#idk if i should tag it sam and max--

[the-knife-consumer]

Finally settled on designs for the springlocks im actually okay with

[artfartt]

HAPPY SPOOKY MONTH!!!

Oh yea and a few other stuff I did

Pirate au by @mack-timelines btw

Silver you asked for it-

I really haven’t been drawing much

Uhm…I figured out how to draw in this style

[shadows-coffeebeans]

Let's see, latest ask game...

2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 11, 16, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24.

2. a headcanon you weren't sure about at first but have come to like!

Trans girl Metal. I didn't really understand it at first but now I love it.

3. a character that fandom has helped you appreciate

Knuckles, idk I just thought he was boring but after a bit in the fandom I really came to like him.

5. something you see in fics a lot and love

I love it when bad puns.

6. something you see in art a lot and love

I love when characters have like exaggerated expressions as I am still working on that myself.

7. your favorite tropes to read/write/draw

I LOVE reading hanahaki fics, one of the few non fandom specific tags i always have open on my phone.

11. if you're a writer or artist, what fic or piece of art are you proud of making?

Not gonna put it here cause its super fucking bright but its this one drawing i made of super shadow (posted on this blog)

16. a tiny detail in canon that you want more people to appreciate

I feel like more people should appreciate Launchpad and Mrs. Beakley's friendship more (dt17).

19. your current fandom(s)

Sonic the Hedgehog (obviously) and The Franky Fetti Show

20. your very first fandom!

Pretty sure it was miraculous ladybug, it was my introduction to fanfiction and tumblr (and just fandom as a whole).

21. a fandom you're not active in anymore but that you still really like

Luca and Miraculous (I still like to check up on the miraculous fandom every once in a while).

23. the fandom you're curious about because of a mutual

Happy Tree Friends, Hazbin Hotel, and Sam & Max.

24. how has fandom positively impacted your life?

It really pushed me to improve my art and I've also just met a lot of really cool people. (also tffs)

[tinybutmighty234]

Forgot to post woops,,

I added another fan child  that’s all you got to know.

That lil, Cocker spaniel is Charles,

Mabel isn’t very fond of his sharp teeth.

[wiihtigo]

if a friendship lasts longer than 30ish years you are no longer just friends. You are gay

[turtleplushi]

Some more doodles I made at school!

[raytaku]

Here have this wip

[skullhoodz-moved]

this sam and max corpse bride au inspired me to make a sam and max ponyo au

[artfartt]

[patchkin]

[thrilloffirstlove]

THE PINNED POST

Hellooo my name(s) is Simms/Melvin, and I have this here selfship blog!! I am a teenager who uses any pronouns(+has to many names/aliases) and deals with neurodivergent-ness and other brain things that I am not comfy sharing to the internet.

DNI if MAP/NOMAP, truscum, transmed, terf, support autism speaks, support xncest/xncestous relationships, trxmp supporter, nxzi sympathizer/supporter, or are just ableist/racist/homophobic/a general bigot.

Also any fo with a * next to them means I'm uncomfortable sharing them, if you have a tag for me to block then we should be fine otherwise.

(Also I forget to update this post a lot so do keep that in mind when looking!)

For list under cut

Romantic(These ones do tend to shift a lot, but there are some consistent ones)

Marie Splatoon

Computer Obsoletion Prevention Society(Poly Ship)

Licorice Cookie*

Hal 9000

Croissant Cookie

Zora Salazar

Timekeeper Cookie(don't ask how)

Mera Salamin

...rick. from Icecream Man.

Platonic/Familial(Very Consistent, stick around a lot)

Vex Uproar*(only if he's your romantic)

Black Garlic Cookie

Darla Gugenheek

Ramsey Murdoch

Eclair Cookie

Herobrine*(same rule as for vex)

Sam and Max

Basically almost all of the characters in Sam & Max

Indus Tarbella

Kris Deltarune

????(Idk how to describe my relationship with them)

Agent 3 Splatoon*

Cream Unicorn Cookie

Alright that's all I have, thank you for looking and here's a cookie 🍪

[sammyblep]

i'd love to hear your thoughts on sam too!

thank youuuuu also sorry in advance this is gonna get so long--

(edit: also sorry about the formatting tumblr said fuck this post in particular)

