Avengers oneshots (Mostly SamBucky)

Murder buddies

(Back to the AU with Steve, Nat and Tony alive, Thor's off world though.)

Sam was the one who would constantly get paired with Bucky for most of the missions. According to Tony, that's because everyone else had a murder buddy, a.k.a, a sort of permanent partner to go on mission with. Steve and Nat, Tony and Bruce, Wanda and Vision, Scott and Hope worked together. Thor would mostly be off world and Clint was retired for the most part and would only return in case of a planet wide threat. Peter would show up once in a while, but he was mainly taking care of smaller threats or accompanied Tony and Bruce.

Sam still found Bucky extremely annoying but the fact that Bucky never left him behind despite being able to, caused him to warm up to his partner a little. They usually stayed out of each other's way unless they were on a mission. Bucky spent most of his time with his nose buried in a book, bonding with Wanda or sparring with Hope. He avoided Steve and Nat as much as possible.

So when he saw Nat sitting on Bucky's shoulder, Sam was thoroughly confused.

He raised an eyebrow at Bucky and he just made a "don't ask" face. So Sam didn't. Nat noticed the exchange and asked Sam, "Do you mind if I borrow your murder buddy?"

"Can't you just say partner? And no, I don't care. Just be warned he's hard to work with."

At this response from Sam, Bucky flipped him off and Sam returned the gesture.

A bell rang and they all assembled in the conference room.

Nat sitting on Bucky's shoulder wasn't much of a problem even though he's pretty tall. The doors were meant to accomodate professor Hulk.

Once they entered, Nat jumped off Bucky's shoulder and then sat on his lap as he sat down. Everyone eyed them. Especially Steve. Nat wasn't bothered at all but Bucky looked like he wanted the Earth to swallow him.

"Ohkay... I need to know, what's going on between you two?" Tony asked. Nat didn't reply and just shrugged.

"Barnes?"

"Ask her." He replied.

Wanda snickered. So did Hope. They knew what was up but the guys didn't.

"Hope?" Scott asked. "Oh I'm not saying shit." She responded grinning.

"Neither am I." Wanda added looking at her hands.

"I think we should focus on the mission at hand." Vision intervened.

"But I want to know." Tony whined.

Steve got up and grabbed the papers out of Tony's hands. He looked annoyed. Tony snatched them back and glared at him. Steve went back to sit. Tony briefed everyone about the missions. Wanda, Vision, Tony and Bruce would be going to a different country for their mission. Scott and Hope were to stay back and guard the quarters. Steve and Nat had to deal with some legal stuff. Sam and Bucky had to investigate a threat in their state.

"Me and Sam are switching partners today. I'll be on the field with Bucky and Sam would accompany Steve." Nat stated.

"You're killing me, I need to know the details." Tony tried again.

"You didn't tell me that earlier." Steve told Nat.

Steve looked at Bucky. Bucky looked away.

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The meeting with President Ross went pretty well for Sam and Steve. Sam being there proved to be pretty helpful as he did most of the talking instead of Steve 'I will overthrow the government' Rogers. He also stopped Steve from punching a few people. Why were all supersoldiers this impulsive?!