(closed) Return the favor

[trainwrecked]

Characters: Natasha Romanoff and Bucky Barnes; Rikki Barnes and Bucky Barnes; Jack Frost and Bucky Barnes, Kyle Rayner and Bucky Barnes
Date: Soonish
Location: Fire Sector, Natasha's suite.
Situation: Natasha's checked up on him a couple of weeks back; now he's doing the same for her.
Warnings/Rating: Possibly violence or the potential for it, probably language.

Steve told Bucky he sent Natasha to explore the underground. In his stead.

Which is fine, in its way, because if Steve thought her the right person for the job, then she probably was. But - she'd been pretty damn silent, after that. Not that he thinks that he could notice her if she doesn't want to be noticed, or that she'd be overly talkative after the last time they met - when she sought him out and he was a mess, and then he was almost more of a mess - but still. She came to him. Now it's time for him to come to her.

And if she doesn't let him in, he can hang out with Steve, right?

He doesn't even try to sneak up to her. Just shows up at her door and knocks. And brings take-out food.

Comments

[withoutaworld]

Maybe she can't quite see his expression, but his tone is suspicious enough. "Yeah, he's..." Her cheeks heat a little. "He pretends to be a jerk, but he's really not."

[trainwrecked]

That... okay, that makes Bucky pause. HE IS NOT PREPARED TO DEAL WITH THIS.

"... does that mean I should get to know him better?"

[withoutaworld]

"I don't know... I mean, I do live with him, so you're probably gonna meet him if you drop by..."

[trainwrecked]

"Yu-huh."

This is so. So weird. He's never gotten anywhere near this kind of serious with a girl, but he knows the dance. At least part of it. The one where the girl's family makes sure the kid their daughter's seeing isn't a no-good. (Like him.)

It's just that he's never thought he'd be working on it from this angle.

Ever.