Summary: Imagine, from the time you’re born having a clock that counts down to the time you meet your soulmate. One day you meet Steve Rogers and Bucky Barnes and the clock stops. Now, you have to figure out which one it is.
Word Count: 1,329
Warnings: Language, talk of soulmates, possible smut, trying for a long burn.
Author’s Note: Thank you @captain-rogers-beard for your invaluable help with this. GIF Credit [X][X]
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Only because it was really late and each of you had to work the next day, the three of you exchanged numbers before leaving the diner. Nothing about the situation had been discussed, therefore, no decisions had been made. If anyone wanted to talk, they had your number, and you had theirs.
“What the hell am I going to do?” you asked no one but yourself as you trudged across town to your small apartment. It wasn’t like you could date both of them, figure out which one was truly your soulmate, because there was no way in hell you could have two. Right? It wasn’t how things worked.
Y: Are you up, Wanda?
W: Yeah. Are you okay?
Y: I don’t know. I met him today… my soulmate.
W: How is that a bad thing?
Y: There’s two of them, Wan.
W: Whoa! No way.
Y: Right? And Now… I don’t know what to do. I mean, I can’t date both of them. Can I?
W: Why not?
Y: Wanda, There’s one of me and two of them. It’s not… wouldn’t that be weird?
W: It wouldn’t be weird to me. Can I make a suggestion?
Y: I was hoping you would.
W: Date them both.
Y: WHAT?! No way. I couldn’t… I can’t.
W: If the possibility of having two soulmates is really bothering you, go on dates with both of them. Not TOGETHER, but one date with… what are their names?
Y: Steve and Bucky.
W: 😉 Okay then. Go on a date with Steve one night, and the next, go with Bucky.
Y: And then what?
W: And then you decide who you want to be with.
Y: I don’t know, Wanda. It’s not… weird?
W: Not one bit. Besides, dating two men at one time sounds like an adventure.
Y: I guess.
W: You can do this, YN. Send them a group text tonight, tell them you want to meet them tomorrow.
Y: What if they say no?
W: Are you kidding me?! They’d be stupid to say no.
Y: Okay… I can do this. I can date two men at once and choose who I want to spend the rest of my life with. No pressure.
W: That’s the spirit.
Y: Fake it til I make it.
Wanda was right, you could do this. You just needed to take a shower. And drink a couple bottles of beer. Feeling slightly buzzed, you dropped to the edge of your bed, phone in hand, looking at the two new entries to your contacts; Bucky Barnes and Steve Rogers. Behind both of their names, you had added sm?. Your thumb was hovering over the screen, their pictures staring up at you; Bucky with his cocky smirk, and Steve with his warm and comforting smile.
Before you knew what you were doing, you sent a group text:
Meet me tomorrow at the diner, 5pm.
The two friends were silent the entire cab ride home; it was the longest they had ever gone without talking. Even when they were younger and pissed off, the silent treatment never lasted for longer than an hour. They had met Y/N over nine hours ago, eight of which were spent in silence, holding hands and staring at one another.
Even in their apartment, sitting on the couch, drinking one beer, then another, then another, neither man spoke. Not until Bucky’s phone chimed. Steve’s followed suit half a second later.
Meet me tomorrow at the diner, 5pm.
“What do you think she wants to do?” Steve asked, thumb hovering over the screen, not knowing what to type back.
Bucky huffed out a breath through his nose. “We won’t know until we meet her.”
B: Be there with bells on.
Steve tucked his phone away and took a long pull of beer. “What are we gonna do?”
“Not sure what you mean.”
Chuckling wryly, Steve arched a brow at his friend. “Buck… our soulmate is the same woman. We can’t… share her.”
With a smirk, Bucky’s shoulder bobbed up and down. “Why not?”
When Steve scoffed loudly and looked like he was going to haul off and slug him, Bucky clarified things.
“I didn’t mean it like that, Steve.” He quickly finished his beer and slid it onto the table before draping his forearms over his knees. “But… stay with me here… what if we both date her, let her decide who she wants to be with.”
Steve didn’t answer for several long moments. “If we do this, and that’s a big if,” Steve said sternly. “There’s no scheming, nothing devious -”
“During and after,” Bucky interrupted.
Nodding, Steve finished the conversation. “Whoever Y/N chooses, that’s it.”
Were you really going to do this; proposition two men, date them both at the same time? Maybe you should get up and walk out before you choked on the butterflies that were clawing their way up your throat before Steve and Bucky showed up. You were about to scramble out of the booth when the small bell above the door announced their arrival.
When you looked at them, met each of their gazes, everything else went silent. It was just you and them, no one else existed, no one else mattered. Shit, if this was going to be your reaction every time the three of you met, you really needed to get a handle on it.
As if on cruise control, you stood when they arrived at the booth and pushed up to your toes to kiss the corners of their mouths. A spark of heat coursed through you, urging you to do more, to grab them by the lapels of their jackets and kiss them breathless, but you refrained, only barely.
You waited until they slid into their seats across from you before blurting out the reason you asked to meet them. “What if I dated both of you?”
Bucky laughed and shook his head. “I said the exact same thing last night.”
“Yeah?” you chuckled, the knot of nerves in your throat loosening drastically.
“We think it’s a good idea,” Steve added. “Even came up with a sort of gentleman’s agreement.”
“Sounds interesting,” you couldn’t help but note. “And what are the details of this agreement?” you posed, smiling coquettishly.
Both men shifted in their seats and cleared their throats, but it was Steve that answered first. “With no interference from the other party, we date, and it’s all up to you. Whoever you decide you want to be with, that’s it.”
While a weight had been lifted off your shoulders, a sense of unease bubbled at the back of your throat. “And you… you guys are okay with that?”
Bucky grabbed your hand first. “Absolutely,” he answered low in his throat.
There was a sparkle in his eyes that drove a blush up your neck. The warmth that spread through your veins and settled between your legs brought a question to the forefront of your mind.
“What about sex?” you blurted a little louder than you intended.
There were several chuckles from the booth connected to yours, but Bucky and Steve didn’t bat an eye. “Only when you’re ready,” they replied in unison.
With your brows furrowed, you tipped your head, and looked at Steve. “You have no issue sleeping with the same girl as your best friend.”
“I won’t let it interfere with how I treat you,” he insisted, eyes dropping to your hand that was covered by his friend’s hand.
“But it does bother you,” you pushed, wanting to hear the truth, not what he thought you wanted to hear.
“Yeah,” he murmured. “A little bit. But like I said, I won’t let it interfere with how I treat you, and I won’t do something stupid by trying to sabotage anything between you and Buck.”
Humming softly, you grabbed Steve’s hand, relishing in the zing of electricity that shot through the three of you. “As long as we all agree, let’s date.”
THREE
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