He takes a deep breath. Because he knows it's frustrating for Bucky, but it's also frustrating for Steve because he doesn't know how to address this situation at all, and everything he proposes seems to go from bad to worse.
"I won't," he says, curling an arm around Bucky. "I wouldn't, not unless you wanted me to go." And that's the truth: he'd do it for Bucky, but only if he said so. Only if that's what he wanted, or needed, even if it would hurt Steve to comply. But Steve... hard as it is for him to live in this modern world, adapted. and that's what he was trying to do with Bucky, but maybe that's just because he only knows how to do it the way he did: join a team, go on missions, make some friends.
"Do you think we could," he says, finally, with a pause. "Call your therapist?" He thinks maybe they need a mediator. He's never felt so out of sync with Bucky before, like he can't reach him.
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"I won't," he says, curling an arm around Bucky. "I wouldn't, not unless you wanted me to go." And that's the truth: he'd do it for Bucky, but only if he said so. Only if that's what he wanted, or needed, even if it would hurt Steve to comply. But Steve... hard as it is for him to live in this modern world, adapted. and that's what he was trying to do with Bucky, but maybe that's just because he only knows how to do it the way he did: join a team, go on missions, make some friends.
"Do you think we could," he says, finally, with a pause. "Call your therapist?" He thinks maybe they need a mediator. He's never felt so out of sync with Bucky before, like he can't reach him.