[Shield Winter] Meeting upside down

"Just throw away that damn dedication for a day, Steve Rogers! Just one day!"

Bucky walks up and down the medical room, scratching his hair, talking faster than boots clattering on the ground.

"You're almost one hundred and three years old, not three years old! How could you trust Fury and his new bullshit biological laboratory that has been formed for only two years? Then it's a blood-boosting reagent that has not been clinically tested, not Santa Claus. Apple-flavored candy canes stuffed in socks!"

"Ahem, ahem, Bucky..."

"you shut up!"

Bucky took a look at the person who was half leaning on the hospital bed, and found the asthma inhaler from the medicine cabinet. The hand with human temperature pressed Steve's back of the neck to force him to lift his chin, and then put the small medicine Guan ran on those soft lips.

"I don't need to teach you how to suck this thing, you idiot."

Bucky's finale dissolves into a sigh.He is very familiar with the sound of the other party squeezing the medicine tube and the sound of the breath in the throat. Even after experiencing dozens of electric shocks from Hydra, it is still clear—how to take care of Steve Rogers is like being engraved into DNA, He'd have to worry about this guy all his life.

"Hey, thanks Bucky." Steve wiped the moisture from the corners of his eyes with his thin, pale fingers, "I feel better."

Bucky sat on the edge of his bed, smiling softly at the blond nurse in the room.The other party nodded and left the ward, and closed the door for them intimately.

"Better? Then I think we should explain that."

He pinched Steve's chin viciously, but it didn't take much effort, and the other party still made a small "hiss" in pain.The expression on that face was very stubborn, but in Bucky's eyes, there was always a bit of grievance in this expression.

"How long have we been apart? It's only been three hours since you came out of the stairwell, and you've shrunk from a 240-pound hunk to a 100-pound bean sprouts. You're the one, little Stevie... If Sarah was in , will swell your ass."

"It was an accident." Steve explained weakly, "Listen, really, Dr. Han and the others didn't expect this to happen."

"Aha, you really don't have any talent for storytelling." Bucky rolled his eyes, and stretched out his hand to tuck the quilt up for him, "Let's start from the beginning, including the origin of this idiot doctor."

"Okay, Dr. Evelyn Han, the head of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Biological Sequence Research Division." Steve stared at Bucky's fingers grabbing the bed sheet. Of course, he didn't dare to look directly into Bucky's eyes , "This project is named 'Superhuman Second Stage Project'. I contacted me about half a year ago, took a few tubes of blood and brought them back for research. Then they brought a strange new instrument to do a scan a month ago, but I Never heard back. And then just now... Fury called and said that Dr. Han developed the first version of the serum booster, but you know, that thing can't be clinically tested... so I sent him to find I'm done, that's all."

Bucky pressed his temples, and the hinges of the iron arms clicked.

"Six months ago. You didn't even let me know a word."

"Bucky, you will definitely stop me." Steve shook his head at him, "Seriously, if I joined the army with you back then, you would never have allowed me to receive the super soldier serum."

"Ha, this is very correct. So what's going on now? The second-order superhuman project is a step further than the serum test back then? Why, four times the strength and reaction speed can't satisfy you to fight against aliens and become Are you a national hero?"

"Bucky." Steve sighed long, raised his eyes to meet him, "Dr. Serum. Hydra's inferior serum is an uncertain time bomb, and your unstable self-healing ability from good to bad makes me very worried."

Bucky's expression froze all of a sudden, and the arrogance of righteousness quickly dried up like a punctured balloon.He felt the back of his neck tingling and his skin itching. The thin little Steve in front of him was looking at him with gentle eyes, eyes like a clear and open sea, and he almost wanted to drown himself there.

"I shouldn't have let you know this reason. In fact, if it wasn't for this little accident, I would indeed plan to keep it from you until everything is complete, so that you can receive the injection in a completely safe situation."

Bucky looks away, jawline tensing.The ward was suddenly quiet, only the infusion bottle hanging on Steve's head was still ticking.About half a minute passed, Bucky wiped his face wearily.

"Then what should we do now? What did Dr. Han say?"

"Hurry up and go back to the laboratory for research." Steve's expression also became embarrassed. "It seems that my situation is beyond his ability. Fury probably knows about it. I think later..."

