'I would blame you.' It's a struggle to keep listening after that, turning deaf from vindication, but Steve's always had a talent for capturing the attention of even the most stubborn of audiences... So I keep my ears open for the rest, my mind coming to an abrupt halt with the last of his words.
He forgives me.
He... forgives me. After everything I've done, all the lives I've taken, all the suffering I caused, to him and those around him, and still he has it in him to wipe it all away.
The question is if I can let him... Because I sure as hell can't forgive myself.
The silence returns once Steve's finishes, Bucky unable to find the words to respond. His throat seems to grow thick, the simple task of breathing a challenge in the face of such an undeserved kindness... And yet he doesn't dare look Steve's way for fear of it being rescinded. So for the moment he doesn't say another word, vision starting to blur from tears he won't let fall.
no subject
He forgives me.
He... forgives me. After everything I've done, all the lives I've taken, all the suffering I caused, to him and those around him, and still he has it in him to wipe it all away.
The question is if I can let him... Because I sure as hell can't forgive myself.
The silence returns once Steve's finishes, Bucky unable to find the words to respond. His throat seems to grow thick, the simple task of breathing a challenge in the face of such an undeserved kindness... And yet he doesn't dare look Steve's way for fear of it being rescinded. So for the moment he doesn't say another word, vision starting to blur from tears he won't let fall.