Roswell (S. Rogers & B. Barnes)

50.

Bucky rubs his eyes as he looks in on Steve, but his bed is empty. Bucky couldn't sleep knowing that Roswell wasn't in the apartment. Seems Steve can't either. It will be worse for Steve, he's used to having Roswell in his bed. Bucky feels terrible, he agreed to join the two of them in their relationship, it is because of him that they were found out. He and Roswell were seen by Wanda, she admitted that much. Bucky touches the door frame and then nods before backing away. He heads out of the apartment in search of his friend.

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Bucky finds Steve in Roswell's apartment, sat on her couch with a drink in hand, one of her shirts in his lap, Bucky understands. Steve wanted something of hers to keep close. Bucky closes the door behind him and moves into the living area.

"Can't sleep either?" Bucky asks dropping into Roswell's armchair, Steve hums a little in answer and glances at his best friend.

"It feels weird...bed being empty" Steve admits. "Smells like her" he adds and takes a drink from the glass in his hand.

"What are you drinking?" Bucky asks, Steve glances to his glass.

"I asked Thor for something" Steve answers. "It's working" he admits and sighs.

"Steve" Bucky whispers. "Is this what you're going to do about this? Drink?" Steve sets the glass down and sighs.

"I can't lose her" Steve states. "I can't..." his voice breaks. "I've never felt this way about anyone before, not in the '40s, not since I woke up....and I might lose her" he hangs his head. "I should never have brought the stupid throuple idea to you"

"Steve" Bucky starts as he brushes his sleeve over his cheek. "This is not your fault, Roswell knows that..."

"Does she?" Steve counters. "It was my idea, I talked you into it, I told her everything would be okay...." he shakes his head. "I should have known better" Bucky sighs a little. "She was too good to be true"

"Okay, this is not going to help" Bucky scolds, Steve looks at him. "This is not going to get her back. Roswell needs to know that we don't regret what we had...I sure as hell don't" Steve rubs his hand over his face. "I love her, just as much as you do, and I will thank you every single day if it will get into that vibranium skull of yours that what we had was perfect, that she is perfect for us. And it doesn't matter what anyone else thinks, it only matters what we think. You brought up the idea because you knew it would work for us, for all of us, that it would make all of us happy, but that's not going to work if she's not right here with us. So are you really going to roll over and let her go because of what Natasha thinks? What other people think?" Steve swallows a little and then shakes his head. "So get off your ass and fight for her, no matter how long it takes, if you love her like I know you love then you will camp outside her office every day until she hears you out, until you win her back"

"Us" Steve counters. "It's us or it is nothing" Bucky softens slightly and nods. "Because you are right....there is a reason that this works for us, and it is her" Bucky smiles and nods, seeing that Steve has come around.

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Wanda worries her hands together and then knocks on Roswell's office door, she knows her sister is in there, she can hear Roswell's music, she can see the lights on. She spent all morning working up the courage to go and talk to her. She knows she has to. She knows this is her fault.

"Roswell?" Wanda asks reaching for the door handle but it's locked. She knew it wouldn't be that easy. "I..." Wanda starts and then stops. "Will you let me in, Roswell?" She asks as she rests her forehead against the door. "I'm so sorry" Wanda states as she gets upset. She reacted to what she saw. And she should have spoken to her sister first, but Natasha thought it better not to. That it would give Roswell and Bucky time to work on a cover story. "I didn't know what to think...please" Wanda lifts her head, tears rolling down her cheeks. Pietro touches the small of her back and she looks at him. "I didn't want her to leave" She admits sadly. "I didn't want this to happen"

"You should have talked to them first" Pietro offers. "Or me...I would have told you to talk to them...." Wanda nods a little. "She's our sister, Wan, and you chose to believe something that...had a good explanation" Wanda looks down. "She makes them happy, and they clearly make her happy, what else matters?"

"I know that now" Wanda argues. "I know I made a mistake but if she won't talk to me how I can fix this?" Along the hall, Steve approaches clutching a book in his hand. Bucky was right, they need to show Roswell that they care about her and not what people think about their relationship. He's starting by giving her a book. A book about werewolf lore. He knows it won't fix everything overnight but he wants to show that he wants to know more about her and her life, about who she is. He loves her. He loves all of her and he is not letting her get away. He notices the twins stood outside the office and frowns.

"What are you doing here?" Steve asks, Wanda steps towards him.

"I wanted to apologize to her" Wanda admits. "Steve...I am sorry, I just..." Pietro takes her hand.

"It's not going to help right now" Pietro whispers sadly. "Come on" he kisses her head and leads her away. Steve swallows and takes a deep breath trying to push away that anger now flooding him. Pietro was wise to take Wanda away, because right now Steve is so angry with them for what they've done. Wanda, Natasha...all of them for cornering and accusing Roswell like that. Some heroes they are. Steve takes another breath before approaching the office door. He knocks and waits but no answer comes. He closes his eyes. He didn't think it would be that easy.

"It's me" He states touching the door. "I urm...I wanted to make sure you're okay.." he admits and looks at the book in his hand. "I brought you something, I just..." he struggles with his words because he knows how much is riding on this. "I'm going to leave it out here, okay, honey?" he sets the book down against the door. "You know where Bucky and I are....if you want to talk" He assures her before backing away. "I love you" he adds before walking away. When he's gone, the office door opens and Tony pokes his head out.

"Dude is so whipped" He comments and picks up the book before disappearing back into the office.