Bucky gets dragged to a speed dating event by Sam and Kate. He's exasperated and unimpressed by everyone he connects with, until he comes face to face with Nora, the owner of a book store. She's sweet, kind, and funny, but she's not interested in a...
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CW:MORE MAKING OUT, and a teensy bit of drunken fondling/groping/thigh riding, creepy/predator behaviour, drugging of drinks (it doesn't escalate past that), drunken discussions of Bucky's huge dick, assault, protective/possessive Bucky.
These two are a disaster, but they're our disaster, so it's okay. We love them. I promise there will be smut but we have some unresolved feelings to get through first. Hell, we'll probably be working through them along with the smut.
There's also a CW for smoking. If that bothers you, I simply do not need to hear anyone's moral judgements about it. People smoke, it's just a fact of life.
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I don't care what consequence it brings I have been a fool for lesser things I want you so bad I think you ought to know that I intend to hold you for the longest time - Billy Joel, "The Longest Time"
They walk to the karaoke bar that's six blocks away from the bookstore. Nora is walking ahead next to Kate, Peter, and Kari while Valerie is on her phone behind them. Sam and Bucky stray behind and Sam whistles at the sky while Bucky rolls his eyes.
"Just say it, man."
"Say what?" Sam asks.
"I know what you saw, and it wasn't what you think."
"Really?" Sam asks with a raised brow. "Because it looks like the two of you were about to go to pound town— and you didn't even lock the door!"
"That's not what was happening."
"You're losing it, man."
"I'm not."
"You are, I saw the two of you. You think friends hold each other like that? You were making out in the back room! That's not faking anything, Bucky. I saw the way you two looked at each other."
"She wanted to practice."
Sam swats him on his metal arm.
"You have to stop living in denial. I'm gonna tell Jocelyn."
"You're not going to tell her shit," Bucky hisses.
"I don't know why the two of you don't just acknowledge your feelings for each other. It's so damn obvious."
"Because I think she's afraid that if she admits something, she'll be disrespecting or forgetting her husband."
Sam raises his eyebrows and sticks his hands in his pockets as Nora, Kate and Kari begin to sing in front of them. Peter is playing music from his phone speaker and dancing. The four of them are drunk and Nora is spinning around, laughing. She looks so free, dancing beneath the streetlamps and weaving in between people. He's so fucking in love with her, he can barely stand it— or himself. Bucky sighs softly, and Nora turns around and smiles at him, biting her lip.
