[Funny you should mention all that Allison, because you know who's in a really good spot to completely get where you're coming from, and how hard it is to cope with not just because you're upset, but because you hurt your friends?
Bucky freaking Barnes.
Just because you knew it was probably going to happen, just because you'd do it again in a heartbeat if you knew it'd mean your friends got out okay, or if an innocent person didn't have to go in your place doesn't make it easier to cope with. Especially not when the people (or person) you'd left behind is often face to face with you here, looking at you like you're some kind of ghost.
So he smiles, and while it's not really a happy one, it's still genuine. Sympathetic. Empathetic, more like, because yeah. He's been there.
(And Stiles did tell him the rest of it, even if he doesn't know she knows, and he's promised not to say anything.)]
Welcome to the club. I'd say there're benefits or whatever, but I think you'd know I was full of crap.
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Bucky freaking Barnes.
Just because you knew it was probably going to happen, just because you'd do it again in a heartbeat if you knew it'd mean your friends got out okay, or if an innocent person didn't have to go in your place doesn't make it easier to cope with. Especially not when the people (or person) you'd left behind is often face to face with you here, looking at you like you're some kind of ghost.
So he smiles, and while it's not really a happy one, it's still genuine. Sympathetic. Empathetic, more like, because yeah. He's been there.
(And Stiles did tell him the rest of it, even if he doesn't know she knows, and he's promised not to say anything.)]
Welcome to the club. I'd say there're benefits or whatever, but I think you'd know I was full of crap.