Run To You

Run To Me

Inspiration: "Run To Me" ~ Nick Lachey

"I'm holding on for you, I'm fighting for your life.
And when you're blinded by this jaded world, I'll be your eyes.
Even if you fall, I won't let you break.
When all the noise is telling you, to run away,
Run to me..."

"You're in love with me?"

Oh shit.

Sam was completely frozen. Here you stood in front of him and everyone he knew with his deepest secret lay bare at his feet. He wasn't sure if he was relieved or terrified. Five solid minutes of sheer anxiety crept by as you stood there in front of him with the same stunned expression. A throat cleared behind him. Oh! Right!

"Uh...yes?" he said with a hesitant shoulder shrug.

"That's not convincing at all, Sammy." You rolled your eyes at him. He grinned shyly at you.

"Are you?" you asked again. Sam sighed heavily.

He was trapped between a rock and hard place. On one hand, if he told you, he might lose you as a friend because he was an idiot who waited too long. On the other hand, he might have already lost you if your feelings for Barnes were real. Why wasn't there ever a third option for these kinds of things??? Squaring his shoulders, Sam braced himself for your impending rejection.

"Yeah, Tink. I have been for a while."

You wanted to knock some sense into Sam. You knew it was wrong, but you couldn't help it. How could he not see? How could he have spent all this time not knowing how you felt? Granted, you've been healing from the worst break up and the worst relationship of your life, but how could he be so blind? Whatever you might have felt for Bucky was nothing compared to the pure l o v e you had for the best man in your life.

"You...IDIOT!"

"Wait...what?" Sam was completely dumbfounded. Of all the things to come out of your mouth, he never could have anticipated that.

"You blind, idiotic, daft, stupid, ridiculous...," every word you hurled at him was punctuated with a step forward, "...kind, loving, gentle, wonderful, bird-brain of a man."

"I am so confused right now..."

"I've been so completely, irrevocably and absolutely without a single doubt in my mind, in love with you every single day for the last year. I can't believe you never fucking noticed. And you call yourself a 'Falcon'."

"Are you serious right now?"

"Samuel Thomas Wilson, I swear t—," you didn't get to finish your statement before Sam pulled you into a mind blowing kiss. Cheers from all the Avengers, minus one, erupted all around you. It's been a long time coming.

"Are you okay, bud?" Steve asked a mildly sulking Bucky who was indeed still trying to disappear into the chair. He noticed Natasha slipped away in the commotion.

"Yeah, man. It wasn't meant to be."

"Maybe not with her...but there's definitely someone else here you might still have a shot with...," Steve said with a cheeky grin on his face. Bucky looked at him incredulously, what the fuck was he on now?

"What do you mean?"

"Why do you think Nat was so adamant against you pursuing things with [Y/N]? Are you really that clueless?"

"I got no idea what you're talkin' about, Stevie," Bucky replied. Steve groaned and smacked Bucky on the shoulder.

"I know you guys have been sleeping together. She's in love with you, stupid!"