First Impressions

Pairing: Bucky x reader

Requests(By anon on tumblr): Pls a fic: Bucky is relatively new member of the avengers and reader is always avoiding him at all costs but at the same time Bucky catches her looking at him. She is never rude to him n speaks if it needs to, but if possible ends it as quick. Bucky notices and thinks she doesnt want him to be there. One weekend they are left alone much to their horror. Akwardness ensures until Bucky confronts her, she apologizes and admits she is just socially akw n also she kinda finds him handsome End up 2u

Warnings: None

Words: 1,338

A/N: When I say avenger's base I mean the tower. Since I haven't seen much of the new base I'm more comfortable writing about the tower.

"Y/N!" Steve called as he and Bucky entered the avenger's base. Y/N was on the couch watching TV; she turned and looked over at the two as they walked over. "I want you to meet someone." Y/N swallowed as she looked at Bucky with slightly wider eyes. "Y/N, this is Bucky." Bucky nodded in greeting but didn't say anything. Y/N did the same and turned back to the TV, sinking down in the couch a bit. "Don't mind her," Steve said quietly. "She's just a bit shy with new people; she'll open up." Bucky nodded.

…

A week after they first met, Y/N was on her way to the kitchen to get some breakfast. When she entered she saw Bucky sitting there with Steve, drinking coffee and immediately turned around leaving just as Bucky looked over.

About an hour after that Bucky and Steve were watching TV when Bucky heard someone in the kitchen. He turned his head to look and saw Y/N getting breakfast. She grabbed a few things and poured some coffee into a travel mug. When she had everything she wanted she glanced into the living area and visibly flinched when she saw Bucky was looking at her. She quickly fled the room making him frown.

Bucky entered the avenger's gym at the base and looked at the time sheet. They each reserved a time for them to work out alone each day for the week. Bucky looked over the paper to see Y/N had crossed her name out from an hour after Bucky's time and moved it to three hours after instead.

Later that week, she was in the kitchen, earlier than usual, and had just finished eating when Bucky walked in. He noticed her tense as he moved to the fridge. She got up and put her dishes in the sink as quickly as she could without being too loud. He noticed her glance at him before she fled the room. Bucky watched her go with a frown.

Sometime the week after that Bucky was in the kitchen reading something on an iPad he borrowed. He heard someone come in but then they stopped. He looked up to see Y/N standing there and expected her to turn around and leave but she swallowed and took a breath.

"D-Do you know where St-Steve is?" she asked, not looking up from the ground.

"Uh… he told me he was going for a run with-"

"Thank you." Y/N said quickly before leaving the room just as fast.

"What's her problem?" he asked aloud. Clint entered the room with an eyebrow raised.

"Who?" he asked as he opened the fridge.

"Y/N."

"Kid's just quite is all. Don't take it personally." Clint said with a shrug. Being quiet was one thing but avoiding him at all costs was another.

…

"Sure you'll be okay for the weekend?" Steve asked. "I'd take you with us if I could but I don't think you should come out into the field just yet."

"It's fine, Steve. I'll be okay." Bucky said.

"Alright. Hey, you'll have Y/N to keep you company." Steve said. Bucky frowned.

"Does she know that?"

"I figured I'd let you tell her." Steve said putting a hand on his friend's shoulder.

"Thanks…" Bucky muttered.

…

Y/N slowly entered the kitchen where Bucky was sitting with his coffee. He heard her gulp.

"Um…" he didn't look over at her. "D-Do you know where everyone is? I can't find anyone…" she said.

"They left on a mission." He said before taking a sip of his coffee. "It's just you and me here for the next two days." Bucky said; he saw her tense and her eyebrows shoot up out of the corner of his eye.

"E-even Bruce?" she asked.

"Yup." he said as he got up and left the room, heading into the living area, before she could run away. Bucky figured she'd bring a small supply of food to her room so she wouldn't have to come out and see him at all the whole weekend but when he looked back she'd only grabbed a pop tart and water.

Around lunch time the next day, Bucky had made himself a sandwich and sat down to eat it when Y/N walked in. She kept her eyes on the floor as she headed to the fridge; she really wanted a sandwich too but didn't want to take the time to make it. She bit her lip and closed the door before opening a cabinet and grabbing a pop tart. She started to leave when Bucky stood.

"Why are you always avoiding me?" He asked loudly making her stop and jump. "What did I do? I've only been here a few weeks and every time you see me you run away as if…" he sighed. "If you don't like me being here, just tell me… I'll make more of an attempt to avoid you-"

"I-I'm sorry! I swear I didn't mean to make you think that." She blurted as she turned around to face him, still keeping her eyes on the ground. "I'm just… I…I'm not good around people. Socially awkward ya know… a-and you being super attractive doesn't exactly help." She said and froze when she realized what she'd said. Y/N whirled around to leave but quickly Bucky grabbed her hand.

"Wait!" She gulped and turned to face him again. "If you really don't mind me being here… do you think we could get to know each other better? Then maybe it won't be so awkward; you're not awkward around any of the others… well not as much as with me." he said with a small frown. "I mean, I think you're attractive too but it doesn't mean I want to avoid you for the rest of my life." She looked up to meet his eyes as her face flushed and he looked like a wounded puppy. Y/N looked down at their hands and felt her face flush even more. Bucky immediately let go. "Sorry…"

"I'm sorry." She said as she bit her bottom lip. "I-I didn't mean to hurt your feelings." She said looking back at the ground.

"You owe me." he said making her look up at him.

"Huh?"

"Ice cream and a movie." He clarified before clearing his throat. Y/N blinked and he rubbed the back of his neck. "Uh, o-or something else, it's up to you… we do have the tower to ourselves."

"A-A movie sounds nice… but could we get pizza too?" she asked. Bucky smiled slightly.

"Sure." He said. Y/N looked over at his sandwich. He grabbed the plate and held it out to her. "Here." She blinked up at him. "I could hear your stomach from down the hall." Y/N face flushed as she took the plate. "Sorry." He said with a slight chuckle.

"Thank you." She said giving him a small smile.

…

"How do you think they did all by themselves?" Natasha asked.

"Knowing Y/N, she's probably barricaded herself in her room the past two days." Clint said.

"And Buck's probably spent most of his time in the gym." Steve said with a sigh.

"I say we lock them in a room together." Tony said.

"Do you want Y/N to have a heart attack?" Bruce asked.

"Hey, it's a better idea than leaving them alone for the weekend with free range of the entire tower to distance themselves." Tony said. "We should've given them a project or something."

"I think they did just fine." Natasha said.

"What makes you say-?" Natasha put a finger to her lips as she pointed over at the couch where Bucky and Y/N were asleep, the menu of a movie playing on the TV. Two stacks of DVDs were on the coffee table, one higher than the other, with a box of pizza and empty bowls of ice cream between them. The two had a blanket covering them and Y/N was leaning against Bucky's right side as he sat there with his head to the side just barely resting on hers.

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