The Spark

My foot nervously taps on the ground as I wait for Phil to come fetch me. Out of nervousness, I had woken up at five am, and I was pacing the floor in front of the one way mirror for three hours before Maria Hill, the only other person I let come in here, came in, forced me to sit down on a kitchen stool and cooked me breakfast.

“But Mar, what if they hate me? I left them after potentially killing Bucky with only a video as a goodbye!” I slam my hand against the kitchen counter, and a wisp of fire flames around my hand. Maria only sighs as she turns around and places a plate of bacon, eggs and toast in front of me, and I sigh before I tuck in, eating the bacon with my fingers.

“Y/n, they won’t hate you. Hell, they wouldn’t be able to hate you, you’re family. And you have Tony as a dad. You can’t get more love than that”

I chuckle as I finish breakfast, and I can feel my nerves light up with joy. I close my eyes and I bask in the feeling, and I only open my eyes when I hear Maria breath in a choked breath.

“um, Y/n” Maria looks around the room wide eyed as she looks at the plants that had sprouted through the concrete ground and wrapped themselves around my furniture and had even crept up the walls.

“What can I say? I’m happy” I flush as I bounce up onto my feet again, and I turn to look back at Maria when her phone beeps. She checks it, and a smile appears on her face.

“They’re here”

……………………….

I bite my bottom lip as I stand behind Maria and Coulson, waiting for them to open the door to the observation room where my family is waiting.

“ I don’t – I can’t” I stutter as I feel the multiple heartbeats echoing on the other side of the door, and I take a step back from the door. Maria takes a step towards me and pulls me into a hug, murmuring soothing words into my ear as I struggle to hold back my power, to block it. After a couple of minutes I calm down, and I pull back from Maria, looking at the door nervously.

“Y/n, if you need to get out, just flick my arm” Maria offers, and I bite back a chuckle as I remember Tony telling me the same thing when he had first brought me into the Tower and introduced me to the team.

“Yeah, okay” I nod, and Maria gestures for Phil to open the door. He looks at me to check, and when he nods, he opens the door. Maria gently pushes me forward, and I take a deep breathe when all the talk coming from the observation room stops, and everyone’s gazes are on me.

“Hi” I whisper, and no one moves until Tony walks forward and pulls me into his arms. I sigh and rest my head against his suited shoulder melting into his touch.

“Hey sweetcheeks” Tony pulls back and holds me at arms lengths, his hands on my shoulders, squeezing them comfortingly.

“Hey Dad” I smile gently as he chuckles, his brown eyes lighting up with joy as I hug him again.

“You know sweetcakes, I’m sure everyone else wants to say hello too” Tony chuckles when everyone else calls out “yeah!” and “come on Y/n!”

I laugh and pull back from Tony, only to practically get tackled by a silver haired streak, his arms wrapping around me.

“Hey Pietro” I chuckle, pulling back and ruffling his hair. I look up and I see Wanda, and I beckon her and she smiles as she wraps her arms around me.

“Hey Wanda” I grin at her, and then it’s almost like a conga line, people line up in front of me and I hug them all. First it was Natasha, and she hugged me briefly but firmly. Then it was Clint who ruffled my hair when he pulled away after his hug. Sam was next and he slipped me a lollipop which made me grin. Peter was next and he buried his face in my shoulder as his arms wrap around me. After Peter let me go, Thor walked up to me, and being the mountain of muscle he was, squeezed the hell out of me while I patted his shoulder comfortingly, struggling to breathe.

“Thor, I kinda like my ribs” I gasp, and Thor laughs as he lets me go.

“You haven’t changed, Lady Y/n”

I grin as he moves past me, and I stumble when a small mass attaches to my legs. I look down to see Cassie’s arms tight around my thighs. I pat her head and look up when Scott approaches me.

