Steve has always been like this, acting as if someone helping him out makes him somehow lesser, or seen as weak. Bucky isn't fighting his battles for him, he's fighting with him, because Steve never has to face this stuff alone. It's only a moron that doesn't accept their friends sticking up for them.
But then... Steve is kind of a moron.
He huffs something creaky that's almost a laugh when Steve talks about training, giving a half shrug and settling on the dias next to Steve, away from the other students who are in a muttering huddle at the back of the room.
"Sure, but I think you'd kick my ass now, it's harder to box one handed." His phone goes off in his pocket and he silences it without answering, still focused on Steve. "You've got dumb again since I've been gone, forgotten what I told you. You're already fine the way you are, forget what anyone else says."
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Steve has always been like this, acting as if someone helping him out makes him somehow lesser, or seen as weak. Bucky isn't fighting his battles for him, he's fighting with him, because Steve never has to face this stuff alone. It's only a moron that doesn't accept their friends sticking up for them.
But then... Steve is kind of a moron.
He huffs something creaky that's almost a laugh when Steve talks about training, giving a half shrug and settling on the dias next to Steve, away from the other students who are in a muttering huddle at the back of the room.
"Sure, but I think you'd kick my ass now, it's harder to box one handed." His phone goes off in his pocket and he silences it without answering, still focused on Steve. "You've got dumb again since I've been gone, forgotten what I told you. You're already fine the way you are, forget what anyone else says."