[Peggy pulls back. There is no reason for her to push him - she knows she risks her own safety if she does.]
All right. All right, fine.
[She contemplates pushing at his buttons, making it hurt by calling Steve, have a conversation with him, right here next to Bucky, but she's not that cruel, she's not that mean. She misses Steve, she misses that he would not back down, that he'd try, desperately, to break through Bucky's defenses. She can't do it. She doesn't know how to do it.]
What do you want me to do? Sit here in silence? Pretend you're not here? Pretend I don't know you, I don't know who you are? You may think whatever you want of yourself, Sergeant, but you can't stop me from thinking whatever I want, too, and I know you. I know how good a man you are, right there just below the surface. And frankly, I don't care if you believe it or not, if you think you're different. You're not different. You've just been hurt.
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All right. All right, fine.
[She contemplates pushing at his buttons, making it hurt by calling Steve, have a conversation with him, right here next to Bucky, but she's not that cruel, she's not that mean. She misses Steve, she misses that he would not back down, that he'd try, desperately, to break through Bucky's defenses. She can't do it. She doesn't know how to do it.]
What do you want me to do? Sit here in silence? Pretend you're not here? Pretend I don't know you, I don't know who you are? You may think whatever you want of yourself, Sergeant, but you can't stop me from thinking whatever I want, too, and I know you. I know how good a man you are, right there just below the surface. And frankly, I don't care if you believe it or not, if you think you're different. You're not different. You've just been hurt.