Rylee was camped out on her living room couch, covered in blankets and surrounded by empty water bottles and cracker wrappers. She heard her door handle jiggle and as she looked up she saw Alexa appear through the door. She had Rylee's spare key "in case of emergencies" but she always just used it to let herself in.

"Hey you, how yah feeling?" Alexa asked as she toed off her shoes and took a seat at the end of the couch, lifting Rylee's legs and putting them on top of hers.

"A lot better. I was a complete mess last night. Sebastian got to witness me in all my glory." She covered her face with her hands in embarrassment.

"Eh. Is he really your boyfriend if he doesn't hold your hair back when your puking your guts out?" Alexa laughed at her own joke. "Plus he did more than I would've. You know I'm a sympathetic puker."

Alexa continued, "Anyway. Now that we're past the formalities, spill. What's this about the L-word?"

"When Sebastian was leaving last night he said 'Bye Ryles, L-' like he was about to tag on 'love you' but he stopped himself." Rylee stated quietly.

"Well. Would you have been freaked out if he had said it?" Alexa questioned honestly.

"I don't think so...I feel like I'm feeling that way myself. We haven't been together that long at all...but it feels right, you know? He's so easy to be around, and to talk to, and we have so much in common."

"Well then that settles it. You ma'am. Are in love."

"Never thought that would happen again after..." Rylee died off. Reflecting back on her last serious relationship. She shook it off as Alexa patted her leg, giving her a sad smile.

"You're far better off now..anyway let's chat about yesterday."

Rylee laughed along with her, "Yeah I suppose so...I just hate that I had all these divine plans in my head for things for us to do on our one complete day off together. And not gonna lie, I was kinda hoping we'd have sex at some point."

This is what Rylee loved about Alexa. They have been best friends forever and know every moment of each other's lives, so speaking so frankly about her love life was second nature when she was talking with Alexa. She had already told her all about hers and Sebastian's FaceTime call from last week.

"Funny you should say that..." Alexa stated, twirling her fingers in her hair for a moment.

Rylee tilted her head at her questioningly waiting for her to continue.

Alexa paused for a moment, as if for dramatic effect, "Chris and I had sex yesterday." She immediately threw her hands up to cover the huge smile on her face, feeling like a giddy teenager.

"Nooo, no way, oh my god, Lexxxx. Spill." Rylee sat up immediately, pulling her legs from off of Alexa and sitting criss cross, staring at her intently.

"He came over yesterday afternoon, and we were going to watch a movie and get dinner but we never really made it to the movie or the dinner part." She pushed her auburn her out of her face and looked at Rylee, losing herself in a giggle, her hands on her cheeks trying to cover the blush.

"Oh my god, Lex."

"And it was sooo good. So so good." She laughed lightly, "He is like a god in bed, Rylee. No exaggeration. I have never..." she sighed contently. "I came five times yesterday Rylee. FIVE." She accentuated her words by holding up five fingers towards Rylee's face. "You know I've had boyfriends in the past that couldn't even get me there once girl."

"Well, at least one of us got laid yesterday." Rylee sighed and laughed. She was bummed her day didn't go as planned but she was ecstatic for her friend. She deserved to finally find a good guy.

"Just wait til your feeling better. I bet Sebastian will be all over that. And hopefully he goes down like Chris does, because girl... That tongue does amazing things."

Rylee laughed and stretched her legs back out putting them back on top of Alexa's. Leaning back into the soft throw pillow behind her, listening to Alexa gush about Chris.

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Sebastian was harnessed in and on wires, ready to make a leap off of a five story high ledge for the third time in the last hour, Chris up on the platform with him. Sebastian was wearing his character Bucky's torn up costume, looking as if he'd been through hell and back, which at that point, his character had.

They both heard Joe call action and they immediately dove into the scene.

"Steve listen. We've gotta get these stones back. And if they find us with them, we won't see tomorrow...They think you have them and they don't know I'm here. I'll take the bag and the stones and meet you at McCutcheon."

