This fic is based on a SamBucky ask game answer I gave. I expanded the answer, and now here's the fic 😆 Enjoy! 🥰
First to Fall
| Pairing: SamBucky | Rated: G | WC: 1K |
Summary: Bucky meets a handsome dreamboat named Sam under some strange circumstances. He thinks it went well, though.
Excerpt:
Why was Bucky holding a steering wheel?
This really wasn't the best way to introduce himself to a fella, especially a hunk of heartbreak like this one.
Bucky, amongst the chaos and screaming, did his best to put the steering wheel back on.
It.
Did not pop back into the car like a Lego.
Wait.
What was a Lego? Why did Bucky know that word?
Bucky wasn't going to think about that. Bucky was also not going to think about the fact that he had dropped the steering wheel and that the steering wheel was somewhere on the ground in that car that was still driving somewhere.
"Sorry about that," said Bucky to the gorgeous fella, wondering why he sounded muffled for some reason, "Are you rationed?"
"Push him! Push him out!" yelled - oh, there was a redhead in the back, "While he's distracted!"
when you were asked to make a public confession as a punishment for losing a game, what you expected to get was rejection, mortification, and heaps and heaps of humiliation— not a sudden new boyfriend whom you don’t even know the name of.
PAIRING. na jaemin x female! reader (ft. nct dream)
GENRE. social media! au, college! au, romance, angst, fluff, humor, lots of drama, strangers to lovers-ish
WARNINGS. a lot of swearing, heartbreak HAGSBSK, so much bad decisions whoops, jaemin is greasy as fuck be warned
UPDATES. whenever HAHA send an ask/dm/comment to be added to the taglist!
NOTE. hello HAHAHA new sm au after literal months but this one is just gonna be for my own entertainment so updates are gonna be sporadic HAGSBAJWK ngl, this would read better as a filo au buuuut ofc we gotta keep in in english HHAHAH anyway....keep ur eyes peeled bcs the premise of this may be stupid and dumb and just stupid, this is gonna get a lot angsty so ♥
It’s been a while, but the first chapter of my spin-off fic, First to Fall: You I See, is up!
This story takes place in the same time frame as the previous First to Fall, but telling from Pearl’s point of view. I would recommend reading the original fic before this one.
Chapter 1 on AO3:
https://archiveofourown.org/works/17573327
Ooh, "💕 Who Fell First"! Great option, Leslie 😆 It was so good, I accidentally 😂 wrote enough to post on AO3, so it's on there too 😂 I hope you enjoy this little fic! 🥰
Link to AO3 version!
Plum Jam
Sam hadn't meant to bump into the man when he was at the grocery store.
Honestly, Sam's entire day had been a bit of a mess.
Sam had talked to Steve about Riley earlier that day. And it wasn't that Sam didn't like thinking about Riley. Sam loved to remember the ridiculous dad jokes Riley loved to tell; he loved how Riley would find a way to tangle himself in Sam's personal space whenever he had the opportunity; Sam loved how Riley's arm always rested on his chest when they slept like a comforting weight.
But thinking back to that moment.
Back to the fall.
Sam always forgot how much pain that dredged up in him. How it could feel as if that guilt and heartbreak were fresh again, like a reopened wound.
Sam had asked to go home early when he realized how unfocused he was at the VA after that. He had gone home and realized he had no food, and without really thinking about how he could have just ordered in, decided to go to the grocery store.
And now, Sam was bumping into random strangers.
"Sorry," said Sam, frazzled as he noticed and picked up the plum jam on the ground that had thankfully not broken during the fall, "I'm all over the place. Here."
Sam extended the plum jam to the man.
The man wore mostly leather, with a baseball cap on greasy, long hair that needed a brush and a mask Sam assumed had to be heavy duty - maybe the man had a cold?
The man didn't look down at the jam.
No.
He stared at Sam with piercing blue eyes that pinned Sam where he stood. He stared at Sam as if Sam were the first person he had seen after a long coma. He started at Sam as if Sam had just moved mountains, had just performed a miracle.
He stared at Sam like Sam was the hottest man he'd ever seen in his life.
Sam's face heated at that thought, because, no, not everyone Sam bumped into at the grocery store thought Sam was hot. Sam wasn't going to feed into that idea.
"I'll... put it back on the shelf," said Sam, about to place the jam back before the man's hand instantly reached for the jam.
His hand wrapped around both Sam's fingers and the jam.
"Bucky!" blurted the man, still holding the jar of jam with Sam.
It felt like they were holding hands.
Sam couldn't find it in himself to let go.
