Steve's focus is the only thing keeping him in one piece. Bucky is trying to hurt him. Trying to kill him. He can't give into that reality without risking his life, the senator's, and Bucky's into the bargain.
The next attack has a force behind it that's more emotion than strategy. The coat is able to take the hit and Steve throws it at Bucky's face to obscure his vision long enough to retreat out of an easy strike zone. Steve doesn't want to fight but he will. If he's pushed to it, he will. But his back isn't against the wall yet.
"You do." Bucky's tone is more forceful than it likely would be if Steve's wrong. He's still betting his entire pot on a pair of sixes with bluffing as his only real option. Maybe, if he says and believes it hard enough, he can even make the bluff true.
"You know me. I'm Steven Grant Rogers. You are James Buchanan Barnes. Bucky, please. Look at me. You've known me your whole life."
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Date: 2019-04-26 10:41 pm (UTC)The next attack has a force behind it that's more emotion than strategy. The coat is able to take the hit and Steve throws it at Bucky's face to obscure his vision long enough to retreat out of an easy strike zone. Steve doesn't want to fight but he will. If he's pushed to it, he will. But his back isn't against the wall yet.
"You do." Bucky's tone is more forceful than it likely would be if Steve's wrong. He's still betting his entire pot on a pair of sixes with bluffing as his only real option. Maybe, if he says and believes it hard enough, he can even make the bluff true.
"You know me. I'm Steven Grant Rogers. You are James Buchanan Barnes. Bucky, please. Look at me. You've known me your whole life."