06.| you likeeeeee her

Seated in a closed off room in head quarters she was stationed in, she lays on her bed. Her blonde hair falls around her head like a crown and she attempted to get some sleep, something she had been deprived of since she was captured by HYDRA and experimented on. She knew that Bucky was also put through some of the horrors that she was, but she couldn't help but feel as if there was something new about her. Something different about who she was as a person. She inhales deeply as her hands rest against her chest, but as she tried to fall asleep, flashes of memories of what happened to her appear behind her eyes and they snap open.

She stares up at the ceiling, before exhaling. She pushes herself up to a sitting position, pulling her knees to her chest. She inhales and exhales normally, before she could hear a knock at her door. She glances over to see Bucky standing in the doorway and she gives him a soft smile, and he enters the room. He walks over towards her bed and sits down besides her and the two of them sit in silence for a few seconds. She had a feeling that he would want to talk about how she was involved with the military and why she was captured by HDYRA. But the truth was, she didn't have any answers for him. None that he would like to hear.

"How you feelin', doll?" Bucky questions her and she shrugs. Bucky glances down to her hand and he reaches to grab it, lacing his fingers with hers. "Charlie, I could always tell when something was bothering you. What's wrong?"

"I'm shaken, Buck." She answers and Bucky gives her a sympathetic look. "Don't give me that look, Bucky. You know I don't like it when you or Steve act like I'm some fragile little bird that needs to be monitored and protected one hundred percent of the time."

"I'm not saying you are." Bucky says to her and she glances to him. "You're the strong girl that I fell in love with, Charlie. I always knew there was something else with you when you could take out a guy twice your size who was beating up Steve in an alley. I was impressed and at first I thought the man was just letting you kick the crap out of him, but then after a while, I thought that you just liked to be at the gym. But now I know."

"Now you know that the military trained me to be one of their finest agents." Charlotte states and Bucky nods his head. "Doesn't it bother you? That I work with the military/government?"

"Not at all." Bucky says to her as he rests a hand against her cheek. She gives him a small smile, before he presses his lips against hers. She cups his face with both of her hands and she pulls him on top of her. His body presses against hers as they kiss on the bed, only for them to be interrupted by a knock on the doorframe.

"You know, I love that you two are back together, but we have some work to be done." Steve says from the doorway and Charlotte squeezes her eyes shut. Bucky gets himself up off of her and stands up. He gives Charlotte a quick peck on the cheek, before walking out of the room. Charlotte glances up to her older brother and she narrows her eyes.

"You've been waiting to do that, haven't you?" She asks him and a guilty smile falls on Steve's lips.

"Maybe."

"Mmhmm." She hums.

***

"The fifth one was here in Poland, right near the Baltic." Steve states as he points to areas on a large scale map, jotting down some of the places as well. Peggy and Charlotte were both watching him, making sure to keep a close eye and attempt to find any connections. "And the sixth one was about here, thirty, forty miles west of the Maginot Line." A soldier removes the map from him and the super soldier glances up to the two girls. "I just got a quick look."

"Well, nobody's perfect." Peggy sighs.

"You like herrrrr." Charlotte whispers to her brother as she bumps into him and Steve gives his sister a small glare, before following Peggy towards one of the larger maps in the room.

"These are the weapon factories we know about." Steve states as the three of them, including Colonel Phillips, as they approach the large table with the map and all of the markers.

"Sergeant Barnes said that Hydra shipped all the parts to another facility that isn't on this map." Charlotte adds.

"Agent Carter, coordinate with MI6." Colonel Phillips orders. "I want every Allied eyeball looking for that main Hydra base."

"What about us?" Peggy questions.

"We are going to set a fire under Johann Schmidt's ass." Colonel Phillips answers and a small grin appears on Charlotte's face, more than happy to be the one to light the fire. A blonde woman approaches the group, and Charlotte knew her as Lorraine. "What do you say, Rogers? It's your map. You think you can wipe Hydra off it?"

"Yes, sir." Steve answers. "I'll need a team."

"We're already putting together the best men." Colonel Phillips states.

"With all due respect, sir, so am I." Steve states.

***

"So, let's get this straight." Dum Dum Dugan begins as he sets his mug of beer down on the table.

"We barely got out of there alive, and you want us to go back?" Gabe Jones asks.

Steve nods, "Pretty much."

"Sounds rather fun, actually." James Falsworth states.

Jim Morita burps, "I'm in."

Jacques Dernier begins to speak in French at the table and him and Jones both begin to converse with each other in the language, while the others just watch the two of them. When the two of them laugh, Jones turns to them with a smile, "We're in."

Steve turns to Dugan, who smiles at him. "Hell, I'll always fight. But you got to do one thing for me."

"What's that?" Steve asks him and Dugan chugs the rest of his drink, before slamming the glass on the table, a large grin on his face.

"Open a tab." He answers and all of them smile as Steve gathers up the rest of the glasses and takes them over to the bar to be refilled. "Well, that was easy."

"Another round." Steve says to the bartender.

"Where are they putting all this stuff?" The man asks him and Steve let's out a small laugh, before walking over towards the other room, where Bucky was seated.

"See? I told you." Bucky says to him as he turns in his seat and lifts his drink to his lips. "They're all idiots."

"How about you?" Steve asks him. "You ready to follow Captain America into the jaws of death?"

"Hell, no." Bucky answers him. "That little guy from Brooklyn who was too dumb not to run away from a fight. I'm following him. But you're keeping the outfit, right?"

Steve gives his friend a look, before turning to look at the Captain America poster behind them, "You know what? It's kind of growing on me."

Suddenly, the singing in the bar silents and both Steve and Bucky glance around the door to see Peggy and Charlotte enter the room. Peggy was wearing a red dress with matching shoes, while Charlotte was dressed in a dark blue with black shoes. The two girls glance between the boys and Charlotte smiles to Bucky, before her brother.

"Captain." They greet him.

"Agent Carter, Charlotte." Steve greets them.

"Steven." Charlotte warns him and he gives her a smile.

"Agent Rogers." He corrects himself and she grins.

"Better." The girl smiles as her and Peggy walk in front of the two men and they glance to Bucky.

"Ma'ams." Bucky addresses them.

"Howard has some equipment for you to try." Peggy says to Steve. "Tomorrow morning?"

"Sounds good." Steve replies.

As Peggy and Charlotte glance over through the open doors to see Steve's team drinking their worries away, Steve glances Peggy up and down, while Bucky does the same to Charlotte. "We can see that your top squad is prepping for duty." Peggy states.

"You don't like music?" Bucky questions her.

"I do, actually." Peggy answers, not taking her eyes off of Steve. "I might even, when this is all over, go dancing."

"Then what are we waiting for?" Bucky asks, a small chuckle escaping his lips.

"The right partner." Peggy answers, a small smile on both her and Steve's lips. "0800, Captain." She turns to Charlotte. "For you as well, Agent Rogers. Howard needs to do an analysis on your blood to see what they did to you."

"Of course, Peggy." Charlotte smiles.

"Yes, ma'am. I'll be there." Steve says as Peggy exits the bar, leaving the three of them there.

"I'm invisible." Bucky states and Charlotte rolls her eyes as she walks up to Bucky and snakes her arms around him, before pressing a kiss to his cheek. Bucky glances down to Charlotte and she gives him a wink.

"Oh, darling. You're not invisible. I was just ignoring you a bit." She states and Bucky rolls his eyes, before wrapping his arms around her. He presses a kiss to her forehead and she gives her brother a smile. "And you likeeeeee her, Steven."

"Oh, hush up."