The Rules of Living with the Avengers

56. Don't attend Steve's Games lessons

Mr Rogers islooking incredibly attractive in his gym clothes and even Gwen is drooling over him although she'd developed a crush on the new boy - the one who'd asked me if Bucky was single - who was called Peter.

"Woah," Bucky says, eyeing up his boyfriend.

"Exactly," Gwen says. "I can't believe you live with him, Ellie."

"And she dated him," Bucky says.

"What?" Gwen turns to me, eyes wide. "You never told me that!"

"It's kind of awkward."

Bucky grins and for a second, he actually does look young (although he'd been insisting that he still looked like a teenager all morning, he just looked like an adult). "He cheated on her with his best friend, a devastatingly handsome brunette with the most beautiful thigh muscles in all of the Western world."

I roll my eyes. "Yeah, yeah, okay, his thighs aren't that great."

"Mm, I think they are."

Gwen is starting to look suspicious so I point out Peter, who is staring at our little group, and she goes bright red and hastily starts to tie her shoelaces.

"Right, should we start the lesson?" Steve calls out and everyone seems to stand to attention. "My name is-"

"Hottie McHotPerson!" Someone calls out and Bucky looks amused. That turns to outrage when he sees Tony walking into the gym, wearing the least sportiest clothes I've ever seen. I didn't even know you could get a velvet tie. "Hello, Steve."

"Tony. Come to work out?"

"Only if you'll be my personal trainer," Tony replies and I start to get mad. Potential uncles don't flirt with ex-boyfriends.

I clear my throat loudly and Steve suddenly looks embarrassed. "Um, right, okay, let's just...grab a partner."

Bucky grabs my arm then starts laughing. "I grabbed you," he says and I manage to crack a smile. Gwen partners up with Peter, giving me a quick thumbs up and a wink.

Bless her. Maybe I should invite her to the tower.

"Everyone do some warm-ups, please," Steve says. "As I talk to Tony."

"Flirt with Tony," Bucky grumbles.

"Come on, Steve loves you."

"He loved you too."

"True."

We do a few aggressive squats as Steve wanders round, Tony acting like he's glued to that muscled arm of freedom. The door opens and Bruce walks in. He catches my eye and must see how angry we look because he quickly retreats through a different door. I'm pretty sure that he's now hiding in a cupboard full of balls but I leave him to it. I've learnt my lesson about sneaking up on Bruce. And, anyway, I'm too engrossed in violently glaring at Steve and Tony.

"He's being disloyal to Pepper," I mutter.

Bucky jumps up and then helps me up. I've been holding the squat position for too long. "We need a plan of action. Aim one: get that four foot munchkin with his stupid half-beard away from my boyfriend. Aim two: get Steve to stay home for our anniversary. And, finally, aim three: get Steve to propose to me and adopt a child with me."

"Well, that escalated quickly," I say but Bucky is already marching across the gym in his bright yellow tank top.

I hurry after him just as he starts whispering, "I'm a badass bitch." I mean, it's true but I'm kind of scared that he's going to bitch-slap Tony through the wall.

They already fight like cats and dogs, about everything, but I don't know how much more of it they'll take until they make Steve choose. And who will Steve choose? Who would Tony choose? Pepper or Steve? Oh God...I'm so glad that my love life isn't complicated anymore. Although Loki is getting more distant...

Stupid superheroes and their complicated lives.

"Listen up, everyone!" Bucky yells out, clapping his hands together. The sound echoes through the gym and everyone stops to look at us. "My name is Bucky Barnes and Mr Rogers, AKA Captain fricking America, is my boyfriend! And I love him a lot so I want to ask him something."

I feel like pushing Bucky to the floor so he can't say anything else. PROPOSING WAS NOT PART OF THE PLAN. In fact, there wasn't even a plan. It was just Bucky looking mad. Damn, that man would be a great leader. He has the cutest face in the universe and I don't mind following him for that beautiful view.

He does have nice thighs.

"I wanted to ask Steve if...if he'd buy a cat with me." Bucky finishes then shoots me a desperate look. Oh, so he was going to propose but he didn't have the nerve. So he resorted to cats. A cat would liven things up around the tower. It's getting a bit boring. Everyone's settling down and happy.

"Sure, I'd buy a cat with you, Buck." Steve grabs Bucky and kisses him, completely forgetting that he's meant to be a teacher and Bucky's meant to be a student.

Which means that the school security team tackles them both to the ground while I stand there laughing and Tony starts yelling, "fight! fight!"

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