It had been three weeks, and nothing had happened. Skye had been acing all her classes, she had made friends with everyone, she had even joined a study group. Skye was enjoying herself, and learning new things everyday. But there was no sign of hydra. Skye was getting frustrated of having to report back to Coulson with nothing.

Tasha missed Skye. It hurt having her so close, yet not being able to be with her. She could see how frustrated Skye was getting about their lack of information, and she could do nothing to calm her. Of course, no one could tell how torn she felt, her mask was impenetrable, but behind that mask, Tasha was in shambles.

Back at base, Steve was tearing his hair out. He had been given a gift. He had his best friend back, but Bucky barely remembered him. He was distant, and practically avoided him. He was hurt. Steve hadn't understood how he had felt back during the war. But after seeing Clint and Coulson, he did some research. There wasn't a word for Bisexuality back then, and Steve had felt so wrong for feeling for his best friend, and when he met Peggy, it was such a relief.

But Peggy was gone, and Bucky was still here. Bucky would actually understand what he went through, he was there. There wasn't anyone else who would understand waking up one day and everything and everyone you knew was gone. Bucky was perfect. But did he feel the same way?

'Hey Phil, can I talk to you.'

'Sure, what's up?'

'Um, this is a bit awkward, but how did you know Clint liked you, like how did you know he was into men?'

Coulson's eyes softened. 'This is about Bucky, isn't it. I see the way you look at him.'

'Ever since I found him, he's been distant,' Steve admitted

'When me and Clint got back together, the thing I was most afraid of, was that he had moved on. He thought I was dead, and I didn't know if he still felt the same way, maybe Bucky's just scared that you have changed, either in friendship, or something more. I would just talk to him, he's your best friend, even if he doesn't feel the same way, he will understand and accept you.'

Steve nodded, that made sense. He suddenly realized how similar their situations were. He would talk to Bucky.

It didn't take long to find him, he was almost always in the gym.

'Hey Bucks, can we talk.'

'Sure.'

'I know we have both been through a lot, and I know I am definitely a different person, you are too, but I miss you.'

'I miss you too, Steve, but how can you be okay with what I have done? I am a monster, how do you not hate me?' Bucky's voice filled with self loathing.

'None of that was you, you were being controlled. The fact that you feel so guilty shows that you would never do any of that with your own free will.

'So you don't hate me?'

'God no, that's what I was trying to tell you... I think I might be in love with you.'

Bucky was shocked, he didn't know what to think.

'But.. but what about Peggy?'

'I did love her, but I love you too. I'm bisexual. It means I like men and women.'

'I haven't had something for myself in so many years. I don't know what to think. I don't know what to do. I think I could love you, but I'm not sure I know how any more.' Bucky started to silently cry. Steve quickly pulled Bucky into a hug.

'Hey, its okay. I can show you how, Bucky, what ever you feel, I'm always going to be here with you. What ever you need, a friend, or something more, I'm your guy.'

Bucky slowly nodded, and mumbled something into Steve's neck.

'What was that, bucks?'

'I want to try something.'

'Sure thing, whatever you want.'

Bucky removed himself from Steve's arms, immediately missing his warmth. he stood in front of Steve, and gingerly placed his hands on his hips.

Steve didn't move, letting Bucky take the lead, worried about scaring him off.

Slowly, Bucky leaned into Steve, his face hovering over his mouth. He could feel his warm breath on his cheek. He leaned forward, closing the last inch between them, and sweetly kissed Steve. Bucky slowly started to deepen the kiss, and Steve felt his heart burst with happiness. Regretfully, Steve pulled away, not wanting to pressure Bucky. He leaned his forehead against Bucky's, and whispered,

'How was that?'

'Perfect,' Bucky barely sounded, before kissing Steve again, wrapping his hand in his hair.

Skye had just finished her report to Coulson on a encrypted feed, when he told her the news about Steve and Bucky.

