The Siren's Sleeping Beauty [Comprehensive British and American]

Steve frowned slightly when his hand touched the doorknob.

The sound of breathing, several times, was in the room.

With a light movement, he leaned sideways to the door, held his breath, and slowly pushed the door open a crack, no light came out from inside.

Close to the side of the door, he raised his hand and slammed the door open.

"boom--"

"surprise——!"

"Wow woof woof——"

The small clusters of gold and silver ribbons sprayed out from the door spread out in the air without hesitation, and then fell to death in the porch in despair.

Steve looked at a small puddle on the ground, silent.

The lights inside the door were brightly lit, and Bucky, who was in charge of firing the cannon, looked at the empty doorway: "...??"

"Where's the captain?" This was Tony's confused voice.

Steve...

Raising his hand and rubbing his face, he came out from the side of the door: "well...surprise——"

Bucky...

"I just said I can't hide it, why don't you believe it!?" Bucky raised his hand and dropped the cone-shaped cracker, and yelled at a group of people behind him, with a hint of embarrassment in it.

"You must have exposed us!" Tony was dissatisfied.

"..." Bucky put his three-cornered hat on Tony's head, "Yes yes yes - it's all my fault."

Tony puffed up his cheeks, raised his foot and stomped on Bucky's foot: "Bucky, you're so stupid!"

Bucky hissed and slapped him on the back of the head: "You little brat, I've already cooperated with you in such a childish trick, what's the point of dissatisfaction!?"

"You're naive—!!" Tony retorted loudly, "Stark's party must be the best!!"

Steve raised his hand and pressed Tony's head, rubbing his face slightly red: "Is this designed by Tony? I feel very surprised."

"It's really a surprise." Steve looked at the other members of the Roaring Commando in the room except for Peggy and the others.

"You all, look very..."

"Old?" Someone answered.

"Yeah, very old—" Steve laughed.

"I'm sorry, Captain," Howard came out in a loud voice, "I just wanted us to go to the bar for a drink and chat."

"But..." He secretly glanced at the only two ladies present with small eyes.

Peggy and Maria brought out a cake from the kitchen, and Maria gave her husband a white look: "Apart from drinking and taking the captain to hunt for sex, do you have any other ideas?"

"How old do you think you are?"

Howard adjusted his bow tie: "Honey, age is the greatest charm of a man."

Maria snorted, and Howard clapped his hands: "For example, my charm won me the best wife in the world."

He half put his arms around Maria's waist: "Let me remind you, I was the only man present with a female companion."

"Tch——" Everyone immediately looked disgusted.

Steve had a subtle look on his face, he couldn't imagine that Howard, who was once flamboyant, would still look like this now.

"Look, I even have a cake?" He looked at the obviously handmade cake.

Bucky pouted: "Discriminatory treatment!"

"This world really changes too fast—everyone loves the captain." He sat down on the sofa and poured himself a glass of wine from the coffee table already full of drinks and snacks.

"You can share it with me." Steve scratched his nose with a teasing tone.

"This party is indeed prepared for the two of you. The main reason is that the captain's birthday hasn't been missed for long... Then there will be cake." Peggy shrugged, "Bucky, if you really care so much, we can also go alone Make one for you."

"Tony seems to be exceptionally good at this."

Tony turned his gaze to Bucky with a look of anticipation.

Bucky shook his head again and again: "I don't want such a childish party, I just need beautiful girls."

"There are kids here, Bucky." Steve said helplessly.

"Tony likes pretty girls too, doesn't he?" Bucky raised his hand to Tony.

"Of course." Tony raised his hand and gave him a high five.

It seemed as if the quarrel just now didn't exist.

"Would you like beer?"

"want!"

"Bucky—!" Several voices prolonged the warning together.

"Ahh, No! Tony, God, how can you drink! You have to be an adult first." Bucky withdrew his hand, shook the bottle awkwardly, smiled maliciously, and took a sip by himself .

Tony...

The five-short, but quick-moving kid took a cupcake from the coffee table and slapped it on Bucky's face with lightning speed.

Perfect dunk, Bucky taught.

Bucky...

"Surprise—!" Tony licked off the cream on his fingers, blinked his eyes, and looked innocent like Angus.

"Tony Stark!!" Bucky jumped up, picked up Tony's waistband, and was about to spank his ass.

Jarvis stepped forward, took Tony away, patted his clothes, and straightened them up: "Barnes, let me remind you, you are the same age as me."

Tony hugged Jarvis' neck and made faces at Bucky.

"..." Bucky...

"Ha ha--"

Laughter spread throughout the room.

Steve felt that the room that had been quiet for three days suddenly became extremely noisy, so he smiled along with him.

"Cap, let's toast—"

Steve raised his glass under the booing of everyone: "well, I have never done this kind of work except for mobilization before the war. But thank you."

