[It's selfish, he knows, to say, I miss my best friend, when the ghost of Bucky Barnes is solid and real and trying so hard. James doesn't want to be Bucky. Threatened to kill him once, if Steve tried to 'reprogram' him to fit that old mold. It hurt then, that he needed to be so wary, and it hurts now that he's trying on the skin in fits and starts because he thinks Steve needs it.]
I just hate that you've been hurt, Jim.
[He says it tiredly, resting his chin on Bucky's shoulder. He has no right to the pain of it all, he knows. It's not his scar, his wound of war to wear. But God, he aches, he burns just the same, and wishes - not for the first time - that he'd been faster.]
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I just hate that you've been hurt, Jim.
[He says it tiredly, resting his chin on Bucky's shoulder. He has no right to the pain of it all, he knows. It's not his scar, his wound of war to wear. But God, he aches, he burns just the same, and wishes - not for the first time - that he'd been faster.]