The LGBT+ Avengers Stucky Fanfiction

Iced Tea For Two

"Fancy seein' you here," Came a familiar voice. Bucky looked up to see Steve walking into the coffee shop with a charming smile on his face.

"Hey Steve!" Bucky said, suddenly as giddy as a schoolboy, "How you been?"

"Pretty fabulous, yourself?" He said, strolling up to the counter.

"I've been doing pretty good, pretty good. So, coffee?" He suddenly remembered that he was working,

"Oh, well, really I've got no clue. Surprise me." Steve said,

"Okay, will do. You cool with teas? Today just seems like a good day for some iced tea in my opinion, I don't know."

"I'm alright with anything. Iced tea sounds good." Steve said, making Bucky smile a charming smile. Steve was really only here to see Bucky, and they both knew it.

"Well then, that's two mango iced teas. Exotic." Bucky said, grinning as he drew out the syllables in the word 'exotic'.

"Hang on, two?" Steve asked, raising his eyebrows. Bucky practically died.

"Well, I've got a break in seven minutes, so I just assumed you'd buy me a drink." He said, glad his manager wasn't out here, or he'd get yelled at. Steve was technically a customer, after all.

"Okay, I suppose that's fair." Steve pulled out his wallet,

"Good then. That'll be five dollars and forty-seven cents." Bucky smiled while Steve fished a five out of his wallet. As he took the bill, both men let their fingers brush, lingering momentarily before Bucky finished the transaction, handing Steve the receipt. "I'll see you in, like, six minutes. Kay?"

"Alright, see you soon, Buck." Steve took both iced teas and went to sit down in a small booth.

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"See? I wasn't long at all. Here I am. Now hand me my iced tea." Bucky said, sliding into the seat across from Steve. Once again, they let their fingers brush unnecessarily as Steve passed the cup to Bucky. Bucky wasn't sure if Steve was doing this intentionally, but he for one sure as hell was.

"So, how's your day been?" Steve asked, thinking of his day. He'd gone running, did some painting, had lunch with Nat and Tony, then spent the afternoon reading, waiting for the afternoon so he could come to the coffee shop to see Bucky. He was absolutely crazy.

"Oh, pretty decent. Been a bit of a quiet day around here." Bucky gestured to the coffee shop around them, with only about four people in it, all sitting quietly and sipping their drinks. "But, that's not all that bad a thing. Easy day for me." He stuck his thumb at his chest. Steve smiled. Steve liked how Bucky looked in his blue polka-dotted button down, top three buttons open and sleeves rolled up to his elbows.

"So, I was kinda wondering if you were free on Saturday?" Steve asked, glancing up at Bucky hopefully. Was he asking Bucky on a date? Bucky wasn't entirely sure.

"Oh, um. Saturday I was actually gonna go to the pride festival that's going on in town this weekend. If you want, though, I can, like, leave early or go on Sunday or something?" Bucky looked at Steve, hoping that whatever Steve had in mind can still work out. Desperately hoping. Steve chuckled a little bit, looking at the table for a moment before looking back up at Bucky's brown eyes.

"It's funny, 'cause I was gonna invite you to come to that with me." Steve's lips were playing at a smile, but it was hesitant. "You at all interested in that?" Bucky broke into a confused grin. WAS STEVE ASKING HIM ON A DATE OR WHAT?!

"Oh, yeah, I'd love to go with you. I didn't have any friends who were going this year, so, actually, that works out great for me," Bucky said, taking a sip of his tea. Damn, he had no idea whether or not this was a date. He'd definitely say yes to a date if it was. Across the table, Steve smiled.

"Sweet. So, I'll pick you up at your place at eleven, and we can have lunch and then spend the afternoon celebrating our pride. Good?" Steve asked, figuring out the details of this occasion.

"Yeah, that sounds great. Are you gonna go all out in pride gear?" Bucky asked, thinking of the last time he was at a pride event. He'd worn nothing but black boxers and rainbow suspenders to match his group of friends, and he'd had a trans pride flag wrapped around his shoulders like a cape. He'd felt high on happiness the whole time.

"Maybe. You'll just have to wait and see." Steve said, smiling mischievously across the table, "Oh, and also, we might run into a couple people from the movie night there, since they're almost all LGBT and we're all in this, like, activist group that's gonna have a little tent set up. But probably we won't see them too much." Steve knew he had a tendency to ramble on, so he stopped talking.

"Alright, sounds great. They seem really cool, so it'll be nice to see them again. Bucky said, finishing his iced tea and glancing at his phone, "Oh, crap. I've got to get back to work now. See you in a couple days then?" He asked.

"Definitely." Steve replied, grinning as they parted ways. This was going to be amazing.