They broke the surface of the water, Bucky holding Steve's arm to steady him.
A chopper was approaching, its blades beating a pulse through the air.
Steve looked to Bucky, in his shiny, beautiful merman form. "Buck, can you, er, you know, look normal again? It's better if they don't see you like this."
Bucky nodded, and Steve watched as Bucky's scales shimmered in the dwindling sunlight before disappearing completely, his pale human skin in place. Steve looked down in the water, saw the silhouette of Bucky's tail beneath them change into two legs.
"Okay... Let's get to the boat." Steve made to swim forward, but Bucky pointed off to the right.
"There."
Steve looked, saw the dinghy bobbing in the water. "Oh, right. Let's go."
They both swam in that direction, and reaching the boat Ste
