
NESS OF THE AWKWARD, or Awkwardness For Those Who Prefer Strait Answers
I didn’t want to exit my little bunk room. I just wanted to hide and avoid Bucky at all cost. Natasha was a bitch, but I knew she wouldn’t let him know about what we’d talked about. Eventually, I had to leave my bunk, and when I did, I gave him a nod and turned to the coffee maker and poured myself a glass. When I turned back around, I had caught him looking at my ass, and he immediately looked out the window next to him like it hadn’t happened. I blushed. I seem to be doing that a lot today.
“We should be landing in five minutes, Sergeant Barnes.” A robotic female voice with an Irish accent informed us. Bucky looked toward the cockpit and walked toward it. He had a confident stride, his arms swinging freely. Natasha looked at me knowingly, and I stuck my tongue out at her.
“Friday is an AI that Tony created. If you need anything, just ask her.” Wanda informed me and I nodded.
We landed in said five minutes and I stepped off onto the landing and launch pad on Avenger’s tower. It was amazing, I had to crane my neck to see all the way to the top. It was amazing, but also a little ugly.
I saw Tony Stark walk run out of the building. He was wearing a white silk shirt and a gray vest with slightly darker gray paisley accents, and dark sunglasses. He had a phone to his ear and was talking really fast.
“-and it’s important to secure the area around her residence. Can’t have a terror attack killing civilians. Ok, bye. Also, try to bring her stuff out and into a storage. Ok bye.” He clicked him off his call. “Nissa Castle?” he asked and I nodded. “Ok, nice to meet you. I don’t have time now, but I want to talk about the sharp shooting tech you used in Anki if that wouldn’t be too much trouble.” I shook my head.
“Sure, I don’t mind,” I said. “So, how long am I estimated to stay here?” I asked and shifted my weight. “Also, is there any way I could go get some stuff? All I’ve got are the clothes on my back and my phone and wallet.” I said.
“Not you personally, but we can send some agents once the place is secured. In the meantime, you can borrow some of my wife Pepper’s clothes.” Tony said, and I accidentally caught his scent. The complete accident didn’t mean to, but he had a mated scent, anyway. I kinda have a hard time not catching scents, be them, people, I’m interested getting a knot from or not. I think it has something to do with me being an Omega.
“Ok, I guess,” I said morosely. I didn’t really like the idea of spending an unknown amount of time in the Avenger’s tower, but I knew it was safe if I’d been targeted by a terrorist organization. I was level headed. I’ve been in danger before, I can do it again, no problem. “What’s the WiFi password?” I asked and Tony held out his hand for my phone. I handed it to him and he pressed in a long code.
“If you need it again, ask Friday. They gave you the rundown on Friday, right?” he asked and I nodded. “Good, they’re not just a bunch of barbarians. C’mon, I’ll show you the guest room.” Tony started walking towards the building and I followed him.
I got blasted by a breeze of cool air when we got inside, the summer air was warm and humid. We got into an elevator with Bucky and Natasha, and I saw another guy sprinting top speed at the elevator. He was tall and blond, and I would have known him from a mile away as Steve Rogers. He smiled when I held the elevator door for him.
“Thanks!” He said and smiled at me.
“You’re Steve Rogers, right?” I asked and he put out his hand to shake.
“Yup, you are…?” He asked and we shook hand.
“Nissa Castle. Nice to meet you.” I smiled demurely.
“Ah, you ended the war in Anki, right?” He asked and I blushed.
“Team effort, but I was the one who assassinated the vice president. I guess I pushed over the first domino.” I replied and Steve half smiled.
“I think it was more than one domino, from what I read, you were credited with ending the war. I was just going on what I had.” He shrugged and closed his eyes and opened them slowly.
“She’s just being modest Steve. I was there, she’s as good as Clint when It comes to aiming.” Natasha rattled off, and I blushed harder.
“I read, when you got shot, you kept going for five hours afterward to complete the mission.” Tony chimed in, and I looked at my foot and prosthetic.
“All of that is true, but I was trained for more. I got distracted. If I hadn't, prosty here would be stainless steel earrings right now.” I joked, and everyone laughed.
“Mine’s vibration,” Bucky said and extended his arm to me. I put my hand on it. I could hear quiet clicking and whir inside it. It was amazingly crafted.
