Commander S. Rogers (commanderrogers) wrote in wariscoming, @ 2014-09-14 19:08:00 |
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Entry tags: | bucky barnes/the winter soldier, grant ward, steve rogers/captain america |
Who: Steve Rogers & Grant Ward (feat: The Winter Soldier)
What: Steve wants to meet with Tony Stark's HYDRA operative to see what he's about; and hopefully to have a reason to talk Bucky out of murdering him a lot.
When: Sunday Night, 8pm
Where: Roadhouse Bar
Status: In Progress
Rating: PG-13. Mentions of WWII, War Crimes, War violence, Nazis. You get the idea. -- Also some discussion of some modern day politics that really piss off Captain America.
Soundtrack: Going Out West - Tom Waits
Steve believed in second chances, and offering one to Grant was no exception. Tony seemed adamant about vouching for him, and that went a long way him, but it wouldn't go as far with Bucky, and there was honestly no way to convince Barnes that this was a good idea unless he could do it himself. It meant that he had to believe Grant's story, and honestly he wanted to.
Nick Fury had told him many times over that the face of war had changed. That battles weren't fought in trenches where men had to climb over the bodies of their dead friends on a Captain's orders. There weren't front lines like there used to be, no clear picture of who the enemy was. Evil, really, had just gotten a lot more subtle as it tried to survive, but that didn't mean that it had changed. In Steve's mind, evil meant one thing and one thing only: the oppression of freedom. Taking away the rights and liberties of anyone for any reason. And it took many forms -- the lack of opportunities or resources for those stricken with poverty, the involvement of the government in people's religious freedoms, who they could marry, how they received health care -- in Cap's eyes, it was all bad and it all needed to be changed. The American ideals that he'd carried into battle as close to his chest as the white star on his uniform just didn't seem as prominent in the future he was a part of as he'd hoped they be, and that was hard for him. Knowing that he'd fought; that Bucky had lost so much fighting -- for a country that seemed to have lost sight of what was most important -- that was hard for him.
Facing down an enemy that he thought he'd left in Germany half a century ago though, that wasn't. HYDRA might have gotten more skilled at hiding their sickening, fascist mentality, but that didn't mean he couldn't recognize if for what it was, and it didn't mean he didn't know what to do about. Theirs was a way of thinking that needed to be defeated, plain and simple. It was up to them whether that meant they needed to be saved, or needed to be stopped. Right now, that decision was up to Grant Ward, and whatever decision he made, Steve was going to make the option he chose as easy for him as possible.
It was half past seven when he got to the bar, Bucky arriving a short time before and situating himself in a back corner with a beer. There was no way that Barnes would let him come alone, but he trusted Bucky not to make a move unless he asked him to, that's what they agreed to. Right now, his interest in hearing Grant's side of the story was genuine, right now how this evening went was entirely up to Ward. Steve ordered himself two pints, one to down and one to nurse. It didn't matter, really, he couldn't get drunk no matter how many he had, but waiting made him thirsty.