"I'm sorry to interrupt your private conversation." Jarvis' voice moved from the center of the ceiling to the display screen above the hospital bed, "sir sent a video request with an urgency of B, and it's for the captain."

Bucky turned around and looked directly at the screen: "B-level mission? Come on in, we don't care about one more mess."

The flashing scene flickered, and the scene switched to Tony's caramel-colored eyes. The high-tech built into the armor reflected blue-green patches on the irises. He frowned and looked at Bucky in the camera.

"James? Yes, you and Steve are inseparable forever, it's like thing1 and thing2... Now call him out, near Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, Jarvis knows the coordinates. Some idiot blows up a 24-hour convenience How can he deal with those delicious snacks? Well, anyway, the thugs have taken a girl hostage now."

"That's it?" Bucky frowned, "What is NYPD doing? The negotiator didn't come?"

"Because the criminal's body has mutated, you know, the same as the slime monster back in the day."

Bucky's expression became serious, and for a moment it seemed that the spirit of the Winter Soldier returned to him again.

"Let me go, this fucking is a personal grudge."

"Aha, of course you want to come. As for the reason for calling Steve..."

The monitor cuts to Tony's own perspective, zooming in and out from blurry to clear—focusing straight on the thug.

"See? Poor Captain America uniform with a shield that glows and makes noise. Crazy Captain America fan, ha. I don't feel jealous that he's more popular than me right now."

Bucky raised his eyebrows, and turned sideways to reveal Steve behind him.

"And you think he'd worship a 100-pound Sprouts version of Captain America?"

Steve waved him awkwardly.

The scene cuts back to Tony's face, his eyes startlingly bright with rage.

"HOLYCRAP. Well, it seems that I have to contact Natasha and ask her if the electronic probe mask is still available and find another 240-pound blond man...Jesus, it's too troublesome, can we just kill him?"

"I'll go, with Bucky."

Another voice sounded at the door of the ward, and Bucky turned his head. Rogers had already changed into his stealth suit, leaning against the door frame with his own star shield in his arms.He turns his eyes away from Bucky's face, gives Steve a deadpan look, and nods at the monitor.

"I think you guys don't want to expose Steve's current situation, and it happens that the public doesn't know my existence."

Tony whistled.

"Good idea, Paper Hero, what car do you like? Go to the basement and pick one up. Jarvis will lead the way. Bring Bucky here."

The signal was cut off and the screen went back to black.Bucky stood up from the hospital bed, stretched his limbs, and told Steve with the worried look he was familiar with.

"Stay here well. If everything goes well, we'll be back after you finish this bottle of glucose."

Steve opened his mouth, looked between Rogers and Bucky, and finally said nothing, just nodded, silently clenched the quilt.

The ward returned to silence, and Steve stared at the electronic clock, the cold red numbers changing.Twenty minutes later, he tried to call the smart butler.

"Jarvis? I need help."

"I'm here, how can I help you?"

He rubbed against the soft back that Bucky had padded, and turned his gaze to the electronic screen.

"Bucky and another Captain America should be on the scene, I want to know how it is."

"Okay, I'll broadcast the news for you."

The angle of media Jarvis chose was the old-fashioned daily newspaper closest to the scene. The shrill voice of the hostess was broadcasting excitedly: "10 minutes ago, Captain America Steve Rogers and White Wolf James Barnes arrived at the scene , we noticed that the two shared a Harley, and their expressions were firm, which undoubtedly made the public more confident in resolving this crisis..."

——Together, ride, one, car, ha, thunder?Steve repeated this sentence word by word in his heart, the camera gave the car a quick shot, and he recognized that it was Bucky's favorite car, and those pictures of the two sitting close together couldn't help rushing forward. Into his brain, Steve even guessed their seats: Is Rogers riding the bike, and Bucky sits in the back seat with his arms around his waist; or is Bucky controlling the direction, and Rogers wraps him with his broad chest?

"Mr. Rogers didn't choose a car from Sir's garage." Jarvis explained intimately, "He said that he was not used to driving those models, and Mr. Barnes suggested a carpool in order to rescue the hostages as soon as possible."

"Oh, I thought he was going to say he didn't have a driver's license in this world."

Steve's eyes continue to stare at the frame, and the hostess' voiceover continues.

