John ‘Bucky’ Egan blinked slowly as he watched you from the across the pub—another airman talking to you, arm over your head as you leaned against the wall, drink in hand. The other guy was a Brit for crying out loud.

Beside him, his best friend, Gale ‘Buck’ Cleven, shook his head. “Don’t do what I think you’re gonna do, Bucky.”