[Steve lets Bucky sleep as long as he can. Bucky doesn't get enough sleep, and Steve has lived with pain so long he can power through it. He also doesn't want to try getting it from Bucky without waking him. Messing with sleeping Bucky was what got them into this mess in the first place.
So it isn't until the pain is damn near debilitating that Steve finally decides to wake him, standing just outside Arm's reach to gently call Bucky's name.]
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So it isn't until the pain is damn near debilitating that Steve finally decides to wake him, standing just outside Arm's reach to gently call Bucky's name.]
... Bucky? Buck?