"Don't think I wasn't already thinking about that," Bucky retorts, reaching to cuff Steve lightly on his shoulder and folding his arms, distinctly not shrugging off the hand. It can stay there as long as Steve wants. "Waking up again and dragging your ass outta trouble. Kinda surprised you aren't up to your ass in trouble here in Alpha."

He does shrug a little after a moment. "Just wasn't sure how much I could trust myself. The programming's all still there. Anyone else could wake it up if they knew how. Ain't even that hard." Under is the same language he uses, the whole time had felt like being under something, and he isn't even completely certain he won't get dragged back under sometime.

Although Natasha had mentioned already that she could help him with that part. It'd mean trusting her, and that's the weird part, all his memories have them at odds with each other, but there's something in his gut that says he could trust her if he needed to. Weird. "But before I could go back under, I woke up in Alpha," he adds wryly, rolling his eyes.