Had Bucky a little more first-hand experience in having people around him who actually care, he might have been able to pick out the subtle warmth behind Doc's chiding right away. The observation, however, seems to remind him how bad he does still feel and probably look, and yet, Bucky's focus seems to be on someone else. Not himself.
Blue eyes that seem to be more vivid than they usually are, regard the other man in a way that almost seems like he's struggling against the defeat that he knows can't avoid. Clearly, Mathias has been able to control him in ways that only HYDRA could and there's a feeling not so far back in his mind that tries to tell him that he can't trust anyone there. And yet, there were a few there that he knew he could. One of them being the man who was trying to help him now.
If Daisy was gone, maybe it was better for someone else to make that final realization, though it wouldn't be something final until enough days had passed or he, too, disappeared.
He gives a nod in surrender and lets go of the fence to move his hand to Doc's, adjusting slowly to make the trek back to the house as quickly and painlessly as possible.
"What's the longest a person has been gone before they come back again?" Bucky questions, wincing as he takes the necessary one step in front of the other. He refuses to believe she's truly gone. But, he needs to know exactly how long he can possibly be waiting.
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Blue eyes that seem to be more vivid than they usually are, regard the other man in a way that almost seems like he's struggling against the defeat that he knows can't avoid. Clearly, Mathias has been able to control him in ways that only HYDRA could and there's a feeling not so far back in his mind that tries to tell him that he can't trust anyone there. And yet, there were a few there that he knew he could. One of them being the man who was trying to help him now.
If Daisy was gone, maybe it was better for someone else to make that final realization, though it wouldn't be something final until enough days had passed or he, too, disappeared.
He gives a nod in surrender and lets go of the fence to move his hand to Doc's, adjusting slowly to make the trek back to the house as quickly and painlessly as possible.
"What's the longest a person has been gone before they come back again?" Bucky questions, wincing as he takes the necessary one step in front of the other. He refuses to believe she's truly gone. But, he needs to know exactly how long he can possibly be waiting.