There are a few questions that go back and forth between them ("did it hurt? is it permanent?") but Steve realizes that he'll have to give Bucky a much more detailed explanation once they're out of danger and on their way back to base camp.
One thing at a time, though. The flooring beneath them in shuddering with distant explosions, ones that become far more immediate as they reach a series of catwalks.
As soon as Steve spots Schmidt and Zola, he goes on the defensive, putting his body between Bucky and the two villains -- and now he has the kind of bulk that it actually means something. How many times had Bucky does this for him, despite Steve's protests? It's about time he paid him back for all that.
Schmidt peels his face off, revealing his namesake, before making a dramatic getaway. Yeah, he'd better run, Steve thinks to himself, but part of him is also relieved. They don't have the time for a fight right now, not when the building is about to go sky high and Bucky is drugged and possibly injured in ways that Steve can't see.
"We've gotta get across," Steve says back to Bucky once Schmidt and Zola have taken their leave. "You first, all right?" It's going to require a lot of balance on Bucky's part, and a wrong step will send him into the raging fires below. Steve has half a mind to just pick Bucky up and carry him, but he's not sure that would make it any safer.
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One thing at a time, though. The flooring beneath them in shuddering with distant explosions, ones that become far more immediate as they reach a series of catwalks.
As soon as Steve spots Schmidt and Zola, he goes on the defensive, putting his body between Bucky and the two villains -- and now he has the kind of bulk that it actually means something. How many times had Bucky does this for him, despite Steve's protests? It's about time he paid him back for all that.
Schmidt peels his face off, revealing his namesake, before making a dramatic getaway. Yeah, he'd better run, Steve thinks to himself, but part of him is also relieved. They don't have the time for a fight right now, not when the building is about to go sky high and Bucky is drugged and possibly injured in ways that Steve can't see.
"We've gotta get across," Steve says back to Bucky once Schmidt and Zola have taken their leave. "You first, all right?" It's going to require a lot of balance on Bucky's part, and a wrong step will send him into the raging fires below. Steve has half a mind to just pick Bucky up and carry him, but he's not sure that would make it any safer.