Roswell (S. Rogers & B. Barnes)

56.

Steve wakes to Roswell's breath on his neck, he smiles a little and curls his arm around her, she hums a little and nuzzles closer to him. It's been three weeks since she moved in with him and Bucky, three weeks of affection and sex and love. He's never seen Bucky so happy or loved up. He's had very few nightmares, mostly they occur on the nights when he is not sharing Steve and Roswell's bed, or when she's not in his. It usually ends with Bucky climbing into their bed anyway. They're all happier. Almost anyway. Roswell is happy she has Steve and Bucky, of course, she is, but she's missing the twins, she's missing Wanda. Steve kisses her head and closes his eyes before his hand seeks out Bucky on the other side but finds it empty. He leans up and peers over Roswell to double-check. He assumed Bucky would stay. Bucky kicks the door frame with his boot as he steps into the room. Steve raises an eyebrow at him. Bucky holds up the two mugs in his hands.

"I made coffee" He offers and then sets the mugs on the dresser. "And urm...well, gave you some space"

"Why?" Steve asks him. "We're in this together, the three of us"

"I know" Bucky assures him. "Just you're better at the comfort stuff..." Roswell stretches out in bed before curling up again. "You know how upset she was last night" Steve nods and sits up careful of Roswell.

"This whole thing with Wanda...." Steve starts and then shakes his head. "Family means everything to Roswell, and knowing that her own sister went behind her back like that...I don't blame her for being upset, but not talking to Wanda is just making it worse" Bucky sits on the bed next to Roswell and touches her arm, she hums a little and reaches out for him, he smiles and threads his fingers with hers. "For both of them," Steve adds as he takes his coffee from the dresser.

"Maybe we could have dinner" Bucky offers. "Us, and them....just to grease the wheels a little" Steve nods a little. It will be awkward, so very awkward, but maybe it is something that they need to do. To start mending that bond. Roswell loves her family, and that includes Wanda and Pietro now. It's not going to be easy. They know it's not. But if they are all going to be living and working together, they need to fix it.

Bucky leans in the doorway to Roswell's office, watching her work, a smile on his face. She is always more relaxed when she's got her hands on something good. Something old and mysterious.

"What's with the glasses?" Bucky teases, Roswell gives him a look, he laughs a little.

"They're magnified" She answers. "For the small text on some of these things" She motions to the box of relics in front of her. "What are you doing here?" She asks him.

"Dinner, tonight" He offers with a small shrug. "You, me, Steve...Wanda" She pulls a face and looks down at her box of relics. "Pietro, and Natasha"

"Bucky" She complains.

"We all have to live with one another" Bucky scolds. "Work together, it's time to start fixing this.....It's been three weeks, Kitten" She sighs. "I know you miss them" He adds, she nods a little. "Family is important. And I know you have forgiven your brothers for worse..." She looks at him. She's come to tell Steve and Bucky everything in the last few weeks. He heads into the office as she pulls a pout, he gives her a look back. "For me and Steve?" He asks her, she sighs and then nods. She'd do almost anything for the two of them, and anything to make them happy. He leans down and kisses her. "I'll see you tonight" he whispers against her lips and she nods a little. "Good girl" he kisses her again before leaving her to her work. Roswell looks down at the pot in her hand. She knows Bucky is right, but Sam and Dean, nothing they ever did hurt her as much as Wanda's betrayal did.

..........

Wanda adjusts her dress for the millionth time, she's nervous. Sitting in a room, eating dinner, with Roswell, giving their current relationship.

"This is a good sign," Natasha tells her as she takes Wanda's hands to stop her fidgeting. "You want that relationship with Roswell" Wanda nods, she really does want that. She wants everything to be okay between them, for her, for Roswell, for Pietro. They're family. And she wants it to feel that way again.

"You know it wasn't her idea" Wanda counters, Natasha nods a little.

"But she agreed" Natasha reminds her. "If she didn't want anything to do with you, she wouldn't have agreed to dinner...this is a good sign. And come on, we all know our mistake. This isn't just for you, this is for me too, I need to apologise, I need to make this right." Wanda takes a deep breath and leans closer, Natasha smiles and kisses her. "Everything will be okay" Natasha assures her softly.

.......

Bucky hands Pietro a soda as they wait on Roswell, Natasha, and Wanda, they all know that the three of them are dragging their feet, trying to put off what they all know will be an awkward dinner. Bucky and Steve share a look before Steve shrugs and heads upstairs to talk with Roswell. Pietro sighs. He just wants his sisters to get along. He doesn't want to be caught in the middle of this fight. He looks up when Wanda and Natasha walk into the apartment. Wanda looks as nervous as Pietro is sure Roswell is. Bucky raises an eyebrow at Natasha who shrugs a little. This is going to be a long night.