Nice! Very well done ...

I didn’t know you wrote Captain America ... but I haven’t been reading much fanfic lately either. I’ll have to check some more of it out!

It's sad to read this but it was such a good fic. I love how you write the characters.

This is a wonderful example of creating empathy for not only Bucky but the bus driver as well. I already feel like He's a staple character in the Marvel Universe and I've known him for years. This is a fic to go back too.

"S-Steve?"
And there goes my heart.

I am thrilled to have finally had the chance to read one of your fics! After all the wonderful reviews you left for me, this is the least I can do to start repaying you. Unfortunately, I have not read the Lord of the Rings, so I will simply stick to your Bucky fics. Which isn't so bad because you are an excellent writer and I loved this story! I don't usually read OC's because most are cheesy, flat and undefined. Yours, however, had personality, dialect and a kind heart. It was so interesting to read Bucky through the eyes of another, the perspective of a man who had never met him before. I was very caught up in the flow of the driver's thoughts. It was natural and ran so smoothly. And of course, poor Bucky. One of my favorite moments is when he gives Steve as his name. I could perfectly picture that part in my head.

This is wonderful. I like the narrator's voice, it sounds authentic. I also like how the only name the Winter Soldier remembers is Steve's. It's sad, but touching.

What a wonderful piece! I confess I am not well-educated in Captain America lore, but I *am* a Marvel girl and I simply could not resist plunging in to one of your stories again. Thank you so much for sharing this; as ever you have beautiful insights into human nature and a tragically exquisite understanding of loneliness. It is so tangible and heartrending in this story; loneliness, and the awful bewilderment of "Steve".

What I love best about this, however, is the character you have given us in your narrator. I can hear his voice so clearly, and you show us in his thoughts and his actions what sort of a man he is. From his streetwise wariness to the offering of part of his sandwich, the driver comes across as a fully-rounded human being - and someone, I confess, I would quite like to meet! Seeing this peculiar and unforgettable encounter through his eyes is a treat.

The reminiscence of the veterans of the various wars was poignant and so very fitting, capturing the evolution of American culture over half a century in a simple but perfectly elegant way. I especially loved the line "Back there it was hell on the front and hell when you got home". I've done a lot of research about the Vietnam war and its stateside consequences, and that rang so perfectly true. The image of soldiers diving into the bus as though into a foxhole smote my heart, too.

All-in-all, a wonderful treat for a Sunday morning. Thank you for sharing your gifts.

Sad, so very, very sad... this one's going to stay with me for a very long time. Thank you for sharing it with us - it means a lot to me.

Great story so far! I can't wait for more! Loved the perspective from the veteran bus driver. Brilliantly written.