[The bottom doesn't drop away from her stomach all at once. It's a slow fall, a plug pulled in a drain.]
Bucky, [she starts, and she doesn't know what else to say or ask, because her tone says everything. Don't say it, whatever you're about to say: please don't make it true.
[Spam]
Bucky, [she starts, and she doesn't know what else to say or ask, because her tone says everything. Don't say it, whatever you're about to say: please don't make it true.