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Illusion | Part 5/?

eIllusion｜Part 5/?

Bucky x oc!Lori

Warnings: None for this particular chapter, but for the series you'll find the following; Angst, betrayal, swearing, torture, (suicide is mentioned once), violence

A/N: I´m backkkkk. Has anyone missed Illusion? If you're new here, all previous parts of Illusion has been reblogged recently, but I'll add the link to chapter 4, which has the link to chapter 1 and so on. Enjoy!

Summary: Reader is a supersoldier, one of a number, one of nine. Hydra´s backup for the asset. The group was started in 1974 and has been working under the radar, training for the day when the asset no longer exists. Y/N is the only one left. Left in a cryo, she wasn’t discovered until 2023 when a certain captain and his buddy found her.

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2024

The drive to Starbucks was filled with Christmas music and both of them singing, mostly off-key. Bucky pulled up to the drive-through and ordered for them both. Lori had already proclaimed what drink she wanted and it was easier for Bucky to order anyways. He handed the drinks to Lori for her to hold so he could drive back in peace and with both hands on the steering wheel. Lori put the cups in the cup-holders and hummed. Her hot chocolate smelled amazing, sure Buckys plain black coffee did too, but not as good as Loris drink.

The gate for the compound area opened at the scan of the cars number plate and closed behind them. Security was a big thing at the rebuilt compound. No one wanted anyone unauthorized people to enter the compound. What happened inside the walls was a national secret after all. Everyone knew the Avengers were back, but the government and united nations had deemed it best if no one knew what threats they fought off. It was a lot easier for the people of the world to not know. People were still quite shaken by New York and the snap, even if that had been reversed by Tony.

Some things were just better off without the normal people of the world knowing. A lot of things honestly. It was enough that it made Lori exhausted just thinking about it. Luckily she didnt move outside the compound unless she was with bucky or Sam, or the whole team for a mission. She didnt have to interact with “normal” people. Something she was very happy about. She wasnt even sure she´d be able to hold a conversation today. There was so much about the modern word she didnt know about.

Bucky parked close to the entrance to the indoor-part of the compound to avoid as much of the cold as possible. The garage wasn´t open to the outside, but it was less isolated than the rest of the compound, which meant it was colder. “Alright, let´s go get a movie going with our drinks, our pie and some ice cream,” he said and got out of the car quickly to help Lori out as he had before. He grabbed their drinks and closed the door to the car with his knee. Lori got the door to the compound for them and held it open for Bucky. Once he was through she closed it and made sure it was locked.

“Your room or mine?” Lori asked and looked up at Bucky as she pulled her shoes off. Bucky kicked his shoes off as well and put on his other shoes quickly. In the beginning it had been annoying, but now it was a habit, and hell, it made Lori less anxious. “Mine´s got a slightly bigger and more comfortable bed, it´s harder,” he explained and beagn to walk to the elevator that could take them to the floor they shared. Lori nodded and smiled. “Sounds great, I´ll go get the vanilla ice cream from the kitchen, choose a movie or series or something, will you?” She asked as she pressed the button for their floor. Sure the compound wasnt huge, and didnt have too many floors, only about 20, but seeing as all the avengers had their rooms on either floor 17 or 18 it was a lot easier and faster to take the elevator.

“Any specific kind of movie or just a christmas movie?” He asked and looked to Lori who shook her head. “Christmas movie sounds good,” she replied before she hurried off to the kitchen to get the ice cream. She had always loved apple pie with ice cream, and their microwave would heat the pie up nicely. Lori put two slicews on a plate and popped it in the microwave for a few minutes. She would keep an eye on it, but used no proper measure of time. While the pie was in the microwave, Lori hummed on some song she had heard the other day. She didn’t know the words, but it kept her mind occupied while the pie was heating up.

She jumped and screamed out when she felt a hand on her shoulder. She spun around with a spoon in her hand and held it up as if it was a weapon towards the person who scared her, Bucky. “Jesus christ doll,” he said and held his hands up showing he wasn´t a threat. “I didn´t mean to scare you, I called out for you but didn´t get a response,” he said and looked down at the spoon. “Did… do you plan on using the spoon on me?” he asked and frowned. Lori looked down at the spoon too and shrugged. “I don´t know, are you gonna apologize for scaring the living shit out of me?” She asked and shrugged. She was more than capapble of killing someone with a spoon. It had two ends after all. Bucky laughed and nodded. “Sure thing. I am so terribly sorry for my behaviour, my lady. It was not my intention to scare you and I sincerely apologize for it,” he said and bowed in front of her.

