winter rose

Removing the stitches was not as painful as Bucky imagined, so after his terrified expression appeared, Steve perfectly managed to look disgusted.

Perry went to get his share of breakfast, sat on a stack of boxes and watched the two flirt, and suddenly felt that he was eating dog food.

"Sorry I have to interrupt." Perry put the dinner plate on his lap. "I heard that serum can strengthen a person's character, so..."

Steve turned around, waiting seriously for her next words.

"So your friendship with Sergeant Barnes turned into love?"

In the end, Perry managed to get Captain America out of the medical wing.

Sergeant Barnes, who was "in love with Captain America", laughed viciously.He jumped out of bed, walked slowly over to his medic, and put the dinner plate away from Perry's lap.

"Perry, I've been thinking about the meaning of what you said yesterday..."

"I didn't see you thinking hard when I came to pull out your needle at three o'clock in the morning."

"...So it was one night." Bucky naturally accepted the second half of the sentence. "And now, Dr. Carter, can you tell me what you mean by 'but I mean that'?"

So who should take the initiative?

What's wrong with being forced to take the initiative!

Did all your ex-girlfriends cheat like this?

I still remember the first time we met you had two dance partners!

Resisting the urge to roll his eyes, Perry picked up a bottle of alcohol on the operating table and placed it between the two of them, smiling at him.

"Sergeant, it depends on what you mean?"

After finishing speaking, she unscrewed the bottle cap vigorously.

Bucky smelled the all-too-familiar pungent smell of alcohol, he couldn't help but shiver, and stepped back slightly.

Now it was Perry's turn to laugh.

From time to time, footsteps of patrolling soldiers and noisy voices could be heard outside the tent, but the tent was still quiet.It is quiet, like the silence in the Tower of London on an English island in a midsummer afternoon in a street in Brooklyn, or in a snowy season.

In the chaotic and glorious 40s, at the forefront of the war, in the tents of the medical wing of the military camp, there are still people who can talk about love unscrupulously.

War cannot stop people's pursuit of beauty.

Everyone agrees.

If he hesitated, it would be very un-Brooklyn Bucky.he thinks.

So he stretched out his hand to clasp the back of Perry's head, and slowly leaned forward.

And the initiative of the last three centimeters came from Perry.

Alcohol fell on the ground and spilled all over the floor.

Her lips were on Bucky's, she felt his breath on her skin, she heard a chuckle - and the kiss drew them even closer.

Bucky licked and bit Perry's lips lightly, the place where the tip of his tongue touched was soft.

Who knew I'd meet you at the conscription office, Miss Carter?

Who knew I would meet you on the battlefield, Dr. Carter?

And who knew there would be a Perry in the alcohol-filled hospital wing?

He hugged his military doctor even more tightly, that Perry who was not good in others' eyes but was very good in his own.

What he wants is more than more, better than better.

Bucky remembered again, the love poem about roses that Steve helped to find.

【In the spring

When the quiet park is covered with night nets

The oriental nightingale sang in vain to the rose

rose no answer

hours of night

Carols of love cannot wake up the Queen of Flowers

Your song

poet

sing in vain

Can't arouse joy and sorrow in cold beauty's heart

Her beauty astounds you

your heart is full of wonder

but

Her heart is still cold and lifeless]

No, my Perry, warm as sunshine.

The curtain of the medical tent was pulled up abruptly, and Perry heard an all-too-familiar voice——

"Perry? How's your going..."

So what Howard Stark saw was that Perry sitting on the box and Bucky holding her waist stared at him with indescribable eyes.

"Hmm... looks like it's going on."

Howard showed that awkward and sweet smile.As soon as he let go of his hand, the curtain fell again.

Perry's gaze turned back to meet a pair of gray-blue eyes.

"So... shall we continue?" She asked in a very low voice.

Bucky laughed, leaning over to cover her lips again.

The Howling Commandos are off to "Down with Hitler" again, and Perry happens to be free, so she drops them off before they go.

She saw Paige, and Paige could see her.

"I heard from Howard that you..."

"Yes, I'm in love, Margaret," Perry said preemptively, a dog-legged grin on his face. "And Sergeant Barnes."

