Bucky Barnes is smiling at her. Is this what happens when you die? Do you wind up in some moderately creepy ghost town filled with strangers and the occasional hero waiting to meet you? It's nothing like the afterlife the nuns used to drone on about, but hey, it could be a whole hell of a lot worse.

There's no stopping her own smile in response, some part of her absolutely giddy with fangirl energy at meeting Bucky freaking Barnes. She heads up the sidewalk toward the porch, words falling out of her mouth almost of their own accord. "Hi! I mean, thanks, or uh..."

But then she stops halfway there, his words finally actually registering. The smile falls and her expression shifts to something apprehensive and unsettled. "Wait, what do you mean welcome back?"