Gymnasium | Deck 12 | At the heavy bag (OTA)

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There is a female Captain America on this ship from an alternate dimension.

His partner of the last two years has informed him she's actually 86 years old.

He's been running along the Volga River, Russia, in 1936, and racing motorcycles through places he's never seen before, all without leaving the ship.

His best friend (deceased) has arrived, a POW for the last seventy years thanks to HYDRA, and they've done things to him that have left him changed.

There's no way off this ship.


Steve's at the heavy bag in the gymnasium, the same place he's been for the last two and a half hours. It gives him somewhere to think, something to do, a goal to accomplish in some fancy tin can where he's about as useless as a white crayon. His mind keeps rolling back to Bucky, stuck on repeat, wondering if it's his fault, his dimension, his timeline, his world, just wondering if he left his best friend to die.

'For years... There has always been a mission. How do you sit still on this ship and do nothing?'

His blows fall harder, angrier, until the heavy bag comes off its chain with a sickening creak.


[ooc: Steve's working out some stuff, but I promise he's totally approachable. He won't try to murderate you. Honest. ^^; Grey text is taken from this thread.]

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One of the places Henry found while exploring was the gym. He had lots of things on his own mind but they vanished once he realised who was in the gym with him. He didn't have to have his comic books with him to know that he was Captain America.

Staying by the door, since Steve seemed very busy, he just watched in awe of the fact that his ship might have actually done something brilliant instead of all the other crap it's pulled so far.

[stark_spangled]

Steve's vaguely aware he's being watched, but he keeps his focus with the bag. At least until the bag is decommissioned.

Catching his breath, he moves a few feet to the right to collect a bottle of water and a towel. Now is as good a time as any to take a break. Besides, he wouldn't want either of his teammates to walk in and lecture him on electrolytes again.

Steve catches Henry's eye, and gives him a tired smile.

"I think the weights are free," he jokes.

[goldencobra]

Henry looks quite shy once he's noticed but resists the urge to shrink back into the shadows. They're stuck on the ship together so he might as well make the most of it. And this certainly made up for the problem with the man who looked like his father.

"I--I'm Henry. I've got all your comic books at home." And not just his either but he doubts Steve wants to know about those. "Would..." He stops. He probably gets asked for autographs all the time. "Never mind. I'll leave you to your work out."

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He looks surprised. Nobody else here has recognized him, apart from those who came in from his world and the few who met his female alter ego first. He wasn't expecting Captain America to follow him into space, but he doesn't mind. Back home, he's used to being approached by people, especially young kids.

He grins, dropping his head long enough to finish unwrapping his hands. Just because he's used to people walking up to him doesn't mean he's stopped feeling shy about it.

"Nice to meet you, Henry," he says, picking up his bottle of water and walking closer to the kid. His demeanor is a lot more relaxed than it was during his workout, and his expression is friendly. "You want me to sign those comic books for you sometime?"

[goldencobra]

He's still a little overwhelmed to meet one of his heroes. Though admittedly Captain America isn't his favourite Avenger. But he's not going to say that to the man's face. He just grins and nods. Then looks a little sad.

"They're back home. But what about my notebook?" He treasures that above all else, even more so if it was signed by Captain America!

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Steve smiles, brow pinched when that sad look passes over Henry's face.

"Sure," he says, because there's no way he's going to disappoint the kid (even if he isn't Henry's favorite Avenger, and hey, there are two more on this ship he'd be happy to introduce him to). "I'd be happy to."

[goldencobra]

Henry digs into his bag and pulls out the notebook and a pen. He opens it and points to the inside front cover, asking without words for him to sign in there. He trusts Steve won't look at the contents without asking. He's Captain America!

It's still quite a shock for the boy but he's excited for an autograph.