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The Art of Love (Part 2) ~ Steve Rogers x Reader College!AU

A/N 10/17/2020: Formerly algorithm knows best and companion to cupid’s code. Whether an updated version of Cupid’s Code will be a companion is TBD. 

: Hello my lovelies! So my muse decided she wanted to wrok on this and Cupid’s Code. And my hope was to have both finished before I released but I’m impatient and wanted to share. But it looks like this will be my main focus over the next few weeks. Not to worry I’m still working on Queer Eye for the Cap Guy but I want it to be really good so it’s taking a bit more time than I planned. So I hope you can enjoy this in its place this week. 

Summary: You and Steve have been best friends since sophomore year. Everyone thinks you should be more, but neither of you believe it. That is until Tony Stark’s infallible dating algorithm matches you up. 

Characters/Pairings: Steve Rogers x reader (Platonic - for now), Wanda, Bucky 

Rating: K+

Warnings: None really. Maybe language? 

Word Count: 1165 

Main Masterlist | The Art of Love Masterlist | Broken Hearts and Robot Parts Masterlist (Companion Fic) ​

Y/N POV 

“Well, well, well,” Wanda grinned from the couch as you walked into your apartment Saturday afternoon still wearing Steve’s clothes. “Looks like somebody’s date went well last night. Once he got there. You didn’t even bring your dress home.”

You looked down at your hands in confusion and realized that your dress was still on the floor of Steve’s bedroom.  Well actually, knowing him it was hanging on his closet door.

“Not exactly,” you grimaced.

“What do you mean?”

“I mean, I didn’t spend the night with him. I didn’t even order food.”

“Then whose clothes are those?”

“Steve’s,” you sighed.

“Should’ve known.” She patted the spot next to her on the couch. “Tell me all about it.”

“It was terrible, Wanda,” you groaned as you flopped down next to her. “He was thirty minutes late. And then he spent the twenty minutes I was there trying to get into the waitress’ pants. And then he suggested a threesome. Twenty minutes in! I bailed and went to the studio to work on my midterm. Steve happened to be working too and so we went back to his place and ate Chinese food and watched the Good Place.”

“I’m sorry, honey.”

“It’s just so frustrating. I don’t know why I bother. This is the fifth failed date in a month. Maybe I should give up on love and just focus on my dancing.”

“Don’t give up on love, y/n. Maybe it’s closer than you think,” she murmured, eyeing the Henley you were wearing.

“Don’t start that again, Wan. You know Steve doesn’t think of me like that.”  

“Because Steve let’s so many girls wear his clothes and sleep in his bed.”

“I didn’t…”

She cut you off with a stern look.

“Don’t lie to me.”

You sighed as you thought about waking up this morning, Steve’s soft snore and the weight of his arm around your waist. It was hardly the first time.

“Still, it’s not that weird for two best friends to sleep in the same bed together.”

“Really? Then how come you and Loki never share a bed when he stays over.”

“That’s different.”

“Oh really? Why?”

Damn it. She had you and she knew it.

“Look, all I’m saying is. What really went through your head when you went out with that guy last night?”

“I’d rather be with Steve,” you admitted, playing with the hem of the shirt. “But it’s not possible. He only sees me as a friend. He made that very clear. Very early on.”

“People can change their mind.”

“Yeah. But they usually don’t.”

“Well, if that’s actually what you believe. Why don’t you come with me tonight? I have to go to Pietro’s fundraiser thing.”

“Somehow I don’t think going to a frat event is going to help my love life. Besides aren’t they co-hosting with Gamma?”

“Yeah,” Wanda sighed. “I’m not thrilled about that part, but I promised Pietro.”

“I’m sure it will be fun. But I really need to go back to the studio. Choreographing to Loki’s music is proving harder than I expected. I’m just not sure what he’s trying to say with this one.”

Wanda nodded understandingly.

“I’m sure you’ll figure it out and it’ll be beautiful.”

“I hope so.”  

  Steve’s POV

Steve was sitting out on his fire escape attempting to sketch when his front door banged open.  

“Hey, punk, you home? Ooh cinnamon rolls.”

Steve rolled his eyes and crawled back in through the open window.

“You know you don’t live here anymore, right?”

“Did Smudge have another shitty date?” Bucky asked ignoring Steve’s comment as he plopped down on the couch with his second pastry.

“Yeah.”

“She knows she could’ve skipped the shitty date bit and gone straight to your bed right?”

