#flustered steve

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Steve spent most days awkwardly flirting with any one that came into scoops ahoy, dropping their change and startling them by being too loud. That and Robin's new input on his love life was making him crazy. And needy for affection. He was pretty sure he was fourteen all over again, it was always too hot and he got flustered way to easily.

prince steve’s parents are detached yet controlling of him, so every so often he rebels and sneaks out of the castle to go visit events and areas in the kingdom he knows will be densely populated. he wears plainer (but still obviously expensive) clothes as well as a thin but long scarf he bunches up around his neck to hide as much of his face as he can, and lets his hair fall naturally rather than his signature styled look. the disguise is barely there, but as long as the attention stays off him and no one gets too close, he never gets caught.

until this time. he’s at some type of crowded market, with everything from herbs to crystals to food being sold there, watching distantly and leaning against a wall. he likes to listen to the people speak so casually and carefree while he’s out, and yearn for the easy companionship people seem to have. but as he’s watching a couple lean against each other as they argue fondly about which baked goods to buy, someone leans on the wall next to him. he glances to them, and finds it’s a man in plain clothes with long dark curls, studying him.

“i was intending to ask for one’s name, but i suspect i already know it.” the mystery man says with a quirked brow, and prince steve adjusts his scarf to cover more of his lower face.

“i know not what you mean.” he tries to play off the observation, but in response he gets a smirk from the man.

“his royal highness is not interested in one peasant’s name? one should not have expected more, i suppose.” the man sighs and drops his head forward slightly. his dramatics cause some curls to fall in his face, and prince steve feels his cheeks redden slightly for a reason unbeknownst to him.

“you may speak plainly, sir.” prince steve suggests to fill the silence.

“only if you speak plainly, your highness.”

“hm.”

“and my name is eddie, though i like ‘sir’ in certain situations as well.” and with that, the man winks and pushes off the wall. he saunters toward a stall held by a small group with what looks to be tarot cards, dramatically flicking his hair back as he goes.

“Steve, sweetheart, come back to me.” He softly patted Steves lower back and rubbed it. “Sorry Eds, I was in my head.” “Anything I wanna know?” he shifted so that he could properly look at his face, and Steve smiled and shook his head. Eddie chuckled softly and a light smile crossed his face. He cupped Steves face with one of his hands, his other one still in his hair.

Title: These Streets

Authors: Nejinee ( @nejineeee)

Rating: Mature

Author Tags: Alternate Universe - Police, Sexual Tension, Anal Sex, Swearing, Humor, Action & Romance, Cop Steve, Police officer Steve, Beefy Bucky

Our Tags: Stucky AU, Modern AU, Cop AU, Post Serum Steve Rogers, Cop Steve, Flustered Steve, Civilian Bucky, Beefy Bucky, Cop Sam, Humor, Cop Action & Shenanigans

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/11591487

Author Summary:

The life and times of Police Officer Steve Rogers and his dealings with the not so classy residents of his local precinct, including Bucky Barnes, the rough muscle with the dreamy blue eyes.

Series: These Streets ‘verse (Part 1)

Review:

Alrighty folks, here’s the start of one of my absolute favorite series!

In this lovely AU, we find the shenanigans of Officer Steve Rogers (usually accompanied by his right hand man Officer Sam Wilson) as he works the beat of his childhood neighborhood...and deals with a very built and frustratingly handsome civilian named Bucky Barnes.

First of all, I love the way this first part is set up. It smacks you right down in the middle of everything without a lot of exposition but don’t worry, because the author leaves plenty of clues for you to figure out the lay of the land. I also love how various common and mundane cop duties are used to introduce the solid amount of MCU characters that make up the cast of this universe.

Now there’s not too much Stucky here are first (and in order not to spoil, I’ll leave you to figure out why) but boy oh boy is there some thirsty Steve in here. And even better, it’s the kind of thirsty Steve wherein he attempts to be very subtle about his need to oogle one Bucky Barnes but he fails so hard. It’s hilarious and I’m very much here for Flustered Steve. There’s also a bit of smut to tide the reader over and of course, it is written extremely well. It’s not super explicit since this is a Mature rated fic but that in no means stops if from being super steamy.