winter rose

"I hate war, but fortunately there is still peace in this world."

"War is disgusting. Peace costs more. Penicillin from Peace. Nine hundred dollars apiece. My cut."

"..."

"Of course I accepted! How can the good times be wasted, Dr. Carter?"

Howard made a decision immediately after hearing the ins and outs.

"When we win, you will get married, and I can be the godfather of the child."

"Godfather?" Perry rolled his eyes. "Could it be that you were blown into a fool by the energy particles brought back by Steve? How do you think of such things as children, such... so far away?"

"No, no, no." Howard tapped the bottom of his cup on the table.

"Perry is a fool for wasting his time."

Perry looked at him, rarely speaking.

After a while, Howard seemed to remember something. "Perry, you just said that my laboratory was blown up? You know why you didn't come to see me!"

Perry glanced at him lightly. "Do you want me to give you an injection or clean a wound?"

Howard took a sip of his drink and began to turn his head to look out the window.

The Roaring Commando followed Captain America in chasing the Hydra that served the Nazis on the battlefield.Missions with Captain America are always winning, and places with Captain America are always safe.

But still the same sentence, this is on the battlefield.

Dugan's explosives were discovered by the Nazi soldiers in advance, and Bucky shot the opposite glass in order to ensure that Steve would not be discovered.

Then Bucky was found.

He's a sharpshooter, yes, but he's also just a man.

When being chased by the seven snipers on the opposite side, Bucky hid behind the bunker, thinking that he might be here for the rest of his life.

But he was really looking forward to post-war.

He also misses peace.

At the end of September, Perry saw Bucky again.

Of course, it must still be in the popular medical tent.

Fighting a war is not enjoying life at home.Although the soldiers adhered to the principle of treating minor injuries and dealing with serious injuries before going to the doctor, in order to minimize the bad consequences caused by improper handling—especially the members of the Roaring Commando—Colonel Phillips forced them to Go to the medical wing and have a look.

Under normal circumstances, no one would come to Dr. Carter's place if it wasn't for the beautiful, kind-hearted blond-haired and blue-eyed little nurse Green.

This often made Carter feel that his medical degrees were just for show.

But someone is different.

"Perry, long time no see." These were the first words Bucky said to her after waking up from a semi-comatose state.After speaking, he fainted again.

There was a little problem with the Howling Commandos this time.Thankfully, though, we have Captain America.

Bucky was shot all over his body, and Perry thought it was a coincidence when he retrieved the bullets for him.

Thankfully he fainted.

Bucky slept in the hospital wing that night.Steve said he would guard him, but Perry drove him away on the grounds of "what are you doing sleeping outside my tent at night, are you playing hooligans?"

To be honest, Perry felt his conscience hurt when he said this.But she will never admit that her heart is shouting at Captain America's eight-pack abs and full chest muscles-"Captain, come and take advantage of me!"

Oh no, that's too unreserved and unPerry Carter. My character is obviously a vicious military doctor.

"Actually, I think Steve would want to take advantage of your sister more than you..."

Bucky spoke suddenly.

Perry turned to look at him sullenly. "Yo, Sergeant Barnes woke up with pain? How about a penicillin?"

"Such a beautiful night, and it's just the two of us in the medical tent, doesn't Dr. Carter want something to happen?"

"You can stand up well without shaking your legs, and then talk to me, thank you."

As a result, everything was silent, and only the footsteps of patrolling soldiers could be heard in the not-so-spacious medical tent.

Perry glanced at Bucky, who was lying on the bed and wrapped up like a mummy. He opened a pair of always shining eyes and looked at himself pitifully.

Out of nowhere, Perry thought of a husky, a husky with blue eyes.

Perry stood up, and she walked through the neatly arranged medical equipment. The white shirt and military uniform skirt were hazy by the moonlight.

She walked up to him and handed him a box.

Barnes braced himself to sit up, but Perry pushed him back faster than he could.

"I'll have to sew you up after you've pulled the wound away. There's not much penicillin left."

He blinked, then never forced himself up again.

Bucky lay on the bed and took the box. The lights in the tent were not turned on, but he could see clearly under the moonlight.

There was an unlocked clasp on the wine red velvet box, Bucky opened the box, and there was a small knife lying quietly on the black velvet.

It was a fine silver knife, with an intricate pattern of roses on the hilt, and a ruby ​​inlaid on it, a color richer than the best wine.The knife hadn't even been sharpened yet, but it was already reflecting a icy cold light under the moonlight.

Bucky thinks this should be a good decoration.

"This is not an ornament!" Perry's tone suddenly became serious. "Don't ask me why I know what you're thinking, your eyes have already betrayed you!"

Bucky shut his mouth wisely.

