I don't know. I do think that it's tempting. Of course it is.
[There had been a long, long time when he'd desperately wanted nothing more than to just forget how badly he'd treated Bucky. How much he'd messed up. When he'd wished someone could erase his memories. Erase who he was and let him start again.
But,] Freedom doesn't always mean happiness. Honestly, it usually doesn't. And if you were formed from fear, then you must know how afraid some people are of happiness, too.
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[There had been a long, long time when he'd desperately wanted nothing more than to just forget how badly he'd treated Bucky. How much he'd messed up. When he'd wished someone could erase his memories. Erase who he was and let him start again.
But,] Freedom doesn't always mean happiness. Honestly, it usually doesn't. And if you were formed from fear, then you must know how afraid some people are of happiness, too.