Something about everything Bucky says is so right, like he couldn't have done better to pluck it out of Steve's thoughts. He has no idea how he could have done that, like he'd read his mind.

He knows this man is important to him because he'd seen it in the dream. They'd grown up together, though everytime he reaches for a solid memory he gets snippets of a life as if someone else had lived them. But the feeling is there: solid, dependable.

The memories come in and out but how he feels about Bucky is unmoving. "I know I can trust you. I don't understand how, but I know I can. Let's figure this out together."