“We didn’t sleep together.” Steve snapped, putting his notebook down on the end table and grabbing his own cinnamon roll. “I found her in the studio. We got take out and watched TV.”

“And then she fell asleep. You carried her to bed and she pouted at you to stay with her.”

Steve’s jaw clenched at Bucky’s description. It was entirely too accurate.

“What do you have cameras in here or somethin’?”

“No, punk. But I lived with you for three years. I’ve watched that same scenario play out a dozen different times. And every time there’s some sort of baked good as a thank you.”

“Oh yeah?”

“Yeah. Every shitty date she has ends up with her in your arms. Maybe she should just start there,” he remarked pointedly.  

“Don’t start with that again. We’re not in love with each other.”

“I didn’t say that you were,” Bucky argued with a smug smirk. “But you can’t honestly tell me you don’t wish that it was you she was going out with.”

Steve glared but Bucky simply stared right back with his quirked eyebrow.

“Fine. Of course I wish it was me. But she’ll never see me like that. I was in the right place at the right time to put myself firmly in the best friend zone. And I’m okay with that. I’m not going to throw away three years of friendship because I went and fell in love with her like an idiot.”

“Steve.”

“Just don’t, Buck. Please,” he sighed. “Today sucks enough already.”

That comment was enough to derail him from the familiar argument.

“What’s going on?”

“I’ve been trying to work on my midterm for weeks and I can’t find any inspiration. This is all I’ve gotten out of a three hour session,” he huffed picking up the sketchpad and tossing it in Bucky’s lap.

“This is a blank sheet of paper,” Bucky observed.

“Exactly. I’m completely blocked. And my collection is due in two months.”

“What are you supposed to be painting?”

“Contentment,” Steve sighed. “But apparently I don’t know what that looks like. And I’m supposed to come up with four different paintings.”

“Why don’t you go for a run? Clear your mind a little. You always get your best ideas when you’re running.”

“That’s actually a pretty good idea.”

“I’ve been known to have them,” he quipped. “And then you should take your mind off of it. You could come to the fundraiser tonight.”

“Not my scene, Buck. Besides I really need to at least get started. Phil will kill me if I don’t have any progress when we meet on Tuesday."

“Yeah right. That man worships the ground you walk on. If he had it his your stuff would already be on display at the Met.”

“That’s not true.”

“It’s a little true. Well, if you change your mind. It’s at Triskellion at seven. I’ve got to head over there now and give them the approved drinks list.”

“Who’s bartending tonight?” Steve asked in a knowing tone.

“Shut up.”

“Just don’t be an ass to her. She’s working it’s not fair.”

“Yes, mom,” he muttered as he rolled his eyes. “I’ll talk to you later.”

“Yeah, see you man.”

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A/N: Welp say hello to my new favorite idiots. I’m very much in love with them and I hope you will be too! 

xoxo 

Naynay

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Hey doll hey!!! Welcome back to my blog!!! How are you? Fine I hope. This post, as you read in the title, is a makeup haul…. I have quite a lot to get through so I wont drum on and on about it. Let’s jump into my new makeup goodies….Side note … all swatches are done on bare skin with no primer and using only 1 pass to swatch.

ColourPop Big Box of Lippie Stix 48 shades with 3 different finishes for $115 on sale right now for $99 on the ColourPop website making them $2.09 each.

I missed out on the last Lippie Stix vault that they put out, so I was not about to miss out on this one. The shades that come in this vault are : dream date: pale warm nude, cookie: matte warm brown nude, slacker: soft salmon, oh snap: matte muted pinky nude, parker: matte mid-tone warm nude, at twilight: warm muted coral, with the band: peachy pink, topanga: crème dusty coral, goal digger: warm rose, brink: matte terracota, rose, cami: cool-toned mauve, lumiere: matte dusty mauve pink, happy thoughts: deep rosy mauve, byron babe: deep rose, after shock: classic pink, little tings: mid-tone mauve pink, westie: cool-toned pink, goodie bag: vivid blue pink, casanova: bold watermelon pink, songbird: muted berry, cherry bomb: bright pink lemonade, are you surreal: vibrant hot pink, runaway: hot raspberry, heart on: matte bright cool-toned magenta, i heart this: matte red fuchsia, jam sesh: true blue red, sky walking: classic blue red, trust me: vivid true red, love life: brownish brick red, parachute: vibrant coral red, daytrip: vivid pink coral, chi chi: matte true orange, who run this: vibrant rusty red, ziggie: dark terracotta, fly-fi: red terracotta, goldie: rich brick red, poison: matte brick red,, bichette: matte deepened red, ellarie: matte deep cranberry, infinite best: warm black cherry, thousand percent: rich chocolate cherry, grunge: matte mid-toned red brown, taurus: matte mid-tone yellow brown, candy paint: true terracotta, girl gang: muted terracotta rose, kapish: dusty warm brown, daydream: plummy brown,and aquarius: crème soft pinky nude. ColourPop makes my favorite formula of lipsticks ever so I am happy to have all 48 of these shades.

