homecoming » bucky barnes AU

chapter five

A/N
shorter chapter.

Billie Jean played over the loudspeakers as Bucky and Laecie stood at the bar. Not yet drunk, they waited to order shots before they went dancing. The bar had a busy club in it, so the pair decided to make the most of it and just dance together. They'd been talking all night, Laecie now feeling more at ease with Bucky.

As the bar tender approached the bar, his face lit up.
"Bucky Barnes!"
He exclaimed, his accent something of Spanish decent. Bucky smiled warmly and held an arm out for a bro hug over the bar. The pair embraced and Bucky turned sideways on his heel to point at Laecie.
"Zemo, Laecie- Laecie, Baron Zemo."

Laecie frowned at the "baron" part, raising an eyebrow at the young man behind the bar.
"Uh- ex baron. Nice to meet you."
Zemo held out a hand to shake hers. She smiled and shook.
"Four shots of tequila please."
Bucky said, slapping his cash onto the table. Zemo nodded and immediately tended to the drinks.
"A baron?"
Laecie questioned quietly.
"How do you know a baron?"

Bucky rolled his eyes, smiling.
"I know people."

Laecie shook her head and turned to Zemo, who was laying their shots out. Bucky immediately grabbed two, knocking them back like they were nothing. Laecie looked at him, as if he were making art. She was in awe of this man's ability to drink shots like water. She looked at him with a half scared half shocked look on her face, laughing at him.
"Thank you, Zemo."
She said, before picking hers up. Bucky smacked his lips, laying his glasses back down. Zemo took them and walked to the next customer laughing.

Laecie pinched her nose and knocked one back.
"Oh, come on."
Bucky said, laughing at her.
"Ack- whatever James. Just because you're big and strong."
Laecie winced at the sensation in her throat, shaking her head slightly.

She quickly knocked the second one back, wincing again and ready to go dancing. Feeling more loose, she took Bucky's arm and dragged him down a small staircase to the dance floor. He smiled at her gentle tug, following her willingly. As they finally got to the floor, Laecie began swaying her hips to Melody.
"Come on, James!"

Bucky walked toward her, beginning to dance himself along to her movement. She was giggling and laughing at his moves, weak but he was trying nonetheless. The light in the room was blue, really making his sparkly blue eyes shimmer even more. She looked right into them, not being able to look away. He felt his stomach flip at her eye contact, tightness forming in his pants just from the intensity.

"I'm going to the bar! I'm going to the bar do you want anything?!"
She yelled into his ear so he could hear over the music. He nodded and mouthed "a beer".

She danced her way over to the bar and Bucky lit a cigarette. He kept dancing in the tight crowd, feeling sweaty already under his jacket. He had perhaps over dressed, but they hadn't come with the intention of dancing.

He let loose, letting his body drop and just flow with the music. People gathered around him, grinding and dancing. He gripped the waist of some girl, dancing with her, absentmindedly.

At the bar, Laecie took a bottle of beer and a vodka coke towards the dance floor. She noticed quickly James dancing with a brunette, feeling jealously creep up on her. James was here with her. Why would he be dancing elsewhere? Perhaps this was platonic? It didn't feel platonic.

But, two could play at that game. Laecie put the beer back down on the bar, not caring if someone took it. She took big gulps of her drink, finishing more than half, then swayed her way onto the floor. It was sweaty and full, people bustling, her hips moving with each beat and her arms reaching above her head as she found a partner in some tall dark and handsome guy on the floor.