[steve huffs softly. no wonder they couldn't ever find him. he can picture it easily, too easily, bucky hiding in the shadows of a dark, cramped place. days without food and water, existing instead of living.
there's an ache in his shoulders that isn't from the sandbags. it's guilt, because he should've tried harder, looked harder. he shouldn't have let him fall in the first damn place.]
Wakanda. [steve murmurs his answer. he's has to be careful with what he says, but he knows bucky will sense a lie.] It's in Africa. I got to know the king.
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there's an ache in his shoulders that isn't from the sandbags. it's guilt, because he should've tried harder, looked harder. he shouldn't have let him fall in the first damn place.]
Wakanda. [steve murmurs his answer. he's has to be careful with what he says, but he knows bucky will sense a lie.] It's in Africa. I got to know the king.