Bourbon, Beer, and Howard Stark

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In the incredibly short time since the P.O.W.s had arrived back at the base with Steve and Allie, Bucky found that he was bombarded with attention all over. Soldiers were asking him if he knew the pretty nurse that had gone off and seemingly gone rogue, more than one nurse began to tell him how brave her was. The attention was nothing new for him, he was used to being the center of attention, but in the moment, he found he wanted peace and quiet.

Spotting Steve at one point, he realized that despite having had nurses around him himself, he wasn't receiving nearly the amount of attention that Steve was. It was an odd feeling as he realized that maybe he didn't mind quite that much. It was something different. Walking over to his best friend, he realized that Steve wasn't keen on all of the attention all at once. Instead, he almost looked like he was begging for an excuse to escape his current predicament of multiple nurses seemingly fawning over him.

"Excuse me ladies, I have something that I'd like to discuss with Sergeant Barnes in private," Steve excused himself. 

"You know, you won't have to worry about finding a way to tell them you're not interested," Bucky assured him as Steve walked up to him. "Your sister will do that for you."

"I can believe it," he frowned.

"So, was that reason you gave them an excuse or a real story?" Bucky questioned as the men walked away from the crowded spaces.

"The truth," Steve assured him.

"So, what's the thing you want to talk about?" Bucky questioned.

"That map that was in that room with you," Steve began. "Those were other bases, right?"

"Yeah," Bucky nodded as he remembered back to the room. It was hazy and it was as if he was trying to push through Jell-O while he made the attempt to remember what he could.

"Alright. Well, I want to take down those facilities," Steve swallowed harshly. "I'd need to put together a team, but I think you're my best bet to getting this thing started."

"Well, I'll be right there with you as you go after them," Bucky assured him. "But I can give the names of some of the men that I was in the 107th with and a few I met there in that base we were at."

"I'd appreciate it," Steve nodded. "I want to have a meeting with them."

"I'm pretty sure that that can be arranged," Bucky assured him.

"I don't want a huge team, just enough to get this thing done," Steve continued.

"Only soldiers?" Bucky questioned.

"What do you mean?" Steve's brow rose as the two continued to walk.

"I mean, what about medical? Do you want someone with a medical background on this team?" 

"I don't think that's a bad idea," Steve seemed to sit with the idea. "Do you know of someone?"

Bucky paused as he realized that he hadn't thought that far. He wasn't quite sure that he knew of any of the P.O.W.s with a full background in medicine. And then he remembered someone that had been out there at the base fighting alongside the men that had a medical background of her own. She was a good candidate. The best if he were to be honest with himself. He would just need to plead her case.

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