[ Bucky had barely left Steve's side save for the very brief breaks -- but always only when someone's around to hold the fort for him, so to speak. Today is just like the others, with the soldier camped out before Steve, marking down another twenty-four hour cycle.
He's not surprised that Peggy's here again, and it's good to have company now and then, serving as a distraction from his brooding. The quiet, he thinks, does no one any good; it just makes it easier for the ghosts to be heard. It's a shared helplessness, and he understands how Peggy feels looking at him enclosed in the tank -- nothing tastes quite as bitter as failure. Nothing else sits in the heart as heavily.
He takes in the bag of food in her hand and leans back, a ghost of a smile tugging at the side of his mouth. ]
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[ Bucky had barely left Steve's side save for the very brief breaks -- but always only when someone's around to hold the fort for him, so to speak. Today is just like the others, with the soldier camped out before Steve, marking down another twenty-four hour cycle.
He's not surprised that Peggy's here again, and it's good to have company now and then, serving as a distraction from his brooding. The quiet, he thinks, does no one any good; it just makes it easier for the ghosts to be heard. It's a shared helplessness, and he understands how Peggy feels looking at him enclosed in the tank -- nothing tastes quite as bitter as failure. Nothing else sits in the heart as heavily.
He takes in the bag of food in her hand and leans back, a ghost of a smile tugging at the side of his mouth. ]
I'm assuming that's not for him.