[ it may have been a while since he's had to comfort his friend, but muscle memory sends bucky's hand straight to his back, rubbing soothingly before settling on his shoulder for a squeeze.
this, he thinks, I can do. and it's selfish and it's ugly, but it doesn't change the fact that it helps, it helps ground him, gives him something truly familiar, a little piece of home, a use.
there's so many questions he needs to ask, he will ask, but he doesn't want to touch them yet. he doesn't know if they have time, or how much of it, but surely it's okay to at least take today. they're both dealing with a lot. ]
So it might just be this place. [ he may not have understood half of the welcome spiel, but he does remember something about changing magic - and going from 5'4" to 6'2" definitely looked pretty magical to bucky. that might mean that if he just gets steve home he'll be healthy again.
it's a chance. it's a goal. it's something to work towards. because bucky is gone but steve isn't. he still has a life to go back to. it's bucky's job now to convince him of that.
this is going to be harder that storming zola's train. ]
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this, he thinks, I can do. and it's selfish and it's ugly, but it doesn't change the fact that it helps, it helps ground him, gives him something truly familiar, a little piece of home, a use.
there's so many questions he needs to ask, he will ask, but he doesn't want to touch them yet. he doesn't know if they have time, or how much of it, but surely it's okay to at least take today. they're both dealing with a lot. ]
So it might just be this place. [ he may not have understood half of the welcome spiel, but he does remember something about changing magic - and going from 5'4" to 6'2" definitely looked pretty magical to bucky. that might mean that if he just gets steve home he'll be healthy again.
it's a chance. it's a goal. it's something to work towards. because bucky is gone but steve isn't. he still has a life to go back to. it's bucky's job now to convince him of that.
this is going to be harder that storming zola's train. ]