[ what does a person even say in this instance? i'm glad you're broken up with him so i don't have to play nice just yet? he would've done, if bucky asked, and even if he didn't. ]
I'll jump on ten more grenades if I can get away with it, too.
Do you... I don't know how to navigate this, Buck. Do you want me to talk to him? Not talk to him?
you start jumping on grenades here and we're gonna have a problem, pal
[Sure, he wouldn't be surprised by it. But given how hard he's trying not to hold Steve's future against him, moments like that will make keeping his temper in check a whole lot harder.]
i've got no problem with you talking to him he knows who you are already but it's your call ain't like it's gonna change anything between us
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I'll jump on ten more grenades if I can get away with it, too.
Do you... I don't know how to navigate this, Buck. Do you want me to talk to him? Not talk to him?
[ i don't know so much about you, all over again. ]
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[Sure, he wouldn't be surprised by it. But given how hard he's trying not to hold Steve's future against him, moments like that will make keeping his temper in check a whole lot harder.]
i've got no problem with you talking to him
he knows who you are already
but it's your call
ain't like it's gonna change anything between us