"Who wouldn't?" says Shuri, reasonably, and Sharon laughs.

"Sort of," she tells Bucky. "She wanted to climb high enough to see the ocean, apparently."

There are carafes of wine at the table; she pours herself a glass, her left hand going to his leg beneath the table. Not for anything funny, just...

She missed him. And she almost can't believe he's right here, solid and warm and real. So she lets her hand rest on his leg for a little while, just to make sure of it.

"Did she?" Nakia wants to know, and Sharon shrugs.

"I don't know. She got stuck halfway up."