fic: with these hungry eyes (mcu)

Title: With These Hungry Eyes
Fandom: MCU
Characters: Steve Rogers, Original Female Character, James “Bucky” Barnes, Darcy Lewis, Clint Barton, Natasha Romanov, Tony Stark, Thor
Pairing: Steve Rogers/OFC, Minor James “Bucky” Barnes/Darcy Lewis, Minor Clint Barton/Natasha Romanov
Rating: Teen and Up
AO3 Tags: Bucky Barnes Is a Good Bro, Bucky Barnes as comic relief, meet cute, Canon-Typical Violence, Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, t6ksongfic, T Shows Her Age Songfic Challenge, Artist Steve Rogers, Not Avengers: Infinity War Part 1 (Movie) Compliant, Not Captain America: Civil War (Movie) Compliant
Summary: All Steve wanted was a place to escape the weight of being Captain America for a little while. When he falls for a waitress who doesn’t recognize him as a superhero, things get complicated.
Notes: Written as part of ~tilltheendwilliwrite​'s 6k T Shows Her Age Song Challenge. Congrats on 6000 followers, T! My song was "Hungry Eyes" by Eric Carmen, and, well... we may have gotten a long ways away from the original song, but I like where this story ended up. This fic assumes that all the Avengers are living happy and well in Avengers Tower in New York and that SHIELD isn't a HYDRA front. For reasons.

Also much love to ~mywildestdreamings​ for the lovely beta!

Wild Billy’s Barbeque was more of a dive than anything else, tucked in a small corner lot ten blocks from the Avengers’ Tower. The kind of place where the finish had worn off the tables, the condiments came in squeeze bottles, and the food was so good, Guy Fieri would want to eat there.

(Yes, Steve watched Diners, Drive Ins, and Dives late at night with Bucky when neither of them could sleep, and Food Network was fond of reruns. He had not, however, thought his best friend would get so involved in watching Chopped that he once threw a knife into the TV and had to replace it before Tony found out.)

Most of all, Steve liked the fact that he could slip in, snag a table in the back, and grab a sandwich without anyone bothering him. Those moments of peace, of being able to feel something close to normalcy, was all Steve needed. No one ever knew where he snuck off to - his own little sanctuary. He didn’t think it could get any better.

And then he noticed her.

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