Jump then Fall: Falling Series 2 (Modern Stucky College AU)

Eleven

"Dude, you suck!" Sam complained, annoyed as he glared at Bucky beside him.

"Whatever," Bucky loudly chuckled. Cutting off his own laughter, Bucky took his stance on his side of the table. Holding the ping-pong ball and raised his hand as he mentally prepared himself to throw it. However, Bucky crumpled into himself as another bout of laughter erupted from him.

"Just throw it already," Clint complained from his and Steve's side of the table.

"Hey," Bucky scolded, "It takes time for the perfect throw!"

Theatrically, Clint threw his head back as he groaned in annoyance. Rubbing his hand over his face, he directed his attention at Bucky again and demanded, "Stop trying to show off and throw it!"

"I'm not showing off," Bucky scoffed, incredulous. He exchanged a look with Steve and attractively rolled his eyes while asking Steve, "Can you believe him?"

Steve shrugged and sincerely smiled as he suggested, "Maybe you should just throw it."

"Alright, fine," Bucky arrogantly smirked and winked at Steve before lifting his arm again. Doing a few practice motions before actually throwing it, but once the ball left his hand, the four watched the ball intently. Only for the ball to completely miss the decorative pink solo cups. Softly, Bucky said, "Well, shit."

Steve couldn't help the laughter that bubbled out of him in the moment. Even once Clint handed him the ping-pong ball, Steve continued chuckling. Not taking the game too seriously. But that was probably because Steve was very buzzed in the moment. Much like how Bucky was. Of course, an argument could be made that Bucky was more so.

Without putting too much effort into his throw, the tiny pink ball landed in the solo cup, splashing the water onto the table. Clint victoriously raised his arms in the air while Sam stated, "That's it, next time, it's roommates vs roommates!"

Shaking his head, Steve exchanged another look with Bucky. Bucky's brows were arched expectantly as he smirked at Steve and finished off his beer. And since Bucky did, Steve finished off his as well. Setting the empty bottle on the table, Bucky attempted to discreetly gesture for Steve to join him to the designated dance area.

Before Steve could join Bucky though, Brock set his hand on the small of Steve's back while leaning in to ask, "Wanna get outta here."

Shuddering at the feeling of Brock's breath on his ear, Steve glanced over at Bucky. Expecting Bucky to still be watching him like he often did, except Steve found Bucky to be looking at his feet instead. Bucky ran his hand through his tousled brown tresses, attractively fluffing the strands in the process.

Not wanting to leave just yet, Steve stood up on his tip toes as he leaned in to speak over the music into Brock's ear, "I'm gonna get a drink."

"Okay," Brock nodded, agreeing to stay a bit longer.

As Steve started to return to his previous stance, flat on his feet, Brock must have been feeling emboldened. Emboldened either by the alcohol or how the night was going. Whatever it was, Brock leaned down and pressed his lips to Steve's, completely stunning the smaller boy.

Stunning Steve so much that all Steve could do was stand there as Brock grew more confident. Pressing in closer, one of Brock's large hands rested on Steve's hip before snaking around to hold him closer to his body. Brock's other hand went to the back of Steve's head while deepening the kiss.

Due to the alcohol in his system, it took Steve a moment to finally gather his bearings. Luckily, it didn't take long for Brock to understand that Steve was pushing him off, and Brock graciously let Steve go. Which Steve hadn't expected, but was thankful for nonetheless.

For a moment, they just stood there, silently staring at each other. Steve didn't know what to say or what to do. All Steve could do was feel guilty. Thinking that perhaps he had led Brock on. That perhaps Steve unwittingly signaled to Brock that he had felt anything other than platonic towards the muscular boy.

Swallowing down his guilt, Steve gestured towards the kitchen while informing Brock, "I'm going to get a drink."

"Okay," Brock nodded, shoving his hands into his pockets.

By the look on Brock's face, Steve hoped that he understood that Steve didn't want to be with him. Not even in the slightest. Not even if Bucky didn't want Steve, Steve most definitely knew that he didn't want to be with Brock.

Feeling entirely too emotional, Steve moved quickly through the crowd of party goers to get to the kitchen. Already planning on chugging at least one beer once he was there. Then, Steve decided on chugging another after that to -- not only get the taste of Brock out of his mouth -- but to erase the kiss from his mind entirely.

However, nothing ever went the way that Steve planned. Or at least, that was the way that it seemed to Steve. Especially when he walked into the kitchen to find Bucky locking lips with none other than Sharon.