Champagne Problems
Pairing: Sam Wilson x Desi!Reader
Summary: Sam Wilson, a different man from a different world. Yours is a love story of fighting the odds. A love story that the sceptics will forever call, champagne problems.
Warnings: alcohol, angst, cultural differences, heartbreak, marriage proposal
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He booked the night train for a reason. So he could sit there in this hurt. Bustling crowds or silent sleepers. He’s not sure which is worse.
Washington is cold with a bitterness that only comes from heartbreak. Iciness seeps into skin. Hot breath swirls in wisps in the cool air. Cobalt skies earn a firm tug of your coat. None of it could compare to the sharp shards Sam is still picking from his heart. And your own heart aches for him.
New York calls. Your persuasions unwanted, justifiably so. Family, friends, hotels, none are enough to warrant a stay. Perhaps distance will lessen the ache. Perhaps distance will heal his hurt. Staying in a city with you would only be salt in his wounds. Your presence right now pains him, unspokenly so. You both know it and yet, you make no effort to leave and Sam, he has few objections.
Comfort, hesitation, love that can’t be commanded. A few precious minutes, one final memory together. Sam, handsome in his smart suit and you can’t help but think he imagined his tie loosened for a different reason. The way your hand had smoothed it over, fingers straightening the knot, touch lingering all to breathe in the scent of musk and tonka bean. Now, it’s an image of suffocating tiredness. You, in a powder blue lengha, it trails delicately along the pavement. Kameez embroidered in rich gold and silver, just visible under your coat. Sam had called you a princess, his beautiful princess. Now, he can barely look you in the eye.
Your offer to wait until his train arrives met with awkward pause.
“Ideally, you would have said ‘yes’ to that.”
Ouch 💔 this one hurt!!
@uncafeavecbarnes angst may be out of your comfort zone but you do it so very well 😘 🤗