How about teleporter reader accidentally teleports into buckys apartment, and overhears a private convo between him and Steve? She only hears a snippet and mistakenly thinks that steve has a crush on her, when in reality it’s Bucky that’s head over heels for her. She immediately teleports away and freaks out. Comedic miscommunication until finally buck confesses his love for her.
Take me out
Pairing: Fem!Reader x Bucky // Thoughts about Steve x Reader
Warnings: fluff, magic, a pair of dorks in love, and Steve an oblivious bystander trying to help
Notes: I don't kow if this is what you had in mind, but I hope you like!
“So, let me get this straight” you giggled, talking to the Norse God, “If I press the button on that golden bracelet, It’ll take me where I want ”
“Yes, little mortal” he said with that cocky smile
“You have to let me study it to reproduce, it can come in very handy, imagine how many time and gas we’ll save” you giggled again at Tony
“You can’t just make it again, it powered by magic” Thor said, sipping on his beer
“Can I try it?” you asked, curious, Thor smiled and passes you the big bracelet, clearly made to fit his thick arm, and not yours
“Just, don’t think of volcanoes or snow, or something like that, think of a place you know, your house, for example, you’ll appear there, and then, think about this place, and It’ll take you back” Thor warned, as you placed the golden artifact in your right forearm
Ok, you mumbled, you mind clouded and emboldened with the two beers you just had. You closed your eyes while your finger traced the lines of the red gemstone of the bracelet
“Think about some familiar place” you thought, “A nice place, somewhere you want to be, home!”
You pressed the button and suddenly you were blinded by a golden ray. You had an uncomfortable feeling of Vertigo, and suddenly, you felt like you were falling. When the light dissipated, you found yourself in a barely familiar place, but it wasn’t your family home…
“No, no no!” you whispered desperately looking around for the owner of the apartment, but the door of his room was closed and he was nowhere in sight. “Shit!”
You were supposed to be a homey place where you’d like to be!
Not the apartment of your childish crush!
You had an embarrassing crush on Bucky Barnes, your teammate
It was childish because there was no way he’d ever feel the same for you as you did for him. He only had to be nice to you, practicing his new social skills, combined with his old school chivalry and charm, for you to fall like a ton of bricks over him
You only been to his place once, when Steve, Nat and you came here after a bar across the street kicked you out at 4 am
“I need to get out of here” you mumbled, but the gem on the bracelet had stopped shining, and the button didn’t came back to its original position so you could press it, “No, no, no”
“No, Steve” you stood still when you heard Bucky’s voice in the living room, “Not like that”
“How about…” two supersoldiers, great, this was going to be difficult to explain, “(Y/N) I like you” you froze on your spot, “I would really love to take you out”
“Sounds like you are going to take her out… with a sniper” he said, you knew that tone, he was irritated
“Sorry, ok? I’m nervous,” wait a second, are they talking about you?
“She is more casual” Yes he had to know, you are his friend, one of his closest friends in the compound, that’s why your crush was also very inconvenient, “It has to be more relaxed”
“(Y/N) Let’s go get a drink, just the two of us”, are they practicing how to ask you out? Steve?
“Yes, I think that’s the one!”
No, no no no, was Steve going to ask you out? Was Bucky helping him? Your heart got caught in your throat. And just in time the gem in the bracelet started shining again and without thinking, you pressed it again, thinking about the compound, Thor and Tony
With a vertigo sensation that made you want to throw up, you came back at the side of the Norse God and the Millionaire, playboy philanthropist
“WOW!” celebrated Tony, “You took your time kid, I thought Thor just teleported you to Asgard or something”
“You didn't tell me that it had to load before you could come back!” you giggled, returning the bracelet to Thor
“Where did you go?”
“To my family home, my parents weren’t there so it was quick”
“So it works!” celebrated Tony
“Of course it works, I told you!” said Thor, more drunk that when you left him
“Please let me study it” demanded Tony
“Well ok, you have three days”
“So I better get started” Tony grabbed the artifact and left the room, and you were so caught in your own thoughts you barely said goodnight to Thor before you left him to go to your own sleeping quarters
On every step you took, the more you felt your heart break
Was Bucky really so oblivious? That he didn't realize how clumsy you became when you were around him, how heated your cheeks turned? or how nervous? You could bet on your life that he could hear how strong and fast your heart beat inside your chest, so he didn’t really care? He just wanted to set you up with Steve? and Steve for Odin’s sake, his best friend, you adored Steve, but you were in love with Bucky
You didn’t want to break Steve’s heart, you really really liked him as a friend
What were you going to do?
. . .
“Yes, I think that’s the one!” Bucky said with a wide smile, “Something casual, like, “Want to grab dinner? just the two of us? And then I wink at her”
“Don’t wink” Steve shook his head, “Man, I’m really happy for you guys”
“She hasn't accepted yet” Bucky growled
“Dude, the only one who is oblivious to her feelings is you”
“What do you mean?”
“She loves you”
“I don’t think so”
“She will say yes when you ask her out, and then you’ll start dating, and then you’ll become one of those cute couples that are going to give all of us diabetes from the sweetness”
“You think?” he asked, visibly nervous
“Yes dude, she has a crush on you, you are the only one who can’t tell”
“Well, how can't she not tell I have a crush on her?”
“Beats me”
“It's just, I don’t want to screw things up, I don’t want to lose her as a friend”
“You won’t” Steve tried to reassure him, giving him the same look he gave him that night when Bucky decided he will follow Steve into war and against Hydra, “She likes you and you like her”
“Yes, you are right, I have to make the run”
“Yes like I said, there two things I know, Cover Ups and women, you had to make the run to emotional safety”
“Ok, Captain America” laughed Bucky, taking a sip of his beer
. . .
