[Shield Winter] Meeting upside down

"So...how did you get in here?"

Steve stood at the crack of the door observing the enemy's situation, a little curious.

"The security of the RBH building is very strict. It took me nearly a month to find the opportunity. Aegis sent you information? I hope your disguised identity will not cause any trouble. This security team is not very good at breaking through."

"Well, almost." Bucky was fiddling behind him, "This is a trade fair, and there will be ten products on display tonight, and the last one is what I want."

"How to do it?"

Steve closed the door and turned to look at Bucky.It was rare for him to see Bucky wearing a straight formal suit, with his long legs resting on the low cabinet, pulling out a handheld computer from behind as if by magic, and putting it on his lap to tap.

"How did you get past the security check?"

Facing Steve's surprised gaze, Bucky bit his lip and smiled.

"There's more than one piece of metal on my body."

Steve nodded and walked over to sit beside him.

"What should I do?" He pointed to the computer, "It seems that you have found technical support and need my cooperation?"

"clever."

Bucky snapped his fingers, pressed the Enter key, and the screen flashed through a complex calculation program, which was connected to the RBH background monitoring.Several bodyguards stood solemnly behind ten small square platforms, and the commodities on each square platform were tightly covered by velvet red cloth with crystals on them.

A thin, white-haired man carefully inspects merchandise.He leaned on a cane made of pure gold, with an extraordinary bearing, but that face was unfamiliar, and Steve had never seen it in the "Hydra List".

He adjusted the camera following Bucky, and locked on the next piece of red cloth that the man lifted——

It was a strange piece of equipment. Two metal arcs intersected at the apex in an X shape. A small chip full of circuits was welded at the intersection. The color was red, white and blue, which made Steve have to be vigilant.

"what is this?"

"The brain of Zeus." Bucky gestured on his head, "Head-mounted equipment, you can think of it as a helmet without other decorations."

"So these two pieces of metal are... the exoskeleton of the helmet." Steve looked carefully at the screen, "What is it used for?"

Bucky operated the computer, pursed his lips and shook his head.

"Fry is always like this." Steve nodded knowingly, "When I release the task, I don't say a word. Well, how do we divide the work?"

"Maintain your disguise, like a real businessman." Bucky tapped the cards on his wrist, "Call the price."

"Okay, how much is the budget? I think the serial number of the booth is ten, the final auction item. There may be few competitors, but as long as there is one, it will be very troublesome."

Bucky grinned at him, his eyes curled up like crescents, and Steve watched with burning eyes.In my memory, Bucky seldom smiled like this. He was gentle and evil, and he was infinitely close to the bad boy who hadn't joined the army in Brooklyn.

"Unlimited price hikes."

While talking, Bucky took off his suit to reveal his vest, then took off his vest, and unbuttoned his shirt one by one.

Steve looked away at first, then licked his lips and looked back in disbelief, only to find that there was a layer of black fabric that was close-fitting under the shirt of the other party. The extremely compliant fabric clearly outlined the curve of the chest, spreading from the collarbone all the way. to the fingertips.

He thought Bucky was wearing gloves, but he was wearing a new suit underneath.

"Hey, raise the price infinitely, and then?"

He wanted to reach out to feel it, but was embarrassed to find that Bucky had already started to take off his pants.And that layer of fabric is so close to the body, it's almost like a second skin, and it feels weird wherever it falls.

"I will hack the electrical facilities at the site and steal the brain of Zeus. This suit can reduce most of the friction and give me enough time to retreat."

Bucky raised his eyebrows and looked at Steve's face, explaining.

"I'll wait for you at the back door."

The mission went well. Steve was calling 300 million when it was dark, and he was still a little bit reluctant when he was interrupted—this might be his only chance to pretend to be a rich man, after all, the reality is that he can't even reach Brooke. Lin couldn't afford to afford a small apartment.

He stared at the booth in the dark, and his quadruple vision made out Bucky's figure very well.

It's a bit embarrassing to say it, maybe he realized his sincerity, but Steve actually felt that Bucky's eyes were still bright like the North Star in the dark.

The ghost in the darkness flashed by without a sound.Steve stood up too, taking advantage of the confusion to make his way to the back door.The back door leads to a secluded and deep path, and Bucky is leaning against the wall waiting for him.

The strange outfit has been concealed by the new camouflage - caramel-colored trench coat, long gray and white scarf, straight suit pants.He shook the briefcase in his hand at Steve, with a flamboyant and handsome smile on his lips.

"The mission is successful, let's have a big meal together?"

"I can't ask for it."

——Steve silently hoped that he could find a restaurant with a beautiful environment, and he wanted to tell Bucky a lot in his heart.

The god of luck rarely favored him, or rather Bucky is the god himself.

Steve bravely asked the high-end restaurant he passed by. The huge Michelin logo at the entrance made him hesitate, but the waiter told him that a couple had checked out the private room half an hour ago, just in time to invite two decent gentlemen to come in Eat and talk.

Steve turned back and smiled at Bucky, who walked in with him smiling.

The privacy of the box is very good, and the soft velvet fabric fills the floor and walls of the room, which is fine to the touch and can absorb sound at the same time.In the center is a huge oil painting with bold and vivid colors, and the door is embedded in the center of the canvas, blending with the pattern.

The two sat down on the left and the right of the square table, while flipping through the thick menu.

