The Soldier realized that the more he relaxed, the easier it was to let his guard down, which was not a state that he had been able to enter since before HYDRA had lost control of him. Since he had vanished from HYDRA, he was always on guard waiting for something to occur, planning his next action or focusing on some detail. Right now, his mind slowly blanked, and it was almost easy to let his head nestle more on Steve's shoulder and not think about anything at all but the broken but solidifying bond that was forming between them.

"Where is home?" He had no idea anymore, had no idea even what it was supposed to feel like. Maybe it was the brief comforting enclosure of his cryostasis tank, or maybe it was that little place that he found just before exhaustion took him over and forced him to sleep. "Maybe we had to be halved before being made whole," he muttered as he snuck an arm around Steve's waist and held the other man in return, keeping his metal hand tucked into his lap as if to protect it from further damage.