There may have been a minute, or two, when Steve had been putting everything back where it belonged, when the fight was done and he was looking at having to settle into some kind of new life yet again, that Steve had genuinely considered not coming back. He didn't talk about that, about the things that could have been, but the world he'd created, the people he had that he would've been leaving behind, he'd known he couldn't have stayed gone.
Not when he'd just gotten Bucky back again. He couldn't be the one to leave, no matter how he feared his friend being somehow taken from him again. That, Steve knew, he couldn't take but the happiness of being together again was worth the risk.
"Buck, you know you didn't need to go to the trouble." Another protest, this time given with a bit of a sigh. Gifts were something he was never good about receiving at any time. But it was something else where Bucky was the exception to the rule; the protest was more token than genuine and he'd appreciate the spirit in which it was given and the usefulness of it. Bucky had never gifted him something frivolous, but then, that wasn't who they were.
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Date: 2022-07-02 10:45 pm (UTC)Not when he'd just gotten Bucky back again. He couldn't be the one to leave, no matter how he feared his friend being somehow taken from him again. That, Steve knew, he couldn't take but the happiness of being together again was worth the risk.
"Buck, you know you didn't need to go to the trouble." Another protest, this time given with a bit of a sigh. Gifts were something he was never good about receiving at any time. But it was something else where Bucky was the exception to the rule; the protest was more token than genuine and he'd appreciate the spirit in which it was given and the usefulness of it. Bucky had never gifted him something frivolous, but then, that wasn't who they were.