Of course she wasn´t mad at him, and it was all just teasing after her initial reaction. “Fair enough, the pies should be done any second, I´ll get the ice cream,” she said and got to the fridge grabbing a cartoon of vanilla ice cream. She got two bowls out from one of the cabinets and scooped up some ice cream into them. “Did you pick out a movie?” Lori asked Bucky and looked over to him as he stared into the microwave. “Well, I chose two movies, and we can either see both or decide on one of them, that´s all up to you,” he replied and crossed his arms as he looked over at Lori.

“Do I get to know these beforehand or will you just show me when we get back?” She asked and raised an eyebrow. She hated being put in a position where her decision was the one that counted, but she also didn´t want to be a bother so she´d pick one for them. “Well it´s between Polar Express and Arthur Christmas. I also saw this movie called Klaus, I don´t know about it though, maybe we can watch that tomorrow with the team or something?” He asked and shrugged.

Lori nodded and smiled. “I´ve seen Polar Express mentioned a few times, so maybe we can start with that?” she asked and jumped slightly at the ping of the microwave. She wasn´t actually scared by the noise but more startled than anything. She held the bowls out for Bucky to transfer a slice to each. He did so effeciently and put the plate from the microwave in the dishwasher before he grabbed a spoon each for them. “Okay, lets go watch the movie,” he said and smiled as he took his own plate back to his room.

She got onto the bed with her bowl in her hand. The left side of his bed was practically hers by know. It was towards the wall and Lori would always face out into the room. Bucky had asked about it the first time she came over in the middle of the night, and she had replied that she wanted to be aware of her surroundings, even if she knew it was safe. Of course Bucky understood her, he had been in her shoes not that long ago. She looked to his tv-screen and saw that the Polar Express was already up and ready to go. “Have you seen it before?” She asked and looked over to Bucky. He shook his head as he too got on the bed and propped the pillows up for them.

“Nope, but I´m kinda excited. Want a sip of your drink or are you just gonna dig into the pie?” He asked before he took a sip of his coffee. “I´ll start with my pie, thanks,” She replied and reached for the remote to press play. She curled up besides Bucky. Neither of them had changed since dinner, well at least Lori had thought so before she caught glance of Buckys christmas pyjama pants. She frowned and pouted a bit. “You got changed and didn´t ask me if I wanted to get chnaged?” She asked. “Well, doll. I´m sorry, I didn´t know if you wanted to get changed or not. I´ve got another set for you if you wanna get changed right away, otherwise you can do it while we set up the next movie,” he said in an effort to make her feel better and happier.

Lori sighed, but nodded and curled back up in to Buckys side. They went back to watching the movie and Lori was very invested in it. She liked it, the music was good as well and it was putting her in the spirit of Christmas. The pie helped as well. And she had finished it quickly. “Can you pass me my chocolate?” She asked Bucky who took her bowl in exchange for her drink.

She took a few sips of her drink. It had cooled down a bit, but it still brought heat to her body. She shivered slightly and Bucky wrapped his arm around her shoulders to pull her closer. The movie was almost at the end when Lori had finished her chocolate. She kept it in her hand though since she didn´t want to bother Bucky. He seemed to be very into the movie, which was cute. Lori couldn´t help but wonder wether he had seen very many Christmas movies ever. Even after Hydra.

Bucky turned his head to look at her. “What´s going on in that head?” He asked and Lori immediately started to stutter. “Come on, I know somethings going on. You´re tensing up only to relax, and you don´t get cold, so what´s going on?” He pressed and grabbed her empty cup to toss in the garbage bin. “It´s nothing I promise, I just like this,” she explained and kissed his cheek before turning back to the movie for the ending.

He chuckled and pulled her closer before he too focused on the movie again. He hummed softly as they watched the end of the movie. She stretched as the credits rolled on and yawned a bit. She wasn´t tired yet, but she was starting to feel very comfortable and cozy. “Can I borrow that pj-set now?” She asked and smiled softly. Bucky chuckled and nodded before getting up and walking to his wardrobe to get the pj-set. He tossed it to her before he got back to the bed.

