This was painful. Even after they'd had fights... a conversation between them never felt this awkward. This forced.
"Just fine. Waiting for someone to make a joke about my cover being a Russian male order groom or somethin'" He shrugged. He wouldn't tell Steve how he really felt, or his real thoughts. He never wanted to worry Steve.
Still, sometimes he really wished Steve had many another choice. He wished SHIELD had stopped him another way. Bucky Barnes died in the mountains. Winter Soldier could have just as easily died in custody as well. Aside from Steve... who would have really noticed anyway? As Soldier, he remembered a movie... one of the new batman movies, saying something about you either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.