They were closing in on the end of their time at shield, and everyone was working aggressively to better their scores. A final mission at the end of the week would be their final test, and everyone was shitting themselves.
The tension in the gym could be cut with a knife as everyone took it in turns to fight other trainees on the mat. Some of them seemed a lot happier as they won fights, but the ones that kept losing, were getting more and more moody as their chance of getting a good shield job dwindled.
Steve relaxed as he won all his fights except the one with Nat. Although, he did nearly have her at one point, but she slipped out his grip and pinned him. He would happily take that result.
Bucky seemed to be doing well too. He'd won nearly all of his fights and gave Steve a small happy smile after every one. Steve replied with a similar smile and small wink, making Bucky's cheeks blush.
Soon though, the inevitable happened. Steve had to fight Bucky. They'd managed to avoid it for the most part as they both wince at the memory of the bad fight a while ago.
But Steve hoped they were both thinking the same thing. That they could fight and then forget about it. He really hoped Bucky actually tried; He wasn't sure if he would physically be able to overpower Bucky and force him into holds as easily as he could with everyone else. He just wanted to hold him gently.
Thankfully, they walked onto the mat and into their starting positions when Bucky gave him a small smile and a nod. Steve let out a breath and nodded back before they started.
Bucky had improved so much since their first fight that a few times Steve had to think fast before it was too late. And he was right about not being able to fight Bucky like others, but it also seemed Bucky thought the same thing as their fight felt much calmer than the others.
Eventually though, Steve pinned Bucky and the man tapped out. They shook hands like most fights ended and walked off opposite ends of the mat. They both wanted to go to each other to check everything was okay, but seeing as everyone else thought they hated each other, it wasn't such a good idea.
Steve spent the rest of the session sparring with nat and worrying Bucky would be angry at him or that fighting each other in competition would interfere with whatever they had. He knew it shouldn't, but he was worrying anyway.
At the end of the session he went into the changing room and got into a shower cubicle right away. His top was sticking to his skin with sweat and he needed it off. He shoved his stuff in the small section that wouldn't get wet and peeled away his clothes.
He heard a few other people walk in and had an idea. He opened the cubicle door slightly and peered out until he saw Bucky walk through the main changing room door. Steve waited until the other was walking past his door and not speaking to anyone when he reached out and grabbed him, pulling Bucky into the cubicle with him.
Bucky was shocked at being grabbed, until he looked up to see Steve standing completely naked in front of him.
"Wha- Steve!" He whisper shouted.
Steve smirked and gently placed a hand either side of Bucky's face.
"I just wanted to check everything was okay, that I didn't hurt you", he pouted.
Bucky smiled up affectionately and leant into the touch.
"Don't worry, okay? You didn't hurt me and you shouldn't be worried about that anyway, we were fighting, if you can win, you do it".
"Okay, but you can win everywhere else", Steve grinned and pressed a small kiss to Bucky's lips.
"In that case", he stepped back, "I want to shower with you".
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I hate you, don't I? - Stucky
FanfictionSteve and Bucky are a month into their training to become Shield agents in a fierce course run by director Fury. With everyone wanting to be the best, days are full of muscle killing training sessions and intense lessons. Since the beginning though...