[ bucky's always been graceful, but there's no grace in the way he almost stumbles when he stops. they weren't walking particularly fast, there seems to be no reason for it, other than his mind short circuiting on itself.
2023. god. how is that even possible? that would make steve - 105. does the serum make you immortal? seems like walking around with a bright head skull face is the better deal.
2023. he's been dead, then, for close to 80 years, hasn't he. and that's why things feel off. what is he, in steve's eyes? a ghost?
it all hits him at once; the pain, the loss, the anger - everything he hasn't allowed himself to feel because there was no way to feel it and keep his composure. there's no pressing need demanding his composure, no one shooting at them, trying to catch them, the scene around them is almost obscenely serene when nothing seems right with the world anymore. he grieves for his own life, but that's not too bad - he's here now, after all, living on. does this happen for everyone? he has no way of knowing. but either way, it's a life. his grief for steve, on the other hand, that is overpowering.
he's going to be sick.
his reflexes seem to have remained unaffected; he turns his head to keep steve out of the splash zone as he heaves and hurls what feels like his heart - but in truth isn't very much at all - out onto the ground. ]
I'm right there with you
2023. god. how is that even possible? that would make steve - 105. does the serum make you immortal? seems like walking around with a bright head skull face is the better deal.
2023. he's been dead, then, for close to 80 years, hasn't he. and that's why things feel off. what is he, in steve's eyes? a ghost?
it all hits him at once; the pain, the loss, the anger - everything he hasn't allowed himself to feel because there was no way to feel it and keep his composure. there's no pressing need demanding his composure, no one shooting at them, trying to catch them, the scene around them is almost obscenely serene when nothing seems right with the world anymore. he grieves for his own life, but that's not too bad - he's here now, after all, living on. does this happen for everyone? he has no way of knowing. but either way, it's a life. his grief for steve, on the other hand, that is overpowering.
he's going to be sick.
his reflexes seem to have remained unaffected; he turns his head to keep steve out of the splash zone as he heaves and hurls what feels like his heart - but in truth isn't very much at all - out onto the ground. ]