“Wow, that’s really ahead of modern tech.” I marveled (wink), and Bucky laughed when Tony rolled his eyes.
“My tech is years beyond his,” Tony whined and everyone laughed. Suddenly the door opened. Steve stepped out along with Wanda, Nat, and Tony, once Bucky had volunteered to show me to my room.
“How are you doing?” He asked after I’d been quiet for a while. I blushed.
“I’m ok. A little overwhelmed by all of this,” I made a big gesture all around the elevator.
“You’ll get used to it after a while. Truth be told, I’m still getting used to Friday.” He said and I laughed.
“I had a house AI, it shouldn’t be hard for me to figure it out.” I smiled and I saw him looking at through the corner of my eye. He adjusted his posture and turned to a large window that had just appeared. I stepped toward it and pressed my face to the glass. It was an amazing view. I saw a reflection of bucky in the second glass, his eyes were downcast towards my reflections breasts. I felt a little out of breath. I smiled when I saw him blush when he realized I’d caught him.
“I-I’m sorry, I-” He started to explain, but I cut him off.
“It’s fine, just next time don’t be so obvious.” I joked and he laughed, “Also, I have great boobs. It’s just a fact of life.” Bucky turned red.
“Uh, um, ok.” He was blushing so hard it was funny. The doors opened and we walked out of the elevator. I almost tripped over the threshold. Smoooooooooooooooth. He leads me down a hallway with a long window one one side, high above the city, and the other side was covered indoors. Bucky pressed his thumb against a rubber pad on the wall, then gestured for me to do the same. I pressed my thumb into the rubber and a small ding sounded. The door opened.
“This door will always open for you now,” Bucky explained, at my look of curiosity.
“Cool,” I whispered as we walked into my room. It was small and simple. The walls were white and there were various panels with labels next to them. There was a dark wooden desk with a laptop on it. It was state of the art. The bed was big and soft looking. There was a small kitchenette and, after I opened the bathroom door, a nice big shower with a sauna mode (YAY!), and there was a really deep bathtub. There was a freaking fireplace built into the wall.
“Why is there a fireplace?” I asked incredulously. Bucky shrugged.
“I don’t know, Tony’s aesthetic?” Bucky said and I laughed.
“Sure, why not.” I laughed again, and Bucky laughed with me.
“Well if you need anything, press the call button on the panel next to the door, then select who you want to talk to. It will call them.” Bucky explained.
“Sounds good. Show me how to do that, I got to get Nat up here anyway.” I said. He pressed the pad with his pointer finger and selected the photo of Natasha. For a while, Nat’s icon just glowed but it started blinking, and Bucky started toward the door.
“What’s the blinking mean?” I asked Bucky looked back over at me from the door.
“It mean’s she’s seen and responded to your call.” He said and walked out the door. I instantly dropped the pretense of calmness. I snaked a hand into my pants and- yep, heat is on. This was not unexpected, I’d been expecting one for months, but it hadn’t shown up until now, of all times. I felt a twinge of discomfort strike in my lower abdomen. I was so exasperated. It got worse, and I stumbled to the bathroom. My hands shook as I downed three Advil and a suppression in the vague hope that the pain would alleviate, it didn’t. I felt pounding on my door, and I inch wormed my way to the door and opened it.
“Oh my god, Nissa! What’s wrong?” She yelled once she’d flung the door open, then she inhaled deeply. “Oh…” her eyes rolled. She stood in a very Alpha-ish stance. I was scared. However good at battling people twice my size, I couldn’t fight Natasha.
“How do I make it stop hurting?” I wheezed. I caught Natasha’s scent and moaned. She stepped back from me, thank god.
“I will be right back. I’m going to get-” She paused and shuddered her nostrils flared. “Uh yeah ok I got to go.” She dodged out of my room. I moaned at her back, I wanted an alpha to knot me like it was the end of the world, but my slightly rational scenes reminded me she was most likely mated at this point. She’d smelled the slightly warmer scent since she’d last been around me.
“Oh god…” I Groaned at a terrible pain in my womanhood. I smelled Natasha coming back. I undulated against my own will. She opened my door and thrust something into my arms and I clutched at it like it was the medicine to keep me alive.
It was a knotting vibrator.