It's sudden, the change, like the world around him is making up for slowing down. The ground comes up too hard and too fast, biting at his shoulder when he first makes impact before tossing him back up in the air. He tumbles over the pitted stone, repeating the process twice more until, finally, he comes to a stop, face pressing into the dirt.

Blood trickles out from the corner of his mouth, and with a groan, Bucky draws himself up to kneeling, disoriented and winded, his mind scrambling from implications he can't fully comprehend. His mouth, however, doesn't suffer the same confusion, and the moment his eyes land on Steve, Bucky says, "What the hell did you just do?!"