[ Eventually they're going to have to talk more openly about everything, Steve figures. It might be painful and uncomfortable and the last thing either of them want, but they can't just let it stew either. Everything is so raw right now, though, that's simpler to talk around it and make jokes and pretend that they're fine.
Steve doesn't know that Bucky will ever truly be fine. He wants nothing more than to aim for that kind of future, but right now everything's looking pretty bleak.
There are things that make it worth waking up each morning, though. Like that laugh of Bucky's, brief as it might have been. Or the way that Steve's compelled to groan and shake his head at that terrible pun. ]
You keep up like that and yeah, you might be right. [ It's said lightly, meant as a joke, and Steve hopes that it isn't too much. He hates not knowing whether or not he's pushing too hard on a sore spot. ]
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Steve doesn't know that Bucky will ever truly be fine. He wants nothing more than to aim for that kind of future, but right now everything's looking pretty bleak.
There are things that make it worth waking up each morning, though. Like that laugh of Bucky's, brief as it might have been. Or the way that Steve's compelled to groan and shake his head at that terrible pun. ]
You keep up like that and yeah, you might be right. [ It's said lightly, meant as a joke, and Steve hopes that it isn't too much. He hates not knowing whether or not he's pushing too hard on a sore spot. ]