Sam And Steve
It has been months since Sam was staying at Stark Tower, he has been to his weekly physio session, also he has been spending most of his time in Tony’s lab, there were days Tony would whine about Steve or even Pepper, also were days Tony would do his work silently, Tony made tons of repaired to his new arm, from being able to change to Sam’s skin tone, to be able to feel a warmth of a cup of water, to be able to be flexible whenever Sam and Tony decided to play Mario kart together. So, Tony had to go for a meeting in Beijing then to London then to Korea, for around a week, Sam was bored, so he took a walk, more like a drive to downtown, he found himself walking into a museum, he knew Steve Rogers was working here, as an artist, but he didn’t to bump into the man himself. He kept searching for, A tall hunky blonde dude, Sam himself was tall and muscular, he had his thunder thighs, guys would envy. As he walked around the museum, he saw Steve’s arts, it was fascinating, one art caught his eye, it was something like in Tony’s office, but instead of it being colourful, it was in monochrome, a painting of Tony sleeping, and it was named “PEACE” , as he walked around more, there more arts about Tony, as if this whole gallery was for Tony, but mostly monochrome, and most paintings looks sad, even if Tony was smiling in the pictures. He thought Tony was the only one suffering, but Steve too was suffering,
As he walked back and stood in front of “PEACE”, he kept trying to read the art, like what was it interpreting, “Peace; a state or period in which there is no war, or a war has ended. But for him, where everything seems like it didn’t matter, he just wanted to take a break from his crazy schedule and take a nap. To finally feel like a human being.” A blonde who stood next to Sam spoke, “it’s a beautiful art, but why is it in black and white?” Sam replied as he looks at the stranger, “it seems like the artist has loss his colours in life, he made the wrong choices, wrong move.” The blond man replied and shrugged his shoulder, “it seems like this man he painted, was his inspiration for all his art, he might have loss his colours, but he never loses his feelings for this man right here. I guess love works differently.” Sam replied as he walked to the other artworks, the blond man followed him, “ I loved a man before, he was the reason I was happy, truly happy during my younger years, but distance broke us apart, but now I have him back, hell, I am still in love with him, but we can never be together, it seems like his heart belongs somewhere, how I wish I could reach out and change that.” Sam continued as he stopped in front of another art work, “WORK”, an art work of Tony tinkering with his bots, “ you know sir, if you love someone, chase them, don’t let it go, even if someone tries to ruin your happiness, fight for it, everyone has their own story, so live yours. A soldier can take a break from fighting on the battlefield, he can go ahead and rest, eat, sleep, shower, even cry if have to, but once he’s ready, he has to get up and starts fighting again. Everyone has their own battles to fight, don’t let their insecurities to eat them up. Believe in God, he always has better plans for everyone.” Sam said as he looked at the man, “I’m Thomas by the way, nice to meet you, “Sam said as he offered his hand, “I’m Steve, nice to meet you too.” Steve said as he shook Sam’s hand. “What you said just now, Thomas, really hit home, it seems you can read my art perfectly.” Steve continued as he smiles to Sam. Sam just chuckled, “people use to say I have an eye for beautiful things.” Sam replied, “so any story behind these beautiful art works?” Sam tried asking, “if you’re free, maybe we can talk over coffee? I’m new in this town, just got back from a freaky accident, thought of you know needing a friend to talk to” Sam said as he shook his left arm, showing his prosthetic, he didn’t bother to even change it to his skin tone, Steve was shocked to see the arm, “ Sure thing, there’s like a Starbucks in front here, we could get a coffee, I’m off work anyways.” Steve replied, as they walked side by side to Starbucks, and when they finally got in the queue to get their drinks, making small talks about the weather and all, they finally got a seat by the windows, so they could watch others walking around, and enjoy the cold autumn wind.
