"You were--... out of it." There's no better descriptor for Vegas. He's never seen Zemo so uninhibited before and he doubts he'll see it again. No doubt it would have been fun and carefree and there had been a lot of positive energy, but also, it must have been terrifying in ways Bucky can relate to in a different way, to wake up and have this blackout where the rug got pulled from under his feet.
"But I guess we were already acting like a married couple. I know Oeznik said so, a couple times." Was Bucky eavesdropping again? Maybe. It's been harder since they stopped trying to teach him Sokovian. That won't stop him from trying to learn the language himself, but he needs more exposure from two people who are actively trying to stop him from picking up on everything they say.
"I've had some time." Which he seems to need, every time there's some kind of change. "You should be comfortable with yourself and your life and your house and... everything else." It can't just be that same house that's been standing there for decades, just as Bucky can't be the same man he was since the 1940s and if he wants to live in today instead of feeling like he's always lagging behind somehow, he needs to... be better, about things changing around him.
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"But I guess we were already acting like a married couple. I know Oeznik said so, a couple times." Was Bucky eavesdropping again? Maybe. It's been harder since they stopped trying to teach him Sokovian. That won't stop him from trying to learn the language himself, but he needs more exposure from two people who are actively trying to stop him from picking up on everything they say.
"I've had some time." Which he seems to need, every time there's some kind of change. "You should be comfortable with yourself and your life and your house and... everything else." It can't just be that same house that's been standing there for decades, just as Bucky can't be the same man he was since the 1940s and if he wants to live in today instead of feeling like he's always lagging behind somehow, he needs to... be better, about things changing around him.