Unknown Number: hey
UN: i saw you on news
UN: are you real?
Steve: who are you? how did you get this number?
UN: doesn't matter
UN: please answer
Steve: no, i'm not real
Steve: i'm just your imagination, obviously
UN: guessed so
Steve: then why bother texting in the first place?
UN: i don't know
UN: bye
Steve: what the fuck?
UN: i don't want to let them wipe me
UN: i don't care if you aren't real
Steve: wipe you?
Steve: i was joking
Steve: of course i'm real
Steve: i'm sorry, i thought it was clear that it was a joke
Steve: who are you? how did you get this number?
UN: who are you?
UN: why do i know you?
Steve: you don't know who i am?
Steve: you said you saw me in the news
Steve: you have my very secret phone number
Steve: a lot of people are sweating about the security right now because of you
Steve: i think it's safe to assume that you know well who i am
UN: you're captain america?
UN: said so in news
Steve: well considering you've already got my number
Steve: you can call me steve
Steve: what should i call you?
UN: you can't be steve
Steve: why not?
UN: he's dead
Steve: a lot of people thought so
Steve: watch the news tonight
Steve: you'll get your explanation
UN: your uniform is all wrong
Steve: it's a new one
Steve: are you ever going to tell me your name?
UN: you don't smile like steve
Steve: not much to smile about
Steve: sometimes i feel like you're right
Steve: maybe i'm not steve anymore
Steve: i feel like all there is left is captain america
Steve: it used to be just a role
UN: they wiped you too? when you got out of ice?
Steve: what do you mean, wiped?
Steve: what do you want? why did you contact me in the first place?
UN: i don't know
UN: i'm still not sure you're real, don't know what's real
Steve: i am real
Steve: are you okay?
Steve: i've been wondering about you
Steve: truthfully, there are a lot of people wondering about you, and trying to track your phone
Steve: like you must already know
Steve: but yeah. i've been trying to figure you out
Steve: i know someone else who is also confused a lot of time
Steve: she has trouble remembering things
Steve: i'm wondering if you're in similar situation
UN: maybe
Steve: have we met before? did you live in brooklyn, were we in the army together?
UN: i don't know
UN: i don't remember everything
Steve: were you with the shield?
UN: yes. sometimes. i think so
Steve: makes sense. i'm impressed that you tracked down my number
Steve: are you somewhere safe?
Steve: what's your name?
UN: i don't know
Steve: if you're somewhere safe or your name..?
UN: neither
Steve: alright
Steve: are there people helping you?
UN: no. i'm alone
UN: i should have gone back to report to my handler, but i didn't after i saw you on news
Steve: can you tell me where you are?
Steve: i can come meet you
Steve: i guess that's a no
Steve: tell me if you change your mind
Steve: we could talk
Steve: i want to help if i can
Steve: i can take you back to 'your handler', they must be worried about you
Steve: and maybe i knew you too. or i can find someone who knows you and can tell you your name
Steve: you want to know your name, right?
Steve: i'm worried about you. are you okay?
Steve: do you have food and shelter?
UN: yes
UN: i'm okay. don't worry about me
Steve: is 'your handler' okay? you aren't afraid to go back?
UN: no
Steve: they are treating you right?
UN: yes
UN: i just don't want to get wiped yet
Steve: is it really that bad?
UN: it makes me forget
UN: i don't want to forget yet
Steve: alright. i understand
Steve: i'm sure they won't wipe you if you explained to them that you don't want to yet
Steve: i could come with you and tell them
UN: who the hell is bucky?
Steve: what?
Steve: why are you asking?
Steve: he was my friend
Steve: do you remember him?
UN: i'm reading your biography
UN: what happened to him?
Steve: he died
UN: after that?
Steve: what do you mean? he died, end of the story
UN: are you sure?
Steve: yes. there's no way he could have survived
UN: everyone thought you were dead too
Steve: don't. just. don't talk about him.
Steve: i'm sorry
Steve: you can talk about him
Steve: you just caught me off guard
Steve: it hasn't been that long for me since he died
Steve: why were you interested in him? did you recognize him too?
UN: kind of
UN: i don't know
UN: i'm trying to remember who i am and what happened
Steve: let me help you
UN: these biographies make you sound like a little saint
UN: how accurate are these?
Steve: i haven't read them but sounds like a lot of crap
UN: thought so
UN: did you kiss bucky?
Steve: what? are they saying so?
UN: did you?
Steve: not really anyone's business
UN: please tell me
Steve: no
Steve: why are you asking?
UN: i thought i remembered it
UN: it wasn't real?
Steve: you thought you remembered us kissing? where? what the hell?
UN: it must have been a dream
Steve: you think you've dreamed about me and bucky kissing
UN: i don't know
UN: maybe
UN: sorry, i shouldn't have asked about it
UN: i really thought it happened
UN: it felt real
Steve: i'm sorry i disappeared the other night
Steve: i'm sure you aren't the only one who has had dreams about, well
Steve: i know i'm sort of celebrity
Steve: so it's normal that, you know
Steve: just caught me off guard again, sorry
Steve: maybe you saw videos or posters of me, when you were younger, and now your brain is confusing it all and making it seem like memories?
UN: maybe
Steve: i'm sorry. it must be hard for you
UN: i'm going back
UN: i don't know what's real and what's not
Steve: that's good
Steve: i'm glad you're going back
Steve: i've been worried about you being all alone
UN: i want to get wiped, i can't do this
Steve: it's going to be alright
Steve: they'll take care of you, that's their job
Steve: call me when you are back there? i'll come visit you