"I'm not a kicked dog; I'm thinkin'," he protests with a little frown. "And there's some things that aren't going to be avoidable. Even if we don't tell the other me, the other you isn't gonna rest until he ferrets out everything he wants to know. You sure we shouldn't tip him off, first? Even anonymously? You were already hacking SHIELD's files on the carrier. A little nudge, a little deeper without interruption and you might've found Hydra's stamp all over Project Insight. And that needs to happen before they do part of Thanos' job for him."
He takes a breath, and despite his protest there is a flash of the kicked puppy when his brain turns to Bucky. "If we can get the Winter Soldier while he's in cryo, everyone's job will be easier. But no one's better equipped to control him than me. The other me, I mean. I...can't."
Can't see him again. Can't lose him again. Too much.
He shakes his head and sets his plate aside abruptly, rising to get some coffee. "Guess we just drop him on other-me's doorstep and back off from there. You're gonna have to tell me what you want to do about your stuff."
"I'll tell you what, though. This was a pretty brief window in my life, but starting here and ending after the Winter Soldier affair, I was pretty willing to follow orders without asking too many questions. We can use that, and your tendency to do the exact opposite."
"But he's going to be angry. Me, I mean. You better let me run interference."
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Date: 2018-07-09 06:09 pm (UTC)He takes a breath, and despite his protest there is a flash of the kicked puppy when his brain turns to Bucky. "If we can get the Winter Soldier while he's in cryo, everyone's job will be easier. But no one's better equipped to control him than me. The other me, I mean. I...can't."
Can't see him again. Can't lose him again. Too much.
He shakes his head and sets his plate aside abruptly, rising to get some coffee. "Guess we just drop him on other-me's doorstep and back off from there. You're gonna have to tell me what you want to do about your stuff."
"I'll tell you what, though. This was a pretty brief window in my life, but starting here and ending after the Winter Soldier affair, I was pretty willing to follow orders without asking too many questions. We can use that, and your tendency to do the exact opposite."
"But he's going to be angry. Me, I mean. You better let me run interference."