[ Hearing Bucky speak Russian should not be hilarious. If anything, in their current circumstances, Steve should be disturbed. It's one more piece of his friend that's changed. ]
Those people.
[ The part of him still functioning in real-time says to answer Natasha. But his eyes won't move. He's stuck watching the shuddering gate, while his mind runs in a tactical loop that concludes it'll hold up just fine. Wha-bam, wha-bam, wha-bam, everything is fine.
There's a cut across his cheek. He can feel it burning. He can feel flecks of something above it. A nail, and a few drops of something that could be saliva or sweat. But the wound itself is a clean graze.
Earring, wedding band, face caved in. Everything is fine.]
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Those people.
[ The part of him still functioning in real-time says to answer Natasha. But his eyes won't move. He's stuck watching the shuddering gate, while his mind runs in a tactical loop that concludes it'll hold up just fine. Wha-bam, wha-bam, wha-bam, everything is fine.
Wha-bam, earring, wha-bam, wedding band, wha-bam, rotten gore, everything is fine.
There's a cut across his cheek. He can feel it burning. He can feel flecks of something above it. A nail, and a few drops of something that could be saliva or sweat. But the wound itself is a clean graze.
Earring, wedding band, face caved in. Everything is fine.]