He couldn't imagine what this was like for Bucky. Memories coming back slowly after decades of torture and death. Then whatever was happening dragging those memories to the surface so he doubted what was real...
But it was real. Steve had seen it too and there was no reason for him to add that context to the figures unless there was something to trigger the memory.
"I think it was both." He tried to ignore the cold but it seemed to creep closer, biting at his face, almost making him shudder. A few years out of the ice and it still bothered him. It had to be worse for Buck. "I think you remembered it and somehow it ended up in here."
When he noticed the look Bucky gave him, Steve grinned. "So skinny that the wind could've knocked him over? Probably wheezing while he tried to take on guys three times his size? That's what I was like before the serum."
He wasn't sure how much of that Bucky knew. His handlers might have told him some of the details but it was probably more the enhancements that the serum gave him than what Steve had been like before. "I grew almost a foot taller when they gave me the serum. I was tiny back then. And I did throw myself into fights to protect you even if you ended up having to save me most of the time."
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But it was real. Steve had seen it too and there was no reason for him to add that context to the figures unless there was something to trigger the memory.
"I think it was both." He tried to ignore the cold but it seemed to creep closer, biting at his face, almost making him shudder. A few years out of the ice and it still bothered him. It had to be worse for Buck. "I think you remembered it and somehow it ended up in here."
When he noticed the look Bucky gave him, Steve grinned. "So skinny that the wind could've knocked him over? Probably wheezing while he tried to take on guys three times his size? That's what I was like before the serum."
He wasn't sure how much of that Bucky knew. His handlers might have told him some of the details but it was probably more the enhancements that the serum gave him than what Steve had been like before. "I grew almost a foot taller when they gave me the serum. I was tiny back then. And I did throw myself into fights to protect you even if you ended up having to save me most of the time."