[he's worried. that much is obvious. and it's a feeling he doubts he's ever going to be fully rid of. but knowing that bucky's lost that extra protection that the serum gave him, his worry about the other man has increased exponentially. sure, bucky has always been a fighter. always knew how to protect himself and steve at the same time. but that was before he lost his arm, before a giant chunk of metal was fused to his body. so with the discomfort he already seems to be feeling right now, he knows it'll only get worse the longer this goes on.
and there's nothing either of them can do about it.
he lets out a slow sigh, eyes slipping shut as he nuzzles against the top of bucky's head, settling there for now. as much as he'd like to be able to head out and find an answer to all this right now, he isn't about to leave bucky's side any time soon. especially not when he's hurting. carefully moving his own arm, steve shifts enough that he's able to slip his forearm beneath bucky's left elbow, trying to ease some of the strain of having to hold it up alone. it may not be much, but he really doesn't know what else he can do right now.]
We'll find a way to fix this, Buck. Whatever it takes.
[ Bucky wants to argue that there are limits. It's not whatever it takes, because there's a lot of things Bucky couldn't live with. Pain isn't one of them.
They can talk about it later, though. Right now, he just wants to sit here with Steve. He's spent a lot of time on his own, weakened and lost and confused. Now, he has Steve and that's enough to bring him the comfort he needs. He's not alone anymore. He can admit, at least to himself, that that is a huge and important thing and there's no one he'd rather be with than Steve right now. ]
[he has questions, of course. ones he knows he should probably be asking- can he remove his arm? will painkillers work now? does he want to lie down for a while? -but instead, steve is content to stay exactly where he is, for however long bucky wants him there. he trusts the other man enough to know he'll say something if the pain starts to get any worse. to move if he needs to. later, there will be time for working out how to manage that pain. time to set a routine for medication and heat and he definitely needs to look in to modern medicine a little more. but for the time being, he isn't moving. that's an issue for the afternoon instead.]
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and there's nothing either of them can do about it.
he lets out a slow sigh, eyes slipping shut as he nuzzles against the top of bucky's head, settling there for now. as much as he'd like to be able to head out and find an answer to all this right now, he isn't about to leave bucky's side any time soon. especially not when he's hurting. carefully moving his own arm, steve shifts enough that he's able to slip his forearm beneath bucky's left elbow, trying to ease some of the strain of having to hold it up alone. it may not be much, but he really doesn't know what else he can do right now.]
We'll find a way to fix this, Buck. Whatever it takes.
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They can talk about it later, though. Right now, he just wants to sit here with Steve. He's spent a lot of time on his own, weakened and lost and confused. Now, he has Steve and that's enough to bring him the comfort he needs. He's not alone anymore. He can admit, at least to himself, that that is a huge and important thing and there's no one he'd rather be with than Steve right now. ]
I know.
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