he who hesitates is toast

She's hanging on to the railing as though it might vanish if she doesn't, or as if she might. It's the other night in her apartment all over again, only worse, and he hates himself all over again.

He also knows he's going to accept. It's the only way to get through this; the only way to make them see, to help them understand.

Bucky nods and starts forward. He takes care to keep his pace slow and deliberate, so as to make certain it won't be confused for an attack. Only it seems Steve wasn't thinking like that at all, for as soon as he gets close, Steve crosses the remaining space between them in an instant and wraps him in a tight hug, his body shaking.