How I feel about this character

sam is one of my most favorite characters of all time. the first time i watched spn i was an unapologetic dean girl (gnt) but now i am FULL sam girl (gnt.) This is a character who is told that the world is a dark and dangerous place and that no matter how hard he tries he’s going to become one of the monsters that inhabits it and makes it worse. he’s raised on the leash held by his father and in the shadow of his brother (a shadow that protected him) and he just wants to be able to love them both but they won’t let him. he wants to be able to love and nothing will let him!!! He wants to be able to experience the world in a way that isn’t blood and gunsmoke and pain and he just wants so desperately that he’s willing to rip himself away from what little he’s known to do it.

and the thing is, the world proves him right! he IS a monster. he lets the devil free, the people he loves die endlessly, he chooses a demon over his brother, he allows himself to become demonic for the sake of revenge, because that endless love he has was twisted against the world he wanted to love and used to wound it. and the fact is - it WAS his decision. it’s a decision he has to live with forever and deal with the consquences of. the world proves him right - zachariah’s voicemail, dean telling him to pick a hemisphere, the angels using dean to warn him off his demon blood path, the murder of an innocent woman to kill lilith (cindy I think) - those are all monstrous things.

and sam, after all that - when he realizes what his love has been used for, the hurt and irreversible damage its caused, he takes it back for himself. he realizes he was wrong, and he - the boy who wanted nothing more than to love the world and be loved by it in return - offers up his love to that same dark horrible world that he ruined further. and he does it with no expectations, just determination to make it right. that love overpowers the devil and destiny and the writing of god himself. the same way cas’s love for dean overwrote chuck’s writings in 4x22, sam’s endless love and belief that the world is worth fighting for averts the apocalypse.

this is a man who ruined the world, and willingly; and this is a man who saw what he did and ruined himself, wilingly, endlessly, because he believed in fixing his mistakes. because he believed there was still love and good in the world that tried to kill him over and over. because sam winchester wants nothing but to be free to love anything and everything, and to have even a sliver of that love returned to him.

basically: i love him. i love him so much. sam winchester THE character of all time for me. (him and ned chicane and merle highchurch but that’s another thing-)

All the people I ship romantically with this character

Eileen the love of my life Eileen Leahy!!! She’s badass and understanding and CHOSE to love Sam, and that’s truly what he needed and wanted more than anything else. She’s just - KAJDFNSKAJF i love eileen so so SO much and I think she and her wife Sam Leahy are head over heels in love. They love learning from each other and teaching each other and defending each other with the full knowledge that they can cover their own ass totally fine but that’s not the point the point is that they want to show their love and in their lifestyle this is a good way to do so. I think Sam is absolutely utterly disgustingly in love with Eileen and they want to constantly make that clear to the world and I think Eileen is completely wholly sickeningly in love with Sam and wants to make that clear to Sam. I think they’re neat and I think they’re perfect and I think they’re in love and I love them

Rowena - I haven’t seen a single episode with Rowena but i adore her energy and I think Sam being a sucker for the 600-yr-old queen of hell Rowena MacLeod is INCREDIBLE. Sam sees an incredibly powerful woman with knowledge and experiences beyond his understanding and says ‘is anyone gonna fall in love with her’ and doesn’t wait for an answer.

Gabriel! From the first time I saw Tall Tales I crackshipped him and sam, fun fact. I think there’s a LOT of complexity and nuance to any potential relationship of theirs (which is further complicated by any potential s-13 sabriel bait you wanna incorporate into your own personal good version (i haven’t seen it yet but love and light to y’all)) but I ALSO think too many people lose Gabriel’s characterization in order to make him palatable to Sam. And like no that’s not the point the POINT is they’re enemies-with-instant-tension to lovers! This is the ‘hedonist meets repressed man and they are instantly attracted but also hate each other and have to navigate that’ dynamic that I so rarely see done properly. However the MOST important part of Sabriel for me (as with any ship) is that it’s fun and DOES have a lot of cute potential. (Hedonistic-hugger Gabriel with touchstarved Sam my BELOVED)

Also Sabrieleena is fantastic I am a poly truther for a lot of things

Sarah Blake my first gay crush Sarah Blake... she deserved better and also she and Sam would have been a fantastic wlw relationship

I’m sure there’s more but I’ve forgotten them because it’s been ages since I saw past s5 and I frankly don’t remember much after the beginning of s6!

