#wyntered

kissing prompts || accepting || @wyntered​

[ CHEEK ] : your muse kisses my muse on the cheek.

      they’ve been sparring for the better part of half an hour, now. one-upping each other, escalating it, laughing easily through each hit. it’s been a while since they’ve had some down time together, and it’s great to indulge a little. as it stands, Steve is forcing Bucky backwards with a series of sharp blows, Bucky parrying as he takes small steps back-- until he ducks and sweeps Steve’s leg out.

      he hits the deck but drags Bucky down with him, grappling with the other man before grunting through a soft chuckle as he receives a metal elbow to the jaw. he shifts quickly, hooks a leg around Bucky’s to pin them there, forces his metal arm across his chest to pin it there with his body weight. he laughs when Bucky swears, goes to bring his right arm up to aim a hit at him, and he ducks down lower to make that more difficult-- face to face, an easy grin on his lips as he meets Bucky’s eyes.  

   ❝ you give in? ❞ he questions, brow lifting pointedly, before Bucky flashes him a look he can’t quite read and slowly lifts his head to bring his lips to his cheek. the kiss is soft, stubble prickling against his own smooth skin, and it lingers. sets his skin on fire. he blinks as Bucky leans back, eyes briefly darting down to the lips that have very much distracted him in a way he wouldn’t have expected-- 

Much of Natalia's time was spent in Bucky's room, sprawled across his bed in one fashion or another. And that night was absolutely no different. Except the fact that she was freshly showered and in nothing but vibrant red lace that matched the color of her hair that still stuck damp down her back and across her chest as she laid belly down on the bed. Fingers flipped through the magazine she had found under his bed in the most laziest of ways, green eyes never raising from the pages. "I know we were supposed to be there.. what, an hour ago? Are we going or are we staying? I would hate to waste new lingerie if we're staying in." It had been his idea to go -- no. It had been Steve's idea to go and she was just going with the flow. Rather, Bucky gave her the perpetual puppy eyes and she agreed to go if he kissed her first.

Fingers of her free hand moved through Alpine's fur as she crossed her ankles where her feet bobbed in the air behind her. Natalia was not even worried about his door being wide open, she had nothing to hide.

Her gaze finally rose from the magazine as she shut it and kind of rolled to one side, allowing his cat to curl up against her more as she watched him cross the room back and forth. "Baby. Babe. What are you doing?" Natalia didn't speak much, except around him. She never really felt the need to, but he was making her nervous and she finally pushed up and crawled to the end of the bed and pushed up to rest on her knees before reaching out for him. "I know you don't want to go. But it means a lot to the boys. I'll keep you company, promise." She pursed out her lips just a bit in a mock pout as she wiggled her fingers at him.

detainment  in  the  wake  of  victory  left  a  bitter  taste  in  steve’s  mouth.  even  the  enormity  of  deep-rooted  relief  he  felt  in  having  nat  at  his  side  was  tempered  by  the  apprehension  of  what  had  happened  in  their  absence  to  cause  this  welcome.  it  was  like  nobody  believed  a  word  they  said,  about  anything.  the  cell  they’d  been  tossed  in  was  nothing  more  than  metallic  shoe  box  with  a  single  cot.

they’d  been  interrogated  about  their personal  and  professional  history,  down  to  the  most  minute  detail,  and  still  cold  eyes  read  skeptical...  and  fearful.  

Graduation itself had gone well enough, Natalia had decided to wait until the ceremony itself was done and they all could relax. Steve was too proud of his commencement speech for her to let anything ruin it. Afterwards, she'd have to have a talk with him.

Somewhere about half way through the ceremony, Natalia had been startled by James dropping into the empty seat beside her and she grabs his hand and they both just sat and watched Steve speak with such fondness and pride on their faces.

The three of them had been all but inseparable for almost four years.

Natalia had made sure to tell James what she was planning on doing just in case the whole thing went pear shaped. She didn't want him to be blindsided and she also wanted it to be her to tell him and not James.

A painful forty - five minutes later, she had told Steve everything she had seen. From seeing Rachel in the dressing room next to her with someone they all knew, and how Rachel had threatened her ( yet again ) if she were to tell, which was why Natalia was glad she had picture proof of it to show so it didn't look like she was just trying to get rid of the girl.

Natalia had just seen Ivan off as he had to leave again when she turned around and was met with anger and a high pitched voice. Pushing Rachel off of her not once, but twice as a warning before the blonde came after her again with a well placed punch that she was definitely not expecting. They were all still in their gowns and niceties and Natalia was honestly dumbfounded until she swept her tongue across her lower lip and came away with blood and the next thing she knew was James was pulling her off of Steve's ex and she was yelling something at her in Russian but Natalia didn't remember a thing. Everything had gone red and before she finally figured out what was going on, she was sitting on concrete and she could hear voices ( mostly James and Steve ) talking and she shook her head to try and wash away the muted sounds. "I need a drink." words were more heavily accented than they usually were as she pulled herself up off the ground and walked away.

Some time later the three of them were sitting in the back of Sam's truck. She was between James and Steve and she had the bottle of illegally bought vodka between her fingers as she stared out across the beach where they had parked. Dusk was settling in, but there was enough light to still see. "We should get out of here." Her words sounding funny because of how swollen her lip was from how hard Rachel had clocked her and she randomly quipped before laughing. 

"Your girlfriend has a wicked right hook, I got to say."

They had planned a double - date summer out at a cabin they had booked at the beginning of the year. It had been a gift from Ivan for them to be able to enjoy themselves. But, in typical Natalia fashion, she didn't elaborate about what she was talking about, she just brought the bottle to her lips again and drank. 

“Oh, don’t mind me. Just enjoying the view.”  ---  @wyntered​  ft  bucky barnes

       it’s  evident  that she’s annoyed  ,  eyebrows furrowed as she squints at him and then up at her phone that had been on the top shelf  .  well the middle one  ,  Bucky wasn’t that tall either  &  she’ll make a point to bring that up later on but for now she’s climbing the mount everest of counters with one singular goal in mind  .  to get that damn phone  .  the blonde is clad in her normal series of outfits  ,  a dress paired with the perfect hair of heels  &  of course in moments like this she would pout at him until he gave in  ---  but not today  .

@wyntered​ asked; I may be super, but I’m not a hero.