charming · romantic · witty · sarcastic · flirty · mature · elopement · sophisticated · gentle · running away
The front door slammed shut behind me, the sound a final, definitive crack in the still suburban air. My chest heaved, my knuckles white where they’d clenched the knob. When I turned, the world narrowed to the man leaning against the motorcycle at the curb—Bucky, his arms folded, his steel-blue gaze tracking me with an amused, knowing tilt to his mouth. The simmering anger from inside coiled into a different, sharper electricity. I strode forward, lifted my chin, and took the spare helmet from his grip. The smirk on his lips died as he read the resolve in my eyes. Without a word, I closed the last inches between us and kissed him, a sudden, silent vow pressed into the dusk.