Of course Steve's mind wasn't on the food, he couldn't help but look up at Bucky after he rolled his eyes twice.Bucky looked very interested in the menu, his eyebrows were raised, his eyes were shining, and he carefully flipped through the pages.The little habit of licking my lips has not changed, I have to lick it every 2 minutes, and my lips look shiny.

——It reminded him of that kiss again.

He and Bucky had missed so many years.

The existence of some things is always gentle and undisturbed. The company during the Brooklyn period was like this, making it difficult to feel his goodness.

During the years of separation, Steve often felt suffocated.After being out of touch with the times, he realized that Bucky in the past was like the oxygen he breathed, and he was just a lone walker.

But people always forget the pain after the scars healed. Only five or six years after Bucky came back to him, Steve began to enjoy his company with peace of mind. The dark days of the past were frozen in his mind. Seal it, let him forget once again how important Bucky is to him.

It was...the elephant in the room, Bucky in his mind.

If it wasn't for this unexpected kiss, maybe he wouldn't be able to understand his feelings for Bucky in this life.Complicated emotions flooded Steve's chest. He watched Bucky lift his drooping hair with his right hand, and the emotion in his heart was about to explode——

"Bucky, I..."

"Two small gem salads for starters, Prague ham and traditional Czech duck confit for main, and two apple ice creams for dessert. By the way, the side dish plum is removed from the little gem salad, and the sweetness of the ice cream is minimized. Chilean wine pairing Red grapes, wake up for a longer time before serving them."

Bucky fluently reported a series of dish names, raised his eyebrows and looked at Steve.

"Is there anything else you want to add?"

Steve's eyes flickered a few times, the tails of his eyebrows were slowly pressed down, and a wrinkle formed between his eyebrows.

"No, as you said."

The waiter nodded, left the room respectfully, and closed the door for them.Bucky destroyed the camera in the room again, took out the brain of Zeus from the briefcase, and carefully studied the chip on the top.

Steve took a sip of his aperitif, the taste of citrus peel astringent in his throat, and he forced himself to calm down, staring at the fingers of Bucky's left hand.

—he should have noticed.

Because of the mechanical arm, Bucky's fingers on his left hand are a little thicker than those on his right.But under the lights of the restaurant, there was no difference between the two hands.Listen carefully, there is no slight mechanical calibration sound.

"……Who are you?"

"Your Bucky. James Buchanan Barnes."

"No, you're not Bucky."

"Bucky" paused, looked up, and chuckled.

"Well, if that makes you comfortable, call me James."

Steve's Adam's apple twitched: "You are..."

"Aha, pure love and iron arm." James shrugged, "The name sucks."

A question choked in Steve's mind, like a ball of wet cotton stuck in his throat, making the simple act of swallowing extremely difficult.

"Is this how you wandered around in the original world?" Steve considered for a while, "Oh, maybe you got it wrong. I'm not your Captain America, I'm Steve Rogers in the real world. That guy is fighting with the real world Bucky is on a mission in Paris, and he's probably back in New York by now."

James snorted, half-smiling, half-sarcastically.

"Unfortunately, I soon found out that you are not him. How to put it...his kissing skills are much better than yours. Your lips are like a piece of sweet gum, and you can't even use your tongue."

"..."

——Is every character in that book so annoying?

James put down the device in his hand, ran his nails across the wrists of both hands, and peeled off the skin-like black fabric.Both intact hands were exposed, and Steve's eyes locked on the familiar ring at the root of his finger, which confirmed his guess.

The person in front of him who is exactly the same as Bucky is the "pure iron arm" who followed Rogers to the real world, and his identity here is Error, the new informant of S.H.I.E.L.D.

James turned the ring, and the silver snake reflected the light, making it look even more ferocious.

"Curious about this? The ancient Egyptians believed that the snake was the protector of the monarch. The pharaoh used gold and gems to create the image of the cobra, and used it to decorate the scepter and the crown, becoming a symbol of royal power."

"In the original world...you protect the king?"

"Of course not." James pouted. "I'm only loyal to Steve Rogers—my one."

In this quiet box, Steve learned the whole picture of the world in the book.

The stories of James and Rodgers are so similar yet different from theirs.Growing up together in Brooklyn, James joined the army first, but not as an ordinary soldier but directly into the military executives by virtue of his intelligence; he was present when Rogers received the serum injection, and he was determined to receive the injection with Rogers and became the world leader. One of the only super soldiers in the world.

After that, the two led the Roaring Commando to victory all the way, and after the war, they established the SHIELD with Howard and the others, and have been active as the secret high-level of SHIELD to this day.

James is far luckier than Bucky. He was not buried in a snow-capped mountain, nor was he tortured by Hydra, losing his memory and soul.

As for Rogers...

"Because he was forcibly pulled out of the world in the book, Rogers...is that what you call it? His memory will be a little messed up, which is why I need the brain of Zeus." James knocked on the chip, "I was attacked by a mysterious force Throwing it straight at Black, which was in my hands at the time, and it took a lot of effort to get it back."

Steve nodded slowly.

"So you asked me to do three things for you before. Getting the brain of Zeus is already the second thing. Since you and I explained the whole story, can we skip the third thing and go back to New York directly?"

"No, no."

James winks his right eye at him.

Bucky never does that, and Steve shifts in his seat momentarily in discomfort.

"Why... well, what are you going to do?"

"Listen, the third thing—" James tapped his fingers in front of Steve, "be my boyfriend."

Facing Steve's puzzled gaze, James sighed.

"Trust me. Stevie the Goose, you'll appreciate me."