If he's being honest