"Kinda nuts." Bucky shrugs one shoulder. "Not that I'm not aware that I'm nuts, you know? I know... I've got some money, not Stark money, but still. I could buy a house. I got a job that's pretty flexible, pays well. I got my shit but I'm handling it. And like you could pick someone. Whomever. Just to get guys like me off your back, but.

Don't you deserve good things too? Adulthood ain't all about settling, or what's the point?"

Bucky takes a breath. "It looks like having someone in your corner. Not heading home solo at all hours. Someone to take care of you when you're tired of doing it all yourself."