Lori caught the pjs and went into his bathroom to get changed. She knew she didn´t have to hide from Bucky, and they were technically together, but Lori was still quite shy and she wasn´t entirely comfortable with changing in front of anyone. She changed quickly and folded her regular clothes and put them in a neat pile. She came back out to see Bucky cleaning up their bowls. “Let´s rondes vu here in a bit, so I can put all this away and you can go leave your clothes and get whatever you need, and then we´ll see the second movie,” he said and smiled at her.

She did as he had told her in silence. She came back to his room after just a few minutes and got comfortable on the bed again. Bucky came back a minute after her and got onto the bed as well. “Do you mind if i take my shirt off?” He asked to which Lori shook her head. It was quite warm in the room, and Bucky was most likely running wamrer than she was. “What time is it?” She asked and flinched as a green holographic light on Buckys nightstand lit up showing it was almost 9 pm. Lori sighed to herself but pulled the covers over herself as she sat in the bed.

The cued movie was called Arthur Christmas, and was also animated. It seemed slightly newer than The Polar Express in Loris mind. She smiled at the Brittish accent of the little girl in the intro. It was a dialect she was familiar with. She curled up with her head on Bucky´s shoulder and her arm around his waist, making sure to stay clear of his left shoulder. She had figured early on that it was a sensitive area for Bucky even if he had come a very long way.

The movie played on and Lori was surprised by the high-tech presented in it. It felt fairly similar to what they had as agents. And it made sense, didn´t it? The elves were like little spies and Santa was like the commander. Lori did think too much into it, but she had always been analysing everything she watched.

After an hour and a half the credits began to roll and Lori stretched besides Bucky. “So, thoughts doll?” Bucky asked and wrapped his arms around her as he scooted them down on the bed. “I liked them, It´s amazing how far animation has come,” she said and smiled as she curled up to Buckys side. Bucky chuckled and nodded. “Oh, you bet, one of the last movies I saw before I went to Europe was Dumbo,” he chuckled. “And now there´s supposedly a live action Dumbo, although I don´t really know what that means,” he laughed.

Lori smiled and kissed his shoulder. “A lot changed during the time we were with Hydra,” she mumbled and sighed as she leaned her chin on his chest. Bucky nodded and looked at her. “But you´re here now, you´re safe, and I will protect you forever,” he mumbled and kissed her forehead before he pecked her lips. Lori smiled and kissed him back gently before she curled up against him. “How about some sleep. We don´t have to get up at a special time tomorrow, but we have breakfast with the rest of the team. 9 at the latest I think Wan said.” he mumbled and stretched out to get an alarm set for them.

He turned back to Lori and wrapped both arms around her while pulling the covers up around her completely. He kept the covers on himself up to his hips, he always got hot when he was fully under the covers. Lori wrapped her arm over his waist still under the covers and buried her head in Buckys neck. There was no other place she would rather be.

Lori woke up at around 8 am and stretched before she opened her eyes. She was still on top of Bucky but they were both under the covers now and Lori felt warm and content in his arms. He stirred a bit and opened his eyes slowly to look at Lori. “Morning doll,” he mumbled. His voice wasn´t very deep to begin with, but it was deeper in the morning. That was something Lori had noticed over time. He also seemed a lot slower and calmer in the mornings, probably because he wasn´t a morning person, even if he did go out for early runs with Sam when the weather allowed.

“Merry Christmas,” she whispered and kissed his soft lips. He smiled and quickly turned them over leaving him on top. He leaned down and kissed her again before burying his head in her neck, letting out a deep sigh. “Merry Christmas to you too sweetheart, what time is it?” he asked and looked over to his nightstand. He hummed and kissed Lori quickly. “Wanna get up for breakfast?” he asked and smiled. She thought for a second before she nodded. “Yeah just give me a minute and I´ll be back,” she said and got up, running to the bathroom.

