Sample scene flavor two for marvel_universe

[cold_shoulder]

He was standing on the roof of the building.

He knew he should go downstairs and knock on Steve's door, the way a civilized person would. The way he should have a long time ago, when he first remembered. But he couldn't. Facing Steve with what he had done, in a place where they could actually talk? Knowing the look of disappointment that would inevitably cross the familiar blue eyes?

It wasn't any easier knowing that he wasn't Steve's partner, after all, not really. Nothing was easier.

But running hadn't really changed anything, had it?

He looked out over the street once more. In a moment, he'd go down.

In a moment.

Comments

[cap_a]

"That's... a long and complicated story, involving Immortus. I can get you the full Avengers report later. I'll get you whatever Avengers files you want to look at."

In theory, that's a big risk. There are many people who would be angry at Steve for that. But his trust for Bucky is complete.

"Namor... spent several decades wandering the surface with amnesia. But he's still around. His cousin just revived, and her daughter's a hero, too."

There were other Invaders -- Miss America, Whizzer, Silver Scorpion -- but they came later. That just leaves one last one of the originals.

"Toro... retired a few years after the war. A few years back..." He pauses. "The Mad Thinker killed him. Namor was there."

[cold_shoulder]

"... oh." Nope. Sometimes it doesn't matter at all that he knows he wasn't the person who coaxed Toro to a Christmas dance and then pushed him into the girl he liked. News like this? Still feel like a punch in the gut. The kind that hurts. "This Mad Thinker character seems to have merited some... attention. Both for Toro's and Jim Hammond's sakes. Was he stopped?"

As to the offer... "I... probably should catch up with the reading. You wouldn't believe the degree of information control was exercised back there, and I was only out of stasis for short periods of time." Beat. "Although I'm sure missing Namor's cheerful reaction to remembering who he is... well, I wouldn't change that part. Unless I got a good seat at a very safe distance."