Next To Me // A Stucky Au

Chapter Twenty-One

The time until the 26th of May went by quickly, and soon enough, Bucky found himself standing outside of the small, but pretty chapel that Clint would be getting married in. He, Sam and Peggy were Clint's groomsmen (Clint had been delighted when he found out that groomsmen could be women) and Sam and Bucky wore matching suits, and Peggy wore the same thing but with a smart, black skirt. She had her hair curled immaculately, and even though she looked the best out of all of them, had probably spend the least time and the least amount of hair gell while getting ready.

Natasha and Clint were inside, checking the decorations. Bucky knew that they'd come outside in a minute, and they would probably spend about half an hour trying to calm Clint down. From what Bucky had seen of him so far today, he looked as pale as a vampire, and like he was about to puke.

When the first guests started to arrive, Clint made his way back inside, followed by Natasha, who was the best woman. The three of them were left to greet everyone while Nat probably had to spend the next hour trying not to let Clint freak out.

"Hiya Stevie," he said when he saw Steve coming up to him. He looked great in his suit, and Bucky could feel him pause when he saw Bucky. "Have fun!" He said cheerfully as he kissed Steve's cheek. Probably best not to full on kiss him at a church with little kids near by, Bucky thought. He pressumed the little kids were nieces or nephews of Laura's, she seemed to have a lot of those.

"Will do!" Said Steve, sending a flirty smile back at Bucky as he walked into the church.

The ceremony was beautiful, and, although it wasn't massive, only close friends and family, you could feel happiness in the room, and everything seemed to glow a warm, happy glow. The vow exchange was wonderful, and no one in that room doubted that Clint and Laura loved each other in that moment. The dinner had been delicious, and not wanting to leave anyone out, they had pushed all the tables together to make one huge table, instead of seating people at all different tables.

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The party, however, was a whole different matter. It seemed ever one they had ever met and their best friends were invited. He could see Peter jumping around in exitement, in a suit that didn't quite look like it fitted him, followed by a woman that Bucky could only assume was his aunt. There was a live band setting up in the corner of the massive, furniture-free room, that would probably be used as a dance floor later. Bucky made his way over to Peter, and Peter's aunt, who looked kind of lost in the huge room full of people they didn't know. They were by the finger-food table, and, still stuffed from the huge meal he'd just had, he didn't take any.

He introduced himself politely and so did she, and after a while they drifted apart again, and, to be honest, Bucky was only talking to people     because he was bored of waiting for Clint and Laura to finish doing the official paperwork and stuff. Why couldn't they just be here and have the first dance already?

And then they came out onto the dance floor. He had seen Laura's dress already, but in this light it just looked more stunning the it had the first time he saw it. Clint lead her over to the dance floor, and then took her by her hands. The band started playing a beautiful, slow song and Clint and Laura twirled around the dance floor in perfect time to it. The entire scene looked serene, with the joy written across everyone's faces, and the happiness that sparkled in their eyes.

After one song, they kept dancing, but people gradually started to join in. Once there were five or so couples on the dance floor, Bucky found himself next to steve. "You wanna dance?" Offered Bucky, holding out his hand.

Steve flushed red. "Sure, why not." Steve replied shyly, and let Bucky lead him onto the dance floor. They waltzed around to the music, for a while, and Steve tried his best not to stand on Bucky's feet, he really did. Althouh they were the only gay couple on the dance floor, they thankfully didn't get more then a second glance, from what Steve could see. After a while, Steve stopped looking at the people around him. He just concentrated on Bucky. After all, who cared what they thought?

After a couple of songs, they went back and sat down. They talked to people, but after about 9 o'clock they could see that around 50% of the guest were drunk or getting drunk. Steve didn't like drinking, and Bucky had only had one drink, so neither of them were drunk. It was kind of funny however, watching the people get drunk while they weren't.

Near to the end of the night, Steve noticed Peter hanging around them more and more. He knew that this was probably because most people had alcohol, and Steve kind of felt sorry for the kid, having to watch everyone else like this. He invited him over, and, eventually, they started talking, trying their best to ignore the people in the back ground.

It was around 2 in the morning that Steve and Bucky finally left, exhausted. When Steve got home, he could barely even bother to make the effort to not fall asleep in his suit, and after he changed he flopped down on his bed. He was asleep almost immediately.

A/n: I'm sorry this chapter is short u guys. Sorrrrryyyyy. had a good Christmas tho, its sad that the holidays r amost over. :(  have fun tho!!!