"It's not safe to let anyone near him right now. Not unless we keep him put under."

And how it kills Steve to say so. What he wouldn't give to have Bucky by his side again, fighting the good fight with Steve. He values the rest of his team greatly, don't get him wrong. But they aren't Bucky.

Steve's proven all too well that there's nothing he won't do or sacrifice for the Winter Soldier.

"I don't want to see anyone else get hurt, and neither would he in his right mind." But maybe...he looks up at Hunter from where he'd been staring into his glass then. "YOu know?"

If there's a chance...