Steve notices first. Then Tony. Then you.
Bucky's rushing. You had seen him rushing before but this time felt different.. like he was really in a rush to be somewhere.
"Where are you heading Buck?" Steve asks and you can see the ghost of a smile linger on his lips as Bucky only grumbles an incoherent response.
"Maybe we could drive you if you're running late?" You ask next, seeing him pulling each of the pillows off the sofa and not even bothering to replace them.
"No thanks. I just need to pick something up and can't find my phone to get the address."
Tony steps away from the bar with a phone in his hand. "This phone?" He asks, all of you watching as Bucky sighs deeply when he takes the phone off Tony. "You need to be more careful where you leave my tech."
"Sorry Tony." Bucky whispers causing all of you to giggle slightly at how the Winter Soldier could be afraid of Tony sometimes.
As the lift doors close on Bucky you turn to Steve. "We all really need to stop winding him up and making fun of him when he's running around looking for something that we hid."
An hour after Bucky left you had just gotten out of the shower when Friday called in a new mission. Something about an explosion in downtown New York. The first thing you thought was terrorists.
Getting to the scene you see Bucky is already there. Helping a few customers out of a jewellery shop and smiling widely when he sees you make your way towards him.
"Thought you were picking something up?"
He kisses your forehead before meeting your eyes. "I did doll.. but I just happened to be in the right place at the right time too."
"Well I'm sure these people are thankful you were." You say, hugging him but stepping away when he raises a hand to his heart. "Are you ok?"
He nods silently then turns and makes his way into the jewellery shop again. You follow him incase he's doing that man thing that doesn't allow them to look weak in front of others.
"We should see if anyone is in the back doll." He says, pushing a few pieces of furniture away from the solid wood door at the back of the once upmarket store.
"What are you thinking of Bucky?"
He pauses in his furniture lifting efforts. "What if dinosaurs are still real and they hide in the places mankind haven't explored yet?"
"Yea.. I doubt that." You say, rolling your eyes behind his back.
"Well aliens fell from the sky not too long ago.. it could be a good theory and you remember doll, you heard it here first." He replies, getting back to making his way through the rubble and towards the door. You just roll your eyes again while following him. It was going to be one of those days.
Once inside the room you scan it for any more survivors but find none. It's routine so no problems. Coming out again though becomes tricky when a few large pieces of wall and ceiling block a lot of the door.
"Looks like we're gonna be stuck here for a while." You whisper, shifting your gaze to look at Bucky who is fidgeting with something in his hand. He has his back to you but you can clearly see a small box over his shoulder. "What's wrong Buck?"
This time he turns immediately at the sound of your voice and smiles before getting down on one knee. The box opens shortly after revealing a diamond ring with small emeralds decorating each side of the large diamond.
"I should have told you all of this ages ago but you know me.. not very good with feelings. I wanted to say all of this stuff, even had a note to go on but when I saw you follow me into this shop so bravely and without a second thought as to what dangers may lie here well I had to ask you right away. I love you. I love you so much it friggin hurts! Maybe this isn't the best place like what girl dreams of a proposal being in a building that just got blown up but I know you're not just any girl so.. will you marry me doll?"
You smile widely at his words. "Of course I will you idiot!" Picking out the ring you watch as he places on your finger and gently kiss your lips. "You know I don't care for all that expensive malarkey and love you so much no matter what, although better timing may be something you can work on in the future. I don't want them thinking we stole this ring now."
"Good point well made doll."
Before you can reply the door behind you comes crashing in, covering you both in grey dust and only making you laugh at the disastrous proposal even more. It was just so you and Bucky.
Though it wasn't the most romantic proposal, it probably wasn't the worst in history either.
Thank you for reading! I know I haven't been on much lately but I really hope this can be the start of me coming back after being in work so much :) Feedback is welcome, please feel free to leave a comment and thanks xo