Moving Day- Bucky Barnes X Reader
Prompt: Bucky moves in to the Avengers headquarters, and he happens to get the room right next to yours. And let’s say that’s not the worst thing in the world
Living with the Avengers in upstate New York was not something you’d ever thought you would be doing. But here you were, stationed in a compound with none other than Tony Stark and his team of superheroes. You had moved in a few weeks ago and were already comfortably settled into the routine, or lack thereof, in the tower. It was breakfast time early on a Saturday, meaning everyone was home. Saturdays were unofficially known as the lazy day in the tower, everyone was always around on saturdays, looking to relax after a hectic week.
But Steve and Tony seemed to be missing from the flurry of pots, pans, and assorted breakfast food that accompanied this time of day in the kitchen. Them missing was strange because Steve was never one to miss a chance to eat, and Tony was always around to make sure nobody burned down the kitchen. Just as you were about to get up and search for Tony and Steve, Peter pulled out a chair at the table, and sat down next to you. The chair legs skittered across the floor, letting out a screech.
“Hiya [Y/n],” he greeted, shoveling a spoonful of cereal into his mouth.
“Hello Peter,” you responded.
“Did ya hear?” he asked, through a mouthful of cereal.
“Somebody new is moving in today,” He answered, his eyes bright and excited.
“Who?” you pressed, eager to know who it was.
“Heck if I know, Stark won’t even tell me the WiFi password,” Peter replied solemnly. You got up out of your chair, eager to find Tony and steve and figure out who was moving in. Before you left the kitchen you turned to Peter.
“The WiFi password, it’s Capsicle1920,” you told him before disappearing down the hall to further investigate the newcomer to the tower. You stopped just short o the end of the hall, pausing to listen to the conversation happening right around the corner.
“But he doesn’t even know her, what if he goes on a rampage, or has nightmares and wakes her up? I just think he would be more comfortable on the fourth floor with me,” someone whispered, their voice hushed and harsh. You came to the abrupt conclusion it was most likely Steve. But who the hell was he talking about?
“I just don’t have room for him up there, it’s here or nowhere,” The other voice responded, that was most likely Tony. Whoever they were talking about, he was important to Steve. Steve shot back more excuses and Tony came up with more reasons why the unnamed person would have to stay down here. It was only after another minute or two of this hushed arguing that you realized that they were referring to the vacant room adjacent to yours. So this mystery man would be staying next to you? This was going to be interesting.
“What’cha doin’ down here? Are we spying on Steve and Tony?” A gravelly voice asked playfully from behind you. Your breath caught in your throat as you spun around abruptly, almost smacking your nose into the chest of a very attractive man. Your eyes staggered up the man’s broad chest, glancing over his defined muscles and morning stubble, coming to meet two wonderfully blue eyes.
“Uh, I well, I- I was just- Uh…” you stammered, the words sticking to your throat, his beauty catching you off guard. His lopsided smile was enough to send your heart skittering around in your chest. And way his biceps bulged slightly as he held a small box in his arms was enough to stop your heart completely.
“I see you’ve met Bucky,” Another voice spoke from behind you. You wheeled around again to see Tony and Steve had rounded the corner into the hall, stumbling upon you making a fool of yourself on front of this beautiful man. Or as you now knew, Bucky. He also happened to be your new neighbor, whom you had just made the biggest fool of yourself in front of. This was off to a wonderful start...
“Uh yeah, I have,” you confirmed, snapping back to reality to confirm Steve’s statement.
“Good, the two of you can get comfy, you will be neighbors for the rest of your time in this tower after all,” Tony pointed out. You still couldn’t believe this was the mystery man. This was going to be better - or worse - than you thought. Steve sidestepped around you to greet Bucky like an old friend, slapping his back and embracing him in a huge hug.
“Wanna help me get more boxes?” Bucky asked Steve. Steve nodded his head and disappeared down the hall with his friend. Tony stepped in front of you and used his pointer finger to push your bottom jaw up.
“Close your mouth, you’ll catch flies,” He commented, a smile breaking his words into fragments. Your cheeks tinted pink as he too, strutted down the hall. You stood in place for another minute, still in shock about who was moving in next to you. You stepped into your room adjacent to his, thinking about what this would all mean. You finally came to the conclusion that you should just continue on with your day and let this man move in without you creepily lurking around waiting to strike up a conversation. You finalized your decision with a small nod of your head and flung open the door, just in time for it to hit Bucky smack in the face.
“Oh. My. God…” you exclaimed as he staggered back, holding his face.
“I’m so sorry, it’s only your first day and I’ve already hurt you. I barely know you, oh my god” you kept blabbering as he ran his hand over his face to make sure he wasn’t bleeding.
“Hey to you too, neighbor,” he greeted, still holding his nose.
“Oh god I’m so sorry. This was not the way I wanted to welcome you to the tower,”
“No, don’t worry about it. Super soldier, remember?” he assured, using an arm you now only noticed was completely made of metal, to touch his nose lightly.
“Don’t worry, it’s completely harmless, unless you piss me off,” he commented, wiggling his shiny fingers. He had caught you staring at his immensely hot gleaming metal arm, there went your chance of not being creepy.
