𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭

Pairing: Congressman!Bucky Barnes x assistant!reader

Tags: fem!reader, fluff, mentions of a bad date, idiots in love, yearning, mutual pining, bucky is lowkey flirting but reader lowkey doesn't notice, they're both whipped, a few petnames, reader is a hot mess and bucky's in love with her <3

Word count: 3.7k

You stare at the glaring 2% on your phone and silently wonder what horrible thing you possibly could've done for the universe to punish you so rigorously this evening. A wide-open pit rests comfortably in your gut, and it only yawns wider as the awfulness of your predicament starts to fully sink in. The rain lashes at you, sneaking past the cover of the awning you're standing under; you're quickly dampening, nibbling at your lip, knee bouncing jerkily on the sidewalk.

Your thumb hovers over Bucky's name in your contact list.

Every nerve in your body screams at you to not. Don't call him, figure out some other way, some other person, someone, anyone in D.C. but your literal fucking boss on his Friday night off—or any night, ever, for that matter. But you know there's not. Your options are limited, and you've crossed out every possible solution except for this one.

The screen darkens. You tap it, your teeth digging into your lip harder, Bucky's name burned into your retinas.