Steve felt as though he'd been punched in the gut. Thor was still talking, but the words were like white noise; he couldn't quite focus on what he was saying, beyond that one name.
James Barnes.
That... wasn't possible.]
... Bucky?
[It wasn't so much a question to the other man, so much as he needed to reaffirm to himself, to know that he hadn't just misheard. There was no way that Bucky could have survived that fall. If he had, that would mean...
Had there been even the slightest chance...]
Sorry, but did you say... James Barnes is here? In this city?
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Steve felt as though he'd been punched in the gut. Thor was still talking, but the words were like white noise; he couldn't quite focus on what he was saying, beyond that one name.
James Barnes.
That... wasn't possible.]
... Bucky?
[It wasn't so much a question to the other man, so much as he needed to reaffirm to himself, to know that he hadn't just misheard. There was no way that Bucky could have survived that fall. If he had, that would mean...
Had there been even the slightest chance...]
Sorry, but did you say... James Barnes is here? In this city?