" Will you stop moping, it's not blacked out so they are not dead yet" Tony complained sitting on the opposite end of the sofa, "leave him alone tones" pepper smacked him upside the head. Bucky was still moping and brushing his fingers on the black snake on the back of his human hand. He didn't notice the faint burning until it gradually became more intense.
The elevator doors opened and Peter and his friend entered, "Hey guys, this is y/n, we've been friends since we were kids" peter gestured towards her "hi" bucky snapped his head up to the soft voice that was music to his ears, she stared right back. "Hey, everything ok?" Peter asked "yup, let's go" y/n dragged Peter down a hallway. Bucky's face saddened thinking she was scared of him. Tony and Pepper looked at each other putting the pieces together.
They both ended up in a smaller living room "what was that about?" Peter rubbed his wrist "him.... He's.... soulmate" was all you could manage to get out, "wait, Mr. Barnes is your soulmate" you just nodded and continued pacing "are you scared of him" peter asked confused as to why you ran away from him "what no!" you said quickly "then why did you run away" Peter is now more confused than ever now, he took a seat on the sofa and watched his friend freak out.
Pepper got bucky a glass of top shelf bourbon "she's scared of me" he kept mumbling "I'm sure that's not what happened" pepper tried to reassure him "yeah, I don't know, maybe she has seen you on tv and had this big ass crush on you and when she found out you were her soulmate she freaked out in a good way" tony said still on the other side of the sofa, pepper gave him a 'your not helping' look
"So if you're not scared of him then why" Peter ran his hands down his face in frustration "Peter, did you forget that I have the biggest crush on the guy? The man I fantasize about is my soulmate" peter groaned "I did not need to know that" he dry heaved a few times, " suck it up I had to hear about it when you wouldn't talk to MJ" you still paced the room thinking of what to do "you need to talk to him, he probably thinks your scared of him"
"I'm not scared of him, I know he wouldn't hurt me" you bit at your thumbnail, the class project is no longer in your mind. "y/n...Y/N" Peter shouted and held your upper arms so You would stop moving. "You need to go out there and talk to him." You slowly nodded and he dragged you out there.
The three of their heads looked up to see peter drag you into the room, bucky got a little mad and jealous that you were holding peters hand not his "out, they need to talk'' where peter got this confidence to kick tony out of his own living room no one knows even you were a little surprised by it. He turned to face you, holding your upper arms so you didn't run away "you can do this" he whispered.
Peter tried to walk away but you grabbed onto his sweater "y/n" he spoke slowly but you wouldn't let go, you didn't want him to leave, you felt composed when he was there with him gone you would make a complete fool of yourself, peter gave up trying to force it out of your hand so he took it off and ran out of the room, leaving you standing there with his sweater in hand.
You took a seat on the other side of the U shaped sofa facing him "h-hi" you whispered " hi" his voice was sad "um.. I ah um" you kept stumbling over your words god y/n what's gotten into you, oh I know the sexiest man alive is your damn mate now suck it up and say something great now you were talking to yourself again "imsorryimnotscaredofyouijustyhavethisbigasscrushonyouandfreekoutwhenisawitwasactuallyyou" you said all in one breath "what?" He had an amused smile on his face. He didn't need you to repeat it, he got it all but he wanted you to say it again.
"I'm sorry I'm not scared of you I just have this big ass crush on you and freaked out when I saw it was actually you," you said again turning bright as a tomato. You played with your hands waiting for him to say something. You looked up to face him to see the biggest smile on his face.
His mate wasn't scared of him, "I'm not scared of you" kept playing through his mind "bucky?" he didn't hear you call out he was still over the moon at your words "James?" hearing his name, his first name coming out of your mouth snapped him out of it, it did things to him, he liked hearing you say his name.
Bucky made his way over to your side of the sofa, his face soft, relaxed. He sat beside you pulling you onto his lap so you were straddling him, you expected him to kiss you but he just pulled you into a hug, you melted into his arms, for the first time in a long time you felt safe.
"OH HELL NO, NOT OF MY SOFA" tony yelled from a few rooms down.
