"The uh...how did they say it?" Steve nods, glancing down at his coffee. "The second world war. Japan had just attacked Pearl harbor when I..."

Slim fingers tap against the table they're sitting at while Steve recounts the day he ended up in the Nexus. The fight in the theater. Bucky showing up with two swell gals, neither of whom had any interest in Steve. Watching Howard Stark's science demonstration and then...the recruiting office.

How he'd decided to try one more time. Said goodbye to Bucky, and opened a door that didn't lead anywhere on his world at all.

"Next thing I knew, here I was. I hope it's going alright, back home."