[Steve beats him back to his room, just barely, though - he swung by the mess hall and grabbed a couple (read: a dozen) sandwiches because he figures Bucky might be hungry, and he's hungry, and even if they don't eat everything in one go, give it a couple of hours and they'll be hungry again. He's still soaked from the rain, but he'd rather eat first and shower later (and let Bucky have the first shower, if he decides to stop here - he probably will, Steve's shower stays hot and Bucky's is as finicky as he remembers the one in that base being).
He is worried to hell and back because he knows something is up - it's impossible to miss, he's pretty sure, even to someone that doesn't know Bucky as well as he does.
And Steve does know Bucky as well as he does, so. There's that.
But he's already tried to talk to him once, and it didn't work out so great. Plus, there is this tiny ridiculous part of him that's worried he triggered this, somehow, by bringing up the subject in the first place. (Yeah, he's pretty sure that's ridiculous... but what if it's not?) So he doesn't say a word - about that stuff - and instead just makes a sound around his bite of sandwich when Bucky comes in, pointing with his elbow to the plate on the desk to let him know the sandwiches are (obviously) to share.
He's got something for Bucky, too, but that can wait a minute.]
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He is worried to hell and back because he knows something is up - it's impossible to miss, he's pretty sure, even to someone that doesn't know Bucky as well as he does.
And Steve does know Bucky as well as he does, so. There's that.
But he's already tried to talk to him once, and it didn't work out so great. Plus, there is this tiny ridiculous part of him that's worried he triggered this, somehow, by bringing up the subject in the first place. (Yeah, he's pretty sure that's ridiculous... but what if it's not?) So he doesn't say a word - about that stuff - and instead just makes a sound around his bite of sandwich when Bucky comes in, pointing with his elbow to the plate on the desk to let him know the sandwiches are (obviously) to share.
He's got something for Bucky, too, but that can wait a minute.]