You had always thought of yourself as relatively talented.

Mechanics and engineering came easily to you, so it wasn't rare for someone on the team to find you tinkering with something completely random.

You'd only met Tony when his suit had managed to malfunction, and as he was in the suit he wasn't able to fix it.

Luckily for him you were able to sort out the kink.

Since then, you had basically been his right-hand mechanic.

It was strange for you to be so close with Tony, but he was the older brother you'd never had.

The team would come to you to sort things out for them, even when Tony was around and that was how you had managed to become the in-house engineer for all things to do with the avengers.

When Steve brought Bucky home to live with you guys, there was no denying the fact that you found him attractive.

The whole tower knew it but Bucky never quite realised.

He wasn't the only one to be oblivious.

The team was well aware of the fact that Bucky had a thing for you, but had never gotten the nerve up to tell you about it.

Even if they had told you, thy knew you wouldn't believe them.

Despite you being confident in your abilities – you were less confident in yourself.

Weight had never been a serious issue for you, but you were bigger than other girls and often it led to some teasing.

Tony and the team had never treated you differently though.

Sometimes you thought you caught Bucky staring at you, but you often brushed it off.

"Miss Y/L/N," JARVIS announced to you whilst you were in your room. "Mr Stark has asked for you in the lab."

You smiled and got up, placing your book down on your bed. "Thanks JARVIS."

As you made your way to the lab, you realised that not many of the team were around in general.

When you got to where Tony was, you saw Bucky sat up on the workbench with Tony tinkering away on his arm.

Tony had been working on Bucky's arm for a while. To help him out with it feeling less Hydra and more Stark.

"Hey Y/N/N," Tony greeted you, moving to hug you.

You smiled up at him. "Why was I summoned?"

"I need your help with Buck's arm – there's an issue a bit further in the metal work and I can't do it myself."

You giggled at him. "Is the great Tony Stark admitting defeat?"

He frowned at you but sighed jokingly nonetheless.

You then turned to Bucky, a smile on your face. "How're you Buck?" you questioned.

He smiled back, slightly awkwardly. "I...uh...I'm good thanks Y/N."

"Hope you don't mind us messing about like this," you told him as you motioned to his arm.

He shook his head. "It's good to know it wont just have their influence on it."

You knew who he was referring to and gave him a somewhat sympathetic smile in return.

Once you and Tony had decided to call it a day, tony left the lab meaning you and Bucky were sort of staring at each other.

"It feels okay right?" you asked, wanting to make sure his arm wasn't strange to him.

He nodded his head in confirmation – staying silent.

"Good. We're doing our work right then."

Just as you went to leave the lab, Bucky called out to you, so you turned around. "Y/N, I actually wanted to talk to you about something."

"What's up Buck?"

"This new diner just opened up back in Brooklyn, and I wanted to know if you were up for checking it out with me?"

A smile made its way onto your face. "You want to take me on that death trap of a motorbike of yours?"

He chuckled, but smiled anyway. "You know I'd look after you."

"It's a date Barnes," you confirmed causing his smile to grow.

"Shall we say eight tonight?"

You made your way to the door, but turned around before you left. "You know where to find me."

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Written by Hannah

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