Oh, and you would have been able to stop it, huh? Your heroics are impressive, but save it for someone who can't save themselves.
[It was a mostly gruff brush off, fully aware that he would have gone willingly to STRIKE if it had been ordered because he was better in an icebox on reserve to use against Rogers than the alternative. In his own way, he knew that in taking himself a little more away, he could have protected Steve. It was stupid; he wasn't protective of anything.
Still, he listened to the way that Steve moved, and his imagination had developed just fine laying in a hospital bed. He continued to stir to occupy his hands.]
Heh, I have nothing left, no one to call, no reason to leave except to struggle up the stairs with a bag of groceries. Does it make you bitter that your lack of freedom is tied to mine?
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[It was a mostly gruff brush off, fully aware that he would have gone willingly to STRIKE if it had been ordered because he was better in an icebox on reserve to use against Rogers than the alternative. In his own way, he knew that in taking himself a little more away, he could have protected Steve. It was stupid; he wasn't protective of anything.
Still, he listened to the way that Steve moved, and his imagination had developed just fine laying in a hospital bed. He continued to stir to occupy his hands.]
Heh, I have nothing left, no one to call, no reason to leave except to struggle up the stairs with a bag of groceries. Does it make you bitter that your lack of freedom is tied to mine?