Steve Rogers

It’s not an order, not really, but it might as well be; defying it by staying pointedly silent inspires in Bucky the same burning sense of shame, if nothing else. It’s his turn to delay the inevitable, to not say what they both know to be true. He rotates his left shoulder and flexes his left hand, allowing himself to appreciate those parts he’ll lose at the end of all this when they inevitably see the mission through to its predetermined conclusion.

Finally, he says, “I’ve got a few.”