#..eventually

Bucky stumbled over Steve’s channel by accident, he doesn’t really use social media, isn’t on the internet much in general, but he instantly liked Steve’s stream

It’s a pretty cozy stream and even though the channel has been growing steadily, Steve’s interacts with chat a lot and there’s lots of regulars

this is pre-serum Steve btw

alright so chat gives suggestions for what he should eat, some people suggest he order out, but Steve tells them he doesn’t want to waste money on delivery

@wintersoldi3r: “What if someone paid for it?”

Steve reads his comment out loud, “Well, if you want to pay for my lunch I won’t stop you.”

It takes Bucky a few minutes to enter his card details, but when he does he sends a donation with just the words “For lunch.”

Bucky anxiously waits until the alert comes up, Is he gonna think this is weird? I just sent some money, so he can buy food. It’s not weird. But I do want to see him eat on-stream. Oh, God, why did I do this.

Bucky is a bit awkward and socially anxious in this and not very good with words (...same tbh 😅)

But when Steve sees the donation he just thanks @wintersoldi3er for saving him from having to cook

Bucky sighs relieved and scolds himself for freaking out about something this simple

Then Steve asks, “Since you donated, do you have any suggestions what I should get?”

And Bucky is back to freaking out, because Steve said it all casually and he’s the weirdo for having very inappropriate thoughts of feeding this guy an entire pizza

“Whatever you like.”

Bucky heart is pounding, discussing what to eat for lunch should not be this nerve-wrecking,he thinks, it can’t get any worse than this

“Pizza it is.”

Bucky groans and scrubs his hands over his face, when he looks up Steve is pulling up a website to order online, this shouldn’t be as exciting as it is

Bucky stays quiet while Steve orders with the help from chat

“Which toppings do you guys like?”

“I mean I never really understood the pineapple on pizza debate.”

“Ew, why would you put fish on pizza though?”

“You get an order of garlic knots if you order a large pizza.” Bucky helpfully points out, not because he wants Steve to order more food

he just wants to make sure Steve gets the most bang for his buck, right?

I’m not forcing him to eat anything, I’m just being helpful, he argues with himself, but the other half of his brain knows very well why he wants Steve to order the larger size pizza and a side dish as well

When Steve doesn’t answer immediately and just frowns at the screen, Bucky’s thoughts start spiraling again

Oh, God, he thinks I’m some internet weirdo that wants to see him eat. Why did I think this was ok to say someone.

Bucky is two seconds away from just closing the stream

But then Steve stops frowning when he manages to change the size of the pizza and the option to add a side dish for free pops up

“Awesome. Thanks, wintersoldi3r,” says Steve like it’s no big deal, which it probably isn’t, but Bucky is incredibly tense anyway