Steve & Bucky
"That's nice, I like it. She's so speckled it does look a bit like stars in the night sky." He smiled at Steve, glad he had a better name for a pet going than Louise or something else awful.
Steve was trying to be reassuring but Bucky wasn't so sure. He could remember how Steve had reacted before, both when they talked last week and in the past about Bucky's inclination then. He wasn't sure that it'd go over any better now. But maybe it would, either way, he didn't really want to lie to Steve here. He was already lying about so much by omission, not talking about HYDRA or what happened there with Steve. There were truths he could share.
"I did something sexual, on Thursday, when I left." He looked at Steve to see how even that much information was being taken. Steve hadn't seemed interested in that at all, and he didn't want him to feel like Bucky was breaking solidarity with that or something.