#bluesleeves

no, cap didn't know grey before his acceptance into the titan project. though if she had known him prior to the integratory process, she absolutely would have lost her shit about the risks and the sheer length of the incubation process lol. but thats not to say she wouldn't be excited about the successful result too

they first met at the San Andes base (somewhere between the west coast and border of Canada, whereas North Point was in Alaska) after the retaliation suffered at North Point forced the surviving avian unit to relocate. and yes for the first couple meetings between the two she was not his fondest comrade. in each of the titan soldiers, she could only see another Malik, which impeded any opportunity for her to grow closer to them before the lobotomy... eased her traumas. after that, she quickly warmed up to linger around him for some reasons unknown (he reminded her of someone she'd known...?)

a couple of missions and one or two incidents later, they were quickly on comfortable terms in speaking and interaction. of course, every now and then would be some difficult conversations, but up until the Ghilotti mission those never held up their relationship for long.