[ He can understand that, to an extent. Dating used to be such a big deal to him back in the day, even if a lot of it was to keep up appearances and all that. Now? Not so much. It's something to do, at least. ]

I get that. Sort of, I guess. [ He shrugs. ] It's nice to make connections with people, though. Something deeper and all that.

[ Bucky waves a hand vaguely, knowing full well that he's just pulling all of this out of his ass. But it feels wrong, somehow, for Steve to be alone. ]