He doesn't flinch at the flurry of motion. Instead, he sets the popsicle down on the table in its wrapper, and puts both hands on Bucky's shoulders.

"That's not it. Okay? We're not going anywhere neither of us want to. We're a team." Always have been. As much as it hurts to see Bucky acting like this, like he's expecting to be punished and to shield Steve from the same-- they have to get through it.

It's a good thing that Natasha is the one that went after Pierce. Good for him, anyway. Steve has never been in the habit of making people suffer, but for that man he'd compromise his principles after what he did to Bucky.