prince and his shield

Steve woke up in the ward, looking at the gray ceiling with grids one by one, he couldn't recover.

"Are you awake?" someone said.

He sat up abruptly, his mind still not recovered from the previous disaster.

"Relax." Someone stepped forward and pressed his shoulder, "It's okay. It's okay."

Steve turned his head and saw Natasha: "...uh, you—"

"You're safe." Natasha still had a tablet in her hand and was dressed in formal attire.It looked a little messy, as if rushing from one place to another.

Steve looked down at the infusion tube on the back of his hand, it was transparent, as if nothing cold was flowing into his body.

The empty mind was slowly stuffed into the previous memory, his pupils vibrated: "Roy——!"

"...No, Bowen, where is Bowen?"

"He's fine." Natasha reassured him, "In fact, he's the best one on the whole ship."

"……what?"

"He was in the bathroom at the time, and completely avoided the bow and deck, which was the most damaged. When the boat had an accident, his part went into the water directly. When he went ashore, he was picked up by his manager with a livid face. I'm in a hurry to clean it..." Natasha hissed, and she didn't know what she was sighing.

This is probably some kind of shit luck... I really can't tell whether it is worse to be injured, or to be forced to drown in the same water with the toilet.

Steve looked at her: "...the bathroom?"

"Yes." Natasha nodded.

"He was in the bathroom." Steve repeated the question.

Natasha felt unconfident when he asked her: "... right?"

Steve pressed the blanket with one hand and covered his head with the other.

Finding that his memory was a bit fuzzy, he thought for a while, but he couldn't remember anything clearly.

"..." Something prevented him from continuing to think, he closed his eyes, "Well, so, he's fine? He's fine in such a big accident?"

"Yes." Natasha also expressed joy on her face.

"Captain, your injuries are heavier than his." Natasha teased.

"I'm fine." He lifted the quilt and was about to go down, "Where is he?"

"He's at home." Natasha turned around and stood in front of him, blocking him.

"What's wrong?" Steve looked at the person blocking him.

"Captain, this incident was an unpredictable accident. So we didn't take measures in advance. In addition, we didn't expect you to be there. So...you were sent to the hospital before we found out." Nata Sha frowned slightly, "Of course, you saved a lot of people."

"..." Steve frowned, he couldn't remember clearly.

He doesn't really do much.

"When you came to the hospital, you were in a coma. Six broken ribs and a broken leg. There were several pieces of wood embedded in your back."

Steve froze and touched his chest.

"Yes...you were in a coma for a day and a night, and you recovered." Natasha took a deep breath.

Steve silently put down his hand and raised his eyes: "...So, how many people know about this?"

"We are conducting a comprehensive investigation and will ensure that no one will realize your specialness." Natasha smiled, "Relax."

Steve raised his hand and touched his forehead: "...Sorry."

"There is no need to apologize for this kind of thing." Natasha said helplessly, "We will take care of it."

"..." Steve looked at her.She should have something to say.

"Until we completely deal with the aftermath, you'd better stay in the hospital to recuperate." Natasha sighed, "Our side notified Royston indirectly..."

"He knows." But it didn't come.

Natasha didn't finish the sentence.After all, Steve is just a bodyguard with them, and he still has to go back to the 'frightened' Bowen.

This is the sorrow of fans and idols.

Natasha silently shed tears of sympathy for Steve, it is really uncomfortable to chase stars with true feelings.

Steve frowned, and sat on the edge of the bed without moving: "I have to lie down?"

The point is very successfully missed.

"...Yes. At least lie down for a month, or... half a month, it really can't be shorter." Natasha apologized.

Steve glanced at his calf, and lay back silently: "...OK——"

"Although Bowen didn't come to see you, this hospital has received many accident victims, and they all hope you recover soon." Natasha motioned him to look at the various flower baskets and fruits beside the bed.

Steve... "I saved a lot of people?"

"..." Natasha hesitated to speak, and finally confessed everything.

