Soulmates

Boyfriend

It had been three days since you went to the safe house with Nat. You hadn't contacted the boys at all. It was killing you, and them, but you knew it was what you needed to do.

"Buck, I miss her." Steve says as he's laying on the bed, Bucky next to him, their arms wrapped around each other. They were going to bed, but neither of them could sleep. They hadn't for three days. "I know. I miss her too. It feels like three months, not three days."

"What if she comes back and she doesn't want to be with us?" Steves voice wavers slightly as he asks the question. "That won't happen. But if it does, then you have me. But it won't happen. She'll be back."

"You have me to ya know? Always." Bucky looks up at Steve, a small smile splaying on his lips. "I love you." Bucky whispers, pressing a kiss to Steve's lips. Steve kissed back, he always kissed back.

They had shared a few intimate moments of kissing, making out and light groping, but nothing below the clothes other than when they did with y/n. "I love you." Steve whispers back.

"I want to start telling people. When y/n is doing better. When she can handle the whispers we may get. I want people to know how we feel." Steve is slightly taken back by his words.

"I don't want to tell people. If we make an announcement out of it it'll be this whole thing and I don't want it to be." Bucky pulls back from Steve slightly, disappointed. "Oh. Ok."

"We can be ourselves in front of people, if we're in the kitchen and I feel like kissing you, I'm gonna kiss you, but I just don't want to sit everyone down and say, 'hey btw I'm in love with him too.' It's not necessary."

Bucky sits up. Fully pushing away from Steve. "Would that be so bad? Telling people you love me?" Steve sits up with Bucky, putting his hand on his cheek. "No, Buck. I just don't want to make a show of it. If your asking if i'm ashamed i'm not. But I don't want the fuss."

Bucky clearly isn't satisfied with his answer so Steve continues. "If you want me to stand up in front of the whole team and tell them that I love you, I will. I was just trying to avoid explaining it to people, because I don't know how to explain it."

"I do. I love you. You love me. We're in a relationship with y/n, and...and with each other. She's our girlfriend and you're...you're my-" He doesn't know how to finish because they hadn't made it official yet. They hadn't said it out loud.

"I'm your boyfriend." Steve finishes with a smile on his face. Bucky smiles back, ecstatic. "Yea. You're my boyfriend." They rest their foreheads together and take a few breaths.

"Okay. So we don't have to tell people unless they ask, but we're not hiding it either. You're right, I don't want to make it a huge deal." Steve pulls his head away from Bucky's, a smile still on his face. "Mhm, and here you were, trying to pick a fight with me."