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Bucky may have bitten off more than he could chew with this job, he thinks, as he ambles along the sidewalk to the cafe after leaving campus. He is running off the fumes of exhaustion and hasn’t had more than 3 hours of uninterrupted sleep in the past week. Between his students and his thesis, he knows that it’s foolish to try so hard to hang on to his barista gig, but DC isn’t a cheap place to live and Bucky can’t live with other people.
Bucky is just trying his best, despite being a human disaster.
Steve's planned a game of secret santa for the team, but Bucky's got other things on his mind. Like his crush on perfect, ridiculously hot Sam. And how he hates his guts.
Bucky hasn’t worked at the university long, and in the time that he has been here, he’s managed to keep mostly to himself—apart from the occasional visit from Peggy or Sharon, his students are the only people with who he has regular conversations. And yes, he knows that that’s kind of sad, alright? He just… doesn’t do well with new people.
And well- there is Sam Wilson, who is kind, and funny, and friendly to a fault and who will not leave Bucky alone… not that he really wants him to. It’s kind of refreshing the way that Sam refuses to be intimidated or deterred by Bucky’s surliness.