Following Team Orders (A Steve Rogers AU x F1)

France

Ring!

Ring!

Ring!

Hi, you've reach Steve Rogers, please leave a message.

"Hey Steve, its Liv, uh I made it to France, and I just wanted to see if you wanted to get lunch. Bucky mentioned that you were here already.  Ok, I lo... talk later."

Liv frowned as she looked at her phone.  She pocketed the phone and walked back to the café where Frank and Bucky were waiting for her.  "He didn't answer."

Bucky patted her hand. "I'm sure he's got a reason Bug."

"I don't know what happened.  We were fine." Liv slumped in her seat.

Frank smiled.  "Eat a croissant. "

"Food does not make..." she sniffed the air as Frank waved the flaky buttery bread under her nose.  She snatched it from Frank's hand and stuffed it in her mouth.  Frank and Bucky laughed as Liv flipped them off.

Across the plaza Ransom sat with his sister as they planned their next move.  "Look Olivia doesn't want to come drive at Mercedes, so we need to attack this from a different angle."  Ransom put the cookie in his mouth.  "Lloyd went at it the wrong way."

"Well, what about Stevie?" Suzanne snipped. Ransom rolled his eyes.  "Stop Ranny! If we are going to break your precious Olivia, then we need to get Stevie away from her."

"So, what is your plan then huh? Because seems like I'm doing all the work." Ransom folded his arms.

"I just need to get him alone right before anyone else sees him. Make a move.  He likes the moto girls, right?"

"He does have a weakness in that.  He has stopped but maybe if it's thrown at him..."

"Right so, if he gets caught with a girl by, say Olivia, I think that would put a stop to their budding friendship, don't you?"

"Well, Suzie, I'm glad to see that you finally proven your worth." Ransom thought about it.  "Olivia usually walks through the paddock to put her helmet away.  All of Red Bull's equipment for both drivers is there."

"Perfect."

**

Liv kept trying to reach Steve, but he continued to refuse her calls. It was hurting her.  They had made good progress and now it was like it was in the beginning.  She decided she needed answers from the one person who might know what the hell was going on.

"Bucky? Can I talk to you?"

"Sure, doll face. What's up?" He pulled himself up to sit on the counter as she did the same.

"Did I do something wrong with Steve?"

"What makes you say that?"

"Because I thought we got over the beginning.  We were talking.  We were friends.  And now he is avoiding me.  Did I do something wrong?"

"Honestly Bug, I have no idea.  That punk hasn't talk to me either.  I knew he left early, and he said he wanted to check on his mum but when I called her, she said he hadn't been home."

"Oh."  Liv chewed on her lip. "Feel like getting second made everything worse."

"Whoa, hey, no, Bug, that was amazing.  It gave Steve a big lead in the championship." Her head bowed and he could see the turmoil, the pain of losing Steve's friendship.  "Livie," he whispered and pinched her chin to push it up. He looked into her eyes. "This is not on you, sweetheart.  Something is up with him and that's on him. You just keep being amazing and when he figures out what's going on in his head, he'll talk to you."