[Yeah, you do sound an awful lot like a certain android right now. If anything, it sort of makes the situation worse.
Even if the snort a second later sounds almost like a laugh. Yeah, Steve. You've got the cleanest mouth ever. Of course.]
Because I can't. It's not an option, and he - has things he needs to do. Things I can't help him with. And I'm not going to ask him to stay for me.
[Even if that's maybe what Steve had asked, once, of Bucky - and of course he'd said yes.]
Besides. I guess I'm not second rate. [He leans back in the chair a little now, kicking at the ground.] There're two Bucky Barnes ahead of me. I'm third-rate, at best.
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Even if the snort a second later sounds almost like a laugh. Yeah, Steve. You've got the cleanest mouth ever. Of course.]
Because I can't. It's not an option, and he - has things he needs to do. Things I can't help him with. And I'm not going to ask him to stay for me.
[Even if that's maybe what Steve had asked, once, of Bucky - and of course he'd said yes.]
Besides. I guess I'm not second rate. [He leans back in the chair a little now, kicking at the ground.] There're two Bucky Barnes ahead of me. I'm third-rate, at best.
[Fuck. Is this how Steve feels? It's awful.]
You're where I belong, though. I'm sure of that.