[ It means more than Sam ever thought possible. He'd always hoped that maybe he'd be able to help Bucky figure out how to live without the mission, how to put himself or something else first.

He never figured that something would be him, or that he'd love it.

I hear you more, and I like it, comes to Sam's mind, but that's not what Bucky asked, and it feels too much like hedging around the subject. ]

Yeah. It was... I wasn't at my best that night. It was able to sink in a little, push me past when I should have stopped. But it's just me, I think it's just because we're - [ He pauses, shrugs a little. ] Honestly, I think it knows we're a threat.