prompt: Bucky Barnes fucks up and sends you the wrong presentation file.
warnings: dumbassery, swearing, workplace sexism,
note: this is now an entry to my pumpkin’s #mypassionsarenysins1k challenge [OPPOSITES ATTRACT AU]. my lovely @mypassionsarenysins i am so proud of you i love you
prompt: Bucky Barnes fucks up and sends you the wrong presentation file.
warnings: dumbassery, swearing, workplace sexism,
note: this is now an entry to my pumpkin’s #mypassionsarenysins1k challenge [OPPOSITES ATTRACT AU]. my lovely @mypassionsarenysins i am so proud of you i love you
warnings: angst and swearing
pairing: Bucky x Reader
Word count:1225
Prompt: “Time to pay up, Barnes.” “What do you want?” “Pretend to be my boyfriend for five days.”
Bucky woke up to his ringtone. “Good morning boyfriend.”
The person on the other end of the line was waiting for a response but Bucky didn’t provide them one. “It’s me. In case you forgot, your girlfriend?”
Ah, so that was your voice over the phone. He didn’t quite expect that but it still sounded so sweet just like your voice does when you talk.
“Good morning...girlfriend.”
Dear lord, how long has it been since he was in a relationship. This awkwardness is going to eat him alive.
“Get up and go to work. Let’s have lunch together at the cafeteria later?”
“Alright, I’ll go to your office then?”
“No need. Let’s just meet at the cafeteria!”
Needless to say, Bucky rushed out of the room once the clock struck 12, like Cinderella except he’s eager to meet his princess.
You were chatting with someone when he arrived, not knowing what to do he took out his phone and sent you a message “I’m here.”
He saw how you quickly turned around to scan the cafeteria for him once you received the message and Bucky’s heart filled with joy.
He never even thought about how you weren’t wearing your company ID or the fact that you have his number even though the two of you weren’t in the same department.
That afternoon Bucky waited for you to go out of the building but you never did.
After thirty minutes he decided to head home, maybe he was thinking too much about this deal. This was just pretend right?
You don’t like him.
It was just pretend.
But before he could stop himself he had already sent you a message.
“Why did you choose me to be your fake boyfriend?”
You laughed as you read Bucky’s message to you. “Hye, are you listening to me?”
The person in front of you interrupted your typing so you quickly turned out of your and place it back in your pocket. “Of course I am.” you lied.
You’ve been better at lying these days. “Are you really?”
You shrugged, you didn’t really care about the things that he was going to say. You’ve heard it all before. But your mother was there, so you pretended to listen to the person with the white coat while constructing the perfect response to Bucky Barnes in your mind while he babbles.
It was already the third day and he still hasn’t gotten a reply from you as to why you chose him.
Or why you’re doing this and Bucky is growing impatient.
He didn’t get to ask you yesterday because he didn’t see you in the office which was weird, as far as everyone knows you never miss an office day.
When he called you, you just told him that you weren’t feeling that well and decided to take a trip to the hospital. He volunteered to go to you in order to deliver some food but you stopped him and said taht your whole family was there and you really don’t want him to be entangled with your family affairs.
Bucky thought that it was something serious, but you showed up at the office the next day and told him to follow you for lunch.
“Well, are you ever going to explain to me just as to what you’re planning?” Bucky asked.
“I’ll explain it to you on the fifth day.”
“Alright, why me then? You could’ve picked anyone else from the company.”
“Yeah but they don’t owe me a wish.”
Right. The wish. That’s the only thing that made him special. Nothing more. Feeling dejected, he stood up and excused himself.
How could he stand to eat when you’ve just ripped his heart out from his chest.
That night as he lay in bed he had to remind himself that this was just a game for you.
It’s best if he always kept that in mind. Besides there’s only two more days how hard could it be right?
But the moment he saw the message that you had sent him, he realized that it won’t be that easy.
“It’s not just the wish. I didn’t choose other simply because they’re not you.”
Oh dear you. You are not good for his heart.
“Get up.”
Those were the first words that Bucky heard in the morning.
Which was weird considering that he lived alone.
“Holy fuck. What the fuck are you fucking doing here?” He shouted as he pulled the covers towards him.
“Barnes, there’s no point in covering up. I’ve already seen everything. Also, you’re the idiot who keeps the key on top of the door frame. Hurry up, we’re going to the beach.”
It was true that he still kept the keys on top of the door frame, but that didn’t give you any right to just barge in unannounced. You weren’t his girlfriend.
Oh wait, technically you are his girlfriend. And you were just doing the same thing that you’ve been doing years ago when the two of you got together.
It was weird seeing you in the apartment after the two of you broke up. It felt like the old times. It felt as if you never left.
“Why are we going to the beach?” Bucky asked as he stepped into the living room after showering and putting on appropriate clothes. “It’s freezing out there.”
You placed your phone back in your bag and smiled at him, “Not just that! You hate going to the beach.” You were right. Bucky hated the beach, and the cold. If this was your plan to make him miserable, it’s really working.
“Are you fucking serious right now?”
“Barnes, you kept cursing me out. That’s so many fucks given in a span of one hour.” You stood up and grabbed the keys to his car which was placed on the dish near the door “Also, I’m very bored so, hurry up.”
Bored.
‘You want to break up without giving me any reason why?’
‘You won’t be able to handle it even if I tell you.’
‘Something is better than nothing.’
‘I want to break up because I’m bored. I got bored of you. That’s just it. Nothing else. Will you let me go now?’
Bucky let out a humorless laugh as he remembered the past. “Bored huh, after all these years you still haven’t changed.”
“Oh,” you turned around to look at him “Someone’s still sore about a certain break up I see. Don’t tell me you’re still in love with me? You can love me but remember I will never love you back. I’m just here to make your life miserable one last time.”
“Fuck you.” Barnes replied as he snatched the car keys from your hand.
“You already did. It wasn’t that good, though.”
This must’ve set off something in him because suddenly your back was against the door and his arms were caging you in. “Wasn’t good, huh? So, you mean to tell me that you’ve been faking all those times that you’ve begged for me at night?”
“O-Of course. Duh.” You managed to say as you tried to push him away.
Bucky smirked at your reaction, “You’ve always been a bad liar.”
That was both true and false, because while you can’t lie about certain things, you’ve certainly been lying about one particular thing.
