"And They Were Roommates"

Chapter 3

The three of us reached the door to our apartment building, completely breathless and sweating like hell. Frank, the building's doorman, shook his head and waved at us as we scrambled past, fighting to see who could get up to the apartment first. Bucky made it to the elevator before Steve and I could get there and stuck his tongue out as the doors began to close.

"Liv, I'll rock, paper, scissors you for who gets the next elevator?" Steve said tilting his head to the side as if he was compromising.

"No fucking way, Rogers, I'm taking the stairs. I'm not letting Bucky beat me again!" I responded and ran as fast as I could towards the stairs. Now was the time I really regretted us living on the fifteenth floor. I took the steps two at a time, getting more and more out of breath which each step until I finally made it to our floor. I stopped just inside the hall to catch my breath when I noticed the elevator doors opening and Bucky stepping out. He looked down the hall and caught my eyes and both of us starting running like hell to the apartment. As I managed to get closer to Bucky I was met with a sharp shove, pushing me almost into the wall. I kept running and threw my foot in front of him, causing him to trip and fall.

"Olivia Sage Miller that was fucking dirty!" Bucky yelled as I managed to make it down the hall and to the apartment before him or Steve. I threw my hands in the air in celebration of the victory and opened the door to the apartment, letting the cool air wash over me. I worked on steadying my breathing but it was all for nothing. The second Bucky made it to the apartment he picked me up and threw me over his shoulder. All I could do was kick and hit his back.

"Bucky let me go!" I squealed, trying my best to loosen his grip.

"No, no way. You played dirty. You cheated. You fucking tripped me, I'm not letting you go until you apologize," Bucky said indignantly.

"There's no way I'm apologizing, Barnes. Do you remember the last time we raced to the apartment? You conspired with Frank in advance and made him not let me in to the building!" I said with an exasperated sigh. Next thing I knew I was being slung off Bucky's shoulders and onto the couch. I looked up at Bucky's face and saw a glimmer of mischief in his eyes as he began to smirk slightly. "Buck, I know that face. Don't you fucking dare," I spat through gritted teeth, preparing myself for what was to come.

Bucky just continued to grin and moved his hands to my side to tickle me. All I could do was squeal and kick to try and get him to stop. "Bucky, p-p-p-please l-let me go! I can't f-f-fucking breathe!" I screamed to no avail.

"Nope, this is what you deserve. This is your punishment," Bucky said, continuing to tickle my sides.

I kept begging him to stop through a mix of laughter and tears, neither of us hearing when Steve walked in.

"What's going on here?" he asked amused.

Bucky took that moment to stop tickling me and I could finally catch my breath. "She played dirty to win movie night, tripped me as we were running down the hall," Bucky said casually shrugging as he moved from pinning me down.

"Is that so?" Steve asked with a raise of his eyebrow. I grinned shyly in return not expecting his next words. "Well fucking done, Liv, he's played dirty more times than I can count, it's about time he got a taste of his own medicine."

Bucky just looked at Steve, his mouth agape that his long-time best friend wouldn't hesitate to throw him under the bus. I stuck my tongue out at Bucky in response making Steve laugh.

"Alright, Livvy, so you won. What are we going to watch today?" Steve asked, making his way to the couch as Bucky grumbled walking into the kitchen.

"Hmmmm I don't know. Am I thinking RomCom? Something epic? A little horror?" I teased, knowing full well what I already had in mind for the day.

"The suspense is killing me, Olivia," Bucky said dryly from the kitchen.