Bucky
Later on, that day Bucky had planned to spend some time with Steve down at the gym training. He made his way down there and saw Steve already working out on a punching bag, his best friend seemed to be deep in thought and trying to work something out in his head, a look that Bucky knew quite well. Bucky watched as Steve working the punching bag and waited for him to stop.
"What did the punching bag do to you?" Bucky asked, now walking into the gym properly. This caused Steve to turn his attention to his friend,
"Stark with his nicknames, every time I talk to Friday now it either calls me gramps or capsicles." Steve grabbed his towel, "Also on that note, it seems like both Starks have a thing for nicknames." Steve mused, smiling. Steve wiped the sweat from his face and prepared to get ready for some boxing with Bucky. He got himself into the ring.
"Though, it seems like you've made some impression on Felicity?" Steve mentioned to Bucky. He suddenly felt quite nervous on where this conversation was going to lead. He always knew Steve had his back and he wished he always had his faith in himself, like Steve had in him. Bucky joined him in the boxing ring and decided that he was going to try and downplay it and sound less bothered in the hopes that Steve would not try and delve further into this.
"Yeah she seems to be quite friendly with everyone." Bucky said, which caused Steve to look at him amused. "Are we going to spare or not punk?"
Bucky was relieved when Steve started sparing with him and just dropped it, he really wasn't prepared to talk about this. Nothing was going to happen with Felicity, she was just being friendly and he was trying not to be dangerous.
Felicity
"You know, to this day unless you're exercising I've never seen you in flats." Pepper said as they finished off todays meetings. "Do you think you will be okay for tonight's business dinner still?"
"Yeah its not a problem! You go home and get some rest!" Felicity said as she picked up her notes from the table. They had been in the conference room carrying a video meeting with some people over in the UK. "Though you'll need to rethink your shoe wear in a few months" Felicity grinned, nodding over to Pepper's stomach.
"Oh, don't even get me started." Pepper said as they left the room, "I'm still not eating right."
Pepper and Felicity made idle chit chat and went over what the run through was for tomorrow. Pepper went through everything Felicity needed for tonight's event.
"Wish me luck" she said to Pepper as they went their separate ways, Felicity made her way back to her room to get ready for tonight, whilst Pepper went into the common room to speak to Tony.
"Make sure you come show me what you're wearing before you leave." Felicity could hear Pepper shouting before she entered the common room.
What a day! Am I really made out for this CEO lark! Felicity made it to her room without anyone interrupting her thoughts and hopped into the shower. She wasn't sure if coming here was a mistake or not. How could she be cut out to run a business for a family name that she didn't even really feel apart of. Howard and Maria had both died when she was about 1 years old, Tony inherited the business at 21. He spent majority of her childhood out partying while she was looked after by the nanny's.
Felicity wrapped herself in her towel and made her way to the wardrobe, she looked at all the dresses she had. Unlike Pepper, Felicity always liked to dress to her advantage and show a bit of skin, of course in the most classiest way you could. What screams 28 and knows how to run a business – she looked through the dresses and found her ole reliable dress, the little red dress. She slipped it on and dared to put some heels on. She checked that she looked okay and once she was happy she made her way back to the Common room. She had about 20 minutes before Happy was coming to collect her anyway.
Felicity started to make her way to the common room,
"Wow check you out," She could hear Natasha's voice coming from behind her, Felicity turned round and saw that she was smirking at her.
"Oh don't," Felicity groaned, "I can already tell I'm going to get the look from Pepper."
"Hot date? The look?" Natasha asked as she caught up with Felicity and they both made their way to the common room.
"If you can call a dinner meeting with some of the stuffiest share holders for Stark Internationals a date, then I have the hottest date of them." Felicity turned to Natasha as they walked, "Oh and trust me when you see the look you will understand."
They walked into the common room and of course everyone was there, Oh great, of course everyone is here they all live here. Felicity just wanted to mentally groan, the last thing she wanted was to stand there and get the look from Pepper, let alone be scrutinised by everyone else. Pepper turned around and saw Felicity walking in and right on cue she did the look, she could feel Natasha leaning in towards her. "You were right about the look." She muttered then walking off over to where Steve was chatting to Bucky and Sam over by the sofas. Felicity could see the boys glance over to her direction as she made her way towards Tony and Pepper who were talking to Bruce.
"Wow look at you," Tony said as Felicity approached them, "Feeling pumped for tonight?"
"Oh yeah, nothing screams out mega fun night than a dinner date with some stuffy fifty-year olds."
"Well I'm sure if you want some advice on how to do deal with old men, I'm sure Capsicles and Barnes will give you some pointers." He said loud enough for them to hear and look their way.
"You know Tony, jealousy is not a good look." Felicity stated, causing a couple of sniggers in the room whilst Pepper walked Felicity out with more note prepping.
Felicity had endured 3 hours of pure misery, she had finally made her way back to the headquarters. She had taken a bottle of wine and charged it to Stark International. "Thanks, Happy," Felicity said as she left the car, "Safe travels home." Felicity made her way to the entrance and decided that if she was going to be drinking she may as well sit outside and enjoy the peace and quiet without being interrupted by Tony or Pepper asking how the meeting went. Felicity made her way around to the back of the headquarters and sat on one of the steps. Felicity opened the bottle and took a swig out of it, she could see a familiar figure running towards her.
"Oh, if it isn't my hero from earlier!" Felicity said as Bucky came to a slowing jog to an eventual stop in front of her. "Running again? You're keen?" She said while taking another swig of her wine.
"Technically my first run as my first one was cut short." Bucky said as he tried to wipe any sweat off from his forehead.
"Rather you than me," Felicity said, staring at the bottle in her hands. Out of the corner of her eye she could see Bucky sit down next to her, she could feel the warmth of his body.
"Rough night?" Bucky asked, nodding towards the wine. Felicity took another swig and offered some to Bucky.
"The worst!" Felicity said, Bucky took the bottle and took a swig from it. "Do you ever just feel like you don't belong and the people around you would be so much better if you weren't around?"
Felicity could hear a chuckle from Bucky, "Oh you have no idea." Bucky replied, taking another swig from the bottle and passing it back to Felicity.
Felicity and Bucky sat there in silence enjoying each other's company, Felicity enjoyed his company mainly because it felt like he slightly understood her.
Bucky
Bucky had just finished his run when he started making his way towards the headquarters. He could see Felicity sitting on a step, drinking from a bottle of wine. This caused him to laugh, of course she was drinking from a bottle of wine. He found it hard to not find this girl amusing, she was bold and brassy and by the looks of she knew how to drink. This would have been his ideal girl back in the day, especially since all the girls he would meet would just follow him blindly and do what he said. He decided after talking to himself round that he needed to join her because 1 – if Steve found out he had left her outside alone drinking he would never hear the end of it and 2 if he woke up the next morning and saw her passed out asleep outside he would feel terrible. Bucky sat down and he could feel her body slightly against him. They passed the bottle back and forth between the two, chatting and then enjoying comfortable silences. He was playing a dangerous game, he shouldn't be sat here talking to her like an old friend and she should be terrified of him and his arm. His thoughts were broken when Felicity spoke up.
"You know with your arm," Felicity started Oh god, here we go. She does think im sort of monster "Do you ever polish it before your missions? Just because I bet Tony polishes his suits before each mission" Felicity burst out in laughter, obviously enjoying the wine and Bucky couldn't help smile.