[ His head and neck lowers again, whether Bucky's hand follows is up to him.
Don't be stupid.
The reassurance wraps around him like an old, familiar quilt, and a noise from his chest vibrates through his body to Bucky's hand, low and deep.
Grateful (concern).
The understanding Bucky's offering is something nuanced, not given lightly just to soothe him. He doesn't project a sense of rejection for it, but what slips through the bond is muddied again.
Fear-concern
Comfort-guilt-fear, a question, reliance fixated on the contact
There's nothing but that for a minute, until a memory blooms between them. Lifting Bucky off the ground, his arm ripped off from the bicep down... the lab in Wakanda, the scientists patching what was left of his arm, mention of pain receptors... then, an even short memory that's simply him watching Bucky walk ahead of him toward Red Wings from what could've been earlier today...
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Don't be stupid.
The reassurance wraps around him like an old, familiar quilt, and a noise from his chest vibrates through his body to Bucky's hand, low and deep.
Grateful (concern).
The understanding Bucky's offering is something nuanced, not given lightly just to soothe him. He doesn't project a sense of rejection for it, but what slips through the bond is muddied again.
Fear-concern
Comfort-guilt-fear, a question, reliance fixated on the contact
There's nothing but that for a minute, until a memory blooms between them. Lifting Bucky off the ground, his arm ripped off from the bicep down... the lab in Wakanda, the scientists patching what was left of his arm, mention of pain receptors... then, an even short memory that's simply him watching Bucky walk ahead of him toward Red Wings from what could've been earlier today...
? a question.
A long one, or two put together. ]