Guys My Age

Chapter 1

It wasn't that you were actively trying to disregard her perspective on what happened during the mission, it was merely the fact that this wasn't the first time he pulled off something like this. Usually, he was more subtle, never bringing too much attention to you when you made a minor mistake. But this was different. You tried not to take it too personally but it was very hard not to, especially when you knew how certain "colleagues" were waiting for you to make a mistake so they could take your spot on the team.

"All I'm saying is, he probably didn't mean for Steve to bite your head off like that. Y/N, are you even listening to me?" Natasha nudged your shoulder and you shook your head before turning to her, apologizing for not listening to a word she said. She smiled softly at you before handing you her drink.

"Just let it go. Besides, he did save you from one nasty wound to your thigh."

"And we all love you thighs Y/N!" You turned around and smiled at Sam, laughing when he winked at you before returning to the pool game with Clint. "Why are you even playing when you know you're going to lose?" You stood up and walked his way, standing next to Clint and ignoring his teasing remarks.

"What part of 'be on time' do these people not understand?" Tony complained as soon as he saw Steve walking into the room, narrowing his eyes at the super soldier when he only got a shrug in return.

Natasha raised an eyebrow at Tony before rolling her eyes and smiling at you.

"Y/N?" Steve came up behind you, nodding towards the other corner so you could follow him.

"Yes Captain?"

"Not this again. Just Steve, and- well, I realized I probably shouldn't have made such a big deal out of it. I only meant to tell you to watch where you go." When you said nothing, Steve continued. "I know you haven't been on the team for long and I'm well aware of the other agents have been saying. I just want you to know that you're doing an exceptional job and I'll make sure Fury knows." You furrowed your eyebrows at him, not sure what you were supposed to say or where this was coming from. Steve was known for being a hardass during missions and you've never heard of him apologizing to anyone before.

"For fuck's sake!" Sam yelled when he shot the 8 ball by accident. You were about to struggle through a response to Steve when Sam came up behind you and leaned over. "You're my lucky charm, come here." He wrapped one arm around you before carrying you backward and you smiled awkwardly at Steve, hoping he understood your acceptance of his apology.

No sooner than that did you see Wanda and Vision walking in with Bucky behind them, his hands in his pockets and his eyes taking in everyone in the room. It took but a moment for his expression to harden and you almost thought it was because he saw Sam's arm still wrapped around your midriff.

"Finally, where the hell were you guys? Getting ready for a beauty pageant?" Tony brought over more drinks and set them on the center table, sitting across from Natasha and crossing his legs.

"Hey man what took you so long?" Bucky scratched his neck, shrugging at Steve before opening a beer and taking a seat behind everyone.

"I do believe Mr. Barnes was not planning on joining us this evening. However, after mentioning that M-"

"We convinced him to come. And we're here!" Wanda hit Vision's shoulder, glaring at him to shut him up before walking towards Natasha and sitting next to her. He blinked at her, not quite sure why she didn't want him to say that Bucky agreed to come because he found out you would be there.

You weren't paying much attention to them, pretending you weren't suddenly flustered now that Bucky was not ten feet away from you. You felt someone looking at you and when you turned around, you saw that Bucky quickly avoided your gaze, nodding his head at something Steve was telling him.