Bucky thinks it might be optimistic to even aim for next fall to be in school, but maybe Steve is right. There isn't an expiration date on the army paying for him to go to college, and he damn well earned it, so there's no reason he can't take them up on it in a few years. His whole life doesn't have to be over.

"Oh man, you're right."

How is it, that even though nothing has changed, Steve has still managed to light a flicker of hope in his chest? Enough that he can let some of the tension bleed out of me.

"Maybe if I tell her that you knew all along, she'll be so mad at you that she'll forget to murder me."