(It's a real good thing that I love you, you stubborn jerk.) [ There's no venom in his mental tone, even when he calls Bucky a jerk. He makes no attempt to hide the way his mind's working, trying to figure out what's going on here. Bucky really doesn't seem like he's mad at Sam, and the only other time he runs from Sam is -
Is when he's feeling particularly not like a person. When he's feeling more weapon than anything else, when something's happened to remind him that he doesn't think he deserves any of this.
Oh.
His first thought is Rani, but no, that's not fair. She may have thrown a sword at Sam and she might be prejudiced as hell, but he can't jump to conclusions here. ]
(You don't gotta tell me who, but - will you tell me what happened?)
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( It's a real good thing that I love you, you stubborn jerk. ) [ There's no venom in his mental tone, even when he calls Bucky a jerk. He makes no attempt to hide the way his mind's working, trying to figure out what's going on here. Bucky really doesn't seem like he's mad at Sam, and the only other time he runs from Sam is -
Is when he's feeling particularly not like a person. When he's feeling more weapon than anything else, when something's happened to remind him that he doesn't think he deserves any of this.
Oh.
His first thought is Rani, but no, that's not fair. She may have thrown a sword at Sam and she might be prejudiced as hell, but he can't jump to conclusions here. ]
( You don't gotta tell me who, but - will you tell me what happened? )