'Wow, we must be the gayest organisation ever, we should have a float in pride next year.' Coulson chuckled, before it was cut of by a scream, and alarm sirens sounding.

'I think we are under attack, send some people, make sure they know about my cover. I'll help from this end, I gotta go.'

Skye quickly brought up the security feeds, and saw the invading men were gathering people in the dinning hall. She grabbed what weapons she had in her dorm room, a couple of icers and a pistol and a knife, just in case, and quickly ran, avoiding any people who might have seen her.

She reached the building with the dining hall, and looked around. She noticed a vent, which was large enough for her to crawl in, and would lead her past the hall.

She quickly reached the opening that showed her a birds eye view of the dining hall, seeing 20 or so men holding icers at the students and teachers. She suddenly noticed 4 men bring in a struggling Natasha. Tasha suddenly twisted, loosening the men's grip on her. She quickly kicked at their legs, causing them to fall to the ground, she picked up one of the fallen guards icers, shooting the 4 guards, and emptying the gun in other men around the room.

Just as she was going to take further action, the man who seemed in charge, pulled out a gun, with real bullets, and brought it to the head of a SciTech girl, who whimpered. Natasha stilled, and was roughly pushed to her knees, and held in place by a guard.

'We are hydra... Welcome to recruitment.' the man with the gun said, a malicious grin on his face.

Skye watched as the students and teachers tensed. Skye felt sorry for them, they didn't want this.

'Do we have everyone,' he briskly asked one of the hydra agents.

'Everyone except one...' he checked the list in his hands, 'Skye Daniels, we will want her, her test scores are good.'

At the mention of Skye's name, Tasha tensed.

The man gestured to 5 of the men. 'You, find her, bring her here.' the men quickly left, and Skye thought, good, less targets.

Skye saw Tasha's eyes dart around the room, then up at the vent, seeing her. Skye saw her slightly nod. Tasha knew her so well. Skye silently lifted the cover of the vent, and readied herself with two icers, one in each hand, and tucked the other in the thigh holster she had thrown on before leaving. Finally, she tucked the real gun in the back of her pants, securely.

She dropped, taking out the man holding Tasha as she fell, knowing she would need her, and thew an icer in her direction.

She rolled as she hit the ground, slowing her momentum, and was already on her feet before the hydra agents had even lifted their guns. she took out the man in charge, wary of the gun in his hand. In the corner of her eye, she saw Tasha take out three more men, before other teachers began grabbing icers from the fallen Hydra, and joining the fray.

Skye saw a man pull out a pistol and she shot at him, let out a frustrated groan as she realized the icer was out of bullets. She quickly ran at him, and tackled him, just as he pulled the trigger, aiming for Tasha. Skye grunted in pain as the bullet lodged itself in her arm, but she swiftly jerked the gun out of the mans hand, and brought the handle to the back of his head, knocking him out.

She quickly got up, ignoring the pain, and saw that all the men were out, iced or just plain old beaten up. She was glad to see no one was severely injured, but everyone was staring at her.

Natasha strode up to her, and said in a low voice, 'You're hurt.'

'I'm fine.'

Tasha ignored her, and gently pulled up the sleeve of her shirt.

'There's no exit wound, you need medical assistance.' She raised her head at one of the other teachers, and ordered a med kit, and for someone to call the director, 'Put him on a secure line and bring it to me.'

She was quickly brought a medkit, and she pulled out a pair of tweezers, whilst the other students in the hall continued to stare in shock.

'The five others, who went to find me, someone needs to get them.' Skye said to one of the teachers, who quickly went with a group.

Skye winced as Tasha pulled out the bullet from her arm, and quickly covered and put pressure on it.

When one of the teachers returned with a phone on a secure line, Tasha quickly handed Skye to another agent, and answered the phone.

'Is everything okay?' Coulson immediately asked.

'Everything is okay, it was Hydra, we took them out with their icers, of which they had an alarming number, they must have got Fitz' designs.'

