[ The loss colours Dick's tone but doesn't swallow him, and Bucky gives him a smile, and a small nod that ends up approving even when he doesn't intend it to be. ]
We can keep our fingers crossed. Strange things happen here, maybe if we're lucky we'll get a reprieve now and then for somethin' that ordinary.
[ He’d expected the twinge, and he doesn’t quite disguise it in time. It's his fault for bringing it up.
His cheek twitches once, and he rubs it with his hand, smudging dirt. ] Nah. There’s no way... [ Not for her. Not for his father. ]
But who knows what else is in the cards, right? [ That reprieve of Bucky's. If there’s one thing he’s learned it’s that they can always make the world a better place. ]
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We can keep our fingers crossed. Strange things happen here, maybe if we're lucky we'll get a reprieve now and then for somethin' that ordinary.
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His cheek twitches once, and he rubs it with his hand, smudging dirt. ] Nah. There’s no way... [ Not for her. Not for his father. ]
But who knows what else is in the cards, right? [ That reprieve of Bucky's. If there’s one thing he’s learned it’s that they can always make the world a better place. ]