"... I remember that military regulations seem to prohibit dating." Peggy glanced at Barnes who was checking equipment with his teammates not far away, and he happened to be looking in their direction.

"How do you know if you don't tell me? We're sneaking around like thieves!" Perry took her arm and shook it gently. "And, didn't you come too?"

"I'm here to—"

"To see Captain America. I know I know." Perry didn't give her a chance to speak, pushing her all the way to Steve who was ready.He trotted to the back of the car.

Bucky was packing things into the trunk, which was heavy, and there should be a lot of things in it for this operation, but Perry was not curious.

"Although your healing ability is good, and the stitches have been removed from the wound, it's best to be careful not to be beaten apart."

Bucky turned to see Perry, smiled and planted a kiss on her soft lips.

"Otherwise you'd know how good Dr. Carter is at treating lacerations," she continued.

"I'll pay attention." Bucky threw the gun in his hand on the car seat, and wrapped one hand around her waist. "You should also pay attention not to chase any flying jeep in the future."

"You can learn from Steve." Perry propped his arms up on the hood of the car, lifting his skirt to show him the scar on his thigh. "Margaret was pushed out before the third shot. What was Sergeant Barnes doing?" She raised her eyebrows in feigned anger, and pinched his face with one hand.

Bucky looked at the reddish wound, the three stitches that Perry had stitched up rather haphazardly and hadn't been removed yet.Compared with the group of men who went to the battlefield, Perry's injury healed too slowly.The coin-sized scar was so conspicuous on her fair and tender skin, Bucky knew how terrible it was for the girl.

So when he looked up into her clear green eyes, there was also guilt in his eyes.

"I was standing 300 meters away calling your name...sorry." He hugged her tightly. "Sorry, Perry. But there won't be a next time."

Perry didn't expect Bucky to look at her like that, like he was the one who shot him.It was just a joke, and she didn't want to spoil the mood of "Captain America's best friend" before leaving.

So Perry kisses Bucky loudly on the side of the cheek, making a pop.

"Just a joke, my dear Bucky." Perry rubbed his furrowed brow. "I swear, as long as I want it to get better, there will be nothing left of it."

Bucky looked at the almost frantic stitches on the wound, and finally could only pat Perry's hand.

"If you don't remove the stitches, it will hurt a lot."

"How can I have time? There are so many wounded soldiers, I'm too busy. As long as there are wars, people will be injured. Captain America also came to fetch bullets once..." Perry suddenly choked up, and Bucky saw that she seemed to be in a daze She looked as if she wasn't here at the moment.

She turned her head to look away. "But Bucky, I don't want you."

Bucky watched Perry's face turn away, wetness flickering in his beautiful green eyes.

"Come on. It's not like you." Bucky put his arms around her waist. "In my eyes, Dr. Carter is a vicious military doctor."

"It's true that I'm a vicious military doctor, but what's not like me, I just watch the flag fluttering over there is very interesting."

"That's Steve's uniform hanging out to dry..."

"It's so tight."

"..."

After a while, Paige called Perry over to give the Rangers a final wound examination.In fact, Perry didn't come here to say goodbye out of nowhere. Colonel Phillips was optimistic about her former medical degree certificate and asked her to come here.

Perry fully fulfilled his duties as a doctor, saying that this one's wound should not be vigorously exercised, and that one's wound should not be soaked in water...

In the end, he added a sentence to the unspeakable expressions on everyone's faces.

"If you want me to say that this examination is useless at all, it is best not to go to the battlefield if it is to recover from injuries. But I am only a military doctor, so we still have to go. Good luck, soldiers."

The team members looked at the upright Perry, and then looked at Bucky with what they thought was a hidden look.

No one wants to express anything, but everything is expressed in silence.

"We've all heard of you, Dr. Carter."

Before leaving, a bearded soldier in a yarmulke said to Perry, winking teasingly.

Perry had forgotten what expression she had at the time, but if she had an expression at the time, it should have been an embarrassing and sweet smile like Howard's.

How many missions is this for Howling Commandos?

Perry couldn't remember.

But Perry knew that no matter how difficult the task, no matter how rough and long the road, Bucky would come back.He would stand under the curtain of the medical tent with the sunshine of Brooklyn in his smile, once again dispelling the cold haze of London towers in her heart.