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Summary: Y/n prepared a surprise on an anniversary for the love of their life.

Additional info: a little bit of sadness, gender-neutral reader

[English is not my first language, so if you see any error please inform me about it. It's a really fast draft that is hunting me for a while, so I'm sharing it before I change my mind]

They were checking everything for the 100th time today. Y/n wanted to have everything perfect for him. He deserves more than he thinks and they wanted to give that. They were dating for 3 years. At the beginning of the relationship, l/n informed him that they hadn't been, are not and will not be interested in marriage but they loved, love and will love him forever. At first, he was hesitant about it, but he knew what they feel for each other.

Today was his 3rd anniversary. They knew that he is on a mission right now and will be a little bit later that day. It was supposed to be an easy mission but what is an easy mission? So they prepared something to ease this stress and after that also something special. They were sure that he will be over the moon. Y/n were tense about it, but Steve and Tony helped them with this surprise and now they were full of excitement. They were bursting with enthusiasm.

They wore outfit that Bucky loves on them. It showed off their perfect body in full highlight, that was what Barnes always told them with lust in his eyes. Their room was prepared for a hot session of love-making.

They came out of the bedroom to the living room in Avenger's compound checking the watch every other second.

"Y/n calm down. He will love it. Don't worry about it too much.", said Captain.

"I'm not nervous. Will I throw up? Maybe, but it's exciting. I can't wait for him to come back. It's our anniversary and it's usually not a big deal, but today needs to be perfect at 110 percent.", answered energetically Y/n.

"Where are flowers?", asked quickly.

"Stop worrying about the perfect night, Y/n/n! He will love it because he will spend time with you. He's so whipped.", grinned Stark, coming to the room from the lift.

"Oh come on. He still less whipped than you.", they rolled their eyes at him jokingly.

"I need to say that Y/n is right. With Pepper, you're something else."

"You too Capsicle? How dare you.."

"I still did not receive an answer about heliotropes.."

"They are at the roof, everything is ready. You just need to lay down and look good for your lover boy.", smirked ex-playboy.

"I wanted to thank you for everything, especially for a tags, but I changed my mind."

Their jokingly bickering stopped the sound of Steve's phone.

"I'm going right now. Do not kill each other. I will be tomorrow."

Right after he left y/n turned to Anthony with a smirk.

"It seems like he also is going to get it today.", they joked.

***

Time swimming relentlessly. L/n looked at a time and sighed. Bucky, Natasha and Maximoff twins are late. They started to worry about what could happen at the mission. James did not answer his phone, which made them even more anxious.

After a few hours, Y/n got a message from their boyfriend informing them that they were going to be late. No explanation, just it. They knew that they could not be mad at him. It is not his fault they thought.

L/n started to clean every single thing up. It was almost 4 in the morning. The last thing was a small box with a bow. They looked at this with sad expression but smile still on their face. Unexpectedly, Bucky daddled to their room.

"Hi sweetheart.", mumbled with a tired smile plastered on his face.

Everything would be alright, but he smelled like alcohol. They bit their tongue to not say something they might regret.

"Were you drinking?", asked calmly Y/n.

"Yeah, sorry. This mission was a total catastrophe, so we thought to get a few drinks to calm the nerves.", responded the blue-eyed soldier.

The only thought that was in l/n mind was he had forgotten.. He really forgot that..

"It's okay, Buckaroo. Let's sleepover today. It's pretty late, or better really early."

Their boyfriend didn't even acknowledge the fact that they were dressed up and still had a box in their hand.

"You're right. I'm going to clean myself up really quickly and I'm joining you in bed."

They just nodded at his statement. After he disappeared into the bathroom, one tiny tear rolled down their face. Their proud posture changed, they felt so small. E/c eyes glisten due to the overwhelming feeling that they felt.

They changed into pyjamas and hide a box in one of the drawers. Y/n lay down on the bed. After minutes they felt the mattress crease under the boyfriend's weight.

"Goodnight, my love."

"Night, night."

***

Y/n could not sleep at all. At 8 in the morning, they were making themselves a cup of coffee. They yawned loudly when Steve entered the kitchen.

"Tiring night?", asked. By the tone of his voice, they could tell that he had a smirk on his fac, but it fall down after l/n turned to him.

The eyebags and red eyes told him that something was wrong.

"What happened?", he came closer hugging them tightly.

"Nothing really, it was just a stupid idea."

"Hey, look at me.", stern tone of great Captain America in his voice. He put his big hands on their cheeks to make them look at him. "Do I need to put some sense in him? Did he decline?"

"No, no.."

Steve looked at them confused, waiting patiently for an explanation.

"He just.. Well.. Forgot."

Rogers eyes went wide. He could not believe this, his best friend was head over heels for this lovely person in front of him.

"I'm not mad, just a little bit disappointed. I did not remind him, cuz I don't want him to feel bad. Maybe I'm going to do it next time. I have more time to think about it."

They cuddled for a few more minutes until they heard a grunt of someone else in a room. They stepped back from each other and turn to a person, who happened to be James Buchanan Barnes.

"Hands to yourself Steve, they're taken.", said jokingly.

He came closed to steal quick kiss and went to make himself a coffee.

To make everything worse, Tony came to the kitchen next. Steve and y/n looked at each other with understanding. Captain tried to distract Iron Man. It did not work.

"Congratulations to new fiancé and fiancé_! And good luck in the new step in your life."