Something's wrong
Kat froze, looking up to see Steve standing in the living room. Her breath hitched in her throat and she stood up straight.
“Don’t call me that.” She said softly.
“I’m sorry.” He told her. “Will you please let me explain?”
Kat closed her eyes and let out a big breath. A part of her wanted to tell him to go to hell for what he put her through, and Bucky, but the other part wanted to know why he came back, and why it took so long. The first part won. She grabbed her water and started to head back to her room.
“I don’t really need to hear the reasons why it didn’t work out with Peggy, Steve. I’m not going to be your second choice.”
He gently grabbed her arm, stopping her. “I never even talked to Peggy.” He said, almost at a whisper. Kat whipped her head around to look at him.
“What do you mean, you never talked to her?”
Steve sighed, letting go of her arm and took a step back, rubbing the back of his neck.
“After al the stones were put back, I went back, fully intending on talking to her. I went to the Shield headquarters and saw her through a window in her office. One look at her and I knew I had made a mistake.” He told her.
Kat couldn’t believe what she was hearing. She turned and pulled out a stool from under the island and sat down. Steve followed and stood on the opposite side.
“Katherine.” Steve breathed out. A shiver went down Kat’s spine and she cursed her body and her hormones for reacting to him.
“I will never be able to make you believe how sorry I am. I should have come back immediately. I was scared. I thought that you would chose Loki over me, and why wouldn’t you? He’s your magical soulmate. It wouldn’t have made sense for you to choose me. I thought that if I went back to Peggy, that I could be happy. I was wrong.”
Kat sighed. “I get it Steve, I do. But the point is that you never tried. You never once tried to talk to me to see what I wanted!” She yelled, making Steve flinch. “I wouldn’t have just chosen Loki, I would have chosen you both, but you didn’t care enough to ask! You just decided that we weren’t worth it! That I wasn’t worth it.” Her voice began to crack and Steve started to come around the island to her, but she stood and backed away.
“You should have come back sooner.” She whispered. Steve reached her and put his hands on her arms, resting his head against hers.
“I know, I’m sorry, if you’ll just let me explain.” She relaxed into his touch for just a moment, then pushed him away.
“No. I’ve heard enough Steve. I know you came back for me, but I should have been your first choice. Not an afterthought.” She told him, getting angrier. “I’m not just some fantasy you can come back to when you’re bored with whatever life you think you want. If you want me, earn me!” She yelled
“What the hell is going on here!” Loki screamed, having entered the apartment.
Steve spun around to see Loki coming straight after him.
“What the hell are you doing in here!” He bellowed, grabbing Steve by the shirt.
“I was just trying to talk to her.” Steve told him.
“What it looks like to me is that you’re just upsetting her.” He growled.
“I’m not leaving until she hears me out.” Steve told him. That just angered Loki more. He stepped back and sent a punch to Steve’s jaw, knocking him back a few steps. Kat gasped as Steve launched himself at Loki, knocking them both to the floor.
“Stop it! Stop it right now!” Kat yelled. Steve went to hit Loki again, but he disappeared and reappeared behind him, kicking him in the back. Kat didn’t want to deal with this. At all. Things were so complicated now.
She watched the men fight, trying to get them to stop without getting involved. She didn’t need them fighting.
“Guys come on. This is stupid.” She said, pulling her phone out and sending a text to Bucky.
Less than three minutes later, Bucky was walking into the apartment, shooting a concerning glance at Kat before attempting to pull the two men apart, although, with as mad as he still was at Steve, he had half a mind to just let Loki beat the crap out of him.
“That’s enough.” He yelled, and the two men separated for a second. Loki had a busted lip and Steve had a cut above his eye. “What the hell is the matter with you two!”
“He shouldn’t have been in here Barnes, he was just upsetting Katherine.” Loki told him, still glaring at Steve.
“I was only trying to talk to her Buck, explain myself.” Steve said, looking over at Kat, who looked a little pale.
“Then why was she yelling at you when I came in here!” Loki screamed, lunging for Steve again.
Kat felt a slight pain in her stomach and she put a hand on it, rubbing back and forth slowly.
“Ow.” This time, the pain was in her side, much higher than she thought it should be. She tried to take in a deep breath, but she couldn’t. “Bucky.” She whispered. Bucky glanced up at her and noticed something was off.
Another pain ripped through her and she leaned against the counter with a whimper. “Bucky.” She said, her voice cracking.
“Doll?” Bucky said as he walked over to her, placing a hand on her arm.
“Something is wrong.” She said before she doubled over in pain, screaming. Bucky was quick to catch her and lift her up bridal style, carrying her to the elevator. Loki and Steve stopped what they were doing, following him, trying to look at Kat.
“What’s happening to her?” Loki asked.
“Get out of my way.” Bucky growled at them, stepping into the elevator with Kat and taking her down to the lab.
“Don’t worry doll, I got you, just hold on.” He told her. If she was in pain because of the two dumbasses in the apartment, he was going to kill them.