"Do you believe in magic?" Perry asked seemingly casually, but his expression was tense.

"Middle-aged women and underage girls seem to believe it." Bucky replied very seriously.

Perry just looked at him without saying a word.After a while, Bucky felt the atmosphere was a little weird, so he reached for his pocket.But was horrified to find that it was empty inside.

"Are you looking for this?" Perry shook the lipstick in his hand, with its brand engraved on it, Tangee.

Bucky looked at the lipstick in her hand in surprise, his eyes widened.But soon, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"I had a Danqi lipstick when I was at home, but I followed Margaret to the front line and never used it again."

After speaking, she opened the lid of the lipstick and wiped it with the knife.

The red lipstick left a bright color on the pink lips, and Perry's lips sank and bounced as the lipstick passed.Bucky looked at Perry's soft and elastic lips, subconsciously licked the corners of his mouth.

After applying the lipstick, Perry took another photo with the knife, and then covered the lipstick and placed it on the operating table.

She held up the knife and looked at Bucky, but Bucky didn't realize how weird the scene in front of him was.

"This knife is sharp enough without a sharpening," Perry said, slashing the knife across the tray of the operating table -- the tray split in two.

"Cool!" Bucky exclaimed softly. "If the blade is opened..."

"Don't cut the blade to defend yourself, cut the blade to hurt people." The knife twirled in Perry's hand, and handed the handle to Bucky. "And if the knife is sharpened, there will be no scabbard to hold it."

Bucky took the knife and looked at it again.He turned the knife over and found a deep scratch in the rosette on the hilt.It seems that some word has been cut in the middle.

But this is not important, what is important is that Perry gave him a knife.And Perry also accepted his gift.

So when Bucky looked up at Perry again, he smiled as brightly as when he first met him.

"Do you like that lipstick?" he added. "I was planning to give you that box of chocolates if you didn't like it..."

"The color is very nice, thank you." Perry smiled slightly, with a moist luster in his green eyes, which attracted Bucky's attention more than his lipsticked lips.

"The knife is good too. Thanks." Bucky added.

The tent was so quiet that only the ticking of the clock could be heard, and the two of them just looked at each other in silence.

Bucky was lying on the bed the whole time, and he felt that this position made it very difficult for him to take the initiative.He wanted to move, but thinking about what Perry had said before, it was wise to give up.

His eyes went from Perry's lips to his flushed cheeks and finally to his short black hair.

"Perry, did you cut your hair?"

"Howard said I'd look better short, don't you like it?"

"Howard..." Bucky narrowed his eyes. "Wouldn't it be the famous playboy Howard Stark? I remember he's in the Strategic Science Department now."

"It's him. We met him for the first time at Howard's exhibition." As Perry spoke, he suddenly noticed that Bucky's expression seemed... not very good. "What's wrong?"

"No, very good." Bucky showed that sweet smile again.

"If not, fine. Good night." Perry winked at him and stood up.

Bucky subconsciously blew a kiss.

Perry froze.Then, she frowned.

Bucky waved his hand immediately, "No, no, that's not what I meant...I just felt like I was in Brooklyn just now."

"Isn't that what you mean?" Perry bit his voice hard, raised an eyebrow and looked at Bucky.

She leaned down and whispered into Bucky's ear——

"But that's what I mean."

Then Perry watched Bucky's eyes widen for a moment, and kissed his lips.

It was just a goodnight kiss like a superficial kiss, falling fast and getting up fast.

Perry stood by the bed and looked at Bucky who was still drinking salt water, showing a nice smile. "Good night, Sergeant Barnes."

So, Bucky just watched Perry walk behind the curtain, unable to recover for a long time.

The minute hand turned again, and Bucky woke up like a dream.He still held the unsharpened knife in his hand, and his eyes were still fixed on the white curtain of the hospital wing.

he murmured.

"Good night Perry."

He felt what it was like to be in Brooklyn again.

The barracks had a bugle to wake people up every morning, and Perry got up at three o'clock in the morning to change Barnes' needle.And never fell asleep again.

When the bugle sounded, Bucky opened his eyes and saw Perry...

and her scissors.

"I think the stitches can be removed now at the rate you're healing."

Bucky swallowed, "But I'm hungry."

Perry put down the scissors, but lifted his quilt, ripped off his clothes, and pressed on his wound like a pork inspector. "Does it hurt?"

"is acceptable."

"If you don't dismantle it, it will hurt to death." Perry pinched a part of his waist that was not injured.

And Steve, who came to see Bucky early in the morning, heard the familiar screams from Perry's medical tent again.

The screams came from Sergeant Barnes.

Finally, with Steve's help, Bucky got dressed, washed up and had breakfast.

Perry watched from the side, and subconsciously popped out a word.

"Old couple."