"I'm really, really happy that we're still able to get together for a drink today."

Surrounded by pairs of familiar eyes, he felt a faint sense of loss.

He grinned: "well, just, for the peace!"

Tilt your head and empty your glass.

"For the peace——!"

Everyone toasted, Tony also raised his own orange juice, and drank it cleanly.

Bucky sipped his wine, looking thoughtfully at Steve's smiling side face.

The welcome party generally went smoothly, although the atmosphere was not as enthusiastic as Tony expected.Even when Angus is away, no one can play with him, the adults are talking about the past, he is eating snacks and listening to it, and he will soon become bored.

After all, reality is not as enthusiastic and unconstrained as comics.

"Captain, can I call Angus?" Tony decided to rely on himself after imitating them and sighing for the third time today.

The TV is not really too much. I don't know if Angus didn't have a TV in that boarding school.

"...Of course." Steve was chatting with someone, and after saying sorry, he pulled the phone and dialed him.

Tony sat on the couch, waiting to answer the phone.

Steve handed him the receiver, and instead of going back to the crowded crowd, he went back to the long counter between the kitchen and the living room that served as a self-serve bar, and made a drink for himself.

Fancy cocktails, I just learned it not long ago.

Bucky twirled his glass and approached, putting his arms on the table: "Bartender, a glass of Long Island iced tea."

Steve was amused by him, shook his head, and turned around to look for materials.

"You know you don't look all that happy?" Bucky watched him move. "You're going to break their hearts."

Steve found the wine from the upper cabinet and opened it empty-handed: "Just, I'm a little tired."

"Tired? You?"

"Everyone gets tired sometimes, Bucky."

"Never mind. Since when have you kept alcohol in your house?" Bucky watched as he put the bottle back in place.

"I forgot to take it with me when I went to the bar, and I just stayed here."

"ohGod—" Bucky snorted, not knowing what he was sighing.

"..." Steve cleared his throat and pushed over a glass of wine, "Specially made."

"There have been more and more people in the bar in the past two days. In order to cope, we have raised the price." By the way, he also poured himself a glass, and Steve said nonchalantly, "I plan to shorten the business hours, and in the future, one, three, five open shop."

"The celebrity effect is still very powerful..."

"What happened?" Bucky knocked his wine glass on the table and interrupted him, looking inquiring.

"It's okay, why do you ask that?" Steve took a sip of his drink, and his eyes slid to Tony who was asking something with a confused face.

Bucky follows his gaze, then turns to Steve.

Steve raised his hand and poured himself another glass: "You don't think I feel lonely because Angus is gone?"

Bucky... no, he always felt a little more serious than loneliness.

Steve smiled: "You think too much."

Hearing that Tony was also refused to call, he shook his glass and drank it up.

"I'm fine, maybe I'm just not used to being idle all of a sudden, so don't go around him." He shrugged to indicate that he was fine.

Bucky decided to give up, he is not suitable to be a bosom brother.

He raised his glass: "well, cheer up. You'll get used to it, bro." He patted Steve on the shoulder and walked away.

Steve stood on the side of the table and exhaled slowly.

After Bucky left, Peggy moved a chair and sat over: "Tony said Angus didn't answer his calls."

"...Maybe there is something wrong." Steve wanted to avoid it a little bit.

"He said, he kissed me to know what it's like for you to love me. Isn't it cute that people can't refuse?" Peggy smiled, and spoke lightly when Steve was about to walk away.

"You said you couldn't understand each other, so he wanted to see if he could do it, byallmeans."

Steve silently turned his feet around and stood still.

"So, are you going to give me, this third party who was accidentally involved, an explanation?" Peggy looked at him, "Steve, why did you send Angus away?"

Peggy's eyes were a little harsh, to the point of piercing.

send away...well?

Steve squeezed the cup in his hand: "We... are too close, and he pays too much attention to me."

"Sometimes, I almost become his everything, which is not good for him." Steve raised his hand and touched his ear, "Isn't it?"

Peggy obviously didn't intend to be satisfied with this level of explanation.

"...He should get in touch with the bigger world, and meet more people worthy of his attention and association, instead of being tied up with me." Steve could only continue.

"Knowing people I know, accepting my way of life, being instilled by me unilaterally." Steve raised his hand and sipped his refilled glass, "That, shouldn't be his life."

"Whoa, why do I get negativity from 'captain'?" Paige blinked.

Steve hissed and sighed with a smile: "Peggy—"

Prolonged voice, a little subdued.

"OK, let's not talk about Angus. What about you? Do you also feel that you pay too much attention to him, to the point that it is already dangerous?" Peggy put down her glass and carefully looked at his expression.

Steve's Adam's apple rolled, the smile faded away, and he fell silent.

"You know, what do you look like now?" Peggy gestured at his face, "You don't act like you just sent away your worried child."

Steve bows his head.