ColourPop Big Box of Lippie Pencils 40 shades for $79 on sale for $68 making each pencil cost $1.70

Once again ColourPop makes one of my favorite formulas of lip liners so I am glad to have all 40 shades in my collection. The shades in this vault are: as if pencil: creamy light nude, little one pencil: light pinky nude, another round pencil: rosey nude, good & plenty pencil: deep rose, dial up pencil: vibrant hot pink, shot clock pencil: mid-tone mauve pink, ex-factor pencil: bright berry, obvi pencil: light pinkish brown, oh sis pencil: smoked paprika, absolute zero pencil: bright orange, hoopty pencil: burgundy, on ice pencil: deep sangria, overtime pencil: cherry red, ctrl pencil: deep brown, alt pencil: blackened teal, whatchamacallit pencil: dusty denim, flattered pencil: deep plum, v cute pencil: bright violet, tbh pencil: deep violet, bff pencil 2: mid-tone nude, bff pencil 3: deep nude, brink pencil: terracota rose, 951 pencil: mid-tone warm nude, beeper pencil: greige rose, bff pencil: warm nude, bichette pencil: deepened red, bossy pencil: classic blue red, bull chic pencil: matte black, bumble pencil: warm rose, chi chi pencil: bright true orange, curvii pencil: warm beige, ellarie pencil: blackened cranberry, frenchie pencil: bright warm red, heart on pencil: bright cool-toned magenta, i heart this pencil: red fuchsia, lbb pencil: matte rich plum wine, love bug pencil: rich mahogany, lumière pencil: dusty mauve pink, mamacita pencil: deepened blackberry and oh snap pencil: muted pinky nude.

I finally purchased the full line of Believe Beauty. This is sold at Dollar General. Each product costs no more than $5.00. I will be reviewing the full line tomorrow.

Pretty and Primed Hydrating Primer: 1 fluid ounce. On the back on my hand i felt like a moisturizer… this is very hydrating and has no scent.

Skin Finish Foundation: .85 fluid ounces. This is a medium to full coverage foundation and I chose the shade Nude. This feels like it’s going to be a dewy foundation, it also has no scent.

Brighten Up Color Correcting Concealer : .07 ounces. I picked it up in the shade Light/Medium, I’m not sure how well this one will perform…. it felt a bit waxy. It’s a salmon based concealer so it should be good for the dark circles.

You’re Covered Liquid Concealer: .15 fluid ounces. I purchased the shade Light Beige. It was the lightest shade they had at the Dollar General I went to. It’s a spot on shade match for me so that means it will not help brighten my undereyes. It feels light weight and creamy without being too emollient.

Matte Blur Loose Powder: .14 ounces. In the shade Translucent. 

Brow Defining Pencil: .02 ounces. This is a pencil that needs to be sharpened. I purchased the shade Dark Brown. This swatch is 1 swipe of the pencil, it seems very pigmented and creamy.

Long Lasting Eyeliner: .01  ounces. I purchased the shade Mystic, it’s a taupeish brown with a slight sheen to it. It seems creamy but I tested it on my waterline and it did not lay down. This is a self sharpening pencil.

Hi-Definition Skinny Mascara: .22 fluid ounces. I purchased the shade black. The wand is small and sort of reminds me of the brush on the MAC Gigablack mascara.

Eye Brow Styling Gel: .02 ounces. It’s got the standard eye brow brush. I purchased the clear one.

Satin Crush Lipstick: .13 ounces. I purchased the shade Moroccan Spice. It seems sheer but creamy.

Lustrous Shine Lip Gloss : .15 fluid ounces. I purchased the shade Georgia Peach. From the hand swatch I can tell this is one sticky lip gloss. I mean super sticky… not sure I’m going to like this product.

