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Easy Smiles and Dancing Lights

Summary:

Sam realizes looking at Bucky one evening that he might be falling in love.

Notes:

Day 16 of Firefly July: Dancing lights

As per usual, I’ve interpreted this entirely differently than it was probably meant to be. The minute I read it I imagined Sam seeing lights dancing in Bucky’s eyes.

(See the end of the work for more notes.)

Work Text:

Sam looked at Bucky. In the evening glow the porch light made Bucky's eyes shine. 

The smile came effortless across his face. 

What surprised Sam was how simple it seemed to be for Bucky to return that smile. 

This was a man who'd been through hell. The only things that came easy to him anymore were guilt and self loathing and anger. But he smiled at Sam like it was the easiest thing in the world. 

As the fleeting sunlight danced across the water and reflected in the blue of Bucky’s eyes Sam felt a flutter in his chest. 

Shit. 

Notes:

Fun fact: I wrote something entirely different initially for this prompt, but it had taken a turn and the line that fulfilled the prompt felt out of place and I need to sit on the whole thing. So I wrote this instead.