[ oh, right, that whole fighting to the death thing.
bucky lunges on top of him, barreling the full force of his weight into steve and slamming his metal hand around steve's throat, and steve just lets it happen. it wouldn't have been impossible to avoid the choke—there was a moment between bucky's eyes opening and the blur of motion he became, a moment where steve absolutely could have listened to his gut and rolled out of the way. even now, he could escape the pin, put some distance between them, get his bearings and put up a real fight. if he did, though, they'd be right back where they were on the helicarrier, fighting for no reason. screw that.
steve lays still under bucky, arms at his sides, as calm as he can manage. his heart is going a mile a minute; he wonders if bucky can feel his pulse through the metal hand. it's hard to talk, but steve's gotta make the attempt anyway. ]
Yeah, Buck, it's me. You don't have to do this, pal, you can let go. We're alone, you're safe. I'm not gonna fight you.
i wish you wouldn't
bucky lunges on top of him, barreling the full force of his weight into steve and slamming his metal hand around steve's throat, and steve just lets it happen. it wouldn't have been impossible to avoid the choke—there was a moment between bucky's eyes opening and the blur of motion he became, a moment where steve absolutely could have listened to his gut and rolled out of the way. even now, he could escape the pin, put some distance between them, get his bearings and put up a real fight. if he did, though, they'd be right back where they were on the helicarrier, fighting for no reason. screw that.
steve lays still under bucky, arms at his sides, as calm as he can manage. his heart is going a mile a minute; he wonders if bucky can feel his pulse through the metal hand. it's hard to talk, but steve's gotta make the attempt anyway. ]
Yeah, Buck, it's me. You don't have to do this, pal, you can let go. We're alone, you're safe. I'm not gonna fight you.