"Hey, easy. Nobody's been crowding me or anything." And if they wait for Bucky to have his head on straight, well, they'll all grow old. Or, uh, most of them. "But thanks. I'd... that'd be good."

And there is a lump in Bucky's throat at that. It's not just words, not with Steve.

"Not that I have any urges in that direction. Towards backliding, I mean." The opposite, really.