Ah, don't worry! No bombs dropped. Or maybe I should say, you're not the one that dropped it. I'm the oddity around here, being from the forties and everything.
Besides, [ He pauses to let out a lungful of smoke. ] I've been to the future before. Not that far in, but New York's still New York. Just louder.... .... Actually, that's probably classified—Forget I said anything!
[ Some of this place might be a little more futuristic from home but it’s basically the same. Billy can’t imagine being from the 40s and then suddenly being surrounded by more advanced technology. ]
Wait. You went to the future?? [ Well, that’s definitely not on the wiki. ] Though yeah, New York is definitely still louder.
Well, I mean, I'm sure the average person in my position might have a hard time... [ Implying very heavily that Bucky is not at all the average person. But, uh, it's pretty hard to stay looking cool when you just stepped into it up to your elbows. ]
Ah crap, don't—forget I said anything! I definitely didn't go to the future. No way, that'd be impossible.
[ billy’s lips kick up into an amused smile. He definitely wasn’t supposed to know about that but now that it was out there he’s not letting it go. ]
Well. I know for a fact time travel exists cuz I’ve done it. [ And once upon a time his team leader was future Kang the Conqueror and he is a time traveling super villain. So. ] So, where’d you go?
.............. [ Well shit. Tight-lipped and embarrassed, he eyes Billy with suspicion, trying to suss out how much truth is in that statement. It's not like he's going to give away information about how or what happened, so ]
Nowhere special. New York, and some giant flying fortress. They called it, um, [ What had those Avengers said? ] heli-somethin'-or-other.
Yeah, plenty. [ But that's all Bucky says on the matter. It's clear his easy demeanor grows a bit chilly as he takes another drag from his cigarette. ]
Ha, no kiddin'? Like the Kid Commandos? Huh, I'm kinda surprised. [ He flicks the tip of his smoldering cigarette onto the sand beside him. ] I would've thought the government exploiting kids would've ended after we won the War.
[ Billy’s eyes follow the cigarette in Bucky’s hand before answering. ] Of course not, it’s the government. Though, to be fair Cap and Iron Man were very against it in the beginning. They kept telling us we couldn’t fight, but we were a stubborn group. Cap eventually realized it would be easier to just train us. That was a few years ago.
Dang, I'm sure that hurt. [ With his cigarette pinched between his lips Buck cracks a knowing smile, cheeks dimpling. Few know that level of commitment and pain. ]
[ Billy laughs quietly. ] Actually I was more excited he knew who I was to even yell at me, then upset. Besides we didn’t listen anyway and wore him down.
I’ve learned that. [ Billy grins at him for a moment, before he takes on a more serious face.. ] He was just worried about us, not wanting kids to get involved. But when you can fight and you don’t- what kind of person would that have made me? Not when I could save people.
[ There's hardly anything left of his cigarette listening to Billy's conviction. With a big grin he stamps out what's left of his butt into the dry shore. ]
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Uh. I’m from 2017. So, pretty far.
[ He shoots Bucky a sympathetic look. ]
Sorry, didn’t really mean to drop that bomb on ya.
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Besides, [ He pauses to let out a lungful of smoke. ] I've been to the future before. Not that far in, but New York's still New York. Just louder.... .... Actually, that's probably classified—Forget I said anything!
[ Him and his big dumb mouth. ]
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[ Some of this place might be a little more futuristic from home but it’s basically the same. Billy can’t imagine being from the 40s and then suddenly being surrounded by more advanced technology. ]
Wait. You went to the future?? [ Well, that’s definitely not on the wiki. ] Though yeah, New York is definitely still louder.
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Ah crap, don't—forget I said anything! I definitely didn't go to the future. No way, that'd be impossible.
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Well. I know for a fact time travel exists cuz I’ve done it. [ And once upon a time his team leader was future Kang the Conqueror and he is a time traveling super villain. So. ] So, where’d you go?
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Nowhere special. New York, and some giant flying fortress. They called it, um, [ What had those Avengers said? ] heli-somethin'-or-other.
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Learn anything you shouldn’t have?
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So, how do you know so much about the Avengers?
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I am an Avenger. Though back in 2009 I was a Young Avenger. I lead one of the teams right now. [ He doesn’t yet know how short lived that is. ]
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You mean the real one, or the other one? The one with the strange arm.
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Steve Rogers, Cap.
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You're a good one, Billy.
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I'm not sure I'd go that far, but thanks.