happy wednesday

The Perfect Man (24955 words) by chase_acow
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: James "Bucky" Barnes/Sam Wilson
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Inspired by Hallmark Christmas Movies, Lonely Bucky Barnes, Magical Realism, so many xmas tropes, also some organized crime, Sam's family is awesome, temporary sad feelings before the happy ending, Alpine the Cat
Summary:

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 started so strong on writing this one, and then super started falling off the horse when it came to writing the action scene. Normally I like action, it's fast and I can usually see it all play out in my head to follow the beats. I think it was probably the fact that I didn't want xmas to get here. Oh well. I hope someone enjoys this long nonsense.