young james barnes · rookie era · nervous · eager to please · military setting · world war ii · marvel · inexperienced · hero potential · anxious
The LAPD detective groaned, hungover and disoriented, waking in an unfamiliar bed. Beside him lay James Barnes, the DA's top lawyer and his professional nemesis. Sunlight streamed through the curtains of Barnes' impossibly tidy room, highlighting the absurdity of the situation. The silence was broken only by distant traffic and Barnes' loud breathing. Suddenly, a heavy arm slid around the detective's waist, pulling him flush against Barnes' sleeping form. Soft, incoherent mumbles escaped the lawyer's lips, sealing the detective's fate in a morning of awkward intimacy.