Following Team Orders (A Steve Rogers AU x F1)

Austin

Texas has to be one of the favorite tracks among the racers. The atmosphere, the fans, the track, they all just made racing fun. Olivia had been excited to race here. But since Singapore, she had been distracted. Andy's words had been on the forefront of her mind. She made it her mission not to fuck up this chance. She was studying the pictures of the track on Thursday, getting ready for practice on Friday, when she ran into a solid object. She stumbled back as a hand steadied her. "You ok?"

Liv looked up to see Steve in front of her. "Sorry, I should stop reading and walking."

Steve chuckled. "Probably a good idea." He let go of her elbow and swallowed hard. "I'll see you later?"

She bit the side of her mouth. "Yeah, see ya." She turned and walked away, the wave of awkwardness washing over her. She made it to her room and closed the door, leaned against it and sank to the floor. She buried her face in her hands. Why is this so hard?

Friday seemed just as awkward as Frank and Bucky watched Olivia and Steve. "Is it me or are they too polite to each other?" Frank asked.

"Nope, they are high level nice to each other. Do we know what happened when Andy pulled them aside?" Bucky pondered.

"Nope. Liv hasn't said a word."

"Neither has Steve. I know Andy dressed them down, but I didn't think it was this bad." Bucky shook his head. "Your best friend is stubborn."

"My best friend? What about yours? He hasn't even tried to get her to forgive him."

"Like she would let him." Bucky pinched the bridge of his nose. "Look, I know that this has been hard on her ever since she walked in on bimbo made a move on him..."

Frank cut him off, "wait, say that again?"

"That bimbo." He stopped, "I think she said her name was Suzanne. She made a move on Steve and Bug walked in on them." Bucky saw the look of shock on Frank's face. "What?"

"Suzanne? Suzanne Drysdale?"

I don't know the last name, but Steve mentioned she was an intern for Mercedes... oh shit. Do you think Drysdale set him up?"

Frank ran a hand through his hair. "It looks that way to me. Shit, I wonder if Liv knows."

"Wouldn't that allow her to forgive him?" Bucky wondered aloud.

"You've never had a female best friend, have you?" Frank asked with a chuckle. "Doesn't matter the circumstances. Steve allowed someone else to kiss him when she was already claiming him. That's basically unforgivable."

"Jesus, girls are complicated. Ok, so what do we do?"

"I'll ask Liv what she knows but we should probably let Steve in on this information."

"He is going to kill Drysdale."

"Not if Liv gets there first."