[ the sharp rejection comes immediate, without hesitation, without a single second to think on it. no, it shouldn't've been him, not a chance. he wouldn't wish this on the men that did it to him, 'cause there's a thousand deaths kinder than the hell he's seen, and he'd live it all a thousand times more to keep steve on that train. take him home and let him be safe, no, not a goddamn chance.
but more than that, more than just steve's stubborn adamance to gives his all and more for some utopian ideal of better, he rejects the notion that he can only save him when he's got the serum in his veins and a shield on his back.
his guy's always been made of steel, always been the unyielding pillar for lesser men to lean on. even with the gaps in his memory, he knows this, and the fact that steve doesn't still makes him angry like it did in the dark corners of brooklyn. they're the same goddamn people, him and the steve sleeping down the hall, and they're both fucking idiots. ]
The war didn't make you a hero. You always have been.
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[ the sharp rejection comes immediate, without hesitation, without a single second to think on it. no, it shouldn't've been him, not a chance. he wouldn't wish this on the men that did it to him, 'cause there's a thousand deaths kinder than the hell he's seen, and he'd live it all a thousand times more to keep steve on that train. take him home and let him be safe, no, not a goddamn chance.
but more than that, more than just steve's stubborn adamance to gives his all and more for some utopian ideal of better, he rejects the notion that he can only save him when he's got the serum in his veins and a shield on his back.
his guy's always been made of steel, always been the unyielding pillar for lesser men to lean on. even with the gaps in his memory, he knows this, and the fact that steve doesn't still makes him angry like it did in the dark corners of brooklyn. they're the same goddamn people, him and the steve sleeping down the hall, and they're both fucking idiots. ]
The war didn't make you a hero. You always have been.
[ no, he thinks, you save me every single day. ]