Setting: Civil War

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Working at the pop-up grocery store was nothing close to being somewhat "exciting". With horrible pay, a shitty boss, and dumb ass co workers, you always found it harder each day to tell yourself to stay in order to look after your 2 younger siblings, leaving yourself as their sole carer after your parents were killed in the war.

After selling an older couple 6 bananas and 3 green beans, you realised you had rarely, if ever, served someone even somewhat close to your age.

Bloody hell, you thought.

You watched as the pizza store directly opposite you flooded with people, the smell of cooking cheese making your stomach rumble. You clutched your stomach as it gurgled, rubbing it in circles as you winced.

"Hey boss!" You yelled from the other end of the stand, "when's my lunch break?"

"Right after you serve this guy," she squawked, moving from her place to bag up some broccoli for a customer.

"Thank the lord, I'll actually be getting a lunch break today," you mumbled under your breath.

Shifting from your place and the end of the stand, you shuffled past your co workers to where your boss was standing, and immediately you froze with the sight of piercing, icy blue eyes under a thick cap.

He definitely was gorgeous, you thought. He was dressed in all black, his thick, shaggy brown hair hiding, along with his eyes, under the cap, his hoodie thrown lazily over it.

His eyes locked on you, and you cursed yourself quietly,

Shit, I should've put on makeup today!

Clearing your throat, you composed yourself and walked over, standing directly opposite him. His eyes never left you as you shoved clear gloves on your hands.

"So, what can I get cha handsome?" You smirked cheekily.

He looked flustered then, shakily shoving his head down towards the fruits so your eye contact was broken, unfortunately.

"Plums, please," he proposed, his voice raspy. He brought his hand up to scratch his stubbly cheek, when a flash of light hit his hand. Your eyes widened as the glimmer of metal slightly blinded your eyes,

"Bloody hell, what happened to you?" You asked, obviously without thinking about it.

His eyes met yours again confusingly, before he followed your line of sight, landing on his metal arm.

He cursed faintly under his breath, before shoving his hand forcefully in his pocket.

"Nothing," he muttered sharply.

Oooo, touchy subject. (Y/N), you're an idiot, you thought.

Forcing the obvious "elephant in the room" out of your mind, you cleared your throat,

"How many plums?"

"Four." He snapped, and you flinched.

Good on you (Y/N), you screwed this one up. You cursed at yourself.

Sighing slightly, you grabbed the four plums and placed them in a paper bag.

"Sorry," he said softly, causing you to look up surprisingly.

Your eyes softened as you looked at him, his expression obviously hurt as he realised he snapped at you quite rudely. "Just a touchy subject," he continued.

You smiled warmly, "that's okay, it's my fault. I don't have a filter, as you can tell," you snickered, which caused himself to smirk also.

"What's your name?" He asked, his full face turned toward you now.

God damn, he is so GORGEOUS!

"(Y/N), yours?"

His expression hardened for a spilt second there, before looking at you confusingly.

"Bucky, I'm pretty sure..."

You raised an eyebrow in confusion, "you're pretty sure?" You quoted.

He didn't answer, just looked away from you again.

You rolled your eyes, you really didn't have a filter.

"I'm sorry-"

"I think the plums will help me remember," he cut you off, before you managed to apologise for your foolish behaviour again, "they're sorta significant.."

You raised both your eyebrows now,

Well, this guy is definitely something...

You looked at the time on your watch. Time for break.

"Listen," you began, "how about you take your plums, and meet me in the pizza place in a few minutes. I'll help you try to remember," you winked at him, "and if I don't ruin it, we may get to talking about that sexy arm,"

It may have been your eyesight, but you thought you saw his cheeks flush, before he grinned shyly, taking the plums in his fleshed hand.

"Sure,"

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GUYS, HELLO, ITS ME!!!!!

Okay so I don't expect you guys to forgive me for being on a hiatus for SO GOD DAMN LONG!!!

But it's good to be back. Life has been pretty crazy for me for a while now, but it's settled down and I'm keen to get back into writing for you all.

I missed you, and I love you 😘

- T
Xoxo