"It's... complicated, and not many people know all the details. When Steve and I went down during the war, the world still needed a Captain America. First it was William Naslund, then Jeff Mace took over for him. Morale woulda gone down if the people had known the real Cap was gone. In the 50s, there was a Cap-wannabe, William Burnside, and... think a couple of others over the years. Steve got thawed out, and he was Cap again. I was just filling in when he couldn't be there, but I guess he liked the look on me when he got back." A pause. "Yeah, I guess it does sound pretty weird, huh?"

Normally, he's not so verbose with anybody, especially essentially a stranger, but this is Sam Wilson. It's Sam, even if it's not the Sam he knows. If anyone deserves to be filled in, it's him.

The comments about Steve, though, get a slight, exasperated smile out of Bucky. "If your Steve is anything like mine, he's too stubborn to give up. He'll come around eventually though."