"Captain, there are celebrities on that boat. And the serial car accident on the bridge was also the center of the incident. Some people were interviewed not long after they landed." Natasha moved her shoulders slightly, "Speak in front of the media, and seize The human heart is their instinct."

Steve... "So?"

"So, basically, the media who arrived at the scene quickly all knew that there was a hero who rushed to the disaster center without hesitation in the accident and saved many people." Natasha gestured, "You are just unconscious, You were rescued with blood all over your body. So...many people are praying for you...I hope the good man will live a safe life."

Steve... "...this is really..."

"Yes." Natasha stroked her hair.

Seriously, if there's any circle that S.H.I.E.L.D. finds a bit tricky, it's probably the highly visible, almost celebrity-like people who live under the spotlight and the public eye.

Some of them don't even need to be famous to spread the news as quickly as possible.The bigger and more bizarre the news, the faster it spreads.

Can't stop it.It is not very difficult, but it is very troublesome, the work is very cumbersome and cumbersome.

Natasha secretly looked at Steve's expression, seeing that he didn't seem to have any dissatisfaction because of Royston's neglect of him, she felt relieved.

"So, that's basically the situation." Natasha explained what should be explained, "These days, you have to stay in the hospital to recuperate.

After leaving the hospital, try not to go out.This thing will pass quickly. "

Steve moistened his lips and put his hands on the sheets: "Serial car accident?"

"...Yes." Natasha's expression became solemn, "It was a husband who had an argument with his wife while driving, and happened to encounter a long-distance bus driver who was driving tired."

"Serial car accident, the car with the chemical agent crashed off the bridge and landed on the cruise ship."

"...How many people died?" Steve had lived for so long, this was the first time he encountered such a thing.

The probability of such accidents is extremely low, but accidents happen every day, but not everyone has the opportunity to face this scene.

Natasha reported a terrible figure.

"Jesus..." Steve said reflexively.

"..." Natasha also fell silent, "So, that's why we didn't directly suppress your rumors. After such a tragic incident, we need something warm."

Steve glanced at her and raised his hand to half cover his mouth.

The empathy in human nature is breaking out at this time, plucking the deepest strings in my heart and crying out.

Both fell silent.

Some things quietly faded away when Steve didn't realize it, and the people he still cared about at the moment of waking up gradually blurred into memories, and the emotions inside were emptied, leaving only a shriveled shell, which inadvertently lost the meaning of being remembered by him .

Such a calm experience, if a normal person would have been dealt with by the brain long ago.After all, there is no extra space for storage, which cannot bring violent and shocking memories.

But Steve is not an ordinary person, his brain is four times stronger than others.

So the memory has not been cleared, but hastily stuffed in a dusty corner.Even though it happened ten hours ago, it was treated the same as his childhood memories.

The accident has been reported continuously for more than half a month, and kind people piled up mourning items under and on the Brooklyn Bridge.

Steve lay on the hospital bed, pressed the remote control, switched channels and continued to watch reports from different angles.

"...We all know that there was a hero in this accident, but he was not the only hero. Let's interview the girl who hugged a stranger in the accident and saved her life. Her hero—"

Steve looked at the middle-aged woman in a wheelchair wearing a collar in the report, and the corners of his lips curled up.

This is another way for the media to gain attention, and it is also a move by S.H.I.E.L.D.

After all, water hidden in the sea is the most successful.

Looking at the report, he suddenly felt that Natasha was right.

After such an accident, people need something more warm.

The door of the ward was knocked three times.Steve turns down the volume.Those who came to see him included Ged, Natasha, his neighbors, and some people he didn't recognize, most of whom were members of S.H.I.E.L.D.

"Please come in."

After finishing speaking, he stared at the person who came in, he was stunned for a moment: "...Oh, hi. Luo... um... Fore..."

"Just keep calling me Rose." Olos put down the flowers she brought, stood at the end of his bed, and smiled.

