#warwinter

James Rhodes, busting down the door: I think not.

James Rhodes is the Warden at the maximum-security prison for the cruelest and most ruthless of criminals. From war prisoners to terrorists, he has seen it all. He was the most strict warden in the facility and he wasn’t going to soften anytime soon.

At least that was until the Russian War Prisoners showed up. They never spoke a word and they couldn’t trust any name the two gave them. Their head technician has dubbed them “Winter” and “Red” which is what they stuck to until they found new information.

James and Maria both constantly discussed the two to figure out new ways to get information from them but so far nothing has worked.

James carried on as normal.

Until he heard Winter screaming during a night patrol. The only reason he checked on him was that no one usually screamed at night. He was not concerned. Winter immediately attacked him but James proved himself capable by pinning the man between the wall and himself. 

“You’ve calm down there Winter Wonderland?” 

Winter doesn’t answer as always but James releases him and he gets back to the bed. Then, they talked.

Winter told him bits of his pasts that contradicted. He remembered places in Brooklyn but he’s never been to America. He knew about Coney Island but only remember the Russian Base. He remembered his sister but had no family.

James took note of these errors but continued to say nothing about it. He told Winter about Tony and how he hooked him up with Pepper with the help of Happy and about how he met Sam and Steve.

Winter didn’t like Steve for some reason.

Things changed

Winter didn't know how he felt when he saw James working out and remembered how easily he took him down.

James was a bit more relaxed around Winter, something only Tony picked up. So it wasn’t that surprising with the nosey technician cornered him when he was on break.

“When did you become a softie for Chiller?” “I didn’t.” “Yes, you did.” “No.” “Yes!” “No.” “Yes!” “No.”-

James didn’t tell anyone what happened that night when Winter screamed. Not how he couldn’t remember where he was. Who he was. Not how he struggled with basic math mumbling both English and Russian into some weird hybrid language. He didn’t say a word because he wasn’t sure.

James overheard a conversation between two guards, Steve and Sam. About a soldier that went missing a long time ago during the war. He was Steve's best friend and he fell off the train and they couldn’t find him. That friend was named James Barnes. This made him curious.

He reported the story and the soldier to the President who decided to look into it. James was ordered to separate Winter from the other prisoners.

Winter hated isolation but James made it better, James visits him often enough that he’s not totally alone. Winter felt okay with James unlike with the other guards. Steve and Sam threw him off too much with how friendly they were. Clint was always complaining about wanting to see his family which he couldn’t relate to.

Tony was assigned to work on a project to help victims of brainwashing and PTSD. He wasn’t told why but a challenge is a challenge which he happily got into. James knew he was going to get an earful from Pepper about how Tony won’t stop talking about his important project at home.

When the president came to meet Winter, he was... nervous to say the least. When James wasn’t with him, Winter was closed off and on guard. This is when they bring him in and winter relaxes slightly. He knew James was fair, he didn't know about the other guy.

When Winter was told he may have been a War Prisoner before being brought in, he believe it to be a joke. But James doesn't joke around about things like this. He hesistates in accepting the treatment.

Tony had to give a demonstration on the B.A.R.F technology before Winter would even think about it. And James had to try it before Winter agreed to it.

It's 10 months of working through code words and memories, some still escape Winter, no James Barnes, but Rhodes help a lot.

Memories pop up about others, about Natalia. So he tells James, who tell the others.

James Barnes prefers Winter, so they call him Winter. Winter also prefers James, which is always a laugh when he follows him around.

Winter was willing to continue his sentance but he and Natalia was pardoned due to not being sound of mind. Winter learned about Natalia's favoritism to Maria Hill when the talk for the first time in years.

Natalia points out his favoritism towards the Warden which Winter denies.

Jamie "Teddy" Rhodes didn't know what to expect when she heard from her idiot genius friend that he picked up another stray.

She did know that if they were anything like the other strays he had picked up. She wasn't gonna be so nice.

So here she was in front of the Avengers Compound. She was going to give the shovel talk then drag Tony out for smoothies.

Well that was the plan.

One thing threw her plans off. All the was off.

Jasmine "Bambi" Barnes.

"Teddy!" Tony calls happily before hugging his friend/sister. Jamie ruffles his hair.

"Sup Tones." Jamie smiles at him. Tony grins and leads her to the living room.

"Lieutenant Colonel." Steve greets. Jamie looks around the room.

"Colonel actually, Captain." Jamie cross her arms before spotting an unfamiliar person.

"Right, right. Colonel." Steve quickly replies.

"Teddy! This is Jasmine Barnes." Tony introduces pulling her over to the other girl. Jamie stares as Jasmine's eyes meet hers.

"Hey I'm Teddy- I mean Colonel Jamie Rhodes. Pleasure to meet you!" She holds out her hand. Jasmine quickly reacts by throwing Jamie over her shoulder.

"Teddy!"

"Bambi!" Two very different people shouted. Jamie stares up at Jasmine in a daze. She grins.

Tea. I'll give you some headcanons of mine

Rhodey got his PhD in Robotics, so before Bucky was comfortable with asking Tony (you know why) he would reluctantly ask Rhodey.

The silence between them is nice.

Rhodey asks for his name, and they moved from Sargent and Colonel to James

Bucky loves soft and warm things and Rhodey is super warm so cuddling him is a favorite pass time of Bucky's

Rhodey covered Bucky's room in soft materials because he couldn't help himself.

"No Tones I do not have an infatuation with James, he's a friend."

Bucky loves listening to James military stories.