[ His chin dips down, gaze fixed on the floor as he eyebrows knit together. That's another part of why he doesn't want Sam to keep apologizing - it's not his fault either that he keeps looking at Steve like the friend he knows (the way Steve keeps looking at Bucky).
He gives a slight wince, glancing up at Sam again. One side of his mouth quirks upward in a faint, wry smile. ]
Not sure if you knew this about me, but it's not like I've got too many people who do know me that well. [ Not well enough to call him out on his bullshit, not well enough to say the things that Sam's been saying to him. He says it in the sort of way that implies he figures Sam did know that about his previous life. Broodmates and folks in the Nest probably could count, but even with the brain shenanigans giving everyone insight and tying up their emotions, he's only known most of them for a couple of months at best.
Steve's had exactly one person in his life who fit that bill, and well - right now they're taking it one day at a time considering Bucky's memories of that time come and go the same as the rest them. ]
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He gives a slight wince, glancing up at Sam again. One side of his mouth quirks upward in a faint, wry smile. ]
Not sure if you knew this about me, but it's not like I've got too many people who do know me that well. [ Not well enough to call him out on his bullshit, not well enough to say the things that Sam's been saying to him. He says it in the sort of way that implies he figures Sam did know that about his previous life. Broodmates and folks in the Nest probably could count, but even with the brain shenanigans giving everyone insight and tying up their emotions, he's only known most of them for a couple of months at best.
Steve's had exactly one person in his life who fit that bill, and well - right now they're taking it one day at a time considering Bucky's memories of that time come and go the same as the rest them. ]