Next To Me // A Stucky Au

Chapter Fifteen

"So what can we do for you today?" Bucky said jokingly as Steve walked into their studio once again to help with the cover art. He strolled up to Bucky, trying to look important and bringing himself up to his full hight (which wasn't very tall).

"I'm Steven Rogers," he joked back, changing his voice to try and make himself sound more posh and respectable, "and I have come with important business." Steve tried to stay serious for a few moments longer, but eventually they both just dropped the act and broke out it a fit of laughter. "Hi guys!" Steve shouted at the rest of the team as they both walked over to where everyone else was sitting, waiting for Steve and they said hi happily, but tiredly, back.

"So what are we thinking for today?" Steve smiled and got a few smiles back. After a few people hesitantly replying, they all started to become more comfortable in the situation and started putting more and more ideas forward. After a few minutes, ideas were coming at Steve at such a rapid speed he had to decide which one maybe he shouldn't use and which ones he should. Once it had died down a bit, he told them about how to combine everyone's ideas together and, after a few alterations, everyone was satisfied with how it would hopefully turn out.

So then Steve got to work, leaving all the others to do their editing or whatever computery stuff they needed to do.

Steve liked how it felt in the studio. He always had, but he was only just beginning to realise it. It was like a work place, it was set up as one, it practically was one, and had the comforting hustle and bustle of one, where everyone had something they needed to do. But it wasn't really like a workplace, or an office. The feel of the room was just to welcoming, and although no one spoke much, the room still had a feeling of friendliness, and not the polite 'work' kind of friendliness, where everyone just says hi or small talks for a few minutes before going back to their separate tasks. It was as if the entire room was connected, even when no one was asking the others what they thought of that part of the song or someone was making coffee for everyone. And it was the type of place Steve loved.

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They day of the release seemed to come to slowly. The week almost seemed to drag on, wearing Bucky down. But, at last, it was the weekend, and Bucky was getting increasingly exited as the hours ticked by. Normally, on a Sunday, everyone would arrive at Peggy's house around 12:30. Today everyone came at 11 o'clock, and the album wasn't even going to be released until 3 that afternoon. As the afternoon went on, the excitement in the room gradually increased, so when it was roughly 2 o'clock, and Nat announced that she would be going to get Peter , everyone was practically jumping out of their seats.

When Nat got back with Peter, they all crowded round Clint's phone and he took a picture with them, his arm around his fiance, Laura, who wouldn't miss this day for anything. As he snapped a photo, probably to post to his social media with the caption 'only half an hour until the album release!!' with a bunch of emojis, Bucky found that his smile wasn't fake, or staged, like it was in a lot of selfies. He was genuinely having a good time, and from the happiness radiating out of everyone else's face, he pressumed they were too.

Bucky made his way over to Steve, who he could see was talking to Peter, and grabbed Steve's hand as he joined the conversation. Steve gave it a gental squeeze and he continued his conversation with Peter.

"We've got to meet these friends of yours!" Steve said excitedly to Peter, who also seemed excited , even more excited then normal, and with Peter being Peter, that was a lot. "Their names are Ned and Michelle, right? You should invite them to the studio with you one Thursday!"

Bucky smiled and said, "You can't just go around inviting people that you don't even know to the studio like that Stevie, it's not even yours!" Steve looked down and Peter looked slightly disappointed. "But sure they can come, the more the merrier!" Peter brightened up again at this and they continued their conversation happily.

A while later Peggy yelled, "Only two minutes until three! Get over here!" Everyone exitedly made their way over to the computer where Peggy was, where they could see a screen with their album on and the words 'release' written in the top right hand corner. The mouse hovered by it, and when Peggy was sure it was exactly one minute until three, she pulled up a timer next to it and they started counting down with it as soon as it got to 30 seconds.

"TEN.... NINE... EIGHT... SEVEN... SIX... FIVE... FOUR...  THREE... TWO...ONE...ZERO!" They all yelled (apart from Peter who had yelled 'blast off' instead of zero) and when they got to zero, Peggy pressed the release button, and they were all cheering and celebrating for at least three minutes straight. Bucky caught sight of Laura kissing Clint in celebration, and as soon as he had seen them, he felt Steve coming up to him and pushing his face into Bucky's, excitedly kissing him. However, because their were people around and they didn't want to be weird, the kiss didn't last longer then three seconds, but after Steve held on for a few moments longer, wrapping his arms around Bucky's waist.

"Well done, jerk," he whispered in Bucky's ear.

"Thanks, punk," Bucky whispered back and they let go of each other.

"Is it to early to get out the alcohol?" He heard Sam, who was holding a bottle of something-or-other, yell from the other side of the room, and ever one cheered in agreement, walking over to Sam to get a drink.

Bucky took a sip of his drink, and sat himself on the couch next to Steve, who didn't like drinking and didn't have a glass, and put his arm around his boyfriend.

"So," Bucky said, "best day ever or what?"

"Best day ever!"

A/n: whatever uuuuppp!! The pic at the top is the night visions cover and I hope you enjoyeddddd!!! Khzdgdkacjakkggkdl thanks 4 reading!!!!