion with the other two plus Athena.

"I know. Thank you." Kayla had been prepared for more than three hours of arguing. She decided to visit Hephaestus and talked for awhile with him, discussing Tony's brilliance as an engineer and tinkerer. She returned home with some gifts for her favorite genius and had stopped to get Bucky and Steve something also.

She found Bucky, Tony and Steve all curled up together sound asleep. The goddess put her gifts away and got dressed in one of Steve's shirts before crawling in with them. Her magic played out, soothing anything that may cause nightmares before she let herself fall asleep.