Prompt: Valentine's day + cute meet

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You avoid the alley with the flowers, knowing it will be impossible to cross. You're glad that you have chocolate and strawberries at home, otherwise you'd be out because they are sold out in the store.

Ugh, Valentine's Day.

You got a new recipe you want to try and none of the ingredients at your house. Just because you don't have a date on this capitalist holiday doesn't mean you can't pamper yourself. As a matter of fact, you deserve it.

You quickly go through your list, hoping to avoid the big lines at the cashier as best as you can. But as you're marking an item off your list, you bump into someone and immediately say, "Sorry."

"No, no. It was my fault. I'm sorry."

When his clear eyes settle on you, he stops talking. You can barely remember to form words as you take in his broad shoulders, square jaw and pink lips.

"It... It was my fault. I wasn't paying attention. I'm [Y/n]," you manage, offering your hand.

"Bucky," he shakes your hand back. His smile reaches his eyes, his palm is warm and his fingers long and you miss it the second it's gone. "I should have. Otherwise I would have missed you in this crowd.

Does that counted as flirting? The tone of his voice wasn't sultry or sly, it was like he was confessing something, so you didn't know.

Which led to no response.

"I'm sorry," he says again. "I shouldn't say that to someone like you. You probably have someone waiting for you today."

"I-"

"I won't keep you longer. Have a good date tonight."

And with that, Bucky turns and stats walking away.

"There's not!" you cry and you hope you don't sound desperate, but it gets Bucky to turn back and quirk an eyebrow at you. "A date, I mean. There's no date tonight. Or any night."

Bucky's lips slowly curl like the cat who got the cream.

"Oh."

"Yeah."

Bucky walks back to stand near you, closer than he was before.

"Would you like one?"

There's no restaurant available that night, no surprise. You end up at your place, seating on the isle sipping a wine Bucky had on his hands as he planned to spend the night alone. Bucky cooks the recipe you offered and it ends up one of the best meals you've ever had.

Not such a bad Valentine's Day, after all.