If the mood strikes, and if not, that's cool too, but Steve/Darcy, Bucky/Darcy or Clint/Darcy with this prompt: ❛❛ I took your hoodie and I’m not giving it back. ❜❜ *hugs dear*
thank you, @rdprice29!! *hugs*
Darcy’s hair was a rat-nest of curls that no brush dared to go near. At this point, her hair elastic was a war hero for managing to keep it all together in a lopsided attempt at a bun atop her head. She stood, glasses drooping down her nose, eyes crusty with sleep, dried drool at the corner of her mouth, watching the coffee machine as she waited for it to bless her cup.
Behind her, Bucky sat at the kitchen island, his own mug of coffee in front of him, watching her through his hair as it fell across his face, shrouding him from the surrounding world. Darcy was one of the few people in the building he didn’t register as an immediate threat. Even her friend and boss, Dr. Foster, had the ability to cause him damage. But Darcy didn’t fall into that category. Then again, it had crossed his mind that her ability to look like the complete opposite of a threat was a disguise all its own.
Darcy was also one of only a few people who wasn’t skittish around him. He wasn’t sure if that was a good sign. Either she had terrible self-preservation skills or she trusted that he could handle himself. Given that she was willingly living in a tower full of superheroes that attracted danger like no else, he leaned more toward the former. Still, he liked that she didn’t spook. That she lingered and talked to him and let her guard down. He wasn’t used to it and he appreciated that little slice of normality.
An appreciative moan left her when coffee started flowing into her mug. She tucked her hands in the pocket of her hoodie, her shoulders hunched as she leaned forward and inhaled deeply. A smile edged at her mouth and her eyes fluttered. Rocking back on her heels, she started humming under her breath.
“Buck, you almost ready?” Steve appeared in the kitchen without warning.
Bucky startled, but kept his reaction muted. Had he been so distracted with Darcy that he hadn’t heard Steve coming or was Steve unnaturally quiet in his approach? “Yeah. Almost.”
“Morning, Darcy,” Steve greeted.
She grunted and nodded her head vaguely in his direction.
Steve looked amused.“First cup?”
“What gave me away?” Retrieving her full mug, she hugged it with both hands and raised it to her nose, inhaling deeply. Turning on her heel, she looked between them and frowned. “It’s rude to look that put together this early in the morning.”
“Wrong. Blasphemous! Cruel!” she announced before taking a long sip from her mug.
Shaking his head, Steve opened his mouth to say something, but paused. Brow furrowed, he said, “Nice shirt.”
She looked down at herself, shrugged, and then turned a look on Bucky. “I took your hoodie and I’m not giving it back. It’s mine now. You left it on the couch and I’ve adopted it. I am open to joint custody on the weekends though.”
Bucky blinked. “Didn’t take you for a thief.”
She smirked. “There’s a lot you still need to learn about me.” She walked away then, hips swaying. “Let me know when you’re interested.”
Bucky shifted on his stool to watch her go, an eyebrow raised and a slow smile pulling at his mouth. Oh, he was interested…
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