"We can see that after Captain America and the white wolf entered the mob's field of vision, his expression was obviously loose, but the mutation speed of his legs was getting faster and faster. We don't know how much sanity he still has... The captain began to negotiate with him , a very inspiring speech, full of comfort and justice, and the white wolf chose to ambush at the back door..."

Steve licked the back molars with the tip of his tongue.

The camera tracked Bucky, who lay prone on the grass slope outside the back door, raised his light machine gun and pointed it at the mob.He's been a good sniper since World War II, and can go for hours without moving.Steve's eyes slid from the gun in his hand to the back muscles and narrow waist, all the way to the well-trained buttocks.He froze for a few seconds, and the camera switched to the counterfeit's face again, and Steve tilted his head in embarrassment.

"Captain America's persuasion is very effective, the thugs are approaching him with hostages... Oh no! The thugs are attacking! Captain America took the next blow, and the white wolf's gun hit the opponent's joint... The emergency team rescued The hostage, the captain and the white wolf once again demonstrated perfect cooperation and successfully resolved this crisis! Let's cheer for them!"

The quilt was twisted in the palm of his hand, Steve coughed, and took a few more inhalations of the inhalant.He is familiar with Rogers' fighting routines. If it were him, perhaps it would be best to do this.But seeing how well that guy and Bucky worked together still made him feel frustrated.

After the battle, the media gave a few close-ups of the Avengers heroes as usual.The guy showed a standard grin, put Bucky's shoulders on the side, and accepted the media's praise without guilt.

——Damn it, the person standing next to Bucky should be him!

"Captain, it is detected that your blood pressure has symptoms of abnormal rise, do you need to call a doctor?"

"No." Steve calmed down, "How soon will they be back?"

"According to the usual procedure, it will be within half an hour. By the way, Sir and Officer Fury are also on their way here, and they probably have something to ask you."

Jarvis' predictions were always perfect, and two groups of people arrived outside Steve's ward.Fury walked in first and gave Steve orders in a familiar tone.

"Sam will drive you to Wakanda tomorrow morning."

Steve glanced at Fury in astonishment, and then at Bucky who was standing aside, who was equally shocked.

"The research on the serum is not going well, and it's beyond the capabilities of Dr. Han's team. They have already handed over the data to Su Rui. As a subject, the sooner you start, the better."

"I'm worried." Bucky frowned and stood beside Steve's bed. "You don't know how many diseases he had before the serum injection. No one can take good care of him except me."

Fury looked at him, but said nothing.

Rogers, standing behind Bucky, smiled and shook his head.He knew Fury, the scheming chief couldn't let two heroes who are good at close combat leave the Avengers at the same time, Bucky is bound to stay here, and Steve's treatment time may be long or short.

"Of course you want to go together, Sergeant Barnes." Fury said coldly, "I know how much trouble you have caused, and you will escort this mutant affected by the same alien to Va Kanda, until Shu Rui figured out how to get rid of the unstable factor on the iron arm and come back."

Steve breathed a sigh of relief, and looked at Bucky with a smile on his face.The brown-haired man still had doubts on his face, and confirmed to Fury again and again.

"Are you sure it's okay? If there is an emergency recall, it will take five or six hours to rush back to New York from Wakanda. Are you sure there will be no accidents during the time you leave the team?"

"Sol has brought Loki to Earth, and will temporarily assist the work of the Avengers." Fury glanced at the two of them, "Compared with two unstable warriors, I would rather find two gods to work for Aegis. During the period of leaving the team, this Rogers from another dimension will temporarily attend missions and activities for Steve, and the public will not be able to see him now. Rogers, come to the office with me to hand over the mission."

Bucky rubs the bridge of his nose and winks at Steve.

Rogers, who was leaning against the wall, clenched his fists, took a deep look at the two, and followed Fury out of here.

Tony patted Steve on the shoulder lightly, with a playful face: "Rodgers must hate you, you damn lucky guy."

Steve returned a puzzled expression, and Stark, who knew the whole process of the bar through surveillance, smiled and left the room.

Bucky, who sensed what Tony meant, immediately changed the topic.

"I've always hoped that we can have a long vacation, maybe we can drive to the Grand Canyon or something. Now it seems that the wish is half fulfilled." Bucky looked at Steve's small body with some regret, "It seems that this During the holidays, Brother Bucky is going to be a nurse again."

Steve rolled his eyes and smiled at him: "I'm looking forward to it."

TBC