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“I’m not so desperate that I’m sinking to that level yet.”
“What? Resorting to exploiting your position or to downloading a dating app?” Sharon laughs at the exasperated look on his face.
“Either.”
“Well, they do say dating is hard as a celebrity, and that’s certainly what you are now, Cap.”
“Yeah? You got any suggestions for this celebrity?”
She thinks on it for a moment, drinks some of her wine. She’s probably got a few people who could be an option for Sam, actually. “I think you’ve come to the right person,” she tells him, sly smile on her face. “It was previously my job to get people the things they wanted, and I was the best in the business.”
Five times others try to set Sam up on a date (and realize something about his relationship status that he hasn't) plus one time Sam takes matters into his own hands (well, with a little help from Bucky).
When they realize that all the Winter Soldier's interactions with Sam are just him trying to Awkward MurderBot Flirt (TM) with the sexy man, Steve, Tony, and Nat convince Sam to play the honeypot and bring Bucky in.
Sam's pretty sure the honeypot isn't supposed to fall in love with the target, but what can you do?
The perfect man if what a person wanted was a three inch, chocolate, hanging ornament. Bucky twisted the box in his hands again, angling until he could read the words again. He’s sweet and decadently rich! Bucky snorted, he got by just fine, no need for riches he just wanted someone kind. Meet me under the mistletoe! He'd never tell anyone besides Natasha who had caught him in the act one year, but he loved those over the top holiday movies. He couldn't help wishing he'd end up in some ridiculous meet-cute and the hard work of finding someone wouldn't be his problem. He doubted it was in the cards for him, no one had even tried to set him up this year, they must have given up too.
“Happy Saturnalia to us,” he said, kissing Alpine’s head and taking the cat with him to bed. “You’re an okay cat for company, but I wish I really could find the perfect man.”
“I can’t believe you’re making them compete against each other,” Clint laughs from his perch on the kitchen counter, the perfect spot for his designated role as Official Noodle Tester. Well. Semi-Official. Well. Sneaker of Noodles When Phil Isn’t Looking.
Phil closes the oven after putting the garlic bread in, swatting at Clint with the oven mitt. “Frankly, I’m surprised Barnes didn’t volunteer the second he found out it would be against Wilson. Those two seem to just look for any excuse to compete with each other.”
or,
Sam and Bucky are volunteered for the annual Holiday Bake-Off of the school they teach at, and the staff and students are determined this will be when they finally get together.
Redwing comes back to life with an upgraded AI and has opinions. Especially on Bucky.