Peggy's boys.
Yeah. He's been... used. Mind wiped, given missions. I don't know a lot about what he went through all those years. He didn't want to remember for a while. I can't say I blame him for not wanting to know.
I ran into him June, during the mess with the former SHIELD. He tried to kill us - me, Natasha Romanoff and Sam Wilson. He didn't recognize me at first. Not really. He just knew that Captain America was his target. And he was there again when we were trying to bring down the helicarriers. Tried to fight me. To kill me, I guess. But he couldn't. I think I would have drowned in the Potomac if it hadn't been for him. And after I recovered, we tried to track him down. Chased him around Europe before a friend made contact and told me to back off, and that he was okay. Eventually, we started texting. Still kept his distance, though. He seemed to think I wanted the old him back. He's been around. Figuring himself out, I think.
He was here for a while, though. Arrived like the rest of you. Even fell in love with a girl, believe it or not. And then he disappeared, right after his birthday last year. It's been a difficult year, to say the least.
I'm sorry I didn't tell you, but I didn't have any right to disregard Sharon's feelings either. Either way, I was going to hurt someone, and we'd probably still be having this conversation if I'd gone behind her back to tell you without her consent.