[ That half-smile's reassuring, even as he feels his chest knot up. Does his best to echo it back, although it might come across as more flat than anything else. The corners of his mouth tucked into his cheeks, lips a bit thin, a grim line. Not quite a smile, almost a grimace.
Okay, then. He's never been anything but up front about things when he has the chance. They may not be big talkers, no long heart to hearts, but Bucky's always tried to be as transparent about his feelings on things in the brief moments he gets to express them.
Yeah, 'cause you got nothing to prove. Because I'm with you until the end of the line. Not without you. I don't know if I'm worth all of this. I know. But I did it. I can't trust my own mind. I think I've got it bad for you. I think I always have.
Might as well just come out and say it, then. Take the rest step by step, but bite the bullet and get the big part out there. ]
We—
[ Screaming. Sudden, abrupt, piercing screaming. Not from him obviously, but from half a dozen pods down as woman collapses over the side of one, wailing and then devolving into hysterical, desperate sobs.
Waited too long. Missed it. Shouldn't have been a coward and stalled for that second out. ]
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Okay, then. He's never been anything but up front about things when he has the chance. They may not be big talkers, no long heart to hearts, but Bucky's always tried to be as transparent about his feelings on things in the brief moments he gets to express them.
Yeah, 'cause you got nothing to prove.
Because I'm with you until the end of the line.
Not without you.
I don't know if I'm worth all of this.
I know. But I did it.
I can't trust my own mind.
I think I've got it bad for you. I think I always have.
Might as well just come out and say it, then. Take the rest step by step, but bite the bullet and get the big part out there. ]
We—
[ Screaming. Sudden, abrupt, piercing screaming. Not from him obviously, but from half a dozen pods down as woman collapses over the side of one, wailing and then devolving into hysterical, desperate sobs.
Waited too long. Missed it. Shouldn't have been a coward and stalled for that second out. ]