[Those words are hard to hear, honestly, for a hundred different reasons. Steve reacts more than he means to, honestly, blinking for a second like Bucky's slapped him physically, instead of just using a phrase that pretty much gets to the core of why Steve's here in the first place.
It hurts to think that HYDRA did that to Bucky. And... it's kind of terrifying to think that they could have done it to him. Which is what prompts him to ask, quietly,] Do I work for them, too? HYDRA?
[He's pretty sure he already knows the answer.
And besides, he doesn't know about your Steve, but this one? Has never backed down from something stupid and dangerous. And he's not about to answer anything but honestly:] Because we were pretty much all we had, growing up. I'm sorry I wasn't there for you, if it would have made a difference.
[He's sorry he wasn't there for you - him - in so many ways.]
Spam; Oct. 3
It hurts to think that HYDRA did that to Bucky. And... it's kind of terrifying to think that they could have done it to him. Which is what prompts him to ask, quietly,] Do I work for them, too? HYDRA?
[He's pretty sure he already knows the answer.
And besides, he doesn't know about your Steve, but this one? Has never backed down from something stupid and dangerous. And he's not about to answer anything but honestly:] Because we were pretty much all we had, growing up. I'm sorry I wasn't there for you, if it would have made a difference.
[He's sorry he wasn't there for you - him - in so many ways.]