My non-romantic OTP for this character

I think he and Cas should have been best friends more. Also I *DO* wish we’d gotten a better Sam&Crowley dynamic but alas j*rpad couldn’t step up to the plate :/// fuckin coward

My unpopular opinion about this character

I’m both a Tall!Sam truther and a Tiny!Sam truther... I don’t think either of these concepts are unpopular but idk anyone else who loves them both like i do. Then again I also don’t know many people in spndom sfkjnjkfjaks

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon.

WE SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN TO SEE SAM HAVING A HORRIBLE BREAKDOWN AT SOME POINT. I HAVE OPINIONS ON WHEN AND WHERE BUT THIS MAN MADE OF LOVE FEELS EMOTIONAL PAIN SO HARD AND WHEN THE LOVE HE’S FILLED WITH IS TURNED AGAINST HIM I SIMPLY THINK HE WOULD HAVE LOST IT.

this is technically not him butttt I wish Max Miller had lived so he and Sam could have been best friends (I have s1e14 Nightmare derangement syndrome)

ok i know this said ONE thing but also like you said and like i said in the tags of your response for sam. HE SHOULD HAVE KEPT HIS POWERS.

(send me a character and I’ll break their asses down)

[proteuus]

you should tell us your favorite things abt the board of directors

oh Gladly . thank u for the ask !!

@aliceteresamarie - ceter is my best friend in the world and I love everything about them very much. I love talking to them and being around them, they're so nice and fun to be around and their sense of humor is absolutely peak. i also haunt the cetercore tag on their blog the vibes r peak

@nox-ceur - my faux older sibling :-) i think elle’s vibes are simply immaculate, their aesthetic is Top Tier. i also really admire their attitude against taking bullshit from people, i know they could and would beat up anyone who bothered them or any of their friends and i try to harness that energy lol

@saturns-old-bones - this is clear from just about everything I've said about liza on this platform but I do think liza is just abt the coolest person I've ever met. she's very smart and very good at art and writing and idk! just think she's neat :-)

@orc-hestral - sam !! sam is actually my oldest online friend (like. in terms of how long i’ve known them.) and we are married and i love them very much. they are very funny and sweet 2 talk 2 and very smart in obscure subject areas (lol)

@zagreus-eats-your-bread - jo is just so cool 2 b honest. they’re super funny and smart and from all the pictures they’ve posted of themself i just Adore their fashion sense. vibe city overall

@islaaries - isla is just. a very interesting person. idk i think her entire perspective on life is very funny and i love listening to her talk about stuff because the way she tells things is just so fun

@nostalgic-romantic - max is one of the kindest people i’ve ever met, no exaggeration

@mx-pat-henrietta-julian-carter - pat is a pretty upbeat and positive person and it’s clear xe is full of a lot of love and i really admire that about xem and try to harness that energy. i’ve also been lucky enough to read some of xe’s original fiction wips and they are 👌 👌

@timetravelspider - liv is so fun and nice and she always has a lot of interesting stories to tell, absolutely adore having her in our gc :-) she also said she would watch football with me sometime so hell yeah lol

@brightbluesubaru - jay is another one of my friends who is incredibly cool. his vibes are just very good, he’s super funny and i adore his art and writing it is So good

so yeah !! hope all my friends are having a good night :-) 

[heartcravings]

17 questions: tagged by @baixien @kafkascupcake @pupchanyeol @starchild--27 ♡ thank you so much for thinking of me and i'm sorry it took me so long but this got lost in my drafts!

nickname: sam

zodiac: capricorn

height: 1.67cm /5'5

hogwarts house: ravenclaw

last thing i googled: exo obsession album cover (my mum was sure she had seen their album for sale in a local store. it was in fact bts's xD)

song stuck in my head: monster by irene and seulgi (i sing it to my cats during play time xD)

number of followers: it doesn't matter how many, i love them all ♡

hours of sleep: normally 7h, but yesterday i got 5h i think.

lucky number: i don't think i have one. i like the 27 but it never brought me luck, just yeollie.

dream job: honestly idk. i used to want to be a researcher, but at the same time, right now, all i want is steady income.

currently wearing: an old black thank-top and black boxers with little white stars. messy hair and glasses.

favourite song: it is always a changing thing tbh, but currently chanyeol's nothin'. the guitar reef makes me feel things

favourite instrument: i think the oscilloscope is a pretty awesome tool xD kidding, idk, i love all music, but the cord instruments always sound pure to me, from the piano, bass and violin, to the big complex asian instruments whose names i don't know.