She looked herself in the mirror and took a few deep breaths. She couldn´t for the love of it understand why she was so nervous. She did her business and washed her hands thoroughly. After two minutes or so she came back out to Bucky laying in bed on his phone. “You good?” he asked as Lori got onto the bed and curled up besides him pressing her side to his. “Yeah, I´m great” she mumbled softly and kissed his cheek as he pressed play.

The next hour went by fast and by 9 Friday alerted them to an incoming call from Wanda. They were asked to come to the livingroom for breakfast and gift-exchanging. Lori got up from the bed and told Bucky she´d meet him down in the livingroom since she had to get the gifts she had gotten for the rest of the team. She arrived down there a few minutes later with her arms full of gifts. Wanda helped her with the gifts and they placed them all under the tree. The two sat down on the couch and were presented with a plate each filled with fruits and crepes.

Sam, the chef, asked if they wanted some pineapple syrup on them which they both graciously accepted. None of the other Avengers could cook, well Wanda could, but only dinners, she was really not that great with pancakes or waffles. Peter, well he was Peter, and the same argument could be made for Scott. Thor and Loki, as you might guess, would just magic something up, and neither of the other Avengers wanted that. Bucky could cook with ingredients from 1930, but not more than that.

Lori hadn´t learned to cook before Hydra took her, and cooking-lessons wasn´t something she got while Hydra had her. Last time she had tried to cook something she had started a fire. They began to eat their crepes and moaned happily at Sams cooking. They were perfect in every way. Lori ate happily as the others started to hand out the gifts. The gods had given them all mead, but Peter got a few books instead.

Wanda had made everyone cookies, something all of them enjoyed. Sam had bought them all a trip to wherever they all wanted to go together. Bucky had gotten snacks and books for the gods. A sokovian cook-book for Wanda, and, because he hated Sam, he had bought the birdbrain socks. He had aslo managed to get a small model of his metal arm from Shuri which he gave to Peter.

Bucky had tried to get Lori a very special gift but it had been hard for him. When he got it he was hoping Lori would want to be with him, but he also knew he wasn´t owed anything, and therefor he wanted to give her something fairly neutral. He had searched through almost all the stores in New York, and it wasn´t until he hit a store at Times Square that he found an acceptable gift. It was a very fluffy, and soft Appa-stuffie. Wanda had forced both Lori and Bucky to watch the anime, and Lori was obsessed with the big fluffy thing Appa was. “This is so cute Buck, thank you so much,” she said and buried her head in the stuffie. Wanda chuckled and shook her head but smiled in approval at Bucky.

Lori had found some old lorebooks from a local bookstore, those were given to the two gods. For Wanda she had gotten about a million small things, anything from rings she liked to bracelets and fluffy socks. She had bought movie-tickets for Sam, that way he could take Wanda out for a movie and finally make his move. Peter got a few books and stickers which she had seen on his amazon-wishlist.

Bucky had been the hardest to get a gift for by far, but she had decided on one, pretty soon after she had seen a picture from the war. It had been a picture of Bucky with Steve and Bucky had been wearing a distinct blue jacket. She had ordered a blue jacket online and had then hired a seamstress to make it a perfect fit, apart from the left arm, which had been taken off completely. She knew Bucky was insecure of his metal arm, but it was a part of him, and thus a part Lori liked.

She bit her lip as she watched Bucky open the gift. She was a bit worried about his reaction, but hoped it would be positive and that he´d like the jacket. Bucky was surprised by the feeling of the fabric but picked up the piece from the package. His jaw dropped as he saw what it was, and he held it up to watch it in all its glory before he proudly showed it to Sam. “This is amazing doll,” he said and pulled Lori into his arms and giving her a big kiss. She squealed as Appa was squished between them, but she didn´t care. She was exstatic that he enjoyed the jacket.

When all presents had been given and received they all retreated to their own settings, but agreeing to meet back for dinner, later on. Bucky and Lori retreated to Buckys room, with Lori taking a quick detour to her own room to dump some of her received gifts. She came to Bucky´s room 15 minutes later and knocked on the door. Bukcy opened and pulled Lori inside before pressing her up against the door he had closed behind her, and kissed her. It surprised her but she melted into his hands like she was putty.

It seemed like hours had gone by when Buckys lips left hers, but they only traveled south, down her neck. This was something they hadn't done before, not together at least, but tooday felt as good as any.

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