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Bucky’s requested movie wasn’t on Netflix, so they decided to watch another movie. They went for the movie ‘Hail Caesar!’ because Sam said an actresses is a very good looking lady. During the movie the two men fell asleep because of the boredom of the movie. While they were sleeping a strange creature bear-crawled over the floor. It creeped behind the couch and it peaked at the two sleeping men. Then it crawled to the front of the couch and looked at them again. It’s face went closer to Bucky’s.
Slowly Bucky opened his eyes and suddenly he saw two giant white eyes looking at them. Quickly he grabbed it’s neck with his metal hand and threw him over the couch. With a yell it flew through the air and landed on its feet. Bucky jumped over the couch, ran over to the creature and jumped on it. He held him by the throat.
Sam woke up by the commotion.
“What the…?”
“Guys wait!!” the creature begged.
Bucky’s eyes grew as he recognized the young voice.
“What the hell, kid?” Bucky mumbled as he released him. ”It’s 3:00 in the morning!”
“I know! But you need to know something!” Peter said as he removed the mask of his black suit. “By the way, can you please get off me, Mr. Winter Soldier Sir?”
Sam and Bucky just stared at him. Bucky didn’t realized he still sat on top of him, until Peter tapped him on the shoulder and made a certain gesture to get off.
“Oh! Yeah. Right,” Bucky said as he stood up and pulled Peter on his feet.
“Anyways, I had some fights with a guy named Mysterio and he said he is from another universe. And there were like nature monsters we had to fight. But the Mysterio guy acted very weird to me and we had a fight. I could defeat him but then he revealed my identity to the world and I’m so screwed up now!”
Peter looked at them in distress. Sam looked very unimpressed while Peter rambled and Bucky was just….confused.
”Kid, are you clinically insane or incredibly annoying?” Sam asked, annoyed after Peter was finished.
This time Peter was confused.
“Huh? What?”
The duo looked at each other.
“Defiantly clinically annoying,” they said together at the same time.
Peter started to lose his mind.
“Dudes! Haven’t you seen the news? My identity is everywhere!”
Sam sighed and held his hands firmly on the young boy’s shoulder.
“Listen to me. Someday everybody will know your identity. Everybody knows ours. If I say Falcon you say…?”
Peter shrugged his shoulders.
“Sam Wilson,” Bucky replied.
“Right! If you say Winter Soldier, you say?”
Peter was still silenced.
“Bucky Barnes,” the soldier finished.
“And when I say Captain America?”
Bucky sighed in mourning.
“Steve.”
Quietly he walked away. Sam hung his head as he realized it was a bad example.
“Think about it,” Sam said as he hit Peter’s shoulder a few times and left to go after his new comrade.
***
Bucky stood outside, staring at the sky. He was thinking about what he did in his past. Behind him was Sam. He could see the sadness on his face. Carefully he stood beside him.
“Can I tell you something?” Bucky asked.
“Sure.”
“I had a talk with Steve before we went to the HYDRA facility in Siberia. About my insecurities, that I’m not worth it. He taught me I am worthy and I learned more in Wakanda.” He sighed. “But now Steve is gone and I kind of losing it again.”
Sam clamped his hand on Bucky’s shoulder.
“Don’t step in that! In that worthless feeling. You have nothing to fear.”
He pulled Bucky closer to him for a hug.
“Because I am with you now!”
The soldier embraced him back. A sigh of relief left his body.
Then on the background they heard slurping noises. The men looked up at the sound and saw Peter drinking from a juice box.
“Anyways, I have been thinking,” the young guy said, after having a bite in a peanut butter sandwich. “I think it isn’t that bad to reveal my identity.”
“Okay, that’s good. Because in the end, you’ll always be Peter Parker,” Sam explained.
“Okay, boomer,” Peter said while he sipped his juice.
He turned around and went back into Bruce lab.
Sam rolled his eyes.
“Kids.”
He looked back at Bucky and saw his confused look.
“What?”
“What was he drinking from?”
“You’ve never seen a juice box?”
Bucky just looked at him. Sam rolled his eyes.
“Okay, never mind. Let’s go to bed.”
***
The next morning, Sam and Bucky sat at the dinner table having breakfast. A moment later Bruce joined them with a large breakfast burrito.
“Wanda coming for breakfast?” Sam asked Bruce.
“No, she left earlier this morning to Sokovia. She wanted to visit her brother’s grave.”
“What about the little guy?”
“What little guy?”
“The Spider Kid.”
Bruce blinked confused at him. After a moment he remembered.
“Oh him! Isn’t he in Queens with his aunt?”
“No, he was here freaking out about his identity,” Bucky said. “At 3AM!”
“That’s weird. I have an alarm and it didn’t went off.”
“Is the alarm in the lounge room activated?” Sam asked after he swallowed down a mouthful of cereals and milk.
“Everywhere in this lab,” Bruce answered as he gestured around him.
“Well it didn’t went off there.”
Bruce stood up and shuffled to the lounge room, followed by Sam. They looked at the alarm system.
“See the green light blinking? That means it’s on,” Bruce explained.
“Okay, good.”
The two of them walked back to the kitchen. Sam saw Bucky emptying the box with cereals. His bowl is overfull.
”You don’t think it’s a bit... much?” Sam wondered.
“Sorry, I’m just VERY hungry.”
“I notice.”
Within less than 10 minutes, Bucky finished his bowl. He sits back in the chair, placing his hands on his stomach while he chew on his last bite with his eyes closed.
“So good,” he mumbled.
“You shouldn’t be eaten that much, James.”
Bucky opened his eyes in a snap. That voice. So familiar. He looked to the direction of the voice. He couldn’t believe she was standing there. Dressed in a grey plaid pencil dress, her long brown hair in a bun.
“Agent Carter,” he greeted.
Quickly he stood up and saluted.
“Sergeant Barnes,” she greeted in return as she looked at him from head to toe. “It’s good to see you.”
Bucky was still in salute position.
“At ease, sergeant.”
He removed his right hand from his forehead and placed both hands behind his back. When his hands touched each other he felt…flesh. A flesh left hand. His eyes slightly widened in shock. He blinked a few times with his eyes. Suddenly he was in a military base. He took a deep breath to stay calm.
What the hell is going on?