[It does. It really, really does, because doing this sort of thing is how Bucky's coped with just about every challenge life's thrown at him.
He doesn't deal with things, not really. He fixes them, or finds a way to just accept what happened and keep moving, because if he let himself lie down in the dirt feeling like shit, Steve would've died from some stupid asthma attack, or they both would've been out on the streets, or the guys in his squad would've gotten killed, or he'd have been sent home and had to read about Steve crashing a goddamn plane into the Arctic in the papers.
Of course, his version of accepting it and actually accepting whatever life has to trow at him is different, and he's got festering wounds that might not ever get better, but it's easier to give Stiles a genuine grin at the offer.
He's fine. They're both fine. Why wouldn't they be?]
Sure. I guess I actually kinda understand the rules, now.
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He doesn't deal with things, not really. He fixes them, or finds a way to just accept what happened and keep moving, because if he let himself lie down in the dirt feeling like shit, Steve would've died from some stupid asthma attack, or they both would've been out on the streets, or the guys in his squad would've gotten killed, or he'd have been sent home and had to read about Steve crashing a goddamn plane into the Arctic in the papers.
Of course, his version of accepting it and actually accepting whatever life has to trow at him is different, and he's got festering wounds that might not ever get better, but it's easier to give Stiles a genuine grin at the offer.
He's fine. They're both fine. Why wouldn't they be?]
Sure. I guess I actually kinda understand the rules, now.