Lily woke up the next morning cuddled up to Bucky's side with his arm around her waist and her head on his chest.
She looked outside and saw that the sun was almost up so she decided to get up and make Bucky a good-bye breakfast.
She got dressed then headed towards Steve's room to see if he wanted to help.
She knocked on the door "come in" he said and she entered "hey you feel up to helping me make Bucky a going away breakfast" she asked and Steve nodded "okay get dressed and I'll get the stuff ready"
Lily left towards the kitchen and began getting the pans make sure not to make that much noise "what are we making" Steve asked coming in.
Lily smiled "Bucky's favorite chocolate chip pancakes, bacon and scrabbled eggs" she told him
The two set to work making sure not to wake Bucky "Lily, I'll finish up here why don't you go make sure Bucky's decent" Steve said causing Lily to blush "I was on the couch drawing when you came in"
Lily smiled showing Steve the ring "he asked me to marry him" she told him smiling.
Steve smiled at that "congratulations" he said hugging her and she hugged back.
They broke apart and Lily headed towards her and Bucky's room "Bucky" she said opening the door.
She smiled seeing Bucky cuddling her pillow although he would deny it to anyone "Bucky wake up we got a surprise for you" she said shaking him.
Bucky groaned at that "alright I'm getting up" he said sitting up.
Lily smiled and kissed him "get dress and come to the kitchen" she said leaving
Bucky entered the kitchen just as they finished setting the table.
The two smiled at him "I figured you won't have a good home cooked meal in a while so we made you breakfast" Lily said to him as they all set down
The reason they had the food is because the money Lily gets from her job as a Colonel and Maria has fits when Lily doesn't eat.
Howard helps her because when Maria has a fit then it means she's harder to ignore when it comes to him doing paperwork.
Breakfast was filled with laughter, none of them brought up the fact this is the last time they would be able to do this in a long time.
After breakfast Lily cleaned up and looked at the grandfather clock "shoot I'm have to go" she said.
Bucky nodded at that "promise to write me every chance you get" Lily said hugging Bucky and he nodded "every chance and I'll even brag about you to the others" he told her giving her a kiss.
Lily smiled at that then turn to Steve "behave and stay away from enlistment centers" she told him then went to grab her stuff.
She came back and Steve left so they could talk privately "Bucky promise me you won't die" she said putting a hand on his cheek.
Bucky held the hand on his cheek and smiled "I promise" he said giving her a kiss.
Lily smiled and kissed him back "I need to go" she said pulling back and look at him with tears in her eyes.
Bucky sighed "hey, when this war is over we will start a family okay" he began "Steve can paint the nursery and tell the kid about his failed attempts at joining the army."
"Jerk" Steve yelled back having heard the last part.
Lily laughed at that "deal and you'll be the over protective father that if we ever have a girl won't let her date" she said
Bucky nodded "yes ma'am no boy is going near my daughter especially if she looks anything like you" he said.
Lily smiled at that knowing if they did have a daughter then she won't be allowed out of Bucky's sight.
Lily walked into her office later than normal since she decided to she Bucky off along with Steve,
She saw her three best friends standing around her desk "let's see it" they said and Lily placed her bag down not even asking how they got in to her locked office.
Lily held out her hand and Nikko grabbed it "it's so you" she said as Peggy and Maria looked over her shoulder.
Lily rolled her eyes "Maria where's Howard, he ruined the moment last night" she asked sitting at her desk and pulled out the paperwork she was supposed to finish yesterday.
Maria tried to look innocent "he suddenly had a stack of paperwork to look over this morning" she said.
The three looked at her amazed.
Lily walked through the training camp that housed the recruits for Project Rebirth.
The others were also here since Colonel Phillips lets Maria and Nikko loose on cocky recruits since according to him "there's nothing worse to their egos then getting beat by two innocent looking dames"
That is true they may look innocent by when they have a certain gleam in their eyes is when people know to stay away.
Lily and Peggy just let them have at it as long as they don't come to Lily and demand to get fixed up because Lily will refuse saying they probably deserved it.
Lily got to the newbies and saw the terror twins (Maria and Nikko) off to the side waiting to see what one need the most dressing down.
She looked down the line and was shocked to see Steve.
Peggy arrived beside Lily "are you ready" she asked and Lily nodded.
Peggy walked forward as Lily walked behind her "Recruits! Attention!" Peggy yelled and they snapped to attention as the terror twins stood up straighter
"Gentlemen, I'm Agent Carter, I supervise all operations for this division." Peggy said "and this is Field Medic Colonel Steward she will be your main medic but she may choose who wounds to tend to."