“so, what brings you to New York, Thomas?” Steve asked as he take a sip of his coffee, Steve coffee taste was the same as Tony’s, 2 packets of sugar, 2 packets of creamer, “ just got back from air force duty, was discharged because I wasn’t good enough, cos my best friend died in the battlefield, was too depress to work, came back here to visit my old pal, got into a freaky accident while rushing to meet him, lost an arm, and here I am sitting in Starbucks with a handsome blonde.” Sam said as he sips his tea, “how about you Steve, why is such a handsome artist, painting such depressing arts?” Sam asked, “I’m not that handsome okay, are my arts that depressing?” Steve asked, “your arts literally screaming sadness right now!” Sam chuckled, “I just, I don’t know really, I’m not even sure if I was dumped or was, I am being used?” Steve shrugged his shoulder, looking down at his coffee, “care to share? “Sam replied, “okay, but don’t judge me okay, I may look menacing, but I’m a softie alright. “ Steve replied as he took another sip of his coffee, “ I liked this guy, let’s name him T, I met T at this club one night, and since then I think I might have a crush on T, so when I found out T was my mysterious buyer for my arts, I was ecstatic, I spend days texting him, talking to him, he actually asked me to sculpt him something, and I did, the week I spend with him was a blessing, I was happy constantly, I even drew him 2 new art pieces, as a surprise, as the night got later, we were both slightly tipsy, and one thing led to another, as were making out on the sofa, I think his girlfriend walked into us making out, and I felt bad, like he was using me to cheat on her, like was he even gay to start with?” Steve said as he fidgets with his fingers, “so let me assume this, you think your guy here is using you to cheat on his girlfriend? But you also not sure if your man over here is gay or not? Am I correct?” Sam asked. “yeah, I guess so, even Bucky, my best friend said that he was using me. So, I’m not even sure?” Steve replied as he looked out of the windows, “not gonna judge you here, but what makes you think he has a girlfriend? Like you said that whole week he been spending time with you, the whole day, and all, if he had a girlfriend, wouldn’t he like introduce you both to it? Or maybe talked about her, since I assuming that you guys would talk when you spend the week together? And if he was straight, why would he actually make out with you? Think about that Steve, even if he was bisexual, wouldn’t it be weird of him not talking about a party in his life?” Sam replied as he sips his tea, things were slowly making sense to Steve, “also I assume this T guy here is a businessman, cos he could afford to buy your arts, but if you think about its Steve, why would he want to use you? He has everything, what would he get, for using you? For a man that has everything, why would he risk it to play around, businessman has reputations too, he would be afraid to fuck around, especially if you’re a renowned artist, he won’t risk his business just to fuck around, he could have get any guys off the streets to fuck with then throw away, but he rather spend the week with you and just you, to watch you do your art of him. If that ain’t loyalty, I don’t know what to say” Sam replied as he looked at Steve. Sam was trying his best to proof a point over here. Steve just kept quiet and sip his coffee, Sam could hear the gears in Steve’s head grinding, “Steve, I’m here to make friends, I’m here to listen, you can tell me if I said anything wrong, but if I hurt your feelings, I ‘m really sorry.” Sam said as he grabs Steve’s hands, Steve just looked at Sam’s hands and just smile at him, “nah it’s okay actually, it’s like you’re proving a point right now, maybe I kept using my feelings to think, not my brain. I remember he told me once he was single, why would someone be in a relationship just flirts with me like that? Omg I feel so dumb, I have to talk to Tony, I feel so bad for ghosting him like that, I hope he’s okay” Steve said as he looks at Sam. Steve was so worried, that he didn’t realise he blurted Tony’s name out, suddenly Steve’s phone light up, indicating a notification, Sam saw the background photo, it was a photo of Tony napping on the sofa. “I’m sorry Thomas, I got to go, Bucky needs me to give him a lift to work, I’ll see you around?” Steve said as he downed his coffee in one go, “and thank you for talking some sense into me!” Steve continued, as he grabs his name card from his wallet and left it next to Sam, “call me if you need a tour or something alright, see you!” Steve said as he ran out of the shop, to his car.