“Cassie blackmailed me into letting her skip school to come see you” Scott admits and I can’t help but laugh as I hear Cassie giggle. I high-five her and Scott chuckles as he gently pulls Cassie away and moves out of the way. Vision comes up to me and holds out his hand for a handshake, but I shake my head slightly and I gently pull him into a hug. At first, he’s tense but then he relaxes into it, his hands resting on my back. And when I pull back I give him a smile, and as he moves away I feel my smile freeze on my face when I see Loki standing in front of me, a nervous smile on his face. After a couple of seconds of silence and me staring at him, I open my arms in an invitation for a hug. He let’s out an audible sigh of relief and he hugs me, his cold skin making me shiver slightly. He looks at me apologetically and moves away to reveal Steve, his blue eyes focused on me.

“Hi Dad” I say jokingly, and his face turns red before he grins and wraps me in a hug, his arms tight around me as he presses me to his chest.

“Please don’t leave us again sweetheart” Steve whispers into my ear as he lets me go, and I give him a gentle smile, not giving him a definitive answer as I look around the room, and Steve sees my face fall. He frowns slightly and goes to say something, but his eyes flick up to a space above my shoulder and he closes his mouth.
“Doll”

I freeze, my eyes flicking up to Steve’s smiling fatherly face, who nods and gestures for me to turn around. I slowly turn around and my eyes grow wide as I watch Bucky step out of the shadows in the corner of the room, his cerulean blue eyes staring into mine, a small smile on his face as he opens his arms in in invitation for a hug.

I bite back a sob as I dart forward and wrap my arms around his waist and nuzzle my face into the crook of his neck, his arms wrapping around me.

“I’m so sorry Bucky, I’m so sorry!” I sob into his shoulder, and he sighs gently as he presses a kiss to my head.

“Oh Y/n, what are you sorry for Doll?” Bucky asks as he pulls back and cups a hand behind my head with his metal hand and his flesh hand traces my face gently.

“I could have killed you! I just left you! I was so scared so I ran” I look away from Bucky’s face, and I’m vaguely aware of everyone leaving the room.

I hear Bucky tut and his flesh hand cups my face and he turns my head gently so we are face to face, but I still avert my eyes, tears falling down my cheeks.

“Doll, please look at me” Bucky begs, his hand tucking a piece of hair behind my ear. After a second, I look at him, my teary eyes meeting his.

“Sweetheart, you couldn’t kill me if you tried. It’s me and you till the end of the line, remember?” I can’t help but smile, and I lean into his hand as his thumb strokes my cheek.

“I was so scared that I killed you” I murmur, a sob building in my chest as my right hand clenches in his shirt, and my left hand traces over his body, skimming up his flesh arm and down his chest till it rests on his stomach. “Your skin was so cold, and the icicles were embedded deep in your skin”

“Oh sweetheart you’re okay, I’m okay” Bucky soothes as he wraps me in his arms again, his long hair tickling my neck.

“How long have you been awake?” I whisper.

“I woke up yesterday evening. I eventually convinced Steve to let me visit you. And I stayed the whole night here when I heard that you wanted to meet us” Bucky chuckles, planting a kiss on the corner of my mouth as I pull back to look at him.

“I’m so fucking sorry Bucky”

“It doesn’t matter now Y/n, I’m here now. And I love you, so much” Bucky’s hands cup my face, and he presses a desperate kiss to my lips, his hands running through my hair as I press my body against his, one hand going around his neck and my other hand threading through his own hair.

“I love you too James. I love you so fucking much”

…………………..

When Tony led the Avengers back into the observation room, he couldn’t help but smile at the sight that greeted him. Bucky and Y/n were lying in the cot that was brought in for Bucky to sleep in since he refused to leave the room. They were both lying on the bed, and Y/n was cuddled into his side with her cheek pressed against his chest and her hand curled against his neck, Bucky’s metal arm wrapped around her waist. Their legs were tangled together and their breathing was light as they slept together, Bucky’s chin resting against the top of her head.

