Bucky's own lips press into a line, and his eyes tug away toward some nothing-point off to one side.
After a beat, he murmurs a reluctantly wry: )
Well, when you put it that way...
( Sounds a little different out loud than how he was thinking about it in his head. And... yeah, Steve's never made a choice because of something someone else thought or did, not really. Not about his own life, or himself.
He still doesn't feel good about it, but five years is a long way off for Steve. Who knows how long it'll be before any of that even matters, considering time travel. Considering where they are right now. Could be this changed nothing, could be it changed something, Bucky's not sure which of the two options are better — his selfishness hopes for one, his sense of his own integrity hopes for the other.
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Bucky's own lips press into a line, and his eyes tug away toward some nothing-point off to one side.
After a beat, he murmurs a reluctantly wry: )
Well, when you put it that way...
( Sounds a little different out loud than how he was thinking about it in his head. And... yeah, Steve's never made a choice because of something someone else thought or did, not really. Not about his own life, or himself.
He still doesn't feel good about it, but five years is a long way off for Steve. Who knows how long it'll be before any of that even matters, considering time travel. Considering where they are right now. Could be this changed nothing, could be it changed something, Bucky's not sure which of the two options are better — his selfishness hopes for one, his sense of his own integrity hopes for the other.
Guardian of future happiness. Jesus Christ. )