In the Dark

The Kiss

The next morning Sofia woke up bright and early to get ready for the day. She had found a place to go eat breakfast and made calls to get a chauffeur out to the home to take them to the ruins and around the city. Peggy woke up soon after Sofia, immediately searching for coffee or tea; she really didn't have a preference.

Of course, the house didn't have much of anything so Sofia grimaced at the sight of a grumpy Peggy make her way back to her room and slam the door. Sofia knew she would have to go and wake Natasha up since she loved to sleep in but today was not that day. 

The sliding door opened and Sofia jumped in her spot, getting ready to defend herself from the person coming into the house. She relaxed once Bucky came into sight. He was shirtless and sweaty; it was a sight she was starting to get used to.

"Sorry," he breathed out as he tried to catch his breath. "I didn't mean to scare you. I didn't think you'd be awake already."

Sofia waved him off. "I should be used to you scaring me like that now."

Bucky apologized once again before disappearing down the hallway to take a shower. Meanwhile, Sofia walked to Natasha's room and jumped on her bed. The redhead didn't even flinch. It took many tries to finally get her to wake up and when she did, she threw a pillow at Sofia's head.

"Andale! Come on! Wake up!"


"5 more minutes," Natasha groaned, pulling the comforter up to her eyes. 


"No," Sofia huffed. "Come on, Nat! The car is getting here in an hour. You gotta wake up."


They argued for a couple of more minutes before Sofia ripped the covers off her body and Natasha jumped out of bed to chase her out of her room. Sofia ran out with a laugh, bumping into Peggy who seemed to have a better look on her face than she did earlier.

"We're going to eat before we go see the ruins, right?"


"Yes, Margaret." Sofia sang. "You can drink all the coffee or tea that you'd like."


Bucky came out of his room next looking dashing as ever. Sofia could feel the heat rise to her cheeks and ears. He was so good-looking that she wasn't sure if she could ever get used to it.

"Just waiting on Natasha," Peggy said loudly in hopes that she would hear her and hurry up. 


In the meantime, the three of them talked amongst each other about insignificant things. Natasha appeared about 20 minutes later, a loud honk echoing through the quiet house at the same time. 

They all walked out and hopped into the car after locking up the house, heading straight to the cafe. Sofia invited the driver to join them but he politely declined, saying that he had already eaten. She frowned but nodded, mentally reminding herself to give him a hefty tip. 

After they ate they headed to the Mayan ruins where everyone looked up at the pyramids in awe. They couldn't believe they were man-made let alone standing right in front of them. 

"Let's get a picture!" Peggy exclaimed, taking her phone out of her small purse. 


"Yeah," Sofia agreed. "Come here!"


Natasha got in between Sofia and Peggy but Bucky didn't move from his spot. 

"Bucky, come over here. What are you doing?"


Bucky grinned, shaking his head. "No, it's okay. I'll take the picture if you'd like."

"Oh, don't be a party pooper, Barnes!" Natasha called out, waving him over.


"Seriously," he nodded, stretching his hand out. "It's okay."


Peggy looked over at Sofia who in turn shrugged. She wasn't going to force him to do something he didn't want to do. If he wanted to stay behind the camera for whatever reason then so be it. Peggy reluctantly handed her phone over to Bucky who quickly positioned himself and began to take photos of them. After taking a handful they could choose from, they walked around some more and Natasha even got to climb one of them like she wished to do.