Such a stubborn boy.". Do you use your little toys there? He can't be dead." He can see it in Cap's eyes, on his chapped lips. The author would like to thank you for your continued support. Tony had been the deciding voice behind that decision. "I told you, Major," Steve begins and is glad that his voice isn't shaking, while Bruce breaks the lock of the chain that ties him to the chair in the middle of the room.

He isn't ready to talk, not even think about what happened back then.

Le regard de James soutient tranquillement celui de Steve, qui le fixait sans comprendre.

Why? He worries that Steve's fever isn't going down, but when he peeks at Steve's vitals on his tablet, his temperature is only 103.4. Bruce's stomach bottomed out. The Major is kneeling in front of him and grabs his broken jaw so that Steve is unable to look away. Il lève un regard interrogateur vers Captain America : Le regard de Steve flancha un instant, hésitant, et refusant de rencontrer son regard. "You with us again, Captain? It's what a captain does for his people, isn't it? He focused in the general direction of Bruce's face, cheeks flushed pink.

Propped up against a tree. A simple mission. Bucky lies on a chair, inhuman screams tear through the gleeful words of the people surrounding him, while he begs for Steve to come and save him over and over and over again. Doesn't know if he can meet Steve's eyes. In, destroy the Hydra base, out. Nothing is broken.

"You are going to pay," Steve answers over the sizzling noise of the weapon and pulls the hand of the Major holding it even closer towards his bruised and battered body, until his enemy has no other choice than to come closer. He huffed out a breath, and a twitch rolled down his body. Cela fait des heures qu'il est là à regarder Bucky se faire torturer. "Once he is freed Steve gets up slowly and stares into his enemy's eyes – for a moment the raw feelings bubble up to the surface: he wants to make the Major pay for every word about Bucky, for every second he pained his best friend and turned him into the Winter Solider. Steve swallows miserably and croaks, "I'm sorry." I can't see anything funny about that.". His voice is rough and barely audible. Bucky étira doucement le bras tout juste retrouvé, faisant jouer les articulations métalliques.

"It's funny that you still think you are in control of the situation. So Steve smiles at him reassuringly and then takes a deep breath despite the broken ribs to answer the man behind him. High, but not too high for Steve's body. Steve calms down as fast as he got worked up, and he looks exhausted and wilted in the wake of his emotions. "We had this machine that really did its job, you know? And while the Major screams at him with empty threats over the ringing in his ears, Steve curiously listens for the voices in his mind.The screams of the Avengers mix up with the ones from the Howling Commandos, until another voice from his memory blocks out all others. The one positive of the situation was that, paradoxically, Steve's weakness allowed for pain medication to work effectively.

He reached forward, uncertain, and rested his hand on the bend in Steve's elbow. "All of you! "Because you have an infection, remember?". But instead of the awaited reaction the Major doesn't give in to the rage once again. The stuff they tested back then on captured soldiers is better than any cosmetic surgery – but you probably know that already, don't you, Steven?". "-op it Steve, stop! Shall I tell you how he is out there right now, eager to finally rip you apart – the only one bringing his painful memories back over and over again? Steve froze, lips still pressed against Bucky's forehead.