Due to (insert elaborate enemy-of-my-enemy or defection scenario here), a recovering Bucky is forced to work alongside one or more members of his former HYDRA team.
There are hard feelings and gritted teeth on either side, but no one is prepared for the cognitive disconnect of HYDRA's Asset now running around like a real live human.
HYDRA watches the Winter Soldier tie his hair back, order pizza, dress himself, call shotgun, pick his nose, choose who gets let into his personal space, sing along to the radio. I'm sure there's a way to work trash in here, too, like the HYDRA goon almost starts jerking off in the van because the Winter Soldier doesn't count as an audience, except, Surprise! Bucky Barnes has personal boundaries and indecent exposure is workplace sexual harassment, thank-you very much.
On Bucky's end, he finds himself forgetting he doesn't need orders sometimes, and other times he finds himself how he possibly respected this mediocre piece of HYDRA meat who snores, can't beat him at arm-wrestling even on his best day, and relied on the Soldier to do basic cover-your-ass stuff like inventory.
HYDRA POV, post-recovery cognitive disconnect
There are hard feelings and gritted teeth on either side, but no one is prepared for the cognitive disconnect of HYDRA's Asset now running around like a real live human.
HYDRA watches the Winter Soldier tie his hair back, order pizza, dress himself, call shotgun, pick his nose, choose who gets let into his personal space, sing along to the radio. I'm sure there's a way to work trash in here, too, like the HYDRA goon almost starts jerking off in the van because the Winter Soldier doesn't count as an audience, except, Surprise! Bucky Barnes has personal boundaries and indecent exposure is workplace sexual harassment, thank-you very much.
On Bucky's end, he finds himself forgetting he doesn't need orders sometimes, and other times he finds himself how he possibly respected this mediocre piece of HYDRA meat who snores, can't beat him at arm-wrestling even on his best day, and relied on the Soldier to do basic cover-your-ass stuff like inventory.