Some part of her hadn't quite believed the cowboy when he'd claimed that Bucky Barnes was in this strange ghost town out of time. Add in that the hero had been looking for her and— Surely, there's a mistake. It just doesn't make any sense, and while she's used to that in her life, this was sending up all the red flags.

Until she saw him sitting there in the distance.

Holy shit.

Approaching the house alone, sand still clinging in patches to her suit and finally beginning to itch under her gauntlets, she finds that she can barely breathe as her boots quietly click along the pavement. It's true. That's Bucky Barnes sitting on that porch. Even with all the bruising, she'd recognize him anywhere.

So if this is true, what else is?