He is glad about it. Beyond that he is grateful for it when he feels like he is continually failing to understand something that should, perhaps, be basic. Every programmed in instinct in him is jarred by this diversion from expected protocol.
But then he see's the problem as Steve points it out, he says friend and all he knows how to do is treat Steve like a commanding officer, like a handler -- the only relationship he knows in memory. He hadn't thought that was wrong since Barnes had been a sergeant in Steve's unit, subordinate to Captain America, he'd thought it would be right.
It's not the same thing.
"Then..." he looks at Steve, clearly with the curtain of hair to hide his face. "what should I do?" Bucky feels like he should do something, like he needs to do something.
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But then he see's the problem as Steve points it out, he says friend and all he knows how to do is treat Steve like a commanding officer, like a handler -- the only relationship he knows in memory. He hadn't thought that was wrong since Barnes had been a sergeant in Steve's unit, subordinate to Captain America, he'd thought it would be right.
It's not the same thing.
"Then..." he looks at Steve, clearly with the curtain of hair to hide his face. "what should I do?" Bucky feels like he should do something, like he needs to do something.