[John's just adjusting how his arm sits in the sling, but stops and looks up at Bucky slowly. He looks surprised, but not displeased. He's more confused than anything. The doctor had vented to Bucky about Alfie, to be sure, but he hadn't expected the man to actually do anything.]
You didn't have to do that, Bucky. But you, uh... probably haven't made anything worse, really. I was stuck in a house with him and the others last night. The night before? Just before we got here. We haven't really talked about any of it. He... still cares, though. About me. Tried to cheer me up about Sherlock instead of yelling at me.
[So, there's that. It makes it even harder to let go if that's what Alfie wants to do, of course.]
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[John's just adjusting how his arm sits in the sling, but stops and looks up at Bucky slowly. He looks surprised, but not displeased. He's more confused than anything. The doctor had vented to Bucky about Alfie, to be sure, but he hadn't expected the man to actually do anything.]
You didn't have to do that, Bucky. But you, uh... probably haven't made anything worse, really. I was stuck in a house with him and the others last night. The night before? Just before we got here. We haven't really talked about any of it. He... still cares, though. About me. Tried to cheer me up about Sherlock instead of yelling at me.
[So, there's that. It makes it even harder to let go if that's what Alfie wants to do, of course.]