'till the end of the line

When the mob and the press and the whole world tell you to move, your job is to plant yourself like a tree by the river of truth, and tell the whole world "No, You Move."

[commqnder-rogers]

Happy 4th of July.

[katebishop-hawkeye-blog]

I hear it’s your birthday. How old are you now, like 80 or something?

[commqnder-rogers]

94. But you do know I didn't actually age while I was in the ice, right?

[commqnder-rogers]

PM|| Rose & Steve

Rose: No, I don't.

Steve: Oh.

Steve: I guess I don't... know him anymore.

Steve: Not like before.

[commqnder-rogers]

PM|| Rose & Steve

Rose: Yes...

Rose: My mother believed me to be dead and she never told my father because they were separated.

Rose: That is the most I know, I don't know details especially with both of them unable to tell me due to the current circumstances.

Steve: Oh...

Steve: Do you know how long they were... together?

[littlesnowwidow-deactivated2021]

I do not understand

[littlesnowwidow-deactivated2021]

If you say so…

[commqnder-rogers]

It will come, in time.

[littlesnowwidow-deactivated2021]

I do not understand

[littlesnowwidow-deactivated2021]

I have never had any kind of close human contact…I don’t know if I ever will…

[commqnder-rogers]

Well, there is always tomorrow... You are still young, you have your whole life ahead of you. No need to rush for something that will eventually come on its own.

[commqnder-rogers]

PM|| Rose & Steve

Rose: Yes...

Rose: And the Black Wid....Natasha...is my mother.

Rose: Please keep this to yourself...

Rose: I barely know you, but I have seen the way you speak of him...my instinct told me I could trust you.

Steve: Bucky and... Natasha?

Steve: I... Yes, of course.

Steve: I won't tell anyone, I just...

Steve: Why- H-How did that happen?

[littlesnowwidow-deactivated2021]

I do not understand

[littlesnowwidow-deactivated2021]

Well that’s stupid.

Oh…I guess that sort of makes sense?

[commqnder-rogers]

It's not the best method, no. Probably only makes them more confused.

It's a good part of life, of human contact, giving yourself to someone like that. 

[commqnder-rogers]

PM|| Rose & Steve

Rose: Because he trained me...he has been my handler for as long as I can remember.

[five minutes later]

Rose: And we both recently found out that he is my biological father.

Steve: I- What...

Steve: Bucky...?

Steve: Y-You're his daughter?

[littlesnowwidow-deactivated2021]

I do not understand

[littlesnowwidow-deactivated2021]

If it’s not very instructive then why use it?

That does not help me understand at all.

[commqnder-rogers]

I guess they use it at a lack of a better explanation.

It's... when you find pleasure with someone else. It doesn't have to, I guess, but it usually means you care about each other, want to make each other feel good.

[commqnder-rogers]

PM|| Rose & Steve

Rose: Oh...that's....

Rose: I did not know that...

Rose: Wow.

Steve: Yeah...

Steve: He was always good like that.

[5 minutes later.]

Steve: Can I ask... why do you want to know?

[littlesnowwidow-deactivated2021]

I do not understand

[littlesnowwidow-deactivated2021]

Birds and bees? Why would I be trained about that? Is that some sort of expression?

[commqnder-rogers]

It is. It's just- Parents use it sometimes... to explain their kids- It doesn't matter, really, it's not very instructive anyway.

It's just... sex. Making love.

[commqnder-rogers]

PM|| Rose & Steve

Rose: Oh...the army...?

Steve: Yeah... He was a Sargent for the 107th during World War II.

Steve: And then he was in my special unit called the Howling Commandos.

[commqnder-rogers]

PM|| Rose & Steve

Rose: Oh...

Rose: He...you worked together?

Steve: Not exactly.

Steve: I mean, we were in the army together, once I was finally able to join.

Steve: But we were friends first.

[littlesnowwidow-deactivated2021]

I do not understand

[littlesnowwidow-deactivated2021]

No…it was not part of my training…

[commqnder-rogers]

Oh. The birds and the bees and all that? That's not even how it actually works... I don't know how I could explain...

[commqnder-rogers]

PM|| Rose & Steve

Rose: Yes...

Rose: So you were close?

Rose: What happened?

Steve: We were very close. Best friends.

Steve: He... I... I thought he died. In a mission. I couldn't get to him on time.

Steve: But I had no idea...

Steve: I got frozen, then, and I hadn't even heard about him until I got here.

[littlesnowwidow-deactivated2021]

I do not understand

[littlesnowwidow-deactivated2021]

I…what…what is that and why would it be happening in a library?

[commqnder-rogers]

You don't- You really don't know what it is?

[commqnder-rogers]

PM|| Rose & Steve

Rose: Yes...

Rose: About Yasha...James...he...

Rose: You knew him before?

Steve: Bucky?

Steve: I- Yes, I've known him since I was a kid.

Steve: Since we both were.