"Don't think about apologizing," he said on seeing that wince. "That's not why I'm telling you this. And our stories are different anyway."
After a pause to make sure it sank in, he continued his narrative. "He found me, of course. Told me that I needed to tell him my history, everything HYDRA did to make me the way I was. From what I gathered, where he came from, he was Captain America. Steve Rogers was the Winter Soldier, and I suppose he wanted to know what goes into making someone into what I was. He got mad when I refused to share something so... personal. It doesn't matter, that part doesn't matter."
He sighed, running his hand through his hair to comb it back from his face. "I was the one who asked, before we parted, what name he used. He said that he wanted Bucky." A wry expression twisted the Soldier's lips, before he forced his face back to its neutral, expressionless state. "That was when I gave up the name I tried to make my own. I have not taken a name since. I use Soldat, Soldier, out of the necessity of others needing a designation."
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After a pause to make sure it sank in, he continued his narrative. "He found me, of course. Told me that I needed to tell him my history, everything HYDRA did to make me the way I was. From what I gathered, where he came from, he was Captain America. Steve Rogers was the Winter Soldier, and I suppose he wanted to know what goes into making someone into what I was. He got mad when I refused to share something so... personal. It doesn't matter, that part doesn't matter."
He sighed, running his hand through his hair to comb it back from his face. "I was the one who asked, before we parted, what name he used. He said that he wanted Bucky." A wry expression twisted the Soldier's lips, before he forced his face back to its neutral, expressionless state. "That was when I gave up the name I tried to make my own. I have not taken a name since. I use Soldat, Soldier, out of the necessity of others needing a designation."