Mock anger colors Steve’s face. This joking is probably more healing for him than for Bucky right now but Steve understands that sometimes, in crisis, you have to put yourself first to help everyone else. If he cracks now, he can’t be the support that Bucky needs. Will need. Is going to continue to need for maybe the rest of his life.
Steve is up for that. But first he needs to shore himself for what is going to come. It’s not always going to be pretty. Chances are, most days for awhile won’t be pretty.
“First of all, you got me the scarf. You always made me read the books with you each time one came out and we went to the midnight showing of the first five movies because you didn’t have a girlfriend to supposedly drag you to them. You’re the Gryffindor. You just wanted to keep wearing the guyliner and the skater pants and pretend you weren’t totally into it.” Steve might look like the geeky nerd but he isn’t. That’s Bucky’s realm. Steve’s the mastermind behind their pranks. He’s the leader. But he also doesn’t look the part and so he’s absorbed whatever it is Bucky might otherwise be embarrassed about.
And he’s fine with that.
“The only reason I still wear that scarf is because it’s from you,” He harumphs, though that might be saying a little too much. They’re not like that. Steve isn’t about to add another issue onto their friendship now when it’s so strained anyway. Not even symbolically. “And the colors go with my complexion. Besides, I only have room for one scarf. That one is the warmest.”
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Steve is up for that. But first he needs to shore himself for what is going to come. It’s not always going to be pretty. Chances are, most days for awhile won’t be pretty.
“First of all, you got me the scarf. You always made me read the books with you each time one came out and we went to the midnight showing of the first five movies because you didn’t have a girlfriend to supposedly drag you to them. You’re the Gryffindor. You just wanted to keep wearing the guyliner and the skater pants and pretend you weren’t totally into it.” Steve might look like the geeky nerd but he isn’t. That’s Bucky’s realm. Steve’s the mastermind behind their pranks. He’s the leader. But he also doesn’t look the part and so he’s absorbed whatever it is Bucky might otherwise be embarrassed about.
And he’s fine with that.
“The only reason I still wear that scarf is because it’s from you,” He harumphs, though that might be saying a little too much. They’re not like that. Steve isn’t about to add another issue onto their friendship now when it’s so strained anyway. Not even symbolically. “And the colors go with my complexion. Besides, I only have room for one scarf. That one is the warmest.”