Steve has to hold back a groan when he asks because he's not sure if it'll be something so simple and heart wrenchingly sweet or something barely allowed in polite conversation because it's Bucky and Steve can never really be sure. It's easier to focus on that than to brush off the insinuation that Steve wouldn't want to stay here in Wakanda. Bucky is here and Bucky likes it here and that's all the reason Steve needs. He has a home here and Steve never had time in Romania to take in Bucky's tiny home then. He'll be damned if he misses that chance again now.
Was a time Steve might tease Bucky about how his hut was probably the envy of everyone there. Ask him if he'd found a dame to spend the nights with to make the nights a bit less cold. It was a dance Steve never liked but it was expected of them. He doesn't ask now. Isn't sure he'd want to know the answer. It's enough to know that Bucky's alive and isn't leaving again. Whatever makes the man happy is all Steve Rogers wants. Bucky deserves that after everything he's been through.
"I'm resting now. Look at me." The hand at the back of Bucky's neck tightens ever so slightly. Belying the fear Steve has of letting go of Bucky for even a second he's too proud to say. He doesn't want to sleep again, even if he should. He's tired; they both are. but he's not ready to fade again and risk Bucky not being there when he wakes.
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Steve has to hold back a groan when he asks because he's not sure if it'll be something so simple and heart wrenchingly sweet or something barely allowed in polite conversation because it's Bucky and Steve can never really be sure. It's easier to focus on that than to brush off the insinuation that Steve wouldn't want to stay here in Wakanda. Bucky is here and Bucky likes it here and that's all the reason Steve needs. He has a home here and Steve never had time in Romania to take in Bucky's tiny home then. He'll be damned if he misses that chance again now.
Was a time Steve might tease Bucky about how his hut was probably the envy of everyone there. Ask him if he'd found a dame to spend the nights with to make the nights a bit less cold. It was a dance Steve never liked but it was expected of them. He doesn't ask now. Isn't sure he'd want to know the answer. It's enough to know that Bucky's alive and isn't leaving again. Whatever makes the man happy is all Steve Rogers wants. Bucky deserves that after everything he's been through.
"I'm resting now. Look at me." The hand at the back of Bucky's neck tightens ever so slightly. Belying the fear Steve has of letting go of Bucky for even a second he's too proud to say. He doesn't want to sleep again, even if he should. He's tired; they both are. but he's not ready to fade again and risk Bucky not being there when he wakes.