Get Glowing Highlight and Contour Palette: .2 ounces. I purchased the Light/Medium compact.

Believe Beauty Eyeshadow Palette: .14 ounces. I purchased the Nearly Nude Palette.

I purchased all 3 items on Amazon. Photofocus Dewy Foundation $2.79 for .95 fluid ounces, Photofocus Dewy Primer $2.79 for .84 fluid ounces, Photofocus Concealer   3.99 for .29 ounces.

This primer is a spot on dupe for the Marc Jacobs Dew Drops Coconut Gel Highlighter ($45 at Sephora). This primer leaves the skin looking so pretty.

I purchased the shade Soft Beige. I tested this foundation out today and really do like this foundation.

First of all, this shade is so light on me. It was great to highlight the center of my face with it but looked ghostly on my under eyes. I do not like this concealer. It just looked cakey and dry under my eyes. I will test it out 1 more time and if I still feel this way I will be decluttering it from my collection.

Loreal Infallible Full Wear Concealer ($5.99 at Target for .35 fluid ounces) I picked up the shade Cashmere. It’s the perfect shade for me. Like I said in my face of the day today. It just was too thick and to cakey, but that might have been because I used too much. I will try it again this week coming and see if i can get along with it, if not I will declutter it. On the right is ELF Hydrating Camo Concealer ($6 at Ulta for .203 fluid ounces) I chose the shade Light Sand…. it’s too pink based for me but I am going to try to make it work.

Too Faced Born This Way Foundation ($39 for 1 fluid ounce at Ulta) , Multi-use Sculpting Concealer ($29 for .5 fluid ounces at Ulta) , and Turn Up The Light Face Palette ($42 for .17 ounces at Ulta) 

The shades from left to right are Glow, Soft Focus, and Dazzle. I’ve used this palette 2 times already and I can tell you I really love the Soft Focus powder, it reminds me of the Hour Glass Ambient Light powders. I like the Glow Highlighter, it’s pretty and not too heavy. I just don’t like the Dazzle powder. It’s too glittery and dry textured.

I purchased the shade Warm Nude. It’s the perfect shade for me. I love this foundation so much!!! It’s dewy and full coverage, and melts into the skin seamlessly.

I purchased the shade vanilla. It’s the perfect shade for under the eyes, however this is such a thick formula. It creased like crazy. It took forever to blend it in. Now I might have used too much, so with that said I will try it again under the eyes using less product. If that doesn’t work I will keep this one to highlight the center of the face.

Burt’s Bees Blush in Bare Peach. I purchased this off Amazon for $8.99 for .017 ounces. You can find this at Target, Ulta, and CVS as well. This is just the perfect peach blush ever. My God daughter convinced me to purchase it and to try it out. I am so glad she did. I think this might be my new favorite blush of life.

Benefit Cookie Powder Highlighter ($30 at Ulta for .28 ounces). This is the most amazing highlighter ever!!! It’s super reflective and leaves the cheeks looking like the are wet. I am low key obsessed with this highlighter.

ELF Baked Eyeshadow Palette (I received this free as a gift with purchase on the ELF website however you can purchase it for $10 on their website) This is in the color way California. This palette does not swatch well at all. The shadows felt dry and dusty and rough. I don’t have high hopes for this palette, but I will try it out next week.

ELF Ultra Precise Brow Pencils $5 for .002 ounces… In the shade Deep Brown. These are back ups. I am still working on the pencil I have.

Charlotte Tilbury Matte Revolution Lipstick ($34 at Sephora) and Lip Cheat Lip Liner ($22 at Sephora) both in the shade Pillow Talk (a nude pink). This hands down is my favorite lip color of life!!! This lipstick is very comfortable, doesn’t feather into the lip lines, and wears down evenly. The lip pencil is long wearing and doesn’t budge.

Well That’s all for now dolls. Thanks for hanging in there to the end. Stay tuned tomorrow when I test out the full line of Believe Beauty makeup. Until then I hope you have a great day/night and that you are in good spirits. Remember, Save a spoon for a bit of lipstick.

XOXO

  February 2020 Makeup Haul Hey doll hey!!! Welcome back to my blog!!! How are you? Fine I hope. This post, as you read in the title, is a makeup haul....

[ranster]

Hi, im sure you get this question a lot, but are you still continuing "Castles Made of Sand?" I really love your story, so I hope you plan to continue it! ;)

 (I feel so bad about not updating for such a long time).