Tony chuckles as he elbows Steve lightly, and he grabs his phone and snaps a couple of pictures of the couple, and even when Bucky was asleep he was protective, because when he heard the snap of the phone’s camera, he growled slightly and twisted his body so he rested on his side and his body curled around Y/n’s body, blocking her from view.

Steve snorts, and without a word, guides everyone out of the room, giving his best friend and his girl some privacy.

“God, they’re so cute” Tony whispers to Steve as they leave the room, and Steve laughs as his cheeks flush.

“I’m ‘Dad’ now” Steve says with reverence, and Tony laughs as he hooks his arm around Steve’s neck.

“Capsicle, we’re both Dad’s now. Still can’t believe you were the only one with me at the time and I had to put two names down”

Steve rolls his eyes and they meet with the rest of the group, who were standing in a break room, cans of sprite and coke in their hands.

“They are both happy” Wanda says with a smile as she wanders over to Steve and Tony. Tony cocks his eyebrow and she chuckles.

“They are both sending out strong thoughts of joy, it’s impossible to block them out” Wanda admits.

“Wanda is correct” Vision confirms as he walks up behind her, his eyes lighting up as Wanda reaches out and holds his hand.

“I can hear their thoughts, and they are indeed happy”

“That’s good. They both deserve it” everyone nods at Tony’s words, and they start to chat in a group. Tony looks around and spots Coulson talking to Maria Hill, and he jogs over to them, returning their greeting.

“Hey Maria, Phil. Just wanted to ask you guys a question”

Phil nods and waits patiently as Tony gathers his thoughts.

“I was just wondering, how has Y/n been doing, ability wise”

“She has steadily improved since she arrived here” Maria starts off. “Shall I give you a recap of her powers, before and now?”

Tony nods, and she takes a deep breath as she compiles her thoughts.

“Let’s see. When she first arrived she had uncontrollable energy bursts that would either burn, ice or destroy the room, she had rudimentary control over her actual control of the elements, could barely manage to use the air to pick up objects and had an unprecedented super soldier strength and endurance which she was severely unused to” Maria counts them off on her fingers, and then gestures for Phil to continue.

“And now she improved most of those skills and developed more. She can now focus the energy bursts into her hands so she can aim the blast. She can now control all four main elements with relative ease and Maria noticed a new one this morning, as when she is overwhelmed with joy, plants start to grow which I’m sure she’ll start to control, in time. She can also manipulate the air to lift objects as well as using the air to cloak herself to basically turn herself invisible. She can also sense the heartbeats of people with her air ability. And her endurance and strength has improved, she can now run on in a sprint for two hours straight without breaking a sweat, and she goes through punching bags as fast as Steve does.” Tony chuckles at that last bit, and nods goodbye to the SHEILD agents.

…………………………….

I stir when I feel Bucky’s lips press against my neck in a kiss, and I hear him chuckle when I sleepily groan, pushing my ass back against his crotch. I slowly become aware that he’s spooning me, his warm breathe tickling my ear and his right arm wrapped around my waist, our legs tangled together. We were facing the wall, and I smile as I turn around in his embrace till we are face to face, our noses nearly touching as he gazes into my eyes.

“Hey there Doll” Bucky smirks as I blush slightly, my hand trailing up his chest, absentmindedly mapping out his body, remembering every detail.

“You like what you see?” He teases and I realize that my mouth was open slightly, and I blush harder. Chuckling, Bucky cups my face with his flesh hand and pulls me forward till our lips meet, his lips soft and gentle, expressing his love through the kiss.

I grin as I pull back, my nerves thrumming with joy and love, and I rest my forehead against his, and we stay like that for a minute or two, just basking in each other’s presence.

“Where is everyone?” I whisper, and Bucky smirks as he pulls back, his flesh hand rubbing up and down my arm gently.

“They’re in a room down the hall, waiting for us to get up I’m guessing” Bucky whispers back, and I close my eyes as I concentrate on the air, searching for the slight movements of heartbeats.