aesthetic: yes please (i'm a mess and love almost all of them)

favourite author: José Saramago. i'm also very much in love with 'This is how you lose the time war' so maybe Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone but i need to read more from either of them before i actually have a fave. from fanfics @thedeviousdo @jongin-be-my-jagi @kyungseokie @yeoldontknow @hkynm @marshmallow-phd are my faves ♡ (though i haven't been reading much lately, sorry author-nims ♡)

random: i'm having hard times figuring out who i wanna be and how i should live my life. it was already a transition period, but covid changed a lot of the things i thought i could have and be. sorry for being on and off here, but it has been quite hard. i hope you all are having beautiful days though ♡

tagging: @ciaozhan @byuns-coco @byunfirstlady @xiuminscheeks @thedeviousdo @jongin-be-my-jagi @marshmallow-phd @kyungseokie @yeoldontknow @delhyun @vivapolos @dokyunqsoo @shadoukiti @is-that-baekhyuns-shirt (only if you want to! feel totally free to ignore this!)

[xplr-beauty]

Tag Thingy

Tagged By: @chocohoshi34 thank you so much for the tag Kuppy!

Rules: Tag 10 followers you would like to get to know better

Name: Max

Gender: Female (shocker!)

Sexuality: Straight

Hogwarts House: Slytherin

Favorite Animal: Frogs, Kangaroos, Monkeys, Koalas (Those kinds) but I love all animals!

Current Time: 2:19PM

Cats or Dogs: Dogs :) but I like both! I actually have 2 kittens named Fynn & Bridgette and a puppy named Mamo

Dream Job: Waitress throughout school while I study Psychology & Photography then when I get married I wanna be a house wife. I've wanted to be a waitress since I was 2 years old cause I've always loved food and felt like people should enjoy eating it so I'd love to see the smiles on peoples faces when I bring them their meal. Then House wife cause I love to clean and I want 5 kids (4 boys 1 girl) It's not for everyone but this has been my life's dream forever now!

When I Made This Blog: I made a blog way too many years ago (not this one) it was a fashion blog and through it I learned a lot about reaction blogs and since I love music and stuff I decided to make this one about 1 year agoish tho I didn't start posting til a month or two ago.

Reason For My URL: XPLR was inspired by Sam & Colby (xplr merch) and it's all about seeing the world, stepping out of your comfort zone and exploring new things. I loved that and the beauty half is because I feel everyone is beautiful and perfect in their own ways so it's kind of like 'xplr your own beauty and find the perfections inside of you' (to me at least idk how y'all take it or at all)

@imreallyawkard @lilpeachmochi @mochijams @bangmircyy @hannie-squirrel00 @yoongimyheartu @101errorkpop @kdream-factory @minhoscrybabie @skz78 And anyone and everyone else who is interested!

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A Harmless Crush ♡

Pairing: Bucky Barnes X Reader

Summary: Assigned to the Winter Soldier by S.H.I.E.L.D to help him to accommodate to society, staying in the Avenger’s tower, and occasionally doing paperwork for STARK industries, you’ve grown close to James Buchanan Barnes, developing a crush on him in the process. So when you, reluctantly, tag along to a baseball game with the Avengers, and the kiss cam lands on you and Bucky, things get interesting.

A/N: idk but with all this Sebby Stan all over ig, I’m in the Bucky fluffy mood so and for once I’m gonna do a shy, bit of an introverted reader, explore that, so enjoy this mushy crap it’s so cute and lemme know what you think :) if you want a part two

Warning: super freaking soft, mild language cause it’s me, fluff to the max, you’ll get a toothache from the sweetness I swear

You step lightly into the Avenger’s living room, having been all but physically forced to go to this baseball game, to get out of the tower as they told you, but you refused to agree unless you could bring a book along with you. You had stuffed it in your small backpack, hanging loosely off one of your fuzzy, sweater clad shoulders, a cold day in spring. You roll up your sleeves to your forearms, sporting a pair of dark, high waisted jeans and converse along with it, Nat doing a small twirl with her finger to get you to spin for her. 

“Cute. Very cute,” she wears a satisfied smile and you’re eyes are drawn over to Bucky, tucked in the corner of the room with his arms folded over his broad chest, keeping to himself, as do you. He wears his long, brunette hair back, tied in a bun, tendrils falling down the front and over his cerulean eyes, casted downwards at his scuffed, army boots, crossed over each other. 

