[ bucky slinks over to him eventually, unable to stay away. There's nothing for him to do here either, except retell his story of how he'd been repeatedly locked in a room with the cube, nearly fallen off Zola's damn train and then stubbornly bulled his way onto the plane with Steve, knowing full fucking well that he didn't mean to come back. The Tesseract had been on the plane. He'd grabbed for it first to keep Steve from doing the same. No he doesn't know why it didn't melt him. No he doesn't know how to control it.
(Everyone from the future keeps giving him weird looks when he recites this, the older Steve looking absolutely stricken for some reason, and it's to the point where he's gotten snappish about being asked for more details. Steve had lived it, for shit's sake, they could ask him.)
He comes bearing a plate of apple slices as a peace offering, chewing on one himself and cautiously holding out the plate. He knows this has gotta be harder for steve than it is for him, looking at someone with his face and voice and knowing it's all just out of reach. ]
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(Everyone from the future keeps giving him weird looks when he recites this, the older Steve looking absolutely stricken for some reason, and it's to the point where he's gotten snappish about being asked for more details. Steve had lived it, for shit's sake, they could ask him.)
He comes bearing a plate of apple slices as a peace offering, chewing on one himself and cautiously holding out the plate. He knows this has gotta be harder for steve than it is for him, looking at someone with his face and voice and knowing it's all just out of reach. ]