[ Bucky lets her keep going and he lets himself imagine a world where he came home after the war and he's in Brooklyn, a little older and a little war-torn, but hardly the mess he is now. He's in Brooklyn and his sisters and Steve are all safe. Everything is safe and simple. He's still got people who love him and he's on his way to a white picket fence sort of life like what he'd always pictured for himself eventually.
It's broken when he opens his eyes and he's back here in this silence wasteland with all the things he's done in his life since. Still, he feels a little lighter for it, like some of the weight's shifted and he can breath again.
Smile back on his face, he lifts his hand and signs. ]
[Her hand touches at his for a second, and she feels like maybe they're friends now. Or at least she's going to think of him as a friend. It's the natural course of progression after bossing him around twice now.]
Anytime.
[She signs back, and moves to sit next to him on the edge of his makeshift bed. She reaches into the pocket of her jacket and pulls out something. His actual thank you present. It's a kit kat bar she got from Tetora. It's held out for him to take.]
[ The look on his face. His eyes light up and he shakes his head in disbelief. Is this what being his friend is like? Because it is both great and terrible. Yeah, he definitely likes her.
He takes the offered candy with a smile. ]
thanks. let me know when you're ready for me to help with round 2
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It's broken when he opens his eyes and he's back here in this silence wasteland with all the things he's done in his life since. Still, he feels a little lighter for it, like some of the weight's shifted and he can breath again.
Smile back on his face, he lifts his hand and signs. ]
thanks.
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Anytime.
[She signs back, and moves to sit next to him on the edge of his makeshift bed. She reaches into the pocket of her jacket and pulls out something. His actual thank you present. It's a kit kat bar she got from Tetora. It's held out for him to take.]
That's your actual thank you present.
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He takes the offered candy with a smile. ]
thanks. let me know when you're ready for me to help with round 2