(bahahh yes!)
After a little bit, the chatter died down and people finished their meals. Sam and Natasha helped load dishes into the dishwasher and the group slowly moved to the living room for drinks, Thor's bottle of liqueur coming along with him.
"How about we play a game?" Nat suggested as she poured some drinks.
Tony grinned. "Yes. What are we playing?" He replied, taking a drink.
Bucky was quiet, staying near Steve and simply observing. He didn't have anything to say, really.
"Truth or–" Sam started excitedly, "Truth or Dare." He nodded.
"Truth or Dare?" Steve questioned, placing a few glasses on the coffee table next to Thor's bottle and trying to remember if he knew what that was.
Tony grinned, laughing. "Yes!" He crowed. "Perfect!"
Bucky raised his eyebrows, looking at Steve. "What's that?" He asked softly.
Natasha chuckled at Tony's enthusiasm, pouring her own drink, straight vodka, it seemed.
"I think– Is that…" Steve squinted his eyes, trying to think if he'd played it before, "Is that the one with questions? And you gotta do whatever they tell you? Or something?" He asked the group.
Tony nodded. "Yeah. So if I asked you "truth or dare", you would pick one, and either you would have to tell me anything I asked, or you would have to do a dare. Get it?" he asked, raising his eyebrows.
Bucky nodded a little bit.
"Okay, sounds fun." Steve shrugged, sinking comfortably into the couch and only thinking about when he'd get his hands on that Asgardian stuff, not even thinking about how the bet was still on everyone's minds.
"Who's goin first?" He smiled.
Tony looked at Nat. "Not me." he replied. "It wasn't my idea." he took a sip of his drink.
Thor opened up the bottle, and poured glasses for himself, Steve, and Bucky.
Natasha smiled from her glass, rolling her eyes, "Okay– I'll go." She cleared her throat, turning to Bruce, "Truth or dare?"
Steve couldn't get the drink in his hands fast enough. He took a large sip and immediately forgot how strong it was, swallowing with a few coughs.
Bucky cautiously took a sip of his own drink, a much smaller one than Steve had. He glanced over at Steve.
Bruce gave a small, cautious smile. "Dare, I think." he replied, picking up a drink, but not actually drinking any quite yet.
" I dare you to down that." She smiled, nodding at his drink and throwing a knitted blanket over her.
This could turn into a drinking game, Steve thought, taking another sip of his drink, swirling it in its glass.
Bruce frowned a little. "Alright, but I uh…I really shouldn't have too much, you know? I don't want you guys to have to, er…deal with…with a drunk hulk, alright?" he downed the drink in his hand, then set it down.
Sam applauded, taking a small sip of his own drink. Natasha chuckled into her glass, "Who's turn is it next?"
Bruce sighed. "I'll do it. Uhm…Sam, truth or dare?" he asked, raising his eyebrows at the other man.
Bucky took a small sip of his drink, holding it in his right hand so as not to accidentally shatter the glass.
Sam squinted his eyes, deep in thought, "Truth." He nodded, "Truth."
Steve studied his glass as he listened to them, turning it and watching how the ice swirled with the amber drink.
Bruce thought for a moment. "Hm. Well, what's your love life like, then?" he asked, a faint smirk tugging at the doctor's features.
Sam's smile turned playful, straightening his back and shaking his head, "It is fine, thank you." Natasha and Steve laughed at his reply, looking at each other like they knew what they were thinking and earning a tired look from Sam. Steve turned to Bruce, mouthing 'it's not fine,' and chuckling again.
Bruce laughed. "Sam, are you lying to me?" he asked, raising his eyebrows and looking at Sam over his glasses. "Because if you are, shame on you. That's not the spirit of the game, you know."
"I am n–" Sam scoffed, clutching his heart like he was offended, "I'm not lying…" He shook his head, catching Steve's chuckling, "Steve's lying– he doesn't know what he's talking about. My dating life is not at peril."
Bruce squinted at him. "Hmph. If you say so." he removed his glasses, polishing them carefully. "I suppose. Your turn to ask someone, then, Sam."
"Alright." Sam sighed, rubbing his hands together, "TONY." He grinned, pointing to him dramatically, "Truth. Or. Dare?"
Tony smiled, taking a sip of his drink. "Hmm…dare." he replied, looking at Sam and grinning as he waited to hear his dare.
Bucky was silent, watching everyone and observing the game.
"I dare you to sing happy birthday to Thor –Marilyn Monroe style." He laughed, earning a high five from Nat.
Tony laughed, and did the dare. He looked at Thor, his singing wildly off-key and out of tune. Tony, for all his intelligence and swagger, did not have a good singing voice.
Thor laughed, smiling a little.
"Do they sing happy birthday on Asgard?" Steve asked, remembering Thor was probably a couple of thousand years old.
"Parties must have been wild." Sam chuckled, waving his hands for dramatic flare.
Thor smiled. "We do have birthday parties sometimes." He replied. "And wild is quite an apt way to put it, I suppose."
Tony cleared his throat. "There. My turn."
"Wild." Steve smiled, testing out the word and taking another sip.
"Your turn, mhm," Sam repeated, finishing his drink and pouring another, earning a look from Natasha.
Tony took another drink. "Steve! Truth or Dare?" Dare. Dare. Dare. Dare. He very much hoped that Steve would pick dare. Because his plan was both malicious and hilarious. He texted Sam. "Get ur camera ready if he picks dare".
Sam glanced at his phone when it chimed, casually holding it ready when he saw the message. Steve shrugged, downed the last of his drink and sighed, He's probably going to ask some super personal question so.. "Dare."
Tony smirked, rubbing his hands together in a devilish manner. "I dare you…to kiss Bucky. On the mouth, no dodging this with a kiss to the cheek." He said, smirking.
Buck blinked, his only outward expression of surprise that single flash in his eyes. Inside, he was almost panicking.
