[Honestly? He can't help the way his face falls. He knows how hard that was on Bucky - actually, he knows he doesn't know the half of how hard it was on Bucky. Despite the fact that Bucky won't talk about it, what that really means to Steve is that there's a part of his friend that will always be different because of what happened - and that's not taking into account the Winter Soldier. He can see it in Bucky, here, every once in a while, even though he can also see that Bucky's not willing to talk about it, and trying his best just to keep moving forward. Steve respects that, for as much as he worries, and that's why he doesn't ask. He knows there are things - obviously - that he has to keep from Bucky, too.

Even though he doesn't like it.

So he doesn't like to hear that Becky has been through those same things. And it's out almost before he realizes he's said it:] I'm sorry I didn't get there sooner. [He will always be sorry. Just like he will always be sorry he couldn't look for you - him? - after the fall. Some things, he knows, just can't be absolved.

Although he tries to let that go - for now - when she goes on, a little, which makes his lips twitch up, despite how he's feeling.] I do have this problem, I'm told: I'm a little bit stubborn. [But nothing could have kept him away, not the entire Army, after that.] So I guess even though the reasons are different... a lot of things are the same.

[Maybe he shouldn't be surprised. It's the memories and the actions that make up a man - well. Person. So if Becky is Bucky, then she must have the same life experiences, regardless of the reason. And he smiles a little, needing to lighten the mood, just for a second, asking,] You didn't pull that stunt all the time where you me I looked fine when nothing I was wearing matched, did you? [Look, getting dressed when a lot of colors don't look terribly different is a challenge.]