Final Lap - Sambucky AU

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That night all the F1 racers were invited to a party at the race track owners home.

Bucky pulled silver suit, with a black shirt underneath. He put his watch on and pulled on a silver chain, and a couple rings.

Natasha peeked in and smiled. "You look good!" She said as she sat on his dresser. He nodded and put cologne on.

"You okay?"

"Yeah... I'm alright." He said as he pulled his shoes on. She got off the dresser and fixed his jacket. "Try and have fun tonight, okay?" She said as she met his eyes.

Bucky nodded with a faint smile. "I will."

"Good. Your car is downstairs. Go be a superstar. Okay?" She said with a chuckle. Bucky nodded and kissed the top of her head and then headed out.

He made it down to the lobby where paparazzi was waiting for him. He just smiled, waved as he got to the car. The moment he got into the car he relaxed and just played on his phone.

He opened Instagram and saw Sam had posted to his story. He pressed it and saw a mirror selfie of him in a red shirt.

Bucky just turned off his phone and leaned his phone back. "Just have fun..."

Sam got to the party. He had a date (a platonic date of course). He helped out the second ever female F1 racer in the circuit.

Carol Danvers, nicknamed Marvel.

She was going to be joining Sam's team, Ferrari. She walked next to him in a red dress. She smiled and waved at everyone. "I'll never get used to this." She said as she looked at him.

"Yeah, I know. But don't worry, you can start to ignore the flashes." Sam said with a chuckle as they got to the top of the steps.

They were about to enter the party when an all black car arrived. The door opened and Bucky came out into the open.

He smiled and waved as they took photos. He had confidence, the swagger, and was who everyone wanted to be.

Bucky looked ahead and Sam. He waved slightly as he paused for the paparazzi. Sam waved slightly back and then started to head inside.

Carol sensed something between the two but didn't think anything of it.

Sam walked in with her and greeted people. The two beelined it for the bar. Sam got himself a mock tail. All the racers should be getting mock tails. Shouldn't be hungover before the first race of the season.

Sam sipped his drink. "Bucky looked good." Carol said as she sipped hers. "Yeah... he does" Sam said. He then realized what he said and looked at her.

She had a smirk on her face. He just rolled his eyes. He chuckled slightly and held his head. "I am hopeless."

"No you're not." She said with a slight laugh. "You just got a little crush. If it's not serious, it'll go away. But, if you really like him, it'll stay." She said as he scanned the crowd.

"It's a little crush." Sam said.

"See, then you're all good." She said. She caught sight of Bucky talking to a group of people laughing and smiling.

Sam stood up straight and continued to sip his drink as Steve walked over. "Hey Sam! How's everything?"

Sam just faked a smile and nodded. "Everything's going well. Just signed onto Ferrari for another 3 years." He said as placed his drink down.

"And how's things with your new teammate?" Steve said looking at Carol and winking at her. She just looked at him, and then asked for another mock tail.

"She's great. Truly one of the best racers I've met, and she's already setting the tone for Ferrari this season." Sam said.

Steve nodded as he wrapped an arm around Sams shoulders and walked with him around the party. He took him around to talk to company owners, and other drivers.

He just went along with it, and realized he lost Carol. He was going to say something until he saw a familiar face step over to Steve. Bucky motioned Steve over to him.

Bucky looked at Sam and then back at Steve.

Sam took the opportunity to get away from Steve and sit at the table with the Ferrari team.

Bucky looked at Steve. "If I cant talk to him... neither should you." Bucky said as he sipped his drink.

"And why should I listen to you?" Steve said.

"Cause I can tear you down faster than you can race." Bucky said.

"Then do it..." Steve Said.

"An assassin doesn't just strike and attack when he wants. He waits when all hell has broken loose so that when he does attack... no one notices until it's too late." Bucky said as he placed his drink down.

"Speaking from experience?" Steve said.

"Nah... my past life." Bucky said as he walked away and over to his table.

All the racers got to their tables and waited for the CEO of F1.

The infamous, Tony Stark.

"Ladies and Gents, welcome to the annual F1 banquet- ah forget it. I'm not gonna read this speech Pepper wrote. Love her, but no. Too formal for me." He said with a chuckle.

"It's so cool being able to see y'all again, we even got women here this year! That's cool!" He said.

"We have Carol Danvers joining Ferrari, Maria Hill the First F1 Racer for this whole joint, and we have racers we haven't seen in awhile." Tony said.

"I would like to call up one of the most badass racers in here, Bucky Barnes. I'm tired of all this talking, so I'll let him do the formal shit." He said as he started to clap.

Bucky got up and smiled as he went up to the front of the room. He got a standing ovation as he walked up the steps.

He turned and looked at everyone. He smiled and shook his head, motioning for everyone to just sit down.

"Hey hey... I don't need all that. I'm just a race car driver."