[Her hand is warm on his hand as she speaks and he feels some little relief at her words, even if he is frustrated that she's actually the one having to comfort him. It should be the other way around, but he has no idea how to help Sharon, except to help her find the person that did this to her.
Deep down he knows it won't be enough. He had thought that getting revenge for Bucky's death would make him feel better, but all it had really done was made him feel even more empty inside. When Schmidt had gone the world was better off, but it had meant that Steve had to deal with Bucky's death without any kind of distraction. He'd gotten a seventy year reprieve, but that hadn't meant that the aftermath had been any easier. Still, Sharon was like him in that way. She needed a focus. She needed a mission. Without any kind of directive, she'd just get lost inside herself.
He forces a small smile, shaking off the memory of how much it had hurt that she couldn't stand for him to touch her.]
There's nothing to be sorry for. You've been through a lot, Sharon.
[More than she ever should've. He was beginning to wonder if this mission wasn't as much for him as it was for her. Something to channel his anger towards. A worthy target. He swallows.]
And I know you will be. Until then, though, you need to give yourself a break. You were in a place no agent should've been in. Put there by someone you trusted. It's okay if you're not okay with that. It's okay if it takes some time to... get back.
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Deep down he knows it won't be enough. He had thought that getting revenge for Bucky's death would make him feel better, but all it had really done was made him feel even more empty inside. When Schmidt had gone the world was better off, but it had meant that Steve had to deal with Bucky's death without any kind of distraction. He'd gotten a seventy year reprieve, but that hadn't meant that the aftermath had been any easier. Still, Sharon was like him in that way. She needed a focus. She needed a mission. Without any kind of directive, she'd just get lost inside herself.
He forces a small smile, shaking off the memory of how much it had hurt that she couldn't stand for him to touch her.]
There's nothing to be sorry for. You've been through a lot, Sharon.
[More than she ever should've. He was beginning to wonder if this mission wasn't as much for him as it was for her. Something to channel his anger towards. A worthy target. He swallows.]
And I know you will be. Until then, though, you need to give yourself a break. You were in a place no agent should've been in. Put there by someone you trusted. It's okay if you're not okay with that. It's okay if it takes some time to... get back.