[Steve hears his name, but it takes a second (or... a lot of seconds, sorry) to come to a stop and get his breathing under control enough to actually answer.]
Private.
[Okay, it feels weird to be addressing him like a superior officer from down here, but that's just because he was never anyone's superior officer until the serum had worked.]
Hey. Actually, I meant to - if you wanna patrol with someone else, that's fine.
[Steve plans to keep patrolling, but he's not stupid enough to think that Sledge might be comfortable with it.]
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Private.
[Okay, it feels weird to be addressing him like a superior officer from down here, but that's just because he was never anyone's superior officer until the serum had worked.]
Hey. Actually, I meant to - if you wanna patrol with someone else, that's fine.
[Steve plans to keep patrolling, but he's not stupid enough to think that Sledge might be comfortable with it.]