"Still don't know why you got the flu here," says Bucky, looking almost smug for a moment before the expression passes, like an older brother needling the younger.

Given the reminder, though, Bucky has to wonder if the weather was less of a factor than the stress of Bruce Wayne's arrival weakening the kid's immune system. After over a year of relatively sedentary living, it had to have been a hell of a shock -- the worry, the anxiety. The few moments of terror they'd experienced over the past few months were easy to bury, to move on from. But Wayne is a constant, now, always there, and not a force easily forgotten.

"I like England. I just don't like what it's trying to pass off for technology. This'd be dated in my day."