Steve wants to be a good friend, to be selfless and strong and endlessly patient. To be confident that he’s making the right choices, doing the right things. To be the person that Bucky needs him to be.
Mostly he just feels useless instead.
None of it is easy, but nothing worthwhile ever is.
[This fic is a sequel to "Reconstruction Site" but can easily stand on its own. This fic takes place chronologically third in the series but was written second.]