Bucky stops fidgeting because he's pretty sure Zemo has had enough of him having the occasional shitfit over what he would deem inconsequential. Yes, he knows it's a hot tub. But he also runs warm so it's hot on top of hot which makes it uncomfortably hot. Anyway, he doesn't expect Zemo to understand, so he just finds an angle that's comfortable for Zemo and doesn't move too much after that.
His arm can handle the soak, but he does end up lifting it so Zemo can lie down against his side instead of trying to work with that uncomfortable hard metal, and Bucky lets it rest on the edge of the tub out of the water. It almost powers down to a kind of unnatural stillness that he readily adopts.
"I think you were happier today like this. Or at least, more relaxed. But I don't know if it's what you would want, long term." Only Zemo would know that for sure. Would it change anything between them? He doesn't think so.
"I mean. Nothing's changed between us today, has it?" Apart from the fact that they were able to move a little more freely around town. That was a nice perk more so than anything else.
"Ultimately I don't think you'd want somebody to just. Do this to you, and make you deal with it, and it's all just. Fun and games to them, or whatever." That's the only thing Bucky feels strongly about, if he felt strongly about anything. If they let whatever happened just get away with it, then, they might as well just issue a free pass to let whoever feels so inclined to just fuck with them.
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His arm can handle the soak, but he does end up lifting it so Zemo can lie down against his side instead of trying to work with that uncomfortable hard metal, and Bucky lets it rest on the edge of the tub out of the water. It almost powers down to a kind of unnatural stillness that he readily adopts.
"I think you were happier today like this. Or at least, more relaxed. But I don't know if it's what you would want, long term." Only Zemo would know that for sure. Would it change anything between them? He doesn't think so.
"I mean. Nothing's changed between us today, has it?" Apart from the fact that they were able to move a little more freely around town. That was a nice perk more so than anything else.
"Ultimately I don't think you'd want somebody to just. Do this to you, and make you deal with it, and it's all just. Fun and games to them, or whatever." That's the only thing Bucky feels strongly about, if he felt strongly about anything. If they let whatever happened just get away with it, then, they might as well just issue a free pass to let whoever feels so inclined to just fuck with them.