[Bucky has heard pieces of this story before, but not the meat of it, not the details. He's quiet as Will talks, though he watches him the whole time with an intensity that only grows more fierce as the tale winds on.
Is this why he felt such a connection to Will? They have both been broken down, both been tortured, until there had been nothing left of who they used to be and only the orders of someone else inside their heads. It doesn't absolve Will of his choices and his crimes, just like Bucky will never be able to wash the blood off his hands, but it does explain things.
Perhaps a little too well.
He can't forgive Will for what he's done, but he doesn't have to, it's not his place to forgive crimes that had nothing to do with him. His only choice has to be whether he can still trust him and whether he still wants to be with him, associate with him, or if this is too close to his own experience.]
Come on, let's get you inside.
[It doesn't address any of what he's just been told, but it's what comes out all the same as he offers a hand to Will. Perhaps he'll see some hope for conciliation in that gesture.]
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Is this why he felt such a connection to Will? They have both been broken down, both been tortured, until there had been nothing left of who they used to be and only the orders of someone else inside their heads. It doesn't absolve Will of his choices and his crimes, just like Bucky will never be able to wash the blood off his hands, but it does explain things.
Perhaps a little too well.
He can't forgive Will for what he's done, but he doesn't have to, it's not his place to forgive crimes that had nothing to do with him. His only choice has to be whether he can still trust him and whether he still wants to be with him, associate with him, or if this is too close to his own experience.]
Come on, let's get you inside.
[It doesn't address any of what he's just been told, but it's what comes out all the same as he offers a hand to Will. Perhaps he'll see some hope for conciliation in that gesture.]
We can talk there.