stucky4breakfast:

Fill #14 for @happystevebingo !

Rated: G, Characters: Steve, Bucky, Sam, Natasha, Pairing: Stucky, MCU canon-ish

Filling my bingo card’s prompt, “Secret Admirer.”

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Nat grins at Steve as he walks into the den at Avengers Tower. “Those flowers look nice, Rogers. Who’re they from?”

Bucky looks up from where he’s been playing chess with Sam. Steve’s holding a small bouquet of white gardenias, his ma’s favorite.

Steve grins and ducks his head. “No note,” he says.

“You’ve been getting a lot of presents lately,” Natasha says. “Flowers, candy, that hunting knife. Looks like you’ve got a secret admirer.”

Steve shakes his head, but there’s a blush blooming on his cheeks. “I don’t think so. All of the gifts have been in my room. No one other than the team or staff could get in.”

Nat narrows her eyes. “And you really can’t think of anyone on the team or staff who would have left them?”

Bucky presses his lips together and holds his breath. He quietly moves a rook two squares to the left.

“No,” Steve says. He wrinkles his forehead in confusion. “I can’t think of anyone.”

Sam sighs loudly. He exchanges a pained glance with Natasha. “Alright, that’s enough. I’ll fess up. It was me, Steve. You’re a good friend and I’ve been leaving you presents to–”

“Bullshit!” Bucky springs up from his seat and glares at Sam. “You haven’t been leaving them, you liar! I’ve been leaving them, because I… um…”

Sam’s laughter and Natasha’s smirk only make the queasiness in Bucky’s stomach worsen. He calms down a bit when he hazards a glance towards Steve and sees a warm, happy smile.

Sam stops laughing long enough to move his queen. “Checkmate, Barnes.”