[ if it is the end —if it is the end, then thomas is ready to go. he'd been willing to lay down his life in wwii and hadn't died then. he'd been willing and frankly quite ready to die of old age, ready to give up the responsibility he's carried for so long.
instead, he'd grown younger.
he has things he wants to live for, certainly, but if it is the end, he'll go. just so long as he won't be the last one, the only one standing again. that, he could not bear.
he isn't the only one standing now, at least —not with bucky moving toward him, well into his space. ]
Hello. [ he returns the greeting softly and doesn't move back. if anything, his body sways minutely toward bucky's. ]
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instead, he'd grown younger.
he has things he wants to live for, certainly, but if it is the end, he'll go. just so long as he won't be the last one, the only one standing again. that, he could not bear.
he isn't the only one standing now, at least —not with bucky moving toward him, well into his space. ]
Hello. [ he returns the greeting softly and doesn't move back. if anything, his body sways minutely toward bucky's. ]