Her smile was something new for him. He’d of course seen the polite one she’d offered Scott when he’d remarked about her coolness, but it was far different from the one he found himself privy to now. Wanda was pretty when she smiled. Unfortunate that she'd gotten caught up in Steve’s tomfoolery.
His brows raised at the suggestion that she would not mind him bare, and a small laugh slipped free from his lips. There were few that would likely agree to such a thought, but he appreciated it nonetheless. It was honest, and that’s all he ever cared for. At the information she provided regarding her lodging, the thoughtfulness returned to his face, and Bucky’s smile shifted into something much more wry.
The reality was that despite familiarity and higher levels of trust, he had no idea who any of them really were beyond whatever happened to make international headlines. They were more Steve’s friends than his own, and even trying to pretend he could be comfortable with the idea of feeling safe with the three of them made him uncomfortable, regardless of how they had come so quickly to Steve's aid when they needed to find and stop Zemo. Not wishing to put Wanda on, what with her own clear display of honesty not moments before, he let the discomfort linger for several moments on his face before moving on to reply to her query.
“Went under. Cryo. Had some help.” He didn’t want to be too specific. The arrangement was by the grace of T’Challa after all, and it would be rude to transgress on the mutual respect they’d formed by simply giving away the fact that the Wakandan king was harboring an international fugitive so easily. “What about you? Before you got here, I mean.”
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His brows raised at the suggestion that she would not mind him bare, and a small laugh slipped free from his lips. There were few that would likely agree to such a thought, but he appreciated it nonetheless. It was honest, and that’s all he ever cared for. At the information she provided regarding her lodging, the thoughtfulness returned to his face, and Bucky’s smile shifted into something much more wry.
The reality was that despite familiarity and higher levels of trust, he had no idea who any of them really were beyond whatever happened to make international headlines. They were more Steve’s friends than his own, and even trying to pretend he could be comfortable with the idea of feeling safe with the three of them made him uncomfortable, regardless of how they had come so quickly to Steve's aid when they needed to find and stop Zemo. Not wishing to put Wanda on, what with her own clear display of honesty not moments before, he let the discomfort linger for several moments on his face before moving on to reply to her query.
“Went under. Cryo. Had some help.” He didn’t want to be too specific. The arrangement was by the grace of T’Challa after all, and it would be rude to transgress on the mutual respect they’d formed by simply giving away the fact that the Wakandan king was harboring an international fugitive so easily. “What about you? Before you got here, I mean.”