Sam has done his part for Steve, now it’s time to find Pepper. Sam knows where her apartment was, not that far from Sam’s anyways. As Sam stood outside her apartment, knocking the door, waiting for someone to open the door, Pepper open the door, and was shocked to see Sam standing by her door, “can I come in pep?” Sam asked as he smile at her, “Sure thing, what brings you here Sam?” Pepper asked as she leads him to her living room, her house was a mess, Pepper always looked smart and neat but here, she was in loose shirt and sweatpants, with a messy bun. “Just came to visit, you alright Pep, heard you suddenly resign from Stark Industries, “Sam asked as he took a seat on her sofa, “ouh, you heard, yeah I just have a lot to deal with right now. So, I decided to leave.” Pepper replied as she tried to clean up the mess, “you still with brock huh?” Sam asked as he eyed the wedding photo by the tv, “well a divorce in process, I should be happy, I wanted to be happy, Sam. But here I am, soon to be single mum, Eddie cheated on me with some skank, I was actually hoping Tony would take me back, but I guess he hates me for ruining his relationship with Steve.” Pepper replied.” But why Peps, why did you have to ruin it for Tony, he has gone through more than enough pain in his life, he lost a lot of people he loved, doesn’t he deserve a little bit of love?” Sam asked as he looked at Pepper. “don’t I deserve to be loved too? Don’t I deserve to be happy too? I wanted Tony to myself Sam! He’s mine, if I can’t have him, no one can” Pepper exclaimed, “You had him Pep, you had him for 3 years, but you threw it away, for what? For Eddie. Tony still continued to pay for your education in MIT, he still hired you as an intern for his company, and he literally signed you on, even when you were still with Eddie, he gave you fucking happiness, but yet you threw it away like that, who was the one who paid for your fucking wedding? Who was the one that gave you a month holiday? Who the fuck paid for your honeymoon? Who the fuck that gave your husband a job? Who the fuck provided a nanny and childcare for your kid? Who the fuck did all of this for you Pepper!? “Sam questioned, he raised his voice, he was pissed, he was done playing nice, “FUCKING TONY STARK! The man who only wanted to love you and make you happy, he actually planned a future with you, but you fucked things up constantly, and now you’re telling me you deserve happiness? Then what does he deserve huh? All this pain you’re causing him. I hope you’re happy now Pepper!” Sam shouted, he was about to punch someone in the face, Pepper had tears in his eyes, “Did I asked him to fall in love with me? Did I asked him to waste 3 years of his god damn life? Did I asked him to pay for my school? Did I even ask for all this to happen?” Pepper shout back, “If you only come here to pissed me off even more, just get out of here Wilson!” Pepper stood up and points to the door, “ I’m only here to tell you to stay away from Tony from now on, or I might get a restraining order for you, “ Sam replied as he stood up and walked to the door, “ One more thing, Karma does exist, and I’m glad I’m able to watch her slap you in the face! And there’s a place in hell reserved for you!” Sam shouted before he slams the door shut.
Sam was pissed but he was glad he knew the full story, now it was time to set up his plans to get Steve and Tony back together, he knew he needed to plan out soon. He didn’t have to start work soon, he was still recovering, he had Natasha ad Clint to follow Steve around, and to report to him, his daily duties, so that’s how one random morning, Sam was running around Steve’s neighbourhood, and ‘accidentally’ bumped into the blonde, “Thomas! Hey, didn’t know you stayed around here?” Steve said, as he saw Sam running pass him, “Hey there Stevie, yeah I stayed a few blocks away, I just needed to keep my body in shape, starting back in the police force soon,” Sam replied as he slows down his pace so he could jog next to Steve, “so how’s everything with Mr Businessman? Everything settle?” Sam tried to ask, “I’ve been sending text to him, and even tried to call, but it seems like I can’t get through, I even went to his place, but his butler said he wasn’t home, I’m not sure if he’s avoiding me or something?” Steve replied, his tone was sad, “Hey buddy, you told me he was a businessman, maybe he had to go overseas for meetings? And you know how expensive roaming is, maybe his butler couldn’t tell you shit because like that man needs privacy too, or maybe it’s confidential, and time zone is always tiring on the body, trust me, I know, I always tend to sleep more when get any time off, whenever I have to go overseas.” Sam reassured him, Tony did tell him that he received some calls and text from Steve but he was always too busy to reply or call back, and when he got the time, he just wanted to check on Sam, and then he would fall asleep while talking to Sam. Tony just told him that he would get back to Steve when he comes back over the weekend. So here Sam was running with Steve, when Sam suggested to Steve about a bar that was opening this month end, near 5th street, “hey Steve, are you a good drinker? I heard some bar or club is opening up here soon, Demon Bar, I think. You know we should catch up and get some drinks over there, instead of bumping into each other on a run or even get coffee, sometimes we need to get alcohol in our system too!” Sam suggested as they took a break and grab a drink, “Sure thing Thomas, I think Bucky would like it, he likes to drink for no reason, and the same bar we kept going seems too boring!” Steve replied after taking a huge gulped of his drink. “Maybe I could let you meet Bucky soon, as I talked about you to him, if you don’t mind, and he seems interested you know, especially when I told him, you were from the Air Force, he has a thing for mans in uniform” Steve said as he looked at Sam, “ did you tell him I was going into the Police Force, maybe I look better in my Police Uniform!” Sam chuckled, they both just laughed and walked back to Steve’s apartment building, after saying their goodbyes, he now had to convinced Tony to go to this Bar or club, this month end. He needed to make his man happy, even if it means that Tony was no longer gonna be his man. But he was determined, as long as Tony was happy, Sam was happy too.