Steve knew it was a risk returning to the United States, even temporarily. He was more likely to be recognized here than anywhere else in the world, so he’d taken what minimal steps to disguise himself that he could–glasses, ball cap pulled low, and a shapeless coat that covered up his physique to some extent, although it did nothing to make him look smaller.
His plan was to use a recently purchased burner phone to contact a former SHIELD agent, whom he’d worked with closely in the past, to find out the state of the situation with the Accords, whether they were closing in on anyone, and who might be secretly imprisoned in the Raft at this point and need rescue.
He didn’t want to speak too long over any phone, so he’d come to the man’s suburb to arrange a meeting–hopefully one that was less likely to be anticipated than a meeting with Sharon would be.
Now he had an hour to kill until the agent would be free to speak with him, and eating a meal would be less conspicuous than loitering in a affluent neighborhood for that long.
Pushing open the door to the carefully ‘retro’ diner, he started for a booth near the back when he was greeted unexpectedly by a dark haired young man whom he’d never seen before.
“Sorry, but I think you have me confused with someone else.”
"I don't think I do, sir."
Harley had to take only a glimpse at the guy to know who he was. The other people in the diner were probably too busy minding their own business to notice, but someone who spent as much time with Bucky as he did was bound to know who Steve Rogers was even from a mile away. Or with an ugly ballcap. His fingers tutted along the table excitedly. The recently acquired expertise on this whole spy stuff told him that whatever Captain America had to do in Scarsdale wasn't exactly public. Plus Harley wasn't living in a cave. The boy knew about the Sokovia delas and all that stuff which made it pretty annoying to walk down the streets if you have powers.
He got up from the seat putting on an act so that nobody would get suspicious, and also thinking of a plan that wouldn't make Captain America flee in an instant. The best he could think of in such short notice was namedropping Bucky to see if he could at least be bothered to sit at the table. "I think Mr. Barnes didn't send a picture with my resume, did he? He speaks very highly of you!" Harley then reached out to the man with a warm smile and a handshake. Hopefully he wasn't too discreet with the reference, or not too out there. Captain America bailing out would suck, but Captain America throat punching him for information on Bucky would ALSO suck. Not the best sensation, being stuck between a rock and a hard place.