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Bucky pushes himself upright, scanning the room, the clothes on the floor, the man speaking, too smug, too relaxed, too familiar…
“…Did we-?”
“We did” the man says smoothly “Consensual don’t worry, enthusiastic, five stars, would recommend”
Bucky blinks, then blinks again, his gaze drifts, then snaps back up to the man’s face.
“Oh” he says “You’re… wow”
The man laughs “Thank you, I work out”
“No not that kind of wow… Oh my god! Oh no” Bucky mutters
The man cocks his head “Oh no what?”
Bucky’s eyes narrow as recognition crashes in, his face twists from confusion to horror…
“I know you” he says
The man freezes just for a fraction of a second, then recovers instantly “You do? Wow, I usually have to buy dinner first”
“You’re Steve” Bucky snaps “Steve Rogers, the new digital marketing manager at Wilson Enterprises, the golden boy with the smug smile and the unbearable attitude”
The man- Steve places a hand over his still bare chest “Unbearable is harsh, I’ve only been here two weeks”
“I hate you” Bucky says, dropping his face into his hands “I actually hate you, your voice, your confidence, what the hell came over me?”
Steve steps closer, grin turning sharp, dangerous “That’s not what you said last night”
Bucky looks up slowly “What?”
Steve leans against the bed, entirely too comfortable in Bucky’s space “You said…” he pauses, pretending to think “… that I was, and I quote ‘annoyingly hot’ and that my attitude was ‘unfairly attractive’ Oh, and my personal favorite-”
“Stop” Bucky groans
“ ‘I hate that I like you’ ” Steve finishes brightly “Direct quote”
Bucky stares at him, mortified “I was drunk”
“Sure” Steve agrees “But you were honest”
Bucky exhales hard, rubbing his temples “I slept with the one person in the department I cannot stand”
“And yet” Steve says, straightening, full of himself again “you slept very well” Bucky throws a pillow at him and Steve laughs, catching it easily “Relax, we can pretend this never happened, but fyi, you initiated”
“I did not!”
“You absolutely did” Steve leans against the bed again “You also called me ‘annoying’ right before kissing me, I think that’s your thing”
“It is not my thing”
“Sure looked like it”
Bucky buries his face in his hands “I’m never drinking again” and he adds “This was a mistake”
Steve tilts his head, studying him “Did it feel like one?” Bucky hesitates, just long enough and Steve grins “Thought so” …