Peggy added the last part when she saw some of the men eyeing Lily.
"What's with the accent, Queen Victoria? I thought I was signing up for the U.S Army." A tough looking guy with a Brooklyn accent drawled, catching Agent Carter's attention.
Maria, Nikko and Lily sighed already knowing that this group would cause trouble
"What's your name, soldier?"
"Gilmore Hodge, your majesty."
"Step forward, Hodge."
Hodge did so, looking back to his friend next to him. "Put your right foot forward," Peggy's face showed no sign of what she was thinking.
"We gonna wrassle? 'Cause I got a few moves I know you'll like," Hodge smirked with a wink.
Maria and Nikko glared already knowing their first victim and Lily sighed already seeing the trouble this man will cause.
Suddenly, Peggy's arm swung and punched Hodge on the side of the face, knocking him to the ground. Peggy smirked slightly as Lily giggled
Maria smirked since she was the one to teach Peggy how to throw a good punch while Nikko taught her how to fire a gun.
"Agent Carter!" Came a gruff voice. The woman turned around to face the speaker, a tough looking man followed by Dr. Erskine.
"Colonel Phillips!" She greeted.
"I see you are breaking in the candidates?" Then, to Hodge, "Get your ass up out of that dirt and stand in that line at attention 'till somebody comes and tells you what to do."
Hodge done so and the women saw that his nose look broke
"General Patton has said that wars are fought with weapons, and they are won by men," Phillips began , his voice carrying. "We are going to win this war because we have the best-" he broke off when his eyes came Steve, "men," he said, looking over in Lily's direction. "And because they are going to get better. Much better."
Lily looked towards her left and saw Dr. Erskine and smiled at him since he's the reason she is a field medic to begin with.
"The Strategic Scientific Reserve is an Allied effort made up of the best minds in the free world. Our goal is to create the best army in history but every army starts with one man. At the end of this week, we will choose that man. He will be the first in a new breed of super-soldier. And they will personally escort Adolf Hitler to the gates of hell."
Phillips finished his speech "oh and word of the wise do not mess with the two women stand on the sidelines if you value your ego and your life" he said pointing to the Terror twins who just smiled innocently.
the recruits looked skeptically at that but didn't voice anything.
The got dismissed and Lily walked towards her cousin before he could get away "hold it right there Steven Grant Rogers" she said and Steve stopped.
Her best friends looked over at her as Steve turned to face her "how did you get here" she asked and Steve glanced at Dr. Erskine. Lily sighed at that knowing the good Doctor is going to choose Steve.
Lily nodded at him "already but if any of you problems come up come find me immediately or have a soldier take you to me" she said and Steve nodded then left.
Lily turned and saw her friends behind her "that wasn't Bucky" Maria said "but he was cute in a cute puppy sort of way" Nikko commented.
Lily sighed "he's my cousin and no Nikko before you even ask you can't keep him" she said causing said woman to pout.
Peggy smiled at her friends "don't worry Lily we'll help watch him" she said and the other two nodded
The rest of the week was filled with recruits coming into the med tent for the simplest things like a broken nose or cuts from the barbed wire.
Lily lectured them about that saying if they can't handle that in basic then how are they going to handle it in the field and that field medics only treat the most serious on the field.
Steve been to see her a few times mainly because Nikko would randomly hug him and ask if she can keep him. Lily told him something shiny distracts her but slowly Steve is growing costume to Nikko random hugs.
With Maria she was sitting in a jeep with Peggy and a solider in front. Nikko was off at some bar probably hustling some poor sucker in a game of poker.
Howard's is putting the finishing touches on the lab that would make the super solider so Maria decided to let him off of doing paperwork that could wait.
"Pick up the pace, ladies!" the drill sergeant yelled. "Let's go, let's go! Double time!"
Maria looked up from some reports she was going over for Howard and saw the squad coming towards them.
Steve was at the very back of the pack, out of formation and at least twenty yards behind them, gasping for air "stubbornness must run in the family" Maria said, debating whether to go help him or not, Peggy nodded.
"Faster! Faster! Move! Move!" the sergeant yelled before they got to the flag pole. "Squad, halt!" he yelled.
They all stopped, panting causing Maria to roll her eyes since they lucky Nikko's not leading them and the only one she would go easy on is Steve.
The drill sergeant pointed up the tattered flag. "That flag means we're only at the halfway point. First man to bring it to me gets a ride back with Agent Carter and Miss Carbonell!" he told them. "Move, move!"
Almost immediately, almost every recruit scrambled to get to be the first up the flagpole. Maria grinned amused since she put cooking oil on the flagpole earlier to make it harder. The recruits were pulling each other down and using them as steps. It was amusing.
