Six is Plenty Stucky/LokixThor/Marvel

Chapter 13: Steve

Steve woke up with Bucky twined around him and the other side of his bed empty. He'd fallen asleep with Charlie pressed up against his back, but he wasn't there now. He assumed Charlie was up and getting ready for his morning run and, on a whim, he decided to rush and see if he could catch up with him.

He gently extracted himself from Bucky's arms and kissed him lightly on the forehead. He stirred a little and then cuddled back under the covers. Bucky was not a morning person by any stretch of the imagination. Steve hadn't really been a morning person either until he started running with Charlie. It had been almost a year and a half since then, and he got up to run and workout with Charlie almost everyday now.

He quickly threw on a workout shirt, joggers, and a pullover. He walked out into the hall just as Charlie emerged from the other bedroom. Steve glanced over his shoulder and saw Nicky and Loki curled up against Thor, and they were all shirtless. He let his eyes linger over Thor's chiseled chest and shoulders for just a moment before looking back to Charlie.

Charlie smirked and closed the door, and they both headed for the front door.

They took up a slow pace and ran for about forty minutes until they finally slowed to a cool-down walk and Charlie led them towards their favorite coffee shop.

"So, Thor finally slept over..." Steve murmured.

"He did indeed. I wonder if that signifies a shift in his relationship with Loki and Nicholas or if it means a shift in his intentions with us?" Charlie mused.

Steve cracked his knuckles anxiously. He'd asked Thor for more time before they began to date so he could finish his newest project, but he had wrapped it up that past weekend.

He'd spent the entire week thus far obsessing over what to do and how to tell Thor he was kind of, sort of ready, but also very much not ready.

He was the only one in the house who hadn't dated Loki, so it had been almost two years since he'd embarked on a new relationship.

Charlie took his hand, and stopped him from popping his knuckles again. "You don't have to pursue anything with Thor if you don't want to. It's completely fine if you just want to be with Bucky, Nicholas, and me."

"It's not that I don't want it...I just feel like I don't have the stamina or the...emotional capacity to be the one to pursue him. I think whenever he is ready and interested in me I'm more than willing to give it a shot but...I don't know where to take a wealthy businessman on a date. I don't know how to...to impress him or make him want me the- the way I want him. The way I've always sort of wanted him."

Charlie squeezed his hand. "I think Thor has made it very clear he is interested in you as well. But if you have any concerns you should just raise them with him, I'm sure he'd be happy to discuss it with you."

They donned their masks and stepped into the coffee shop. "Do we know what Thor likes to drink?" Charlie asked.

"I think I usually see him drinking unsweetened lattes?"

Charlie chuckled softly. "Bet he'll love Nicholas and Loki's orders."

Charlie paid for their six coffees and carried them back to the house. Charlie grabbed his coffee and walked to the couch to flip open his laptop. "I have a call in about 15, don't think I have time to shower and change. I'll just take it out here."

Steve nodded and placed Bucky's coffee in the fridge. He knew Bucky would still be asleep, but he wasn't sure about the others.

He tentatively opened the door to the right bedroom and saw Thor sitting up in an empty bed, scrolling on his phone.