"If I have to let people get hurt to earn my freedom, it ain't worth having." It's as simple as that to Steve. Not everything is black and white to him, but this sure as hell is. When he sees a right and a wrong path, there's no choice to be made. He does the right thing.

He could no more walk away from Bucky surrounded by those guys than anyone else who was about to be hurt by someone else. The fact that Bucky has been nothing but kind to him and that they live in a cell together just makes it all the more personal.

"So what's a guy like you doing in here, Bucky?"

Reaching across the little cell, he grabs the little pillow off the bed so he can prop it under his back. He slouches down against the wall, getting as comfortable as he can be because at least they can talk if he sits down here.