Kiss, Marry, Kill
“Why am I here again?” Bucky asks, looking from one camera to the next and hoping he looks halfway polite. Everyone has told him to smile, but the more the camera flash hits him and the more he hears his name, the less he feels like it. Unlike Steve, whose smile is plastered on his face and his muscles will probably be sore tomorrow.
“Because we were invited to see the musical and it’s going to be a nice evening,” Steve explains and Bucky gives a disgruntled snort. They were all also coerced into doing this by their PR manager Amber. “Mister Rogers and Mister Barnes,” says the manager in question, pushing through the crowd on the red carpet. They have almost reached the end of the carpet.
“Nina Poiller from Fizzly Daily is standing there and would be happy about a quick meeting.” “Fizzly Daily? The teen magazine that did a quiz last month about which Avenger you're dating?" Bucky asks, looking questioningly at Amber, who nods in confusion. “How do you know something like that?” Steve asks, just as confused. “I have hobbies and, by the way, I would be a great match with Bruce,” explains Bucky and shrugs his shoulders.
“Great-,” Amber grins and leads the two of them in the direction of Nina Poiller. “everyone else has already spoken to Nina, the answers will be in the next issue.” “Great, I always wanted to be part of a teen magazine,” Bucky sighs, but puts on a smile when Nina greets her.
A little small talk follows - about the evening, the upcoming musical - mainly with Steve, who answers all questions in a friendly manner. “So okay our real question is: Kiss, Marry, Kill Avengers Edition, who would you choose?” she asks with a grin, as if she were asking about the deepest and darkest secrets.
"Oh-" Steve says in surprise. “I should choose between all of them?” “Yes. I need three names,” explains Nina, still with a broad grin. “It's pretty difficult I wouldn't want to kill anyone," Steve says, with a thoughtful expression, like he's trying to learn atomic physics.
“Well, the question isn’t that hard,” Bucky mumbles and rolls his eyes. “Oh well then, please say some names,” Steve says with an inviting gesture. “Hawkeye,” Bucky says without thinking about it. “For all three things-”. Steve looks at him in surprise and Nina's grin gets even wider. “It’s not that hard,” Bucky continues, pats Steve on the shoulder and then turns away from them to disappear into the interior of the theater.