"No, not because of that," Steve says softly. "That just gave me the time to realize what I was doing. All those years counseling others to not make big life decisions while dealing with PTSD, and I went and did exactly the same thing, Buck."

Bucky is so angry. Steve feels like he's maybe beginning to get a dim handle on just why - and jeez, could you be any more definite about that, Rogers? - and it's about Bucky having no control over his life, he thinks. At least, that might be part of it.

Steve didn't expect this to go smoothly, but he's beginning to see just how big a pit he's tripped into.

"I did," he says. "And I was with her, not long before the end. I'm not going to say that didn't destroy me, but being back with Peggy isn't my life any more. I have also... given my word to others."

Steve raises his eyebrows, tosses the stupid machine on the ground, and grinds his heel into it.

"Tell me about this missing building of yours?"