Winter's Immortal (CWAC Book One)

Chapter 20: Happily Ever After

Bucky plays with Selene's hair as she sleeps, he loves her hair, he loves playing with it even more. She groans and rolls to face him.

"Morning, doll" he greets, she smiles and lifts her head to kiss him, he smiles against her lips. This is perfect, he thinks, this is how he should wake up every morning, with Selene at his side, with her in his arms. This is home, with her. He pulls her over and she straddles his waist, her hands on his chest, she leans up and smirks at him, he pouts and makes kissy motions, she obliges and kisses him again, his arms wrapping tight around her back holding her to him as they make out. He loves kissing her. There's just something about it that fills him with a warmth, a nice warmth, a loving warmth.

"I've been thinking" she whispers pulling away. "And there's something I want to give the Avengers" he raises an eyebrow and strokes her cheek.

"Yeah, like what?" she smirks and pulls him closer to whisper in his ear. His eyes widening as she explains.

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"I have something for you all" Selene tells the Avengers who stop eating at the kitchen counters to look at her. "A gift if you will, for....inviting me into your coven"

"You don't need to get us anything" Steve offers back.

"I want to and...you need this" she tells them wall with a smile. "Join me in the garage when you are finished" she turns and leaves, Bucky smirks around his spoon as everyone looks to him.

"I'm not going to tell you" he mumbles as he eats his breakfast. "She really wants this to be a surprise" they all share a look before pulling major puppy dog eyes at Bucky. "I'm half wolf, those don't work no more" he tells them standing and walking away.

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Selene sits in the open side of a van with a glass of blood, Bucky is the first to join her, he sits at her side and she leans against him.

"Are you sure about this?" he asks her, she nods.

"Yeah, I want to do this" she answers holding out the glass to him, he crinkles his nose and takes it. "Get used to it" she teases and stands, Bucky stares at the glass before drinking it, his cringe disappears.

"It's not bad" he tells her and licks his lips. "Okay it's actually pretty good" he corrects, she smiles and leans down to kiss him.

"All right, tongues in mouths" Natasha teases approaching. "Old people kissing, gross" Selene shoots her a look, Natasha winks and then slaps Selene's ass and then climbs into the van. Steve pats Bucky on the shoulder and joins his girlfriend, the other Avengers walk into the garage and scatter between three vans, Bucky pulls Selene closer and kisses her cheek.

"Are you sure your sure?" he asks, she smirks and nods.

"Yes, I'm sure" she answers and then climbs into the van, Bucky sighs dreamily watching her go before climbing in with his friends and team mates.

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Selene smirks and crosses her arms over her chest, Bucky wraps his around her from behind her and pulls her to his chest.

"It's beautiful" he tells her, she smiles and looks to him as the other Avengers look at her gift.

"This is your house?" Pietro asks side hugging Wanda. Selene looks to him and shrugs.

"It's.....our house" she corrects. "If you guys want it" she adds. "I know the werewolves trashed the facility....and that's partly my fault, so...this house...it's yours, if you want it"

"I think house is the wrong word" Tony teases. "It's a mansion" Selene shrugs.

"All right, there are four wings, twelve apartments" she tells them. "A gym, a shooting range, a vault, and a cryo storage room" they all look to her. "And loads of rooms that have no use....this is for you guys, change it, use it, whatever you want" Tony bounces getting excited. "As long as no one touches the windows.....they're UV proof...which means..."

"You can walk around in the daylight" Steve answers impressed. Selene nods.

"So....do you want it?" she asks looking to them.

"First to claim it gets it" Tony tells them already hurrying towards the mansion.

"Suck on it, Stark, the best apartment is mine!" Pietro teases and then super-speeds inside. The others chuckle and follow them. Bucky pulls Selene back.

"You're amazing" he tells her, she turns and faces him. "This is....your apartment is great but why...."

"Look at the size of it, Bucky" she whispers. "I would have been living here alone, that's a lot of empty space" he kisses her and lifts her up, she smiles and holds onto him.

"You're not alone" he tells her pulling back. "Not any more...you're one of us now" she smiles and bites her lip. "I love you, Selene"

"I love you too, Bucky" she smirks and leans closer. "I already claimed our apartment" she tells him. "It's the biggest" he laughs and carries her towards the mansion. Selene's happy, happier then she's ever been, and she has a feeling this is just the beginning of her life with Bucky, her hybrid Avenger. He smiles at her, and he smiles like she's his entire world, and she's pretty sure that's how she smiles at him too. This is her future. This is her happily ever after. Finally.