"My name is Bucky," said the man as if he was only certain of that fact at this very moment.
Sam couldn't help but answer back, "I'm Sam."
Bucky didn't look down at the jam. He kept looking into Sam's eyes. Sam couldn't keep holding onto the jam with this man, could he?
"You like plums?" asked Sam, which sounded awkward when he was saying it.
"Do I - " Bucky started before turning his gaze to the jar, "... I guess I do."
Weird way to answer that.
"My Ma, when she was very young, used to go to this one stand in Constanța that had these fresh plums," continued Bucky, his voice soft, "She would look everywhere for plums that reminded her of home. When she found some we could afford, she would scrounge up whatever supplies we had at home and try to make găluște cu prune - plum dumplings. She could never make them as well as her bunica, but I always loved them."
Sam couldn't see the smile, but he could feel it. This man reminded of home and family by something so small.
"We had this pecan tree in the back of our house - we still do, my sister owns our family home now," Sam explained, "And my mama would have us help her pick pecans and make pralines. It was usually during a Saturday afternoon and our entire house would smell like pralines for days. She talked about how her own mama had taught her, and her mama's daddy had taught her. And when I miss her, sometimes I'll buy a thing of pecans and try to make pralines."
Sam really needed to stop basically holding hands with this man.
Bucky was wearing these gloves, these fingerless gloves. Sam wasn't sure if he had ever seen fingerless leather gloves before, but here they were, on this man.
There was a distinct contrast between the gloves and Bucky's fingers.
The gloves were smooth; a soft, thick black leather that felt almost comforting.
Bucky's fingers were calloused to hell and back. They rubbed on Sam like a strangely addictive sandpaper. They radiated heat; they were almost scorching to the touch without the leather. But it was a nice heat; the type you nestled in after a long, tiring day at work.
Sam wanted to crawl into that heat and close his eyes.
Fuck.
Why was Sam still holding onto this jar?
"I'm not even sure why I'm in this aisle," Sam confessed, "I meant to just get myself a roast chicken."
Which sounded sad. It was a little sad. But hey, a man can live alone and eat pre-cooked chicken if he wanted to.
"They roast the chicken for you?" asked Bucky, as if he had never been to a grocery store in his life.
"Yeah. They do," said Sam, still holding the jam with Bucky, "I usually shred it up, put it on some rice with some veggies I cook with the rice. Shishito peppers and onions and garlic. Pretty simple easy meal."
"Sounds delicious," said Bucky, still gazing into Sam's eyes as if they were the only things for miles.
"It can be," said Sam as he finally, finally, let go of the jam, "I should probably get that chicken for it. Hope you like the plum jam."
"Yeah," said Bucky as he straightened his back and cleared his throat, "Yeah. Thank you for the jam."
Sam walked away from Bucky. He could still feel Bucky's gaze on him as he left the aisle.
♡ literature major. political science minor. environmental science minor. also part of the drama organization because miss ma’am likes to learn and dabble in everything.
♡ extremely uncompetitive (for the most part) in comparison to her friends, meaning she loses a lot both intentionally and unintentionally. pretty much fazed to all of the standard game penalties and punishments.
♡ but also tends to malfunction a lot when caught off gaurd.
JAEMIN.
♡ human physiology major. joins the dance team performances from time to time, depending on how much aegyo jisung is willing to do.
♡ natural flirt. it’s in his blood. he will flirt with a potted plant and a water dispenser unintentionally, but he means no malice. that’s just how he is.
♡ pretty rational for the most part considering his focus of study, but homeboy sometimes get his emotions the best of him.
SAEHA. NARAE. BINI.
♡ y/n’s girlies who all share the same level of affinity when it comes to (extremely) competitive uno.
JENO. HAECHAN. RENJUN. CHENLE. JISUNG. MARK.
♡ jaemin’s pals who like to extort him for food because he’s the easiest target.
— FIRST TO FALL, FIRST OF ALL.
when you were asked to make a public confession as a punishment for losing a game, what you expected to get was rejection, mortification, and heaps and heaps of humiliation— not a sudden new boyfriend whom you don’t even know the name of.
00. profiles
NOTE. decided to post the profiles early because the response was more positive than i’d expected HAHA first part will be up in two days <3 pls lmk what you think so far hehe.
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when you were asked to make a public confession as a punishment for losing a game, what you expected to get was rejection, mortification, and heaps and heaps of humiliation— not a sudden new boyfriend whom you don’t even know the name of.
02. shakespeare back from the dead
NOTE. and thus, it happened HAGVBSJAK again, would really love to hear your thoughts so far ><