He takes the bag from him and Steve asks, "How are you going to get outta here without fighting your way out? They've got the stairwells blocked."

"I've got my ways." Bucky looks towards the large pane glass window at the end of the hall they are in, and gets a running start. He broke through the faux glass and fell the five stories towards the ground, ending in a tuck and roll, on the large gymnastics mat there, standing back up and ready to run.

"Cut! That was perfect guys. Great work. We'll see everyone tomorrow."

Sebastian laid down on the ground, tossing the prop backpack to the side, catching his breath. After a minute or so, a few members of the crew came over to untether him from his harness. Sebastian sat up, legs sticking straight out as he sat on the ground.

When they finished, someone grabbed him by the wrist and helped him off the ground, patting him on the back. He gave them all a small wave, wishing them a good rest of the day as he headed back to wardrobe to return his costume.

As he walked out of the large equipment cluttered studio, he got to the hallway and ended up walking shoulder to shoulder with Chris.

"I dunno why you get to do the cool stuff. I haven't gotten to jump off of anything yet," Chris pretended to pout as he popped a piece of a granola bar into his mouth as they walked.

"Yeah, well it's not all sunshine and rainbows man," Sebastian laughed heartily as they both turned into the wardrobe room to talk to Maggie and return their costumes.

It didn't take as long for Sebastian to get out of his costume because it was a simple Henley and jeans, which he basically changed back into when he put on his own clothes. Chris had to take a little more time since he was in his Captain America uniform, so Sebastian hopped up onto a table and chatted with Chris as he finished handing Maggie his gear, milling about and putting on his regular clothes, the t-shirt and sweat pants he started his day in.

They both left wardrobe together, their bags in tow, and headed back towards the parking lot. Sebastian looked down at his phone for the time, it was 2:00pm, but also saw a few notifications as well, all from Rylee.

Hope you're having a good day.

Lex is here, and she's been keeping me company.

Feeling a lot better ☺️

Sebastian immediately started to type back, texting as he walked with Chris.

My day wasn't too shabby. Pretty wiped.

But I'm glad you're feeling better and I'm glad Alexa is there.

Are you heading home?

Uh. I've gotta shower. But I was either gonna head home or come over to you.

Alrighty, well, doors open! Alexa is about to leave to go meet Chris for dinner.

Ah, well then I'll head your way in a little then 😊

See yah soon!

See yah

Sebastian tucked his phone back into his pocket as he said his goodbyes to Chris, parting ways in the parking garage, and heading for his Jaguar. He chucked his stuff into the passenger seat and slid into the driver seat, closing his door quickly.

He got to his house and quickly got into the shower, cleaning off the grime he felt like he gained from the day. After he got out he changed into sweat pants and a t-shirt again.

He made his way back out to his car and made a pit stop at a few shops, grabbing a few things for Rylee. Afterwards he made a beeline to her apartment and in no time at all he was there and in the elevator, climbing up to her floor.

He knocked gently on her door before opening it and walking in. There she was cuddled into the couch under a few blankets, something quietly playing on Netflix in the background.

"Hey you," Rylee said reaching out with grabby hands, ready to draw Sebastian in. Before he got the whole way over to her he produced a bag from behind his back as well as a bouquet of flowers.

"Oh my God, you're so sweet." She sat up and took both the bag and flowers from him. She smelled the flowers, sighing at their luscious, beautiful smell. She then took a peek inside the bag to see a variety of soups and Gatorade's carefully picked out just for her.

"I know you said you were feeling better, but there's nothing soup and Gatorade can't fix." Sebastian laughed quietly.

"Thank you so much Seb," Rylee called after him as he disappeared into the kitchen to find her a vase for her flowers.

"Of course." Sebastian said as he came back with a vase, placing the flowers in it and then onto her side table.

Rylee sat up now, placing her bag of get well goodies on the coffee table, giving Sebastian space to sit down, but immediately leaving into his warmth, taking in the comforting smell of his cologne.

This may not be how she thought she'd spend the last few days, but if every day ended with being in his arms, Rylee was okay with that.