With painstaking care, he undoes one button, then the next, then the next, working his way down until her shirt lies loose against her and he's able to draw it open.

Bucky leans up and kisses her again, then begins to trace the same path with kisses, along her throat and across her collarbone, across her chest and down to her belly. Each kiss is deliberately placed and lingering. As he paints her with kisses he strokes her skin lightly with his right hand, his fingers warm against her, petting her with slow, soothing strokes.