[Shield Winter] Meeting upside down

It was raining lightly in New York City, and pedestrians outside the Avengers Building were in a hurry.Bucky and his party walked down from the tarmac and stepped onto the metal floor on the top floor.The sound of the heels of his boots was familiar, and Steve breathed a sigh of relief.

— finally back, God knows how amiable the Avengers Tower looks now.

Of course, he didn't mean that Wakanda was bad, but he just felt uncomfortable at the thought of being overwhelmed by Rogers everywhere.

Steve glanced sideways at Bucky.He looked good, with a shaved beard and only a blue stubble on his chin.The hair was a little longer than before, scattered around the cheeks, and the arc of the hair tip was soft and lazy.He took a breath quietly, and could vaguely distinguish the smell of apple shampoo from the air.Refreshing and a little sweet, just like the smell on him, always so kind and safe.

They are like two jungle animals, always rubbing their fur to make each other smell more like each other, indistinguishable from each other.

With a slight error of sight, Rogers' face appeared in the field of vision again.The eyes of the two met briefly, and Rogers looked away lightly, passed them, and walked into the elevator first.

The sense of weightlessness increased little by little as they climbed up, and the three of them fell into silence, and the atmosphere froze for a moment, which was a bit embarrassing.Steve coughed and patted Bucky on the shoulder.

"Well, Paris or Prague," he said lightly, "which do you prefer?"

"This is a difficult problem. The City of Romance and the Kingdom of Fairy Tales... It's hard to tell which is better. Both sound good." Bucky shrugged, "I heard that Fury has arranged it, and it feels like it will be a relaxed and happy job."

Steve hesitated for half a second. From the corner of his eye, he saw Rogers listening to their conversation, and the feeling of discomfort swept over again.

"...As long as it's not like the time in Florence, remember that time two years ago?" Bucky pouted, "The girls there are really... bold and wild, and they don't care about worldly eyes at all."

Steve smiled.

"Yeah, I remember. That girl's name is Giulia? The innkeeper's daughter, she's after you, won't date her and put ten lemons in your lemon risotto, you're so sour on the right side of the cheek."

"Aha, who told us to play that damn undercover mission..."

Bucky's words came to a sudden stop here, biting his lip and looking uneasy.This is nothing to be ashamed to say, the undercover missions of S.H.I.E.L.D. are full of strange things, and colleagues pretending to be lovers can happen five or six times a year.Natasha and Clint, Clint and Sam, Natasha and Wanda.Even in order to get close to a rich man with a special hobby, Tony pretended to be a rich man who fell in love with a robot, and Vision didn't even use the disguise.

In comparison, he and Steve only acted as a same-sex couple who had been married for many years in Florence. There was not even a passionate kiss in the undercover script.

—God, Bucky suddenly realizes what relationship he's using to describe him and Steve.That's right, old couples.That's why he was suddenly silent.

And Steve seemed ignorant of his thoughts, seeing that he took up the conversation without saying a word.

"Pretending to be a same-sex couple? Seriously, that's kind of fun." Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Rogers' muscles tense, "and we went to the Uffizi at our expense, how sweet—I mean the paintings, Titian Flora and Botticelli's Birth of Venus."

Bucky looked at him helplessly: "So when I was following the target, your attention was all on the painting? If Fury knew, he would definitely accuse you of having a bad attitude."

"Are we always like this, one person helps the other look at the back?"

"Not including the part where the work is not serious, otherwise you will be responsible for all the mission reports this year."

Rogers squeezed between the two, tilting his head as a gesture.

"The elevator is here, do you still want to go to Fury's office?"

If S.H.I.E.L.D. had a popularity ranking, Nick Fury would be in the bottom three.The stern commander had a cold face no matter what mood he was in, even when issuing missions.

"Two missions, one person in group A and two people in group B, Paris, France and Prague, Czech Republic."

Fury tapped the desktop, and two light balls of different colors A and B rose from the desktop, carrying a blue-green information flow and spreading in mid-air, virtual text boxes and pictures arranged in a spiral.The two main images in the center are particularly conspicuous, one is a beautiful wavy blonde, and the other is a standard default avatar with a gray outline on a white background.

"Mrs. Scorpion, who is hiding in France, recently has a transnational drug trafficking plan. It is said that there are mutants among the bodyguards hired. Two undercover agents are needed to become brothers. One is a trafficker and the other is an addict. As for Prague, Czech Republic..." He looked up , staring at the white background and gray default picture with one eye, "Connect with a new informant, code-named Error, one person is enough, the main task is to find out his details and try to bring him back to New York."

"Error, do geniuses have strange names?"

Fury's eyes shot straight over: "Ross told you?"

Bucky bit the inside of his lip to hold back a laugh.Yes, when he heard Error, he remembered that Ross said that Fury stared at the milk cat video for 3 minutes.

"This guy is very capable. There are probably only three people in the world who can make Stark afraid. Although the other party has contacted us a few times and seems to have a gentle personality and no malice, there is no guarantee that it is not a disguise. This simple joint task Don't let your guard down."

Fury turned off the projection, and looked at the three fighters in front of him with scrutiny.

"More detailed paper materials have been prepared, and Sam will hand them over to you later, and the groups are announced now."

