A/N Sorry for the wait, I've been busy at work, but here is a cute one for you...

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Like many people they are good days and bad days in the Avengers tower.

The bad days normally saw the punch bags and gym equipment taking a beating and the really bad days where no one left their rooms but the good days always out numbered the bad.

On good days movies were watched and laughter was free and easy and on the really good days James "Bucky" Barnes is normally found in one of the kitchen, cooking.

This is great for Carly as she is sure the Stark toaster is trying to kill her. It liked to shock her and burn her toast repeatedly. Stark had caught her cursing it rather violently and threatening to bash it with Thor's hammer. He still hadn't forgotten about the Bucky bear event and had whimpered at the memory.

Rogers has always loved Bucky's cooking, seeing him do it now reminding him of how things used to be, before the war, and just like then, Bucky made far too much and gave his old friend enough to feed all three of them.

"I've survived this long, beside that toaster has it in for me, I know it!" the woman shot a glare at the innocent looking silver object by the stove, the Stark logo shining on the side as the bread Barnes had put in pops up, completely perfect looking golden brown. This made the woman frown and sneer at the object.

"Sure it does, doll face." The dark haired man smirks and slightly rolls his eyes as he prods the contents of the pan on the electric hob with a fork, it sizzles and cracks and smells mouthwateringly delicious. A section of dark hair falling from the bun he tied it in to twist in front of his face, he brushes it back, with his silver fingers, behind his ear for the fourth time.

"It does!" she pouts at him as he puts down the fork and turns towards her, crossing his arms over his chest and leaning against cupboard with a fond smile. The woman was in jeans and a checked shirt, with the sleeves rolled up but the shirt was a little too big in places and her hair was freshly cut to curve around her chin instead of her shoulders. Barnes took time to really look at her while she curses at the current object of her hate. She was around Natasha hight but wasn't as curvy as the other woman yet she still had curves in the right kind of places, she worn only mascara today and to many she was average looking in beauty but to him she was a shining star among them.

"Your adorable" Barnes says watching her with a gentle expression. She had just changed out of her gym gear and was freshly showered, damp hair curved around her jaw and neck as she eyed the cooking contents with hunger.

Carly pauses as she open her mouth to argue back but stutters over her words and her cheeks tint to a rose shade, that's not what he normally says.

"You're just saying that because you got it to work." she grumbles with a small smile but leans up and kisses his cheek, in a soft gentle response, placing her hands on his waist to balance herself when she raises to her toes. The pair look tenderly at each other as his free arm curls around her waist. It had been a few weeks since the last raid on Hydra and the pair had a mutual understanding of their relationship of shorts.

They wouldn't force anything and they didn't need everyone knowing. Relationships beyond friendships were new to both of them and neither wanted the other to interfere with their opinions.

"True" he hums in agreement before ducking his head and slowly pressing his lips to hers. The pair kiss for a while until they hear talking from another room. They break apart and rest their foreheads together. Bucky lightly runs his thumb along Carly's cheek feeling the heat from her flesh against his own.

"Why do I smell burning?" Stark calls out loudly from down the hall. "...this isn't us!"

The couples eyes widen and Banes turns quickly back to the pan he was neglecting, managing to save most of it contends.

"Mini Frost I hope you are not being mean to my toaster again! Don't make me set Banner on you." Stark continued however Carly and Barnes clearly heard Banner mumble from the other room.

"Don't bring me into this."

"We have discussed this, Brucie. That line is not allowed to be your catchphrase….it should be-Yes Tony, let's do this crazy shit"

Carly raised her eyebrows at Barnes as he grins, clearly the scientists had already forgotten about them and had started to bicker again.

Ever since Banner hades come back he had Starks attention more then ever. Of course Stark had bitched and snapped at Banner for a good while until he managed to lock them both in the lab and refused to reopen the doors again until they hugged it out.

It had taken less then 2 minutes with Stark pouting at Banner to agree.