Isn't that the truth. [Because he knows that, so he can't rule it out. He might even be relying on it, a little, as a more desirable explanation, because...
Stiles isn't wrong. Steve still doesn't know much about PTSD, past what he's actually seen. But no, it doesn't happen at a specific time, it can happen during your first firefight or ten years after your last. And he can't deny that Bucky is acting... well, like he's back there. Like he can't escape it.
Sometimes, he looks at Steve and doesn't even recognize him all over again, asks what happened to him, how he got "over here." And it hurts more every time it happens. Steve would've thought he'd be used to answering the same questions over and over, by now. But he's not.] I don't know what it is, [he admits.] I just know it's getting worse.
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Stiles isn't wrong. Steve still doesn't know much about PTSD, past what he's actually seen. But no, it doesn't happen at a specific time, it can happen during your first firefight or ten years after your last. And he can't deny that Bucky is acting... well, like he's back there. Like he can't escape it.
Sometimes, he looks at Steve and doesn't even recognize him all over again, asks what happened to him, how he got "over here." And it hurts more every time it happens. Steve would've thought he'd be used to answering the same questions over and over, by now. But he's not.] I don't know what it is, [he admits.] I just know it's getting worse.