"Come on! Get up there!" the sergeant yelled. "If that's all you got, this army's in trouble! Get up there, Hodge!"
"Nobody's got that flag in 17 years!" the sergeant yelled, looking smug. "Now fall back into line! Come on, fall in!"
All the recruits tousled about trying to get back into their positions, except for Steve who was looking over the flag pole with a determined look "Roger! I said fall in!"
Maria watch as Steve reached down and pulled the stakes out causing the pole to fall. He grabbed the flag and gave it to the shocked sergeant.
"Thank you, sir," he said before pulling himself up into the back of the jeep to sit beside Maria.
Peggy looked back at him and grinned "better to have brain than brawn" Maria said as the driver started the jeep and drove back to camp; Steve grinned at that.
They got back to base and Steve quickly got out of the jeep and ran to help Peggy and Maria out of the jeep "thank you" they said smiling at him.
Peggy walked to give some reports to Phillips as Maria grabbed the papers that she was looking over "Lily wanted me to tell you to go see her after you got back from the run" she said.
Steve nodded so Maria left
Steve headed towards the Medtent and saw Lily wrapping a soldier's wrist "there try not to move it too much and do planks instead of push-ups" she said to him.
The man nodded "thank you Colonel Steward" he said then left.
Lily smiled then turned towards Steve "did your asthma act up any" she asked making Steve to sit on the table.
Steve shook his head so Lily nodded "let me listen to your heart just incase" she said causing Steve to sigh but let her.
Later that day Lily was walking towards the women's tent when someone stopped her "you got a letter" he said handing her the letter then left.
Lily smiled seeing it was from Bucky.
Once she got to the tent she set on her bed and opened the letter with her pocket knife.
Dear Lily,
How are you I know it's only been a week but I miss you. My squad's crazy they saw the picture of us from Coney Island and they asked me how I landed a looker like you. I told them my charm causing them to laugh. I swear my squad is a bunch of misfits.
Anyway I just wanted to write to you now since I'm not sure the next time I can write you we're going into action tomorrow. Don't worry I will be careful. Promise to take care of Steve for me I have a feeling he's going to be more determined now that we're both not around that often.
sincerely,
Bucky Barnes
P.S. If you ever meet my team promise not to tell them childhood stories. I'll never hear the end of it
Lily laughed at the letter leave it to Bucky to get a squad that's misfits and to causally slip in that he was going into action.
Maria walked in and smiled sadly "from Bucky" she asked
Lily nodded "yeah since this letter was sent three days ago he's in action now" she replied.
Maria set beside her and wrapped an arm around her shoulder's "you want to go to the local bar and get drunk" she asked.
Lily laughed "no, but I could watch you yell at Howard about paperwork" she said.
Maria smiled "ok then come on he's one setting up the lab and I can finally force paperwork on him" she said.
Lily smiled at that as Maria led her out of the tent "let's go tell Colonel Phillips" she said leading her over to the Colonel's tent.
They walked in and saw Nikko standing in front of his desk "honest it was necessary" she said "he was being disrespectful"
Maria and Lily looked at each "Agent Felix, who was he being disrespectful to" Phillips asked
"Lily, he was bad mouthing her because she doesn't tend to his small wounds that he would get out on the field" Nikko replied
Maria frowned at that as Lily and Phillips sighed "alright" he said "Carbonell want do you want" he asked looking at her.
Maria smiled "I'm taking Lily and probably Nikko to off base but we'll be at the lab tomorrow" she said
Phillips nodded "make sure Stark's there early" he told
"Sir he's going to have all three of us to deal with, I think he will be" Maria said
The three friends got out of the car and walked towards Stark Industries "Miss Carbonell he asked not to be disturbed" the secretary said.
Maria smirked "that rule does not include us" she said as they walked towards Howard's office.
Maria entered just as he brought a glass of scotch up to his mouth "busted" she said.
Howard sighed putting the glass down but then he spotted Lily.
He grinned getting out of his chair and walked over to hug her "I believe congratulations are in order" he said and Lily punched his arm "yeah you ruined the moment to" she said.
Howard just grinned and set back at his desk as the others set down; Maria on the corner of his desk, Nikko on the counter close to the alcohol and Lily at the chair in front of the desk.
The rest of the time was spent with Howard trying to get details about Bucky out of Lily, Maria trying to Howard paperwork, Nikko joining in on the information gathering as Lily just ignored them instead choosing to read the of Wizard of Oz
Well here's chapter two and sorry if Bucky was a little out of character.