It's you, it's always been you.

Brunch with the Avengers

TW: Little bit of blood & some minor language!

After Steve kicked all our asses during that run, he decided to take us out to breakfast before our "family meeting."

"You guys are so slow!" Steve dragged
"Oh shut up Steve, let me put on my repulsers and we'll see who's the fastest." Tony said.
"On yOuR lEfT! God I know Steve, I know you're on my left. Thanks for the head ups every single fucking time!" Sam yelled.
"I just wanted you to know buddy!" Steve said as he smacked Sam shoulder laughing at him.
"I just want to put this out there, I was definitely second place." Bucky teased

The boys kept playing back and forward and it was cute to see them tease each other. You loved being part of this family, it was your everything.

"Well are we going to eat breakfast boys or are we just going to keep bragging about how slow y'all are?"

"Y/N right, I'm starving let's go." Sam said

Steve took the group out to breakfast and you guys had a blast. Not a worry passed through your mind about the meeting. After hanging out with the group today, you knew nothing was going to break the team up. We are family, family always sticks together no matter what. Right?

"Alright team let's hurry it up, we have the meeting in an hour and you guys all smell." Tony laughed as he plugged his nose.

The team continued to talk but you started to zone out and think about the meeting again.

"What is so important about this meeting?" "Did we do something wrong?" "God, why can't I shake past this, how bad could this possibly be?"

Your mind continued to fill with all the different possibilities of what could go wrong tonight. You begin to break a small sweat and your hand start to get into a fist, digging your nails into the palm of your hand again not realizing the damage your doing. In the back of your head, you hear:

"y/n?"
"y/n"
"y/n!"

Suddenly the sound is loud enough to break through your zone and you finally focus in, you hear:

"Y/N! Hey look at me." Bucky shouted as he grabs your face.

The team stares at you as they see blood slowly dripping from your hands. You dug too deep and ripped some skin without noticing.  Bucky looks at you with worry written all over his face.

"Are you okay?" "What happened" "Do you need help?"

The whole team threw questions at you and before you could answer Bucky steps in.

"I'm gonna take her back to the tower and fix her up. She's been feeling anxious lately because of the meeting."

"Oh Y/N I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to worry you." Tony said.

You stayed quiet, shaken up by the blood.

"Tony no worries, she's fine. I got her."

Bucky puts his arm around you, leading you out of the restaurant and back to the Avengers tower. You stop and look at him.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to cause a commotion. I didn't even reali-"

Before you could finish, he puts his hand on your cheek and looks at you and smiles. His smile is like no others you've ever seen before. When he looks at you, the world seems to get brighter, warmer, filled with more color. All is good in the world when Bucky Barnes smiles at you.

"Listen to me, there is no need to be sorry. Now let me take care of those hands before our meeting. I'm not asking again."

"Bucky it's fine I-"

He didn't let you finish. He stops walking and grabs your shoulders and stops you.

"Y/N I'm done asking, I'm helping and that's final."

As he stared you down, he used his pointer finger to lift your chin up and look you in the eyes. He loved to be in control.

"Yes sir?"

You gulped.

"Yes sir."

"Thanks for helping Dr. Barnes." You chuckled.

He nudged your shoulder and laughed with you.

"Anything for you doll."

You guys laughed it off as he continued to walk with his arm around you. You felt guilty for causing such a problem during a good time with the Avengers family but you chose to ignore it and focus on letting Dr. Barnes take care of you.

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