Steve is still for a long moment once Bucky has finished speaking. He knows acutely that he is being presented with clues to what is really bothering Bucky, but none of them seem to fit. He's got jigsaw pieces pushed up next to building blocks and then some connect-the-dot pages for fun and all of them are supposed to make some bigger, grander picture. Steve can't see it. He can't even figure out the angle he's supposed to be using.
Here's what he has: Bucky has been thinking about appreciating the good moments. He's bringing up that fact after being in what was essentially a short coma at a bar. There's a bartender that probably means nothing but who Steve just can't dismiss. And there is this tension, pregnant and heavy around them which he can't figure out the origin of.
All of that has to be related somehow but how? And why? And what the Hell happened to his friend?
Steve finally shifts and it's pretty much just an adjustment of posture. His hands stay where they are. He can't discount the idea that something odd might happen again and, if it does, he needs Bucky within reach.
"Buck," he says softly, confused. "Is this... Are you..."
He rearranges the clues and thinks he might have a new image bubbling up from the smoke in his crystal ball: Bucky being knocked out, the bartender being very concerned and eager to assist, Bucky talking about enjoying good moments while he can, needing breaks...
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
timeasmymeasure
no subject
Date: 2022-06-10 05:03 pm (UTC)Here's what he has: Bucky has been thinking about appreciating the good moments. He's bringing up that fact after being in what was essentially a short coma at a bar. There's a bartender that probably means nothing but who Steve just can't dismiss. And there is this tension, pregnant and heavy around them which he can't figure out the origin of.
All of that has to be related somehow but how? And why? And what the Hell happened to his friend?
Steve finally shifts and it's pretty much just an adjustment of posture. His hands stay where they are. He can't discount the idea that something odd might happen again and, if it does, he needs Bucky within reach.
"Buck," he says softly, confused. "Is this... Are you..."
He rearranges the clues and thinks he might have a new image bubbling up from the smoke in his crystal ball: Bucky being knocked out, the bartender being very concerned and eager to assist, Bucky talking about enjoying good moments while he can, needing breaks...
Steve swallows hard.
"Did...did you take something? In the bar?"