Third Wheels a Charmer

“So,” Steve said with very forced casualness as he straightened his shirt in the mirror. “Peggy’s bringing a friend.”Bucky groaned. “Not this again, Stevie. I don’t need you setting me up on pity dates.”“That’s funny, because I distinctly remember somebody telling me that there was no pity in setting up a friend.” Steve said, smiling in faux-innocence.And that right there was the heart of Bucky's problem. Because he really couldn’t complain about Steve trying to set him up when he’d spent years doing the same thing, not without sounding like a hypocrite. Which was probably why Steve was taking such perverse pleasure in this. His first, smug words to Bucky after meeting Peggy had been “Well, maybe she has a friend,” after all. He’d never thought all those times he’d pestered Steve into going on those double-dates would come back to bite him on the ass.