"You look like you lost your lover." Peggy put down her hand and half-sighed.

"No—I, I wouldn't do that to Angus." Steve denied it, "That's wrong."

"Really?" Paige laughed. "So you think you're doing the right thing?"

Steve fell silent again.

"Then why is he ignoring you now?"

"He's angry with you, and I thought that was enough to prove that you did something wrong." Peggy shook her head, looked at the crowd, and sipped the wine in her glass, "Sometimes, I doubt that you are four times Is your IQ fake?"

"...that's really hurtful, Peggy." Steve smiled wryly.

"Me and him, we'll get used to it..." Steve stared down at the glass and shook it, "It just takes more time."

"for what!?" Peggy turned her face to look at him, wondering if she had drunk too much, and suddenly felt that her temper was getting a bit hot, "When he doesn't get angry with you anymore, and he doesn't care about you anymore? I don't care. Do you know when you became so timid?"

"Or are you going to use me as an excuse, Steve?" Peggy's words were already a bit bitter, "You and I both know this is impossible."

"..." Steve...

"What are you afraid of?" Peggy slapped the table, feeling uncomfortable for Angus, "Is it because he is not human?"

"No, no, of course not...this..." Steve frowned.

"Thenwhy!?" Paige wanted to push his head into the sink, "Angus would never ask you this, and he might not even understand what happened. Have you ever thought about it?"

Steve rubbed his fingers against the rim of the cup, breathed lightly, and looked embarrassed as he retreated steadily.

Peggy sniffed and restrained her temper: "well, sorry. I'm just...a little angry."

"It's okay, it means you care about him. At least, you didn't shoot me directly this time." Steve smiled.

"...You also think Angus likes me, like...very, really, don't you?" Steve sighed, looking up at Peggy.

"Don't everyone know?" Peggy was speechless.

"Peggy, I'm his food." Steve gently put down his glass.

"what?"

"It's everything." Steve breathed out slowly, keeping his hand away from the cup, and after all, he clenched it tightly and then loosened it, revealing hidden emotions.

"I tell everyone he's not dangerous, he's gentle and sweet, and he is. But, Peggy, at heart, he's a predator." Steve's eyes blurred.

"He...doesn't understand where the limit of intimacy is. After he feels that I'm alienating him, he will do a lot of things to grab my attention. And he's getting more and more proficient..." Steve put his hands on the table, smiled, "He doesn't understand the effect of his actions in the eyes of humans. He only knows that it is useful, so he doesn't care what the bait is in his hand."

"He does care about me, Peggy, very much." Steve's smile gradually became bitter, "He sees through me, even when I don't realize it. He sees me and will be moved by some of his actions. , I can't help but care about it."

"He wants that, so he's going to keep me in this way. It's his way of being, and I can't blame him." Steve's voice was suppressed, his eyes slipped away from Peggy, and he wandered. Focus, "After all, it was me. Not others, it was me, the person who should have protected him, guarded him and guided him, who gave him this hint."

"I'm the negative influence."

"Peggy, for him now, I'm his prey, struggling." Steve pulled the corner of his mouth.

After a long pause, he took a deep breath, as if he was slowly opening his own wound: "and sadly...Iamdesparatelyfallingforhim.②"

"Steve..."

Steve cut her off and continued, "I taught him how to use love to get what he wanted before he even knew what it was."

"This unequal relationship is scary. If I really misunderstood the difference between the two..." Steve moistened his lips, "Peggy, it will really become scary."

"Because I can't refuse now."

"Before I do something more wrong, everything needs to stop." Steve's speech speed became faster, as if he was spit out, or he really wanted to pour out, "Because I'm afraid, afraid of serious me would hurt him."

"At least the damage I caused can be healed now." Steve made a fist and reached the table.

"...if that's what you want to know." Raising his hand to hold the cup and drinking it dry, Steve exhaled slowly.

Peggy sighed and wanted to say something, but Steve waved his hand: "...please give me some time."

"please."

"Iamsosorry—" Paige whispered.

"Don't be." Steve raised his hand and rubbed his nose, pulling out a smile, "You know, I loved you once."

"Now you can talk." Peggy sneered, then restrained her smile, and raised her hand to pat his forearm.

Peggy sat with him for a while, but when she was called away, she still couldn't help turning her head.

"Steve, like you said, he really doesn't understand what he's doing, it's just instinct.

But, if Angus who left you does not live in a good environment as you wish... well, grow up freely.But because of certain circumstances, I changed my goal...

Can you really accept it? "

Steve lowered his eyelids suddenly, and Peggy couldn't see his expression clearly.

The author has something to say: exhaust all methods.

②And the saddest thing is... I really fell into it hopelessly for him [Actually, it can also be translated as falling in love with him, but he is a very tactful person [shy [I think you have read this chapter] Looking at me, I might want to kill me【Hmm...】

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