Bucky woke with an ache in his chest and a purring Alpine there, too. He smiles softly at the cat, strokes its soft fur, and tries not to think about the night before. It had hurt when Joaquin had told him you were going on a date, but then seeing you had broken his heart. You were lit up the entire night in a way he’d never seen you. You had never looked at him that way. He thought after the way you two had kissed, maybe he still had a chance. Maybe he just needed to tell you how he really felt but now he knew that you really did only want to be friends.
He gets up and goes about his morning routine. Start the coffee, feed Alpine, make breakfast, and concentrate on the good things. If only his brain would let him.
Your desk was littered with papers as you tried to finish up for the day. It had been nuts since you arrived at work this morning and you wanted to get through the madness before the weekend. The sound of your phone vibrating has you scrambling through the stacks on your desk to find it. When you finally get your hands on the buzzing device you see it’s Foggy calling.
“Hello?” you say, smiling already.
“Hello Beautiful!” Foggy says enthusiastically.
“Hi Foggy. How are you?”
“I’m good. How about you?”
“It’s been a crazy busy day but I got a call from this really cute guy, so that’s made the day a little better.”
“I am hurt, beautiful. Who? Who’s the guy?” Foggy teases.
The mission had been completed without a hitch but it had taken two days with the travel involved. On the way back, Bucky acted like a mad man. It took all of Sam’s persuasion to keep him from hurting himself or Joaquin. When Bucky realized you wouldn’t answer any of his calls or texts, he tried Sam’s phone, then Joaquin’s, but all went unanswered. Sam had to wrestle his phone away from him before he crushed it. He managed to persuade one of the pilots to let him use his phone and you finally answered. His heart beat out of his chest hearing your voice.
“Hello?”
“Doll, please let me expl-” the line went dead. You hung up as soon as you heard his voice.
Bucky handed the phone back to the pilot feeling absolutely defeated, “She’s never gonna forgive me, is she?”