'We are sending Steve, Tony and Clint for the clean up. Was anyone hurt?'

'A few of us got some scrapes and bruises, and one gun shot wound in the arm.'

'Was it-'

'Skye Daniels, Sir, she's a student, she tackled one of the men as he was about to shoot me.' Tasha interrupted

'I want to talk to her.'

'Are you sure, sir?' her meaning was clear, what about the cover?

'Put her on.'

Just as the agent finished patching up her arm, Natasha approached.

'The director would like to commend you for your bravery personally.' She said, handing Skye the phone.

As Skye brought the phone to her ear, Coulsons voice said, 'Pretend I'm thanking you, so people aren't suspicious.'

'Thank you, Sir, Its an honor.'

'Good, are you okay, you were shot.'

'I'm fine, Sir, it was just my arm, it would have been worse if I hadn't have done anything.'

'I need you to look into this, they shouldn't have known about this place, only someone on the inside could have had the exact location or the files on the students there. Look at all outside communications, emails, phone calls, everything. Report only to me, don't even inform Tasha.'

'Yes, sir, I will have a speedy recovery and get back to training.'

'Okay, Tony, Steve and Clint are coming for cleanup, they know your cover.'

'Yes, sir.'

'We all miss you, and I know you want to talk to Tasha, but don't do anything rash. Could you pass me back to her, please.'

'Yes, Sir,' Skye responded before walking to Tasha, who had just greeted Steve, Tony and Clint.

'Agent Romanov, the director would like to speak you.' Skye handed her the phone and walked away, to be greeted by the students in her class, who were grinning madly at her.

'Skye that was amazing!'

'I thought we were dead for sure, but the way you teamed up with Romanov, you guys were in sync, like you could here each other think.'

'Yeah, the way you threw that icer at her, that was awesome.'

Skye grinned, before answering, 'Come on guys, it was nothing, any of you would have done the same. I'm gonna head over to medical now, so they can properly check this out, and give me some pain meds, this kills. I'll see you guys later.'

Skye spent the whole walk to the Medbay being thanked, by countless people, but all Skye could think was that at least one of them was hydra.

She was given her pain meds, and almost immediately regretted it. she couldn't start her search if she was dosed up on drugs, she would have to wait. Maybe it was for the best, she would have at least a couple of hours to comedown from her adrenaline high.

Skye meandered back to her room, employing a lazy stroll as she was allowed the rest of the day off. The rest of the students began to dwindle, as they were asked to return to their classes, so she didn't have to look up from the ground in fear of hitting someone. She wished she could talk to Tasha, or anyone really, who knew who she was, even if what she was saying was a lie. Almost as soon as she made her wish, she saw the feet of three people cross her path. Looking up, she saw Clint, Tony and Steve.

'Hey, you're the girl who was hit in the arm, are you okay?' Steve asked, not faking his concern

Skye smiled before answering, 'Yeah, I'm Skye, it wasn't so bad, really, just a scrape. And Wow, you guys are avengers, its an honor.'

Toy chuckled, finding the whole situation hilarious, before Clint answered, 'Yeah, we get that a lot. I'd like to personally thank you, Agent Romanov is my partner and best friend, thank you for saving her.'

'It was my pleasure,' Skye said honestly. And the avengers knew it was, Skye would happily take a bullet for Tasha if it meant saving her.

'Well, we are gonna let you rest, got some hydra scum to clean up, I hope we can work together someday, when you graduate.' Tony said, before they walked back to the main hall.

Skye reached her dorm, and, careful not to hurt her arm further, collapsed on her bed, and promptly fell asleep.

Hydra could wait till tomorrow.

Hey guys, so things are finally picking up, whats gunna happen?.. actually i dont really know yet, havn't decided... so that was a longer chapter cus im procrastinating on my coursework, so next one might be short and in a few days and yay, steve and bucky!

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