Sambucky One Shots

┌ Just tell me ┘

University au
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Sam pulled his bag over his shoulder after checking that he had everything. His books, his work attire, etc. He pulled on his shoes, doing up his laces. He was in a bit of a hurry, as he had work in ten minutes, but the cafe he worked at was, luckily, on campus. It wasn't far to go.

He flicked off the lights and left the room, locking the door behind him. He checked his watch as he went down the stairs, pushing open the doors to the outside. He had five minutes, it would be fine. He began to jog to the cafe, the contents of his bag jostling around as he ran.

He approached the building, it's brick exterior welcoming him. He pushed through the doors and hurried to the staff room, paying no mind to Natasha as he entered. She chuckled at his hurried entrance.

"Sam, two minutes!" she called, and he replied with an annoyed 'okay'. Natasha went around the cafe, making sure everything was ready and in place before they opened. Sam emerged from the back, followed by Pietro and Wanda.

"Pietro, can you put the open sign up?" Asked Natasha, and Pietro nodded, approaching the doors to do so. Natasha turned to Sam with a raised eyebrow.
"You were almost late." she said, giving him a once over, "and fix your uniform, you look messy."

Sam nodded, and began doing as she said. Wanda went to stand behind the counter, getting ready for customers to arrive. Mostly, students who needed their coffee to make it through the day. Pietro came round back behind the counter. It wasn't long before the bell rang on the door to let them know someone had entered, and Wanda got ready to take their order.

Bruce was the one who had entered, and he approached the counter, a worried look on his face. Wanda smiled at him.
"Hey, Bruce," she said, "what would you like today?"
Bruce exhaled, running a hand through his hair.
"Uh, just the usual please. I'm picking up for Tony as well." he said, taking his phone out of his pocket when it began vibrating and pinging him with constant messages.
"Alright then." said Wanda, tapping his order into the screen beside the counter. Bruce gave her a smile before leaving to wait for his order.

Pietro began making the coffees, and as he did, two more people came into the cafe. Sam looked up from what he was doing when he saw it was Steve and Bucky. A smile automatically appeared on his face.

"Wanda!" A call came from the back room, from Natasha.
"Sam!" called Wanda, gesturing him over. He raised an eyebrow.
"What?" Said Sam, walking over to her. She jerked her head in the direction of the staff room.
"I need to go help Natasha, can you serve the next few customers?" she said, already walking away. Sam rolled his eyes.
"Yeah." he said, assuming his place at the counter.

He heard a brief part of Steve and Bucky's conversation.
"You got get a table, I'll go order." Steve had said, and Bucky had gone off to do just that. He chose a two seated table in the corner. Steve approached Sam at the counter, giving him a grin.

"Morning, Sam." He said, and Sam smiled in return.
"Mornin' to you too. What can I get you today?" he said, typing a few things into the system. Steve bit his lip as he looked at the menu above the counter.
"Hmm, I'll have a peppermint and Liquorice tea please," he said, "and a flat white for Bucky."

The day went by and many people came and went. Most ordered to take away, whereas a few sat in. It began to rain later in the day, and less people came around. Sam was cleaning the coffee machine, often warily glancing at Steve and Bucky in the corner. He hoped they wouldn't see him, he felt like he was staring. A slow quiet song was plaything throughout the cafe, and Sam hummed along to it softly.