All I need is Vitamin Sea.

fast forward to him lying in a hospital bed, half-high on the strongest drugs they could find, and this nice nurse guy's telling him that he's gonna be fine, and also Sergeant Barnes is on his way there, shouldn't be a minute, and Steve's entire face just instantly morphs into this big dopey grin, like, stars switching on in his glossy blue eyes, and he starts drawling on and on like,

Yeaaaah that's my best guy, my best guy, I'm so lucky to have 'im, you know? He's so good to me and he's so sweet and he's so pretty, fuck he's so pretty, he's got the prettiest, ohh, the prettiest fuckin' eyes, the- his hair, just wanna run my fingers through his hair all the time, 'cause it's, it's so fuckin' soft and it smells so good it's, and and you should- have you ever seen him ridin' a bike? Those thighs? Thicker than tree trunks, man, I swear to God, he's just, fuck, he's the best, I love him so much, so goddamn much, I. He's my sweetheart. Yeah. Yeah he's my sweetheart. He's just like sugar, he is, he's so sweet to me, he's-- when you see him, you'll understand, he's jus- he's just, mmmm. Buck.

mere seconds later, James "Bucky" Barnes comes storming in in a whirlwind of righteous fury, announcing himself with a hissed, venom-dripping, "Steven motherfuckin' Rogers", and the poor dumbfounded nurse finds himself watching this man immediately cross the room, aggressively fuss over the injured Captain, foul mouth running a mile a minute while he fluffs up Steve's pillows and tucks the sheets over his chest,

You dumb fuck. You stupid bitch-ass-- what the fuck did you do this time, race all your pals into a collapsing building? You jumped off the 175th floor again? You try to save a fish from drowning, what, what stupid ass shit did you pull on me now? You walk out the door this morning, you say you'll bring back something nice for me-- this what you were goin' for? Huh? Gonna surprise me with a motherfuckin' heart attack? You stupid- I can't believe you. No, don't you gimme that face, don't you fucking dare- don't 'Sweetheart' me, you big lugging piece of shit, I ain't fallin' for that one again. No. I said no. Stop that. Stop that right now or I'm breaking your other leg, so help me God-

Busy - (2025)

They never formally met but their reputations always orbit each other.

They’ve ruined each other’s missions, unintentionally, then intentionally.

They are both hired to take down the same high-profile target.

They meet on the job, try to take each other out, sabotage, traps, steal weapons...

They eventually team up to take down the client instead as he double-crossed them both.

Everyone who is reading this: I’m so glad you’re alive. I’m so proud of you. You are loved. I’m here. Don’t give up, we’re almost there.