Yenno what? I was actually planning on updating it today... So stay on the lookout.

[ranster]

ME, ME AND ME. Because we're parabatai 5evaaa ~ lol, love you, Ambs c:

Obviously Karen! You're the Jem to my Will

[ranster]

JEM IS PERFECTION OKAY

[ranster]

Logan Lerman or Aaron Johnson... ahahah

omg why would you do this to me D:

i'm going to have to say... Aaron Johnson, pre-yellow hair.

[ranster]

Three names: Jace, Will, Jem.

(Oh my gosh, you're going to kill me with this one).

Marry: Jem (Honestly, I love him so much. I would let him play the violin for me, for the rest of my life). Fuck: Will (That would be incredibly hot).Kill: Jace (I DON'T WANT TO DO IT. BUT I HAVE TO).

[ranster]

who is that lovely guy in your icon?! I've been searching for that guy's name every where!!

His name is Joshua! And he is Irish :D Otherwise I have no clue... (I need to put this in a FAQ on my blog... ahah). He has a tumblr, but at the moment I am not on the right labtop to give it to you, sorry!

[ranster]

Sunlight streamed through half-shut curtains. Amber sighed lightly before blinking the light away, examining her surroundings. The pressure of an arm along her shoulders told her what she'd already suspected; she was not alone in the bed she was strewn across. She felt the airy brush of golden hair on her forehead as she turned on her side, a second glance revealing the sleeping face of Jace Herondale.

(CRYING I DIDN'T THINK I'D ACTUALLY GET ONE) But omg

[ranster]

This is going to sound stupid, but all of these pictures, the ones used to represent Jem and Will in the 1800s look, Where do they come from?

(I'm not exactly sure if you mean the recent one's I've been reblogging or something else...) But in the case of the recent one's, they are made by the lovely Tais (Jmscarstairs). I'm not too sure where she gets most of her pictures (But I do know that some of the Will one's are from Great Expectations, with Douglas Booth) but you could always ask her about it :) I hope I helped!

[ranster]

Uh, I want to ask! Dopey (muahaha), Kiss, Yellow and Zoo :)

oh hey there Karen (;

Dopey: Ok, another! Mmm, this year, when I was in art class with my friends Brennen, Ross and Teresa, I was sitting there just minding my own business, listening to the guys talk about working out (because they're stupid like that, and that's all they talk about). I was drinking this huge thing of ice tea, and then (i forget exactly what he said) but Brennen said something extremely funny and stupid, and I started to spit up like crazy and just spit Ice tea everywhere. That was pretty embarrassing, because then half the class was staring at me like: 'wtf...'

Kiss: Chris Pine. Hands down. (I don't think a lot of people would guess that about me...)

Yellow: Aqua! Or purple-ish grey.

Zoo: Already answered :)

Thank you bb

[ranster]

How about Dopey and Zoo. :P

Dopey: Uhm, ok let me think... I can remember this one time when I was in elementary and I was on top of the playground, there, with some of the other kids. That day, I was wearing this weird skirt that didn't fit properly, and someone stepped on the tail end of it and it came down. I did'n't notice it at first, but then my friends starting pointing and I think I cried for a solid two hours after that.

Zoo: I like Koala's, Kangoroo's, Cat's, Lemer's & Dog's.

Thank you :D!

[ranster]

english, harry potter, star-sign, xylophone.

English: I can speak French & English :)

Harry Potter: The Maze Runner (Fantastic book, I love it).

Star-sign: October 12th! I was almost an October, friday the 13th baby lolol.

Xylophone: I used to play the tenor saxophone, and I'd like to say that I am good at the drums (sort of).

Thank you :D

[ranster]

what's your favorite quote on TMI and/or TID?? (love your blog hun, it's seriously perfect... you should call a doctor, because that's probably not healthy

“It was books that kept me from taking my own life after I thought I could never love anyone, never be loved by anyone again. It was books that made me feel that perhaps I was not completely alone. They could be honest with me, and I with them.” -William Herondale (Clockwork Prince)

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i love the colors of your blog! and omg, seriously? thank you so much :3

[ranster]

See the thing is, I really like Kevin Zegers. He's one of my favorite actors, actually. But he just isn't Alec. But hey, who knows, he could be absolutely perfect in the movie.

[ranster]

guess who's going to adopt a cat today and name it Chairman meow?