He senses a pair of eyes on him, something that has become second nature to him, the feeling of knowing when you’re being watched, but he looks up anyway, delightfully surprised to see your flushed face and e/c eyes looking over at him. Everything about you was soft, he thinks, your sweaters, your laugh, your eyes when you look at him, your smile, your heart, your features, no harsh lines or sharp angles, only soft curves and dips, like a watercolor painting gently done by someone who knew what they were doing. You’re a work of art, precious and untouchable, a Monet painting that’s even more beautiful up close. His own lips curve into a smile at the sight of you in your favorite outfit, causing you to bashfully look away, hiding in your best friend, Nat, feeling her vibrating laughter when you tuck yourself into her.

Clapping his hands together to get everyone’s attention, Tony finally speaks up, “We’re all ready, great, let’s get going.”

Steve lays his hand on Stark’s shoulder to stop him for a moment, getting his attention, “Why don’t we walk there, Tony? It’s a beautiful day, it’s not that far, and we’re missing training to-”

“Shut. The. Hell. Up. Cap,” Sam says with a warning glare in the man’s direction, having been excited for his first day off in almost a month, wanting to savor every second of it.

“If you want to walk and damage a hip, Gramps, you can, but I’m taking the car, you all do what you want, just be there by 2:00,” Tony looks down at his mortgage payment of a watch. “Which is in thirty minutes.”

Everyone disperses and Nat is the first to ask what your plan is, instinctively making you look behind you to see what Bucky will do next, finding him already looking in your direction.

“Walk with me?” he mouths from across the room, waiting to walk over to you, just as shy as you when it came to this sort of thing, he was just better at hiding it. As he did with everything else.