“I can feel their heartbeats” I murmur, and I hear Bucky make a questioning hum.

“I can sense the air around me Buck Buck” I feel Bucky’s smile as he nuzzles my neck. “So I can hear people’s heartbeats. I can even sense the different beats which helps me tell who’s who”

“Who can you hear?”

“Hmm, Thor and Steve’s heartbeats are the strongest, as well as yours. They are loud and steady” I move my hand to rest against his chest, over his heart. “While Pietro’s heartbeat is really fast, just like his power. It’s almost like a hummingbird. And it’s funny, Tony’s heartbeat is steady but is almost drowned out by the ARC reactor’s buzzing. Umm, there’s a heartbeat that is really slow – oh, that must be Vision. And there’s two really quiet but steady heartbeat, and I’m pretty sure that’s Natasha and Clint.”

“Anyone else?

“I’m not sure, the rest are pretty standard. There are two that sounds young, please don’t ask how I know that, so that might be Cassie and the other young one must be Peter. The rest must be Scott, Wanda, Sam and Loki”

“That’s amazing sweetheart” Bucky praises and I smile, opening my eyes, and I can’t help but giggle when I look over Bucky’s shoulder. He turns around and gasps as he sees the green vines breaking through the floor and curling up the wall.

“Doll? Was this you?”

“Maybe” I mutter, my eyes flicking to his and I smile sheepishly.

“It’s a new ability. When I get overjoyed plants kinda sprout. It’s only happened once before, when Maria told me that Tony, being my dad and all now, would love me no matter what, even though I potentially could have killed you” I sighed, melting under Bucky’s soothing and firm hand, the warm skin exuding heat.

“Actually, talking about new abilities, I have one I wanna play a prank with”

……………………………..

Natasha’s head snapped around, breaking her conversation with Clint who stares at her in confusion.

“Um, Nat?” Clint clicks his fingers in front of her face, and her head snaps back.

“What’s wrong?”

“I swear I heard someone snicker, who sounded a lot like Barnes” Nat cocks her head to the side, her eyes squinted slightly as she focuses on her hearing.

“Nat, don’t be ridiculous, Barnes is in the observation room, snuggled up Y/n” Clint teases, but then his eyebrows pull together in confusion, and he looks around.
“What’s wrong Clint?”

“I swear I heard Y/n laugh”

Nat looks at Clint with a smug look on her face, and Clint snorts.

“Whatever Nat, whatever.”

…………………………………..

Steve was talking with Tony and Thor when he first saw it, the floating shoe. It was a black boot, and it was bobbing up and down, and even spinning.

“Uh, guys” Steve warns as he points at the shoe, and when everyone else turns around to stare at it, nearly all their mouths fell open.

“I- what? A shoe?” Tony stutters, a hand rubbing over his face before he stares at the shoe again.

And that’s when they heard the laughter.

The shoe suddenly dropped from the air, and then as they all look around for the hysterical laughter when the air shimmers in front of them, then like liquid, it flows off the two laughing masses that were holding hands and leaning into each other as they tried to control their laughter.

“Oh My God your faces!” Y/n wheezed as she wipes a tear from the corner of her eyes, her grip on Bucky tightening slightly at everyone’s awed gaze. After a couple of minutes of laughing, Bucky and Y/n finally straightened up, and Y/n leaned into Bucky as she looked around at the rest of the team.

“What?”

“It’s just, you both haven’t smiled like that for a long time” Clint admits, and everyone else nods their head.

“Oh” Y/n thinks for a moment before she smiles, and with everyone watching, reaches up and pulls Buck down into a kiss. Bucky quickly catches on and chuckles into her mouth as his metal hand winds around her waist and pulls her body to his, moulding their bodies together as Y/n deepens the kiss.

There are groans of disgust two seconds after that, and yells of get a room were repeated across the room.

With her lips still pressed to Bucky’s, she waves her hand and the air around their entwined bodies shimmer and they disappear from view.