The smile is kind, with the universal kindness and gentleness of visiting patients.

Steve pursed his lips, giving birth to the expression that the person in front of him might have known that someone in his ward had been secretly watching.

"I know you ran to the boat because you were worried about Roy." Rose suppressed her voice, appearing gentle and patient.

And sincere gratitude.

"You are really a wonderful person." Rose said sincerely with her hands hanging in front of her.

"...Thank you." Steve couldn't help but squeeze out a smile.

"Uh, sit down." He gestured with his hand.

Rose walked to one side, sat down, took an apple from the bedside cabinet and began to peel it.

"Roy was very frightened, and there were other things he needed to deal with, so he didn't come to visit you. It's not easy for him to come forward, so I'm sorry." She said slowly.

"I can understand." Steve looked at the gleaming knife in her hand, unable to relax.

Rose glanced at him, slowly opened the corners of her mouth, and let out a breathy laugh.She tilted her head to look at him with a gentle expression, but her eyes were deep and she couldn't see her emotions clearly.

Steve... "Any more questions?"

"..." Olos looked at him, the smile on her lips slowly disappeared, and a cold emotion spread for a moment.

Steve unconsciously looked at the knife in her hand, Olos took a deep breath, and let it out lightly, like a sigh.She smiled, lowered her head and continued peeling apples.

The hairs on the back of Steve's neck stood up, forming a little fuzz.He didn't understand at all that he could keep his composure in the face of the truck that hit him, why he was hairy all over when he faced Miss Holmes, and he felt like he was facing thousands of troops.

There was silence in the ward, only the slight movement of Rose peeling an apple.Steve opened his mouth a few times and closed it again.He couldn't find a moment to speak, although Rose was silent at all.

The apples have been peeled until the skin and flesh are separated, very beautiful, round and without corners.

Rose smiled and put the apple into his hand, took out a piece of paper, folded it, and rubbed it against the blade.

Steve...Don't mention eating, he actually feels a little nauseous now.

"Eat it, it smells sweet." Rose finished wiping the knife slowly, folded it back properly, and put the knife on the cabinet lightly.

look at him.

Steve raised his hand and took a bite of the apple, swallowing dryly: "...Well, it's really sweet."

Rose tilted her head slightly to look at his face, carefully watching.That look seemed to be cutting his face inch by inch, as if trying to distinguish his eyes, eyelids, nose, nasal cartilage, mouth and teeth, and the structure of the mandible.

Steve... his stomach hurts.

"Usually I don't feel anything." Olos looked at him for a while, then said slowly, "I don't feel things, people."

Steve swallowed a bite of the apple and hummed.

"But, I love Roy."

Steve almost smashed the apple with a slip of his hand.

"And, I hate you." Olos's words were not much different from the ups and downs of her previous words.

There seemed to be no ups and downs emotionally.If one is not paying attention, one can almost miss her words.

Steve put down the apple in his hand and turned to look her in the eyes.

There was a trace of doubt in Oluosi's eyes.

"I'm just the driver, bodyguard and assistant next to Bowen." Steve paused, "I won't have any ambiguous emotions towards him."

"So, you don't have to be hostile to me. But, please, don't oppress and coerce Royston because of your own subjective factors."

Steve looked at her. "I'll protect him. Even from you."

Olos looked at him, sizing him up carefully.This time his eyes floated on the surface, without the sharp sense of cutting himself apart for research.

"I see." Olos nodded at him.

She got up and picked up her bag: "Leave the hospital earlier. Normal people can recover at this time. There is a shortage of people around Roy."

Steve looked at her and nodded: "I see."

Needless to say, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Oulos walked out of his ward, walked away, stopped at the corner, and stood still.

"You heard."

Royston, who was standing against the wall, tilted his head, the red in his eyes was so intense that it made people startled: "Yes."

The author has something to say: Third watch~

Because of the clip tomorrow, the update will be at 23:55, the third shift~

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