You barely have time to think before you’re mouthing back, Okay, smiling against your better judgement. But the smile that lights up his face in return helps make the bundle of nerves in your stomach you get around him, almost nonexistent.

~~~

“I’m kind of surprised you wanted to walk with me,” he admits after a spell of blissful silence, accompanied by woodland creatures scurrying past, couples making small talk, and trees humming along with the tune of the wind. 

You snort at the absurdity of his statement, “Why? I enjoy being with you,” you risk a glance at him and he’s meeting your eyes before you can mentally prepare yourself for the emotional turmoil you’re experiencing, deciding to back track. Deny, deny, deny. “Hanging out with you. Jesus. I sounded so creepy when I said that, didn’t I?” you let out a soft breath of laughter, fuck, fuck, fuck, running a hand through your hair, tugging at the ends in frustration.

He throws his head back with a rumbling laughter that doesn’t help the butterflies in your stomach or die them down any less, only adding fuel to the fire when his fingers intentionally brush against your arm. “You didn’t, I promise. You never sound creepy, I don’t think someone as adorable as you is capable.”

You smile, color filling your face, pressing a hand to your cheeks to calm the heat flooding there. It’s the cutest thing Bucky has ever seen. “Thank you.”

He looks you at you for a moment before speaking, “No problem, doll.” Then he laughs, “And, Y/N, did you even want to go to the game today?”

You love when he says your name, so much so you’ve suddenly gotten weak in the knees, the two of you slowly walking closer to each other, sides touching every so slightly, stepping in time, on the same beat, “Not at first, no, I don’t really do...”

“Big crowds?” he cocks an eyebrow.

“Social situations,” you finish instead, tucking hair behind your ear. “And, well, that, too.”

He chuckles deeply, sending vibrations from your head to your curled toes, fiddling with a loose strand from your sweater, twirling it around your finger, “I get it. So much... you have no idea.” He doesn’t have to say anything further for you to understand what he’s implying, glancing furtively at his vibranium arm.

You touch his metal arm and he turns towards you out of reflex, the only touches he’s gotten being ones that have intentions of inflicting pain on him, but your touch is gentle and not at all ill-willed, tracing the red star painted on it, feathery light with wide eyes. You take and drink him in instead of pushing him away. He’s a real life piece of a museum, you think, and you’re fascinated.

“I think your arm is pretty cool, actually,” you pull your hand back, his eyes watching your movements cautiously. It comforts you, almost, knowing he’s just as nervous as you are, possibly even more so. “Besides... you’re not your arm or what it symbolizes, you’re you, you’re Bucky.” You laugh and shake your head, giddy all of a sudden when you look at his awestruck expression, “If that makes any sense.”

“You really think that?” his pace slows as you two arrive at the stadium’s gates, your friends waiting just on the other side. 

“Of course,” you say it simply.

“Damn, doll, I could kiss you right now,” he teases you, he does that a lot, teasing you as if he knows you wish it wasn’t just teasing, but you know that’s just how he is, flirty and boyish. You brought it out in him. You just didn’t know it yet.

“Tony wouldn’t let you hear the end of it if you did,” you let him know, cursing yourself for playing along when you really need to change the subject before you spontaneously combust.

His hand presses into the small of your back when he sees the large crowds of people blocking the entrance, making you stiffen beneath him, something he notices and secretly revels in, “Ah, doll, but it’d be so worth it,” he whispers by your ear, and you feel the curl of his lips against your skin, the rumble in his voice. 

“I don’t know, Stark can be pretty relentless,” you say, breath catching towards the end, when he pulls you to his side as someone almost runs into you, keeping you close. He looks behind him and glares at the man that almost pushed you down, muttering swear words under his breath. 

“I can handle him,” he looks at where his hand is and you expect him to shy away, but he only grips tighter, “I’ll let go of you if you’d like.”

“No, no... you should keep doing it,” you move closer to him as you walk, locking eyes with him and he smiles, raising his eyebrows. “For safety reasons.”

“We don’t want you getting trampled, kitten,” he grins boyishly, crinkles by his eyes making a dominant appearance. “I like you in one piece if it’s all the same.”

“I’ll try not to disappoint,” you play along with an equally bright smile, looking ahead of you at your smirking friends, Clint tracing a heart around the two of you and Sam rolling his eyes so hard you’re sure he’s pulled something.

Steve and Nat cast knowing glances to each other, conspiring, no doubt. Tony gives you his best overprotective dad look and Bucky slips his hand to rest on your back once again, looking to you when everyone begins walking to the seats. 

You all get to your seats, at the highest level in box seats, thanks to Stark, and the game looks as if it’s about to start. You sit down in one of the middle seats, Nat sitting on one side of you and Bucky down on the other, leaning back in his seat to get comfortable. He smiles at you when you look over and you’re met with a smirk from Nat, smug as hell.

“Don’t,” you lean back in your chair.

“Don’t what?” she leans forward to stare at you, lifting an expert eyebrow, years of practice, she’s so good at that, not letting any emotion appear in her expression, just calculated precision. She shows you what she wants you to see. “Let Bucky know you have the fattest cru-”

“Romanoff!” you clamp a hand over her mouth and she nips at your skin, causing you to pull your hand back, shaking it out. 

She smiles knowingly, “I’m sure he already knows, anyway.”

“You don’t mean that.”

“Only time will tell, Y/N, enjoy the game,” her eyes glitter with ulterior motives that spark something, the match to the gasoline. She’s done something. 

“Nat,” you lean towards her. “Nat, what the hell did you do?”

