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Sam picks up the incoming call from Rhodey, finishing his bite of eggs quickly before putting the phone up to his ear. “Hey, Rhodes, what’s going on, man?”
“Hey, Cap, not much. Need a couple for an undercover job and thought of you and Bucky.”
“A couple of… guys?” Sam furrows his brow, looking up at Bucky, who raises an eyebrow in response.
Rhodey laughs. “Very funny, Sam. I thought a real couple might be more natural. And hey, you two get to hang out at a fancy couple’s resort for a few days between all the spying. ”
“But we’re not a couple-”
“It’s okay, man. I know you haven’t gone public yet and I’m not gonna tell anyone. You guys just have to get enough evidence on the underground illegal weapons business the owners are running for us to bust them. I’m sending the details to your phones now. Thanks!”
“But we-” The line goes dead before Sam can finish. He sighs, rubbing his temple. He can’t deny to himself that something has been brewing for a long time between him and Bucky- at least he thinks so, but it's fragile and they haven’t quite figured it out yet.
“You heard all that?”
Bucky shrugs, looking down at his toast like there’s something fascinating in there. “Yeah, uh, guess we could pretend for a few days.”
“Right, right.”
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Sam groans, the incessant ringing of his phone waking him up eventually.
“Hello?” he mumbles, hitting accept without opening his eyes to check who it is.
“Hey, Cap, nice job yesterday! I think we got what we needed.” Sam opens his eyes to a grinning Rhodey, the call being a video one without him realizing. Rhodey has him mounted up on something as he runs on a treadmill, apparently multitasking his work calls.
Bucky shifts beside Sam just then, making a grumpy noise when he realizes Sam isn’t wrapped around him anymore and scoots closer to press his chest to Sam’s back.
Rhodey grins at the tuft of black hair and a metal arm that’s visible on the video now. “Ha! I knew it. See, I told you nothing gets past me.”
Sam opens his mouth but his morning brain can’t think of a succinct way to explain 'well we weren’t a couple when you sent us on the mission but may have had something between us that apparently spending all our time relaxing and doing romantic shit fully unlocked so now we’re actually a couple because of this damn mission.'
So he decides to just let it go. “Yeah, yeah, you got us. Bye, Rhodey.”
Sam can feel the hot air against his back as Bucky lets out an annoyed sigh. “I hate that he thinks he got us. We should break up just to spite him.”
Sam chuckles and turns so he can face Bucky, pressing a small kiss to his forehead as he shifts closer. “Really?”
Bucky looks at him with a deeply fond expression that seems to reach right into his chest and squeeze. “No.”