[ Not in this lifetime, not in the next -- not in anywhere that would've counted. Steve had been crippled with grief and pain, and everything had moved so quickly that he hadn't had time to jump back after him.
And then he'd gotten on the plane, and he'd made peace with it in his final moments, because he knew he could've joined Bucky again, that Bucky was waiting for him. He'd been so very, very wrong.
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[ Not in this lifetime, not in the next -- not in anywhere that would've counted. Steve had been crippled with grief and pain, and everything had moved so quickly that he hadn't had time to jump back after him.
And then he'd gotten on the plane, and he'd made peace with it in his final moments, because he knew he could've joined Bucky again, that Bucky was waiting for him. He'd been so very, very wrong.
He rubs at his face tiredly. ] I'm sorry, Buck.