Betty "Bombshell" Barnes (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
girlofclay) wrote2022-06-23 02:02 pm
girlofclay) wrote2022-06-23 02:02 pm
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Betty Barnes is not afraid of heights. That would be ridiculous and incredibly inconvenient, to be a pilot and afraid of heights. She loves heights, always has done. Loves flying, loves being up high feeling the weight of the air against her wings. What she doesn't love, though, is falling. She nearly fell off a train once, in the last war in Germany, rescued only at the last second by her best friend's hand around her wrist.
Steve, who wasn't even a pilot, who learned to fly by watching her, who would later willfully fly into the Arctic Ocean, leaving her alone, angry, and not a little guilty. It had taken a few years after the war for Betty to find her wings again, when Howard and Peggy called her up, said they needed a pilot who could handle new and dangerous aircraft without having to worry about other military commitments, and that was how Bombshell Barnes ended up flying for the brand new SHIELD.
Officially they weren't involved in Korea. Officially Leviathan wasn't either, but officially Leviathan doesn't really exist, so that makes things complicated. But it was as a civilian, officially, that Betty ended up flying near enough to the conflict that when she was shot down - and she hated setting the self destruct on that machine as much as she hated bailing out - and it was a US army rescue chopper that was the last thing she heard before finally blacking out.
The first thing she hears when she wakes up are voices, and she sends up thanks to whichever Saint that looks after covert ops pilots, that they appear to be speaking English.
Steve, who wasn't even a pilot, who learned to fly by watching her, who would later willfully fly into the Arctic Ocean, leaving her alone, angry, and not a little guilty. It had taken a few years after the war for Betty to find her wings again, when Howard and Peggy called her up, said they needed a pilot who could handle new and dangerous aircraft without having to worry about other military commitments, and that was how Bombshell Barnes ended up flying for the brand new SHIELD.
Officially they weren't involved in Korea. Officially Leviathan wasn't either, but officially Leviathan doesn't really exist, so that makes things complicated. But it was as a civilian, officially, that Betty ended up flying near enough to the conflict that when she was shot down - and she hated setting the self destruct on that machine as much as she hated bailing out - and it was a US army rescue chopper that was the last thing she heard before finally blacking out.
The first thing she hears when she wakes up are voices, and she sends up thanks to whichever Saint that looks after covert ops pilots, that they appear to be speaking English.
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"And it's such a lovely evening." he agrees, waving his glass at the overcast sky - it's plenty warm enough to sit outside, yes, but it would be nicer if they were looking at stars rather than clouds. Still, she's not wrong, it's better than canvas.
"So, now that you're feeling better, how much longer will the 4077 be graced with your delightful company?" he asks pleasantly - he assumes it's probably not long, the army isn't exactly fond of convalescing.
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Which doesn't bode well, but also means that Peggy's scrambling to rescue the mission, get Betty a replacement pland and get it to Korea. So she's stuck waiting for that.
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"Oh, well that is good news." Hawkeye grins, lifting his glass in a 'cheers' motion.
"For us, anyway. Not so much for you." he adds cheerfully.
He suspects she might actually chafe at being stuck here, especially when she seems to have healed up (remarkably quickly), but he hopes they can joke about it and keep the mood light.
Sometimes that's all you can do.
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Starting with the gin...
...which she gags on as soon as she takes a sip.
"Oh wow, this is disgusting."