Teacher!au
Warnings: mentions of harassment
Bucky Barnes watched in disdain as children continued to run around his gymnasium 5 minutes after they were supposed to be gone. His eyes bounced from the clock back to the small children and then to the door. He felt annoyance as he waited for their teacher to come pick them up. This was cutting into his lunch.
"Coach Barnes!" One of the kids chanted, "Watch this!" His glance fell to the children, a little boy named Tommy, as he attempted to shoot a basketball from half court.
"I'm pretty sure you're all supposed to be waiting patiently against the wall for your teacher to come get you." His eyebrows rose in challenge as the kids began to mutter and move back towards their bookbags.
He glanced back to the clock. 8 minutes. She is now officially 8 Minutes late. Just because he's a gym teacher doesn't mean they have a right to take advantage of his time like this. This is just another thing for them to rant about in the extracurriculars group chat.
Finally the doors sprang open.
He got ready to give her a piece of his mind as she walked quickly to him. Though the closer she got, the less angry he was. As she grew nearer he took in her appearance, puffy and bloodshot eyes, runny nose, and shaky hands. She'd been crying.
"I'm so sorry, Coach Barnes! I know this has cut into your lunch period. I'll get them out of your hair as fast as I can. Thank you for keeping them!" She muttered out quickly.
"Hey, hey, hey," he said while gently grasping her wrist, "everything okay? You're usually one of my best teachers?"
She chuckled as a small smile grew on his lips. "Its a long, long story."
"Why don't you join me and some of the extracurriculars at the bar tonight?" He offered, still holding her wrist.
"The extracurriculars?" She asked with the raise of an eyebrow, trying to calm her shaky breath.
"Yeah, tonight it's just gonna be me, Coach Hill, Mr. Rogers, and Ms. Romanoff."
"I would hate to invade," she whispered. Her mind filled with images of the other coach, the art teacher, and the language teacher. As impressed as she was with Ms. Romanoff and her ability to speak an abundance of languages, she was also extremely intimidated. "I'm sure they would be grumpy with one of the 2nd grade teachers showing up out of no where."
"It won't be a problem! Cmon, you look like you could use a night out." He continued trying to convince her.
"Okay, but only if they're okay with it."
"I'll run it by them."
With a nod in response she turned to her students. "Alright kids! Single file! And thank Coach Barnes for his time!"
There was a monotonous 'thank you, Coach' as she led the children on the hallway, sending Bucky a wave as she stepped out of the double doors.
He immediately pulled his phone out and went into the group chat entitled, Planning for a Sub.
Barnes: don't hate me... but I mightve invited another teacher to our bar tonight...
Rogers: If it's Sharon I will absolutely unalive you
Rogers: how many times do I have to tell you I am NOT interested
Romanoff: Who
Bucky couldn't help but chuckle at Steve's messages. He was so easy rowl up.
Barnes: Love bug
