[Really, when Bucky walks around the ring, intending to check on the sound of that rather ominous noise, he doesn't expect to see a (bearded?) Steve Rogers stripping out of his orange jumpsuit. It twists something in his chest, and he stands there like an idiot and just... stares.
Because his Steve is dead. Because the one that he'd liked so immediately back in Duplicity had vanished like smoke, just when he'd thought that maybe-- His fingers twitch at his sides, his mouth feels dry and he feels like he should say something, but he doesn't for a long moment, trying to come up with something, with the words that Natasha was always better at.
Bucky's in the same orange jumpsuit, and while his face is the same as the one Steve knows, he's a little lighter on muscle, his hair cut short, and Ripley seemed to think he didn't really need that metal arm after all as he's now all flesh and skin. There's pain, sadness to his blue eyes, but there's hope that sparkles there too.]
Water Filtration; I'm sorry I'm terrible
Because his Steve is dead. Because the one that he'd liked so immediately back in Duplicity had vanished like smoke, just when he'd thought that maybe-- His fingers twitch at his sides, his mouth feels dry and he feels like he should say something, but he doesn't for a long moment, trying to come up with something, with the words that Natasha was always better at.
Bucky's in the same orange jumpsuit, and while his face is the same as the one Steve knows, he's a little lighter on muscle, his hair cut short, and Ripley seemed to think he didn't really need that metal arm after all as he's now all flesh and skin. There's pain, sadness to his blue eyes, but there's hope that sparkles there too.]
--Steve?