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It was 3am. Nearly everyone in the Avengers tower was tucked up in bed, including you, but the peace was disturbed abruptly when a loud screeching alarm went off, waking everyone up.
“What the?” You said groggily, raising your head off your pillow. “What’s going on?”
Then as if in answer, J.A.R.V.I.S spoke up. His voice ringing through the entire tower. “Avengers, do not be alarmed. A fire has broken out in the building and I must insist you evacuate the premises immediately.”
You shot up out of bed in shock. What was going on? Was this real or a drill? Maybe Stark was pulling a prank on you. Either way you thought it best to take it seriously. You heard footsteps rushing around the tower, and some shouts coming from down the corridor outside your room. Jumping out of bed, you just had time to slip your slippers on before running out of the door.
Natasha nearly collided with you in the corridor.
“Nat? What’s happening?” You asked, rubbing your eyes.
She looked very different in her pyjamas and bed hair, instead of being in her usual black leather jacket, looking perfect. You’d always seen her as a badass, powerful spy, but this seemed to humanise her a bit.
“No idea, but I reckon we should get out.” She said, taking your hand and pulling you towards the stairs.
“Do you think it’s a drill?” You asked, almost tripping over your feet as you rushed down towards the ground floor.
“Could be.” She said, running faster down the stairs than you, “Either that or Stark has done something stupid again.”
“Again?” You asked with a brow raised. “Does this happen often?”
Before she could answer your question Clint and Thor burst through one of the doors to join you on the stairs, they were still in their pyjamas as well.
“Oh hey Nat, hey (Y/n).” Clint called. “You know what’s going on?”
She shrugged in reply. You wondered how all of them could seem so relaxed in a time like this. Your heart was beating a mile a minute and you didn’t have enough breath left to even give him a vague reply, why was this tower so tall?!
Finally when you reached the bottom of the stairs, without falling or collapsing, you saw the rest of the avengers standing outside all looking tired and disgruntled in their sleepwear.
You panted as you walked outside to join them, the taste of blood in your mouth was unpleasant and you wished you’d brought out something to drink now.
“Are you alright (Y/n)?” You heard Steve ask as he walked over to you.
“So many stairs.” You panted out, wiping your forehead with the back of your hand.
You looked up at him, he was wearing a simple white t shirt and sweatpants, but it was Bucky standing next to him that caught your eye. He was only dressed in a pair of black boxers. His arms were crossed over his broad bare chest and his cheeks reddened when he saw you staring at him. Who knew Bucky only slept in his underwear? You were almost glad you’d been woken up in the middle of the night now.
Bucky was equally flustered seeing you in a simple shirt and shorts and tried not to stare for too long.
Steve cleared his throat to draw your attention back to the conversation. You blushed when you realised he’d caught you staring at his half naked best friend and it became difficult to look him in the eye.
“Do you know what’s going on?” He asked.
“No. Not a clue.” You said shortly, running a hand through your hair.
All the other avengers were talking amongst themselves too, wondering what was going on and where Tony was.
“No need to panic.” Tony’s voice came from the front entrance of the building and you realised then you could also hear fire engines approaching quickly.
“There’s been a minor accident but it’ll be dealt with quickly I can assure you.” He said.
All at once everyone began to bombard him with questions. As it turned out Tony had been working on another one of his ‘experiments’ that he refused to give any sort of detail about and a fire had broken out in his lab. Thankfully the fire brigade managed to put it out fairly quickly, and because the fire had only affected his lab, you could all go back to bed.
None of you were very happy with Tony and you all rode the elevator together in silence, some people falling asleep on each others shoulders.
As Bucky, Sam and Steve got out on their floor you followed them, ignoring an inappropriate remark from Tony.
“Bucky, wait.” You called.
He turned back to you as Sam and Steve continued to their rooms, and the elevator went up to the next floor.
“Sorry for uh…” You began, unable to finish the rest of the sentence.
“It’s ok.” He replied with a soft smile.
“I didn’t mean to make you feel uncomfortable.” You said, shuffling your feet and trying not to stare at him again.
He placed his flesh hand on your shoulder gently, he could feel the heat from your body radiating into his hand.
“It’s fine.” He said, “Actually I was thinking that I should walk round like this more often if it’ll get your attention like that.”
He winked and laughed softly at your shocked expression and flushed cheeks. Though his were equally as red.
“I’m kidding.” He laughed, “Good night (Y/n).”
But he wasn’t kidding. The next morning he came to breakfast dressed only in his boxers and gave you an innocent smile which you returned with a frown. He sat down across from you and ate breakfast as if nothing were different. Well two could play at that game, which he would soon find out tomorrow morning…