[Bucky snorts, and he doesn't mean to sound bitter, he doesn't. But.]
I didn't have a hell of a lot of choice, did I? [It's out before he has a chance to catch himself, and immediately, he feels kind of guilty. Kind of a lot guilty, because he doesn't want to make Steve upset or act like it's his fault, because it's not.
It shows in his expression, too. In the way he goes from looking at Steve to glancing quickly away and then back again, with that hesitant frown that means he's thinking over what he wants to say and trying not to put his foot in his mouth.]
spam!
I didn't have a hell of a lot of choice, did I? [It's out before he has a chance to catch himself, and immediately, he feels kind of guilty. Kind of a lot guilty, because he doesn't want to make Steve upset or act like it's his fault, because it's not.
It shows in his expression, too. In the way he goes from looking at Steve to glancing quickly away and then back again, with that hesitant frown that means he's thinking over what he wants to say and trying not to put his foot in his mouth.]
Sorry.