Bucky's brows twitched, and he felt two scorching gazes falling on him, one left and one right.The super soldier's back froze, like a narrow piece of solidified cement.From the moment Fury said that one would go to Prague and the other would go to Paris, he had a vague feeling that something might go wrong.Reminiscent of Steve and Rogers who were at odds during this period of time, Bucky sighed in his heart: For the sake of world peace, as long as their two partners are not allowed to go to France, they can be divided in any way.

but……

He quietly looked at the floor on Steve's side, the black combat boots he was wearing were the same style.

——People always have small selfishness. He couldn't deny that Florence's cooperation with Steve was really tacit.Especially the time when I lent him a sniper rifle as a hug outside the art gallery, it was an adrenaline rush.

"The candidate to go to Prague, Czech Republic is..."

"I'm going to Prague."

The office fell silent for a moment, and everyone's eyes were on the speaker——Rodgers, his tone was calm, but anyone who was familiar with Captain America could understand that expression—that meant making up his mind and making a good decision , will not be changed easily, if it is blocked by Fury, it will take two hours to argue.

"This is the best choice for the mission." Rogers said lightly, "The Paris mission requires a strong tacit understanding between the two. I am not familiar with their undercover style. There may be differences in the mission, which will lead to the operation being exposed. The joint mission on the other side It won't involve so much, I still have the vision to judge whether Error is loyal or not."

Steve suppressed the shock in his eyes, while Bucky looked a little weird, but he didn't say anything, just waiting for Fury's judgment.

Fury was silent for nearly a minute, pressing his blindfold.

"Consistent with my thoughts, you can take the initiative to propose, then the group will decide so. Captain America's uniform has been upgraded. I asked Tony to make two pieces and send them to your respective rooms later. Take off at nine o'clock tonight, go to Rest. Don't disappoint me, soldiers."

Rogers strode away, and Bucky was left by Fury to ask about the condition of the arm.When he went out, Steve was still lingering at the door.

"wait for me?"

"of course."

Steve sticks out his fist and smiles like sunshine on the Aegean Sea.

"Happy cooperation?"

Bucky smiled at him and punched him with iron hands.

Bucky used to drink two glasses of tequila before the long mission started.A super soldier can't get drunk, but high alcohol can help him fall asleep faster in a fighter.

"Rogers?"

Bucky identified for a while in front of the elevator on the ninth floor, before he was sure that the person in front of him wearing the new combat uniform was Rogers.A country slow rock song was playing on the stereo, and a man's voice was a bit vicissitudes, singing "I can't believe how much it turns meon", and Rogers always looked a little more dignified than Steve.

"Hi." He turned around and smiled, "Alcohol before the mission?"

"Well, it looks like you'd like to sleep on the fighter plane for a while, too."

Bucky poured himself two glasses and sat down next to Rogers.Zhen Jin tapped the glass unconsciously with his fingers, and he licked his lips, the liquor passing through his throat brought a burning sensation like fire.But it didn't help much, the question still stuck in his throat.

Rogers glanced at his movements.

"You want to ask me why I offered to go to Prague myself?" He didn't wait for Bucky to answer, then continued, "I took the serum, but your attention was on that guy. That's when I understood that although it was all Steve Rogers, but his position in your heart is still more important. And... I remember your expression when you talked about Florence, relaxed and happy, and I think you are willing to be with him this time."

Bucky smiled wryly.

Rogers took a sip of wine: "It's okay, I am also looking forward to Prague. The fairy tale capital may bring me some adventures."

"I hope so, I wish you all the best."

The glasses of the two touched in mid-air, and they finished the wine in front of them in silence.

Bucky went back to his room, and Rogers stayed at the bar until Quinque took off.The file folder that Sam Wilson had given him not long ago was at hand, but he didn't look through it.He couldn't say why, but he had an indescribable premonition about this mission, and he didn't know whether it was good or bad.

The phone next to the folder lights up, and the text is from Steve.

[Are you retreating to advance? 】

Rogers laughed and touched his phone to reply him.

[Don't worry, this time I want to go to the Czech Republic myself.But I didn't give up, you'd better work harder and protect Bucky. 】

The other party responded with a full-fledged "Of course I will".Rogers shook his head, drank the old bottle, took the folder and turned to the last line.

[Please take the Kunming UPQ-21 at the North Airport at 00:2]

On the wall clock on the wall, the hour and minute hands just form a right angle.

Bucky stepped on the last step of the Kun style, and the retractable ladder was slowly inserted into the body.He tugged on the collar, and Stark upgraded the suit by the way. The basic design is the same as before, but nano-scale bulletproof materials are added to the fabric, and a pair of small wings are also painted on his back in a wicked way. .

He curled his lips and walked towards the middle of the fighter jet.The soles of the new boots are softer than the previous version, which means that Bucky can make the sound of his footsteps as quiet as possible, and the blond man sitting in the front row of seats can't hear it at all-yes, Bucky suddenly reprimanded in a wicked way. Find out the scare game they used to play when they were kids.That face used to always be flushed red from fright, I don't know if it has improved now.

Bucky's move was successful, and the blond seemed to be taking a nap, oblivious to him at all.

"Hey Steve!" he yelled, leaping up to the man like a swift cat.

Unexpectedly, the other party was not shocked by fright.He just opened his eyes and looked at Bucky with some doubts.

"Bucky? You... got on the wrong plane?"

"... Rogers?" Bucky's face changed instantly, and he opened the folder, "UPQ-2, I'm right, did you go wrong?"

Rogers opened the folder suspiciously, and in the center of the first page was a large city and place name.

Paris.