Re: Quicklog: Bucky B/Sharon C
[Sharon nodded in complete agreement, glad he'd said it and not her.] You're right. And maybe there is, but we also can't afford for HYDRA to rain down sulfur to get their hands on you. This place is different, and if they got their hands on you, they'd use you.
[Sharon hadn't talked to Tony yet, she wasn't entirely sure how she was supposed to approach him. It was hard not to be familiar with people she felt like she knew as well as she knew herself. But she also didn't want any of her thoughts about Tony Stark back home, clouding her judgment here. That was beyond unfair. She tried to do the same with Steve, and succeeded on a regular basis, she knew she could manage it with Tony.]
[At his question. She didn't hesitate in her answer.] Of course I do. [The answer to Bucky's question was easy. It wasn't an "in lieu of" or "in addition to" or "instead." At least not for her. Every day it became a little easier to make the distinctions, both in how she felt and how she processed the loss. And how she processed the new.]