When Steve was thawed from the ice and had some time to adjust to working for SHIELD, he spent time looking through the internet, hoping to catch up on current events and major events since he went under. What he wasn't prepared for was how much of the internet there was. Sam gave him recommendations to look into online but Google was overwhelming in how much info it gave him. The most confusing for him was message forums that he ended up finding during his research because a poster would ask a question that he found interesting. That is how Steve ended up learning that he had no clue what half the internet slang was.

He learned that the meaning and usage of certain slang terms change quickly and frequently. Most people don't use the term Vine anymore, now it's Tiktok. Steve did like seeing emojis. They looked funny to him. Urban dictionary was a helpful resource for him but Steve quickly learned that the internet didn't think that site was useful. Regardless he was glad it helped him figure out the meaning of slang and how to decipher texts that were mostly emojis.

Steve found Wikipedia the most useful and the most distracting. Many nights he'd look up an article about a major event that Sam told him to look into and a few hours later, he'd be reading about something completely different. He'd end up telling Bucky in the middle of the night about what he found out, even though half the time Bucky wasn't interested. Bucky had a suspicion Steve did it to help distract him when he woke up from his nightmares, but he wasn't going to burst his best friend's bubble by telling him it doesn't work.

Once the battle of Thanos was resolved, Steve got back into art. With the help of Nat, Steve made an art page. She had to show him how to scan his work to post it digitally but once he started, the support exploded. Steve was taken aback at how many people looked at his artwork and complimented it. It did give him encouragement to do more. In the span of a few weeks, Steve had posted redraws of his old artwork that he made in the 30's while attending college. The public ate it up which made Steve a bit proud of himself.

"I had no idea you drew." Sam hummed as he watched Steve upload the last piece he could remember drawing before going in the ice.

Steve shrugged. "Never asked."

"I don't go up to people and ask if they can draw."

"You should."

"It might work for you Captain but not me." Sam lightly punched his arm as he laughed. "Where did you learn to draw?"

"Auburndale Art School."

"I have no idea where that is."

Bucky placed a drink in front of Steve before handing Sam his. "It's in Brooklyn."

"Did you go too?" Sam eyed Bucky curiously.

Bucky took a drink of his coffee. "We had the same classes."

"Do you draw too?"

"I went for the ladies." Bucky glanced at the computer screen. "Do you think Montgomery still has our projects?"

Steve chuckled. "I think she's dead by now, Buck."

"I feel like she'd try to outlive us all out of spite."

Sam watched the exchange as he took a slow drink. "Was she a bad teacher?"

"She was the worst. Always saying my work was shit."

"Well you never really tried to actually learn how to draw."

Bucky gave Steve a glare. "I was a decent artist. It wasn't perfect like she wanted it to be."

"She knew you were there just for the nude models."

"I turned in my work." Bucky grumbled as Steve and Sam laughed.

"Why don't you share your art?" Sam suggested.

Bucky frowned. "I don't think any of it exists anymore."

"You can redraw it like I am."

Bucky seemed to think it over. "But who would want to see it?"

"You do realize you have a fan base online right?" Sam took a drink as he gave Bucky a skeptical look.

Bucky studied Sam, not quite believing him. "I do?"

"Chicks like the troubled brooding guy now."

"I don't brood."

Steve and Sam gave him a doubtful look. "You do." Bucky scowled at Sam but before he could argue more, he cut him off. "Just give it a try and see where it goes. It doesn't hurt."

Bucky glanced between the two. "Fine."

A few days later, Bucky shared a random drawing on Steve's page and was bombarded with support. It reignited a spark in Bucky and it didn't take long for the team to find the two drawing together occasionally during downtime between missions.