CAPWARD
There is more than one way to turn a man into a machine. But listen.
Listen.
I wouldn't be here, and I damn well wouldn't be Captain America if it wasn't for love. Love isn't a weakness, it gives you a home. It gives you an intuition that you can trust.
I don't think that what you feel for Skye is I don't think that love is a one way
So don't sell that feeling short. The way that I feel about Bucky Barnes didn't stop me from bringing down the helicarriers, it's the only thing that gave me the strength to do so. Knowing that he's alive now and that he needs my help? Grant, I'm ninety years old, I'm tired and the world has changed. I know that Captain America has to fight for people, has to be a symbol of freedom and justice but, Steve Rogers? He'd check out. He'd be finished, if Bucky didn't need him to keep putting one foot in front of the other.
Love is not a weakness.
However, I can't speak for Skye, and I wouldn't pretend I can. I don't know what she feels or what she thinks, but what you want and your feelings for her never, ever trump her's. It doesn't matter how strongly you feel something for someone, you understand that it doesn't give you the right to impress any expectations on them. It's really important that you understand that, and that anything I do to help you earn back some of her trust; I won't attempt to change her mind about you. You understand that, right?