[ Better to be chasing than running away like when he first woke up from the ice and tried to leave behind everything that hurt. Being without Bucky had nearly ended him, both from the grief and the sheer amount of guilt because he did all of it. Bucky suffered all because of his impulsive need to be the perfect captain who made everything okay again. If he failed, he let down everyone and everything.

Silence fell on his end until he finished with the wound. ]

You're alive. That's all that matters - it's everything, Bucky. You don't need those memories, you don't need to do or be anything. If you're safe and okay that's all I need.

[ For a moment, he looked down. ] I'm not that same guy from those memories. I've - you wouldn't look at me the same. That guy from the memories, I'm not him either.