Crimson Cascade (Bucky x Vampire Reader)

8

Still sitting on the edge of the bed he pulls a concealed knife from his ankle holster and makes a small clean cut on his lower neck.
The smell was intoxicating, and his skin looked inviting as the stark contrast of red flowed down to his collar bone.
Without warning your eyes shift to an all consuming black, you try to shake it but you cant, it was too much, you had spent too long without it. Your legs carry you towards Bucky, you take your place straddling his lap.
You pause for a moment, looking into his eyes before flashing your teeth and sinking them into his skin. You could feel his neck muscles tense as you began to drink him in, the warmth of his blood soothed your dry throat, his blood made you feel electric, like you had all the strength in the world. The familiar touch of his hands gripping your waist sent tingles through your body.
Everything about it was addicting and you couldn't get enough, you had to fight your urge to drink him dry. Knowing you had to stop you take one last gulp and retract your teeth from his skin and try to catch your breath. Blood dripped down from the right side of your lip, your eyes take a moment to shift back to their natural state as you wanted to savor every second.

Bucky smiles, seeing the color and energy return to your body, "I still love you too, you know," he confesses to you.

You give him a soft smile.

"I need to talk to Tony," you tell him, "and you know I hate you being my personal blood bank," you say wiping your mouth still sat on his lap.
You had drank from Bucky several times in the past, his blood was like nothing else you had ever tasted on account of the serum in his system.

"I know but I couldn't stand to see you like that."

Just then you hear a knock at the door and Tony pokes his head, "shit," you whisper to yourself as he catches your eye.

"You know what, never mind," Tony says infuriated.

You jump off Bucky and run after Tony, "Tony wait, I can explain, It's not what it looks like."

Tony stops and turns around mid hallway, "then what is it like (y/n)?" he waited for an answer as you plucked up the courage to tell him your secret.

"I was feeding off him," you breathe in deep, "I'm a vampire."

There's a moment of silence.

"That's got to be the worst excuse I've ever heard! If you want to be with him you should of broke it off with me! Not went and shacked up with him in my home while I was gone!" Tony shouted as he became more irate and angry he started to walk away so you followed behind him.

"It's not an excuse! You didn't give me chance to explain before you took off!" you retaliate, but he doesn't stop and heads downstairs.

You follow him trying to get his attention, "and you really think I'd do that to you?" You say shocked, you knew he didn't really think you would, but the verbal cut still hurt.

"TONY!" you shout after him, "please just listen to me!" You became more irate that he wouldn't stop. At this point you had entered the living space where Steve and Nat were having down time and watching TV together. Bucky had followed but stayed at a distance.

"What's wrong?" Steve asks into the room.

Tony points at you, "I've just walked in on these two moments from fucking each other and she has the audacity to tell me 'its not what it looks like, she's a vampire.' Isn't that crazy? Coz it sounds crazy to me!" He says now looking at you.

"YOU HAVE A LITERAL GOD ON YOUR TEAM AND YOU DON'T THINK VAMPIRES ARE REAL?!" your temper got the better of you.

"Let's just all take a breath," Steve tries to calm the situation.

"Your not actually taking her on are you?" Tony asks Steve.

Nat chimes in, "I don't put it past Barnes but (y/n) wouldn't do that to you," Bucky gives her an amused look at her accurate comment of him, "did you ask for proof?" She asks Tony.
Tony doesn't respond as he knew he hadn't and that was the first thing he should of done.

"Go ahead," Nat directs to you. You look towards Bucky who was stood off to the side, "show them your marks," you instruct him, hoping that would be enough evidence.

Bucky does as you ask and pulls his shirt low enough to show the two, now healing, puncture holes.

"They could of been made from anything, Hydra, Shuri? Who knows?" Tony shrugs his shoulders not accepting your proof.

"Your gonna have to show 'em doll."

You didn't want to hear it but you knew you had to, you just didn't want to scare them. You still remember the faces of your previous victims that you killed at the very start of your vampiric life, the looks of fear on their faces when they saw you.

"Fine," you whisper defeated. You close your eyes and breathe in deep, then you change. You open your black eyes and bare your teeth, as if that wasn't enough you decide to show them your power. Your energy vibrates the air around you to a fluid black, that slowly creeps around you concealing your body. You dash to the closest shadowy part of the room and basically become invisible to the human eye. Staying in the shadows you speed run to the other side of the room.

"Where did she go?" Steve asks Bucky.

"Over here."

Everyone turns and watches as you walk back into the room, making the thick black fog dissipate, turning your eyes and teeth turn back to normal, waiting for their judgement.

"Well you don't see that every day," Steve tells you.

You look around at everyone, "so your not scared of me? Or think I'm a monster?"

Steve speaks for the group, "yeah you'd be terrifying to the average person but I think I can say for all of us that we've seen our fair share of monsters, and your not one of them."

Releif washed over you. You appreciated Steve's kind words.

You look towards Tony, "can we go somewhere and talk?"

He obliged to your request as you follow him to his workshop, you sit and took the time to tell him the truth about your past.

"Please just know that i still care for you," you begin. His face turned sorrowful as you continued, "it would be wrong for me to keep dating you now that Bucky is here, we uhm, well I, i still love him," you say in an almost apologetic way.

He nods his head in acceptance, "wow, so this is what it feels like."

You look at him confused.

"to be dumped," he adds, "cant say I've been on the receiving end," he half laughs trying to lighten the mood.

"For what it's worth I never thought I'd see him again, if I hadn't things might be different between us, I am sorry," you pause for a moment, "I will get my things together and be out by the end of the day," you tell him.

"Hey, don't worry about it, I still care about you too Kitten and I'd like you to stay, plus I cant have you stealing money from the people of New York just so you can live in a lavish hotel."

You rub the back of your neck and smile at his kind gesture, "Thank you Tony."

You both head back upstairs where you see Bucky chatting with Steve and Nat,
they look at the both of you intently.

"Don't worry, were good, and she can still stay here," Tony tells the group, "just were not together."

Steve breaks the slightly awkward silence, "so is there anything else we should know about you?"

You think for a moment and shake your head.

"Well if you do think of anything let us know," Steve adds.