He inclined his head when she said it smelled good. Cooking helped him keep an even keel lately, though it was sometimes hit or miss depending on his mood. Right now, it was helpful because it gave him something else to focus on, since he really just didn't know what to say to her. Things just felt really disconnected for him and he wasn't confident that there was a forward for them. At least, not right away and that just didn't seem to be fair to her.
"We were lucky this time." That feeling of 'it could be worse next time' was absolutely still there, and he was honestly a little worried that there would always be something or someone else to fight, that it wasn't going to be possible to go back to Wakanda and his peaceful life there. The world just didn't work like that and any fight Steve was in, Bucky knew he'd be there to have his friend's back. His life would always be at risk which meant his life in Madison would always be precarious.
"Lying seems counterintuitive to making me feel better," Bucky pointed out with a slight smile. It wasn't a very good attempt at a joke, but that didn't make it any less true. "We can talk about the girls if you'd rather. How're they doing with it being time for school to start again?" Shuri and Kim were still in high school whereas most of their other friends had graduated in June.