Roswell (S. Rogers & B. Barnes)

47.

Roswell sits at her desk flicking through a number of books, trying to find an alternative to the electromagnetic field, just in case she can't figure out how to control it, or get it to work. She doesn't feel like she could. She's not strong enough. She takes a breath and flips to the next page just as Bucky walks into her office, shutting the door behind him. He smiles warmly seeing her concentrating on her work. That cute little crease between her eyebrows. She's so adorable.

"Hey" he greets, she looks up and smiles seeing him approaches her.

"Hi" she offers. "What are you doing here?"

"Thought I'd check on you" he answers. "Make sure you're okay after yesterday, and....this morning" she cocks her head a little and gives him a soft smile. 

"No Steve?" She asks.

"He's in the city" Bucky answers. "He went to pick up some supplies" he kisses her cheek and then sits across her desk. "How's the whole fae thing coming?" he asks her, she blows a raspberry and shrugs.

"Unless I can get my electromagnetic field power thing to work, then I don't think we're trapping the thing" Bucky shrugs a little.

"You'll figure it out" he assures her, she lifts her eyes from the book in her hands. "You will" Bucky adds. "I have faith, and so does Steve...."

"About the supernatural stuff?" she asks him, Bucky leans closer to the table.

"Don't worry about it" he answers. "We're not mad" he assures her softly. "It was a big secret, huge even....the whole belief thing and fact thing, I mean....I wouldn't have told" he admits. "Not without making absolutely sure that the people I was telling trusted me and were attached enough not to just throw me aside" her face falls. "Not that we would have" he quickly adds. "We wouldn't have..." she looks down a little and shrugs. "Have you thought about telling the others?" she shakes her head.

"No, telling you and Steve was....weird enough" she stands from her desk and paces a little. "You remember how nervous I was to tell them all about my powers?"

"Yeah, I know....but they took it well" Bucky reminds her. She takes a breath and moves around the table, he reaches for her to pull her closer. "These people here, they are your family now.....they can't hate you for this...for telling them the truth, for informing them about the world they live in, how could they?" he pulls her down into his lap. "For opening their eyes to the real world...." he breaths softly. "It might take some convincing that it's all real, but yeah, they'll get there and it'll be okay"

"You mean like telling them Steve lets you bang his girlfriend?" Bucky snorts and strokes her arm.

"You know it's more than that" he assures her, nuzzling into her cheek. "It's not that we're not telling them, it's just not come up yet" she raises an eyebrow.

"It feels pretty up now" she mumbles, Bucky chuckles wrapping his arms around her. She snuggles against him.

"Everything will be alright" he assures her. "You got me and Steve" he whispers and kisses her cheek, she turns her head slightly and presses her lips to his, he hums happily against her lips.

..........

Wanda chews nervously on her thumb as she watches Natasha get ready for bed, her mind working 100 miles an hour, eyes wide, like she's seen something she can't explain. And she has, she's just plucking up the courage to tell Natasha, because she has to tell someone, she has to get it out before it eats her up inside. 

"I saw something," Wanda admits to Natasha who sweeps her hair back before climbing into bed with her girlfriend.

"Yeah?" Natasha asks, Wanda nods. "What did you see?" Natasha probes, Wanda takes a deep breath and turns to her.

"So I was going by Roswell's office to drop off that book she wanted...the one about the spells and stuff that I borrowed" Natasha nods. "And...she wasn't alone" Wanda gives her a meaningful look, Natasha cocks her head.

"So you saw her and Steve together....it's not a big deal"

"Steve was in the city" Wanda points out, Natasha's brow rising in question. "It was Bucky"

"So....They're friends, they can hang out" Natasha argues. 

"They were kissing...." Wanda admits.

"What?" Natasha asks her.

"Tongues and everything" Wanda adds. "Do we tell Steve?" Natasha is still staring at her, processing what Wanda has just told her.

"No" She argues. "I don't believe Roz would do that to Steve"

"So I'm a liar?" Wanda asks her, Natasha shakes her head.

"No, maybe......maybe you just...saw wrong" Natasha answers, Wanda stares at her. "Oh my god, Roswell is cheating on Steve...with Bucky!" Natasha exclaims.

"What do we do?" Wanda asks. "How could she do this to him?" Natasha shrugs a little, she didn't think Roswell was this sort of person, or Bucky. Bucky is cheating on his best friend with his girlfriend.

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Roswell sleeps soundly between Bucky and Steve who are wrapped around her on either of her sides. Their movie night had gone well. Curled up on the couch, watching Batman, they even made out a little. Beers, Chinese food, ice cream, and popcorn. It was cute and fun. Sleeping together like this feels right. The three of them warm and soft and safe. Even Bucky and Steve sleep better with each other. Knowing that there is someone there to look out for them.