[ This is why he hates text messages. Technology is great for convenience, but the personal touch has been completely erased from it. He can't gauge Andyr's honest reaction like this, why he would assume that Steve is friendly with him solely because there are some similarities between him and his best friend, but he's put that far behind him now. He knows they're different, completely in every way that define a person, and he doesn't think he would trade that for someone who reminded him of Bucky as he'd been when they'd grown up or someone who could be Andyr without the surliness. Steve's frowning hard now, lets the message sit for a few minute before he starts to type out a reply.
Doubt you could be even if that's what I wanted.
He erases it and starts again. ]
I'm not doing anything I wouldn't do for someone else I'd want to get to know. I think we could learn a lot from each other. [ After all, Steve's not free of those things that twist and distort them; most days, he just carries it a little better, a little softer. Sometimes, it's too hard to see beneath the responsibility that breaks him down first. ] Unless you don't want to do this.
[ Talk to him. Get to know him. It's all about choice, and Steve is openly giving that to him. ]
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Doubt you could be even if that's what I wanted.
He erases it and starts again. ]
I'm not doing anything I wouldn't do for someone else I'd want to get to know. I think we could learn a lot from each other. [ After all, Steve's not free of those things that twist and distort them; most days, he just carries it a little better, a little softer. Sometimes, it's too hard to see beneath the responsibility that breaks him down first. ] Unless you don't want to do this.
[ Talk to him. Get to know him. It's all about choice, and Steve is openly giving that to him. ]