She ignores you, only gifting you a smile as an answer, and you’re forced to sit back in your seat, your hand right next to Bucky’s. 

“Good afternoon, New York!” the announcer rolls out, voice as loud as booming thunder followed by equally thunderous laughter and applause, reminding you of an old friend of yours. “We have a very special group of guests here with us today, say hello and give a warm welcome to them for our stadium, the Avengers!”

“How cheesy,” you cross your legs, earning a light snort from Bucky, about to pull out your book to read and escape into until you see the jumbo-tron displaying you and your friends, zooming in on Sam, Clint, and Steve.

“I thought you said we were trying not to attract any attention,” Nat side-eyes Tony.

“I lied,” Tony smile, already fixing his hair.

“What do you say, folks, we make some sparks fly and put the kiss cam on a lucky couple?” the obnoxious announcer asks the crowd, earning an uproar of agreement that only amuses Tony. 

The kiss cam lands on Clint and Sam for a brief moment, Clint leaning in, “Come on, boo bear.”

Sam looks at him, expression as blank as canvas, “No.”

The audience reacts with bubbling laughter, the camera falling on Natasha and Tony next. Tony has his arms spread out on either side of him with his legs crossed, subtly sliding his jet black shades down the bridge of his nose like he can’t be bothered when he sees the camera, “Oh, hi, didn’t see you there, I’m T-”

“Shut up,” Nat shoots him down with only a stare, flipping off the camera, barely glancing in its direction.

You shriek when it starts turning and instinctively tuck yourself into Bucky, him having pulled up the arm rest just before, he lets out a quiet OOF when you barrel into him, wrapping his arms around you to steady you, keeping you close. Your head buried in his chest, hoping you could just stay here for the rest of the time with no further complications.

“Doll... I might regret asking this, but what are you doing?” he whispers in your hair, just above the shell of your ear. 

“I’m sorry, I panicked. I don’t like being the center of attention, not to mention an entire baseball stadium full of attention,” you whisper, muffled into his shirt.

“Then I hate to tell you, kitten, but the cam is on us right now,” he mutters and you extract yourself from out of his arm to see the entire stadium looking in the two of you’s direction, all collectively sucking in one breath. 

“I think we’ve found our lucky couple, ladies and gentlemen! But, aw, they look shy, let’s give them a little encouragement, shall we?” 

KISS, KISS, KISS!

“Doll,” Bucky whispers to you, both of you looking at each other and perhaps, if it weren’t for your anxiety riddled nerves at the moment, you’d kiss him yourself, for that nickname and stare alone. “We don’t have to do it.”

“I don’t know if we’d get away with that.”

His cheeks are filled with bright shades of scarlet, you almost want to laugh at that, the Winter Soldier, blushing because of you. It brings a smile to your face looking at it, and your hands are now touching, close enough to him for you see the shadows of his face and the stubble on his jaw. How gold flecks line his blown irises, tinged with icy blue and quartz.

“I’ll just kiss your cheek, then, is that alright?” he asks, tentatively, moving only slightly closer as the crowd grows impatient. You nod slowly.

He leans forward and presses a soft kiss to the corner of your jaw, missing your cheek and you feel his lips curl against your skin at the way your face heats up beneath him, gripping his hand.

“You seem to have enjoyed that,” he whispers by your ear once again.

“Come on, lovebirds, give us a real kiss! We won’t leave you alone until you do it,” and the chanting rises up again, started up by your instigating friends.

“To be honest, I didn’t want it to happen like this,” he mumbles, his chest rising and falling, eyes trained on your mouth.

“For what to happen?” you say, but he doesn’t hear you, and it might as well be summer, you’re burning under your clothes, forehead laden with nervous sweat and you’re lost for breath.

He half smiles, “Me kissing you.”

You grin, burning brightly, about to question it further until you’re drowned out by the rest of the stadium, in need of their fix of drama you haven’t yet supplied them with. Bucky finally just slides his hand to the back of your neck, cradling your head in the palm of his hand, tangling fingers in your hair when he pulls you to him, his lips colliding with yours, simply, completely, and mind-numbingly well.

The crowd cheers but you’ve drowned them out, hearing only the loud thumping of blood pounding in your ears, his calloused hands on your skin, and the intoxicating scent of his cologne. And you know you need to pull away, but the man is taking you apart and putting you back together all at once, you’re frozen in place. He’s reached into your chest and has made your heart beat for you when it has stopped on its own. The questions that have plagued your mind in the months of knowing the ex-assassin, all finally answered with one painfully complicated action. 

His thumb brushes over your cheekbone and traces a star into your skin, marking you as his, like the one on his arm, taking his time to kiss you sweetly and as masterfully as possible. And his tongue, his tongue, sinfully drawing over your bottom lip and luring out your own, fighting for dominance that you’ve already given unto him. You’ve fallen into and for him, unable to resurface. But you’re not sure you want to. Because there’s a reason it’s falling in love, it’s sudden, abrupt, and scary, and it’s just hit you now how seriously and far you’ve fallen. It’s the grand canyon of loves. 

And the kiss was only thirty seconds.

The applause that follows you breaking away with a gasp is close to deafening, Nat being one of the loudest right by your ear, but you’re staring at him, his swollen, pink mouth, flushed cheeks, and mussed up hair, busy and ruffled from your wandering hands.

“Now, that is what I’m talking about, ladies and gentlemen. Give it up for the loving couple! That was one steamy kiss.”

“Indeed it was,” Nat says smugly, smirking to herself.

He searches your eyes and smiles apprehensively, reaching out to swipe his thumb over your bottom lip, trying to make sure this really happened, “I think we need to talk.”

You nod quickly, “I think we do.”

You were so fired.