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The day you met James Buchannan Barnes was a fucking weird one, to say the least.
Firstly, you were awoken to a huge boom accompanied by the entire complex shaking. It scared you so bad you fell out of bed like something out of a movie. You crawled to the door and cracked it open, sticking your head out to look around. You heard shouting from the end of the hallway before the door to the lab burst open in a cloud of smoke and Tony stumbled out, coughing, waving a rag towards the smoke. “I THOUGHT YOU SAID IT WAS CLEAR!” he shouted.
“I THOUGHT YOU WERE TAKING CARE OF IT!” Banner shouted back. You groaned loudly and dropped your head, dragging yourself back into your room. You desperately needed to get a room farther away from the Science Bros’ Cave. This happened far too often.
Begrudgingly, you had gotten dressed and shuffled past their now fully-ventilated lab and paused to look to see what happened. Several machines which you were sure cost more than your entire last three years of college tripled were upturned, some melted, others just blackened; fire damage had raked up the wall near Banner’s desk. But the SciBros were now huddled over Tony’s workspace, backs to the door, babbling away about some techno mumble jumble as if nothing had happened. You let out a huff and moved on towards the elevator, grumbling.
You were looking at your phone when the elevator dinged and the second weird happenstance of the day occurred. You walked into the elevator, reading something about a dog named Ezri who borks instead of barks when you collided with something. You fell back with a yelp and looked up to see what you had hit. “Oh, Y/N/N, sorry are you ok?”
You sighed heavily and dropped your head back. “Peter, what the fuck man?”
You looked up to see the kid hanging suspended from the ceiling of the elevator, his phone on the ground beside you. He reached out a hand and you took it, letting his freakish strength lift you up. “I’m hiding from May,” he whispered.
You chuckled slightly, hitting the button for the main floor. “Your aunt? What’d you do this time?”
“Oh, you know, the usual.”
You turned to him and lifted an eyebrow and he sighed, dropping to his feet beside you. “I broke curfew again,” he grumbled.
You let out a snort and stepped off the elevator. “The Mighty Spiderman afraid of sweet little Aunt—MAY!” you let out a yelp as you spotted her across the hall and you shoved Peter back into the elevator. He mouthed a silent ‘thank you’ to you and you smiled brightly at May and walked over to her. “What’s up?”
She sighed and raked a hand through her hair. “I’m trying to find my no-good nephew. He’s hiding from me.”
You chuckled and patted her arm. “I’m sure he’s around here somewhere.”
You left her to her search and moved on towards the kitchen. The coffee was almost finished and you had just put your bagel in the toaster when you heard Cap’s voice coming towards you. He was talking to someone about the complex, which indicated it was someone new, or at least new to this location. You were leaned against the counter, plate and mug ready for your breakfast behind you, scrolling through Tumblr when they arrived. “This is the kitchen, and honestly I don’t know what half these things do. Oh, this is Y/N. Y/N/N, I’d like you to meet an old friend of mine, Bucky. She’s a sorcerer and usually works with Doctor Strange.”
You waved unthinkingly before his words hit you and you jumped, looking up. “Oh, hi, sorry, dogs.” You waved your phone slightly, showing them a vine compilation of dog pictures. You froze when you saw Steve’s friend. The only word going through your head was, ‘dayum.’ He smiled and held his hand out for you to shake and you took it slowly, pretty sure your mouth was open. You shook yourself out of it and smiled, enthusiastically shaking his hand. “It’s a pleasure to meet you,” you managed.
He smiled and you could’ve sworn a fucking angel choir had burst forth from the heavens. “Please, the pleasure is all mine.”
Suddenly you were hella thankful you had decided to get actually dressed instead of stumbling around in your nasty-ass pajamas with messy hair. You let go of his hand and tucked a strand behind your ear, positive you were blushing. The two of you just smiled at each other for an increasingly uncomfortable long time before Steve clapped his hands together and Bucky and you jumped. “Well, we should continue with the tour. Tony said he had something brewing up in the lab.”
You scoffed, turning to make your coffee. “Whatever it was, it blew up. Again.”
Steve laughed and patted your shoulder in passing. “You really need to get a new room, kiddo.”
You nodded, smattering cream cheese on your bagel. “You’re telling me,” you grumbled. You turned to watch the two of them go, smirking slightly. This ‘Bucky’ guy was going to be your best friend. You could just feel it. And then the third weirdass event of the day happened. As you were about to head out of the kitchen with your bagel and your coffee, you felt something…pass through you. And the feeling was so overwhelming, you definitely fainted.
When you awoke, it was to several pairs of concerned eyes. “Hey, you ok?” Steve was leaning closest to your face.
You sat up slightly and looked around, blinking in confusion. “What the hell was that?”
Vision rubbed the back of his neck and then put his fingertips together delicately. “I believe it was um… my fault.”
You paused for a moment before reality hit and you groaned. “Vision? Did you phase through me?”
He glanced at the others before nodding slowly. “Yeesss… That is indeed what transpired.”
You groaned and laid back on the ground, closing your eyes. “Is it Tuesday yet?”