two hearts in one home

"Hey, buddy. What are you doing by yourself? You must have your ma or dad freaking out, I bet," The kid, who looks to be about three years old, giggles, more or less not even knowing what Steve is saying.

"Cap! Cap! Shhh! Hide Seek!" The kid whisper giggles behind Steve. He wrapping he tiny arms around his waist, standing on his tippy toes to look over Steve's shoulders as if he waiting for somebody to jump out. It warms Steve's heart. "Alright, bud. How about we go find your parents, yeah?"

"No no! Shhh! Hide Seek!"

It clicks in Steve's head that the kid is telling him he is playing Hide N' Seek.

Steve opens his mouth to tell the little boy how he shouldn't run away from his parents when a man frantically rounds the corner of the aisle, eyes comically wide.

"Lucas!" The man who Steve assumes is the father of the little boy, hurries over and wraps the kid in his arms tightly.

"Don't you ever run away from me again, you got it, bud?" Steve hears the man whisper. He feels as he is intruding on this moment and is about to walk away when a pair of steel blue eyes look up at him.

"I'm sorry about that, Luke should know better than to play Hide N' Seek in public where I could lose him," The man says with an eyebrow raised at the little boy who just tucks his face into his dads' neck. Steve feels himself smiling at the scene in front of him.

"Cap, daddy."

"You are right, Luke. That's Captain America but that doesn't mean you get bother him while he is shopping," The man smiles at Steve. "Lucas here is a big Avengers fan, he even wanted it as his theme this year for his birthday next week. I'm James Barnes but people call me 'Bucky,'" Bucky shifts Lucas in his arms to extend his hand for a handshake which Steve takes eagerly. "Steve Rogers." He responds back earning himself a smile from Bucky.