With Him | Bucky x Reader | Enemies with Benefits

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Y/n's POV:

"Why do I hate James?" I asked. I was exhausted and frustrated that Tony had to ask again. 

I was partly irritated because I HATE repeating myself and partly because I didn't exactly have a reason.

 Well, that's not true, he did set a recurring alarm in my room at 1 am on Jarvis that for some reason nobody else could cancel, but then I also put hair dye in his shampoo. 

Yeah he's hot but he's also annoying as fuck and I don't want to waste my time trying to make something work if clearly nobody wants it. I've spent enough time doing that already.

 "Look, ok I'm not asking you to be his best friend, just to go on a mission with him." 

"FOR A MONTH" I yelled back at him in protest. 

To be completely honest, I could admit he was good at his job and I would trust him to have my back on a mission but I was too far down the "I hate James" spiral to climb back up. I would never hear the end of it from anyone. Bitchy move, I know but I'm stubborn, what can I say.

 "Ok, if you really need it we can send out a relief team after a couple of weeks but you're both just going to have to deal with it. You both have free schedules for the next month, you're not well-known to the public, and you also both have espionage training. So SUCK IT UP." Tony shouted, counting the points on his fingers.

 "Steve wouldn't have yelled." I muttered under my breath.

 "well Steve is also on a mission so I'm doing briefings this week. Now get out of here Pigeon, you're leaving tomorrow." He replied, ruffling my hair.

 "Ugh, don't do that." 

"Bye Y/n."

 "Bye Stank," I said, walking out the office door.

 "Rhodey told you about that?" He cried despairingly. 

"Sure did" I called back whilst walking backward, purely for the purpose of displaying my supremacy. It's a love-hate relationship.

As I was walking backward I bumped into James. "Look where you're going," he said. 

"You going to Tony's?" I asked and only got a nod in reply. I smirked before saying "you're going to hate it." 

"Just shut up." He said, and once I was sure he had turned around I silently mocked his "Just shut up" before flipping off his back multiple times. Real mature.

When I walked onto the living floor I saw Wanda cooking something in the kitchen. I leaned back on a counter and began to vent. "You'll never believe what Tony's got me doing. A month-long mission." 

"What? Does that mean no girls' nights for a month?" She replied, 

"sadly not, but guess who my partner is." I paused for dramatic effect, ever the Drama-Queen. "Barnes."

 Wanda looked shocked, "they actually paired you two together? You're not going to get anything done." 

"Hey! We're not that bad!" But after a disapproving look, I concluded that maybe we really were just that bad. 

"Pack your stuff and then we could watch a Rom-com to say goodbye?" she suggested. 

"Sounds perfect, but you need to get the popcorn ready." I replied before taking a taste of what she was cooking "Oh my God. This is amazing, save some for me!" I said before running into the elevator.

 "No promises!" She yelled back

Packing took longer than I thought it would, I second-guessed every decision I tried to make, would I have a chance to go swimming? How much action would I end up getting? I messaged Nat and told her to call me once she had a break (she was on a mission as well)

It was primarily an undercover mission. Gather the information and report it back to the compound; Tony and Cap suspected that someone was smuggling weapons into the country via a couple's cruise company. 

They thought it was so obscure that it was possible, I thought it was bullshit but I'm not in charge around here so here I am, packing for a couples cruise with the one person I hate most in the world, (and I hate most people).

After some careful consideration (and a chat with Nat) I packed approximately half my wardrobe and almost all of my toiletries. Luckily we would be able to do some laundry onboard but I packed extras just in case. 

I also brought some nice lingerie just in case. I wasn't expecting to meet anyone (not many hot bachelors on a couples cruise) but just in case I felt like dressing up for something to make myself feel good.

Once I had crammed everything into my suitcase, I went down to the living room to meet Wanda, and as promised, she had huge tubs of popcorn and the controller in her hand.

 "Love Actually?" she asked. 

"Sure" and I went to sit back down. It's not my favorite but I knew it was Wanda's and who was I to say no? Just as we were nearing the end of the movie I felt my eyes begin to feel heavy and I slowly nodded off to sleep. In my last thought, I was hoping that James wouldn't be a dickhead all month.

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