Steve didn't need to say that he was always happy to beat a little sense into his best friend. Bucky knew that as well as he knew the same would be done for him if he ever let himself get a little lost. A hundred times over in the past Bucky had talked him down, shut him up and stopped him from running off into something stupid when he really shouldn't have, a hundred more Steve had just been too stubborn to listen and gotten the 'told you so's after. That was just what they did for each other. The time they'd spent apart didn't change that one bit.
If anything, it had only given Steve more chances to tell Bucky he was being an idiot.
He broke out into a broad smile, for once letting himself get sidetracked, satisfied that he'd gotten through for now and ready and willing to speak up if he needed to, depending on how things went. "Knew you were gearing up to pop the question on your girl so I didn't want to tell you just yet but." He paused, and nodded. "We're going to talk to the girls and see what they think but looks like we've got a goal for the new year."