He mentally shakes himself, swallows thickly and reaches out for anything brighter. It's probably not shocking that he winds up grabbing onto a memory of Steve - it's a memory they'd talked about not too long ago, when it'd been so hot, Bucky had convinced him to drag mattresses up on the roof of their apartment building, which had worked until a thunderstorm snuck up on them a few days later. They'd laughed a lot afterward, shivering and damp while Bucky tried to dump just about every dry blanket they'd had on Steve to make sure he hadn't caught cold.
His hands relax a bit, and he takes in and lets out a shaky breath, waiting for the next move.]
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He mentally shakes himself, swallows thickly and reaches out for anything brighter. It's probably not shocking that he winds up grabbing onto a memory of Steve - it's a memory they'd talked about not too long ago, when it'd been so hot, Bucky had convinced him to drag mattresses up on the roof of their apartment building, which had worked until a thunderstorm snuck up on them a few days later. They'd laughed a lot afterward, shivering and damp while Bucky tried to dump just about every dry blanket they'd had on Steve to make sure he hadn't caught cold.
His hands relax a bit, and he takes in and lets out a shaky breath, waiting for the next move.]