I see. [ it's not news to thomas precisely —he'd had an inkling, certainly after sparring with bucky, of just how good he is, of just how capable. the way bucky's voice almost breaks tells a far more complex story than mere competence in a fight.
bucky might need him to leave. thomas needs to stay. ] I don't— [ he swallows. steps closer, into bucky's space instead of away from him. ]
I don't believe I care.
[ it isn't that he's entirely indifferent, but he'd been ready to die, expecting it more than once already. he'd meant to die of old age, when he hadn't died in the war. instead, he'd gone on. grown younger instead, and here he still is. ]
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bucky might need him to leave. thomas needs to stay. ] I don't— [ he swallows. steps closer, into bucky's space instead of away from him. ]
I don't believe I care.
[ it isn't that he's entirely indifferent, but he'd been ready to die, expecting it more than once already. he'd meant to die of old age, when he hadn't died in the war. instead, he'd gone on. grown younger instead, and here he still is. ]