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[Laughing, she bumps him with her hip before climbing into the other side]

Wait, you mean you can't tell me how many peanuts can fill an empty football stadium. I thought that was common knowledge. Modern History.

[Pulling up the navigation system and putting it on the dash, she lets it tell them where to go as she settles to watch the world go by. Grabbing her phone, she types in roadtrip trivia facts and pulls up a quiz. Grinning, she nods.]

Okay, we'll start with an easy trivia question. You can get this one. This is a road trip quiz by the way, so it's a mix of things. Question one. In which national park can you find the famous Old Faithful geyser?

...That is not modern history! Don't confuse me.

[He laughs, shaking his head at her. It's okay, Sam does it to him too. He winces a little when she grabs her phone to ask questions though. He's going to bomb this for sure... but it might be amusing. And it's Natasha, so he'll roll with it.

Just like he'll roll with this wild navigation system on the dash- which he actually likes. It makes life so much simpler on the road.]

Oh!! I do know this one! Yellowstone National Park!

[He looks so proud of himself, it's ridiculous.]

[Small snickers erupted from her side of the car as small red candies began to disappear in Nat's mouth. She knew fun was the name of the game for the ride they had ahead of them. Anything else was going to kill them. That or it meant her reading, while he listened to some weird music on the radio she figured.

This was the better of two evils. By far! ]

You are coooorrect, sir. You have won yourself One single point. Alright on to question number two. Sticking with the category of traveling. What is the TGV in France?

[ He pops some chips into his mouth, his eyebrows shooting up at the second question. Now he feels a little stuck. ]

Is it... something to do with technology?

[He's gonna fail this game so badly.]

[Tapping her feet on the dash, Nat glances over knowing that this one is difficult. She didn't even know the answer until looking at it, which is funny because she's used the trains constantly while she was in France. There are things that people pay attention to, and things that fall to the wayside when concentrating on a mission. ]

In a way, but not really. It's more about transportation in France.

Oh... is it like the subway?

[He never rode public transportation when he went on missions in France. Hell, he's not even sure what years he was actually there. Faces are etched in his memories forever. Places, not so much.]

Close. Except it's above ground. It's their high speed train service. They go like mega fast. Gimme a second...

[Nat picks up her phone and does the googling thing, because she knows it's the train but she can't remember how fast it is actually. She knows it gets a person where they're going faster than most things. There's a finger she has holding up that she lowers to her lip to tap until she finds her answer.]

Hot damn. 350 mph top speed, but normal 320mph traveling speed. That's so fast. I know it was really fast, but I couldn't remember. The wine was nice...

The subway goes above ground in Brooklyn, you know. But it sure doesn't go that fast. Wish it did.

[Although, he'd glad at least that much had barely changed. He enjoys the medium speed of the Subway.]

New Yorkers would be very into that. Maybe they'd rush around a lot less if that was the case. Ok- ask me something none travel related, that I'll surely fail, but at least you can teach me about.

I know, but I'm talking about the trains, not the underground. The trains in Brooklyn are not like this at all. That's why I specified France.

[She's losing track of what they are talking about as she reads. It's all incredibly interesting, which trains travel which speeds and where they travel to. It's mind-boggling. For the next question, she scrolls through her phone and comes up with a new question. ]

Okay, okay. Which one of these Australian animals is known for its smile? Kangaroo, Koala, Tasmanian Devil or the Quokka

Well, that was one of the qualifiers you were using, so that's why I mentioned the ones in Brooklyn going above ground.

[He's amused by how awfully specific she's being as she reads. Her next one has him laughing a bit too.]

I don't even know what a Quokka is. Is it the Tasmanian Devil?

I imagine that makes sense now. I'd love to see a train go that fast around here. It would really save time on the commutes.

[Reaching out she takes her fingers and rubs the back of his neck while he drives. It's a thing she always saw in movies and thought it was the nice thing that moms did to dads. ]

... The Quokka is the one that smiles.

[Natasha holds up her phone and flashes Bucky a picture of the cutest, little smiling chipmunk looking thing that makes her giggle everytime she looks.]

I think we both need one

Honestly... I like the slower commutes. I don't mind the view at all either. Like this? This is great.

[He's surprised by the way her fingers settle at the back of his neck, but he likes it. It's soothing, and it fits the mood of the trip. It keeps him smiling as he looks over at her phone, his mouth falling open a little.]

Oh wow... wow, look at that thing. It really is smiling. I can't believe it exists.

I like driving through the mountains the best. It's fun, all those long, winding roads. Get a sports car and really work her around the bends and curves. It's beautiful. There's not a thing quite like it.

[It's been a while since Nat has taken a vacation like that. She and Bucky enjoyed their time away, but to go over to say the Rockies or even the Alps. It's been ages. It would be nice to do that again sometime in the future if time opens up. Maybe visit Yellowstone before it ices over. ]

I know, right? He's the cutest. All of them are like that. I need one.

[She giggles, because little fellows like that are made to poke at the hearts of women everywhere and make them giggle even when they normally do not.]

Maybe we'll have to try that sometimes as well. I do like fast cars.

[He's not a huge fan of mountains, but Natasha has a way of helping him look past his trauma, and not think about every last detail of what he went through. Mountains can be fun and beautiful, instead of something he plunged off of.]

I don't think they'd be into city life. They seem more like forest fairies, or something.

I'll put it on our bucket list of things to do together one day. It's getting longer. You have to promise me that we'll actually do some of the things. That's the only way it's fun to have a list.

[Making a mental note to get a tiny book for this, Nat decides it will be fun to have a Bucky and Nat book of things to do one day, and maybe even a place to record what they have done. She's never done anything like that, never celebrated little milestones. ]

They're Australian, so it makes sense. They get all the best animals there.

Are there any things on the list we can check off during this trip? We gotta keep track somehow. Maybe write it all down.

[It's like he can read her mind- but lists are a thing Bucky is used to. He hasn't really had a list for good things yet, though. This feels like the start of something new, something good.

They drive along the almost empty roads for a while longer, with more questions and facts. Bucky does terribly for most of it, but at least he's learning a thing or two.]

Alright, bonus round. We're almost at the cabin so this one's gotta be good.

I don't know. I've forgotten half of it by now. That's why I'm putting the actual list somewhere we can find it now—-maybe on my fridge.

[She laughs and sticks the first item on a tiny sticky note on the book she'd been flipping through. The trivia is fun, and while they both miss some of the questions, she's always proud of Bucky for getting certain ones right.

Nat takes the ride to massage Bucky's neck and shoulders. It makes it easier to get out on the other end, plus it feels good to make Bucky smile. Flipping through the pages, she mumbles and swishes her lips from side to side in thought. ]

Okay, I've got two. One that could be easy if you think about it, and one that is for all the gold. Number one. Name the one food that you could have tucked away in a cupboard at your old home and still go get today that would not have gone bad.

Then, for all the gold, James Barnes, What! is the first animal to be cloned? We're not talking about Star Wars here, but real-life cloning!

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