The Grey - Steve Rogers + Bucky Barnes X OC Love Story

Chapter 9

Victoria had her head buried into her computer in the lab, her rose gold blue light glasses falling down her nose as she huffed. She'd been trying to hack into the same server all day, failing all day.

"FRIDAY. What am I doing wrong?" She finally asked.

"Ms. Alvarez, I don't believe I can answer that. But perhaps you need a break?" The AI suggested. Victoria let out a quiet laugh, always forgetting that Tony programmed FRIDAY to call her by her maiden name, refusing to acknowledge that she was Victoria Remy now.

"Fine." Victoria said with a huff, she locked her computer and pulled out her phone. As soon as she opened her phone she saw several messages from Noah, sending her links for things on ebay he was wanting. She rolled her eyes and ignored the messages. She saw another from Peter. He had send her a funny tiktok, she opened the app to watch his video, laughing hysterically before sending a sarcastic reply.

"Shouldn't you be working?" Peter texted back a minute later.

"FRIDAY won't let me punch her in her non existent face so I needed a break." She texted back. She continued to scroll tiktok mindlessly for a while, hoping to settle her aggravation before trying to get into the server again.

Peter snuck down to the lab and climbed up on the ceiling. He dropped down in the empty seat next to her, making her scream loudly and throw her phone. Peter shot a web and caught it, laughing at her as he handed it back. "Jumpy." He teased.

"We should make you wear bells!" She joked back, peeling the web off of her phone before resuming her time on tiktok. Peter just sat there with her, watching her tiktok over her shoulder. Tony barging in caught them both off guard. They both turned to look at Tony, Peter sliding his chair back slightly. His eyes switched from Tony to Victoria.

"Struggling?" Tony asked as he approached the two.

"What?" Peter asked.

"FRIDAY told me you were having some trouble. Need a hand?" Tony asked, looking to Victoria.

"Oh, yeah. I can't get into this last server. I don't know if I'm slipping or if I'm just distracted." She admitted.

"Kid, you distracting my hacker?" Tony asked, his gaze shifting to Peter who looked up at him nervously.

"No, Tony. He didn't show up until after I gave up." Victoria answered for him.

"Then what's on your mind, bunny?" Tony asked, he hopped up and sat on Victoria's desk.

"Nothing. Literally nothing, my brain feels empty. If you blew in my ear right now it would come out the other." She said with a huff, leaning back in her chair and staring up at the ceiling.

"Well, it's almost time for you to train anyway. I'll finish up, you head to the gym." Tony reassured her. He patted her knee lightly and hopped up off her desk, heading towards his office in the back of the lab.

"Ready?" Peter asked, he stood up and waited for Victoria to join him. She hopped up a moment later and grabbed her bag, following Peter to the elevator. "I just have to change when we get up there." She admitted. The two stood in silence while the elevator took them to the gym.

When the elevator opened to the gym they were met with Bucky and Steve sparring. Victoria forced her eyes away and headed straight for the locker room. She changed into her short Nike shorts and the matching white sports bra before throwing her hair into a messy bun on top of her head. She looked down at her body in the full length mirror, her small muscular frame littered with bruises. Each bruise in a different stage of healing from the last two months of sparring every single day. But she couldn't help but notice her muscles more defined, her ass bigger and her breasts more perky from all the exercise. She wasn't mad about it, but she was exhausted.