Avoid him
That’s what you were doing
Avoid Steve like he was the plague incarnated
You knew, because you always had breakfast together, that he drank his coffee at 7:00 am sharp, after a run, so you just appeared from your room after 7:30
You knew whe he had his meetings and briefings so you just excused yourself saying you weren’t feeling ok or you had to help Tony in the lab designing more weapons. You had lunch with the man, and then systematically avoided him
He seemed to catch you right on, and didn’t make any attempts to talk to you, which was good. But the problem is, he was always next to Bucky, so he became collateral damage. And pained you, you quickly started to miss his presence, his voice, the way he looked at you
It’s been barely a week in which you haven't seen him, and you were restless
And you didn’t know this, but so was he
He really wanted to see, ad he really wanted to believe that he hadn't see you all week because of consecutive coincidences
But everytime he got a glimpse of you, you seemed distant, and with a need to get away from him
And that made him feel terribly bad. Especially now that he had decided he wanted to ask you out
And Steve caught on
“There is nothing going on”
“She is avoiding me” he grumbled, his hands restless as he fixed his own hair
“I’m sure there is nothing to it”
“Maybe she realized something was up with me and she is pulling away”
“Bucky you are reading too much into it”
“I really like her Steve, she is so amazing, ans smart, ad funny, and beautiful”
“You should tell her that” he said with a chuckle, but Bucky only sighed, and didn’t say anything and walked away, he seemed defeated. Bucky had take so long to accept his feelings for you, to gain the strength to ask you out, and now just a little flinch, and he pulls out
His friend needed a little push
And he was the one to give it to him
You knew Steve and Bucky worked out in the mornings, so you took the gym at night to work out, it was quieter, you liked training alone and in silence
You were punching a bag as hard as you could, trying to relieve the tension of the week, when it happened
“Hey trouble” you missed the punch when you heard Steve’s voice. To be so big and buffy he was certainly very sneaky
“Hey Steve” he noticed you became uncomfortable at his sight
“Barely seen you all week” he greeted cheerfully, trying to look past your jumpiness
“Oh well, it’s been a weird week” you murmured, trying to smile at him
“Yeah, I could tell,” he said mindlessly, crossing his arms over his chest, flexing his muscles, “Is there something going on?”
“No” you whimpered
“C’mon doll” he continued pressuring you
“There is nothing going on”
“Are you avoiding Bucky?”
“What? No…” you knew he could see right through your bullshit
“Look, I noticed something strange, but well, it doesn't matter..” he sighed soundly, “I wanted to ask you something…” and right there you exploded
“Look, Steve, I like you, but not in that way” he stopped looking at the floor to find you eyes with his blueish and confused ones
“Uh?”
“I think if we go out just the two of us, it will be weird” you just said, hugging yourself. He just looked at you like you were the most entertaining thing there was
“I was going to ask if you liked Bucky” And now you certainly were an idiot
“What?” you mumbled
“I’m flattered, you are amazing, but for my friend, not for me,” and now you were going to faint
“What are you talking about, I thought you were the one that was going to ask me out”
“No!” Steve laughed, loudly, “Bucky is, and you had been avoiding him”
“He is going to ask me out?” Did you mishear the conversation? Did you get it all wrong?”
“Yes!” he chuckled, “He is crazy about you!”
“Really?” you asked, your voice pitching, excited beyond words
“Yes! You dork!” he laughed again, amazed at the realization, “So you were avoiding me?”
“Yes” you whispered, embarrassed, “I thought you were the one that wanted to ask me out, but I didn’t want to, because I... like Bucky” He smiled widely
“No, and now he thinks you are avoiding him” surprise hit you at that moment
“Really?”
“yes”
“I don’t want him to think that”
“So you go to him and tell him”
“He is here?”
“Yeah, in the entertaining room” he said hastily
“I’m going!” you heard him laugh once again whe you started jogging towards the exit of the gym
“Go get your date!” he yelled at your back, and you just smiled as you ran towards one of the upper floors in search of Bucky
You found him watching TV, but his gaze was on you as soon as you entered the room, and you really wanted to say his face lit up at the sight of you
“Hey Doll” he greeted like he always did, and you just smiled widely at him
“Hey stranger” you giggled, walking towards him. You felt his body relax, you looked at his smile and at his shiny eyes
“Hye doll” he repeated, when you were right in front of his seated form
“Hey” you repeated in turn, “Sorry for being away all this week”
“I missed you doll” he said shyly
“I missed you too” you responded, your stance became weird, just standing in front of him, and you could tell that he wanted to get to you
“What are you watching?” you asked, to ease the tension. He padded the place beside him, and you gladly seated right next to him, and you crossed a little boundarie when you placed your head in his shoulder, seeing that he was watching a Tom Cruise movie, his arm rested across your shoulders, to hold you against him, and his flesh fingers caressed the naked skin of your arm
“Doll?” he called, and you leaned up to see him looking right at you, his face only a few inches away from yours
“Yes?” you purred, smiling shyly
“Would you like to.. go out on a date with me?” he asked, his face twisting in worry
“I thought you’d never ask” you whispered. he smiled widely, closing the distance between you and kissing you on your temple
“I really like you, doll”
“That’s lucky” you said, “Because I like you too”
And with Tom cruise fighting against Henry Cavill in a helicopter as witness, Bucky draw you in for a kiss, and the promise to take you out
With a sniper or on a date, you were pretty sure it was the latter