You stepped around him after muttering one last “sorry” and made your way back to the kitchen, realizing that you had skipped breakfast. The hustle and bustle of the kitchen had settled down by the time you had returned. The only two left in the room were Tony and Natasha, both of whom were grappling over the last banana in the fruit bowl.
“It’s my tower,” Tony pointed out.
“I saved your ass on our last mission,” Nat fired back.
“Oh, c’mon you’re never going to let that go are you? It was six months ago!”
“Yeah, but it doesn’t change the fact I saved your life,” Nat exclaimed, pulling harder on the fruit. You sauntered over and plucked it from out of their hands, offering them a smug smile.
“I think I have a fair compromise. Neither of you get the banana, I get it. There, now you can stop fighting. I HAVE ACHIEVED WORLD PEACE!” you yelled as you took your prize back to the table, but not before grabbing the peanut butter jar and a knife to accompany your banana. You weren’t even able to spread a glob of peanut butter onto the banana before Nat slid into the chair next to you, offering you a smug smile.
“What?” You asked, smothering the top inch of the banana with a healthy dollop of peanut butter.
“I heard you met Bucky this morning,” she drawled. You bit off a chunk of banana, chewing for a long time in hopes she would go away before you had to answer her question.
“Yeah, and?” you finally spoke after swallowing your food.
“And Tony told me your head over heels and you haven't even said a comprehensible word to the man,” Nat prodded, barely holding back a smile.
“I also heard you hit him with a door,” she whispered.
“Who told you that?” you asked, wondering who else was around to witness you make a total ass of yourself.
“Clint, he saw you basically assault Bucky with your door. That’s pretty hilarious actually,” she giggled, barely able to breathe because she was laughing so hard.
“I don’t need you to make a fool of me, apparently I’m good enough at it myself,” you chucked, getting up out of your seat to head back to your room.
“Whatever, lovergirl,” Nat called as you wound down the hall. You smiled to yourself as you reached the end of the hall, still half a banana clutched in your hand. You noticed that Bucky’s door was closed, save for a small crack just between the door and the frame. It was just enough so that you could hear the hushed voices coming out of the room. You stepped forward, not wanting to eavesdrop on their private conversation. You were just about to enter your room when you heard your name mentioned in the conversation. You froze, waiting to hear what came after.
“She’s beautiful, Steve. And I’ve only said three words to her but I definitely scared her away with my arm. I mean, who wouldn’t be afraid of this?” you assumed this was Bucky speaking. Mostly because whoever the person was had metal arm and was talking to Steve.
“I’m sure she’s fine. She's a tough girl, and she would be stupid not to like you. I mean c’mon, look at you for christ’s sake,” Steve replied.
“I dunno, she’s really pretty, and from what I’ve heard from you, she’s amazing,” Bucky continued. Your heart rammed against your rib cage. You were barely able to process what was happening. Suddenly Steve’s phone let out a ring, and you nearly jumped out of your skin. You couldn’t have them catch you eavesdropping, not again. In an attempt to look natural you shoved the rest of the banana in your mouth and tried to jump into your room, but you just weren’t quick enough. The door swung open just in time for Steve -- and Bucky, who was peeking out over Steve’s shoulder -- to catch you with an inch of banana sticking out of your mouth, standing awkwardly outside their room, listening to their conversation.
“[Y/n]?” Bucky asked, not being able to contain the chuckle that bubbled past his lips. You stood there, frozen, not knowing what to do. After about what seemed like an eternity Steve spoke.
“I’ll just leave you two…” and basically ran down the hall. You pulled the banana out of your mouth and tried to come up with an excuse for what you had just been doing.
“I was coming back from breakfast and I was eating a banana and I thought-”
“You heard all of that, didn’t you?” Bucky asked, cutting of your poor excuse.
“Yeah, kind of,” you admitted, toeing nervously at the ground with your foot. You didn’t know where this was going to go. You hoped it would go the way you wanted, but today was not your day so far.
“Wow, you do have a nasty habit of eavesdropping,” he muttered, his metal hand coming up to massage the back of his neck.
“Yeah I’m so sorry about that I don’t know what came over me,” you tried to apologize, hoping he would accept it.
“It’s all true though. I do think you’re beautiful,” He admitted.
“Well I would hope so, nobody likes a liar,” you whispered, stepping closer, wanting nothing more than to press your lips to his.
“Well nobody likes an eavesdropper,” he replied, taking a step closer to you.
“Then I guess we are going to be horrible neighbors,” you drawled, looping your arms around his neck. Your heart thudding even harder against your ribs.
“Oh the worst,” Bucky commented, leaning down to connect your lips. You kissed for what seemed like hours. Footsteps could be heard coming down the hall, but Bucky just sidestepped into one of your rooms. Honestly you were too invested in one another to care which. The person in the hall started to speak, and you were pretty sure it was Tony, but they couldn’t even get through their sentence before Bucky slammed the door shut, still not breaking the kiss. Oh this whole new neighbor thing was really turning out great for you. Finally for once your ability to completely embarrass yourself turned out to be very helpful.
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