[Bucky's brows furrow for a moment before his posture relaxes an inch or so. It's... comforting, actually, knowing that Sam will disarm the bomb when the time comes. The sincerity coils off of Sam in waves and Bucky doesn't need to ask if the other is serious about this.
He knows what Steve would say, how the poor guy would insist there's gotta be another way, but hope can only take a man so far. Steve's never served, never even really seen the full destructive power of the Winter Soldier. Sam has. Sam knows.
I don't want to hurt anyone. buzzes through the link as his shoulders relax another notch further.
Slowly, Bucky pulls down his walls, figures it's the least he can do in response to the duty he's just thrust upon Sam. ]
Promise. [And he meets Sam's sincerity with his own. He means it. He's gonna work, but damn it if he doesn't want to, if he doesn't want to just throw in the towel and run until there's no one around left to hurt.]
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He knows what Steve would say, how the poor guy would insist there's gotta be another way, but hope can only take a man so far. Steve's never served, never even really seen the full destructive power of the Winter Soldier. Sam has. Sam knows.
I don't want to hurt anyone. buzzes through the link as his shoulders relax another notch further.
Slowly, Bucky pulls down his walls, figures it's the least he can do in response to the duty he's just thrust upon Sam. ]
Promise. [And he meets Sam's sincerity with his own. He means it. He's gonna work, but damn it if he doesn't want to, if he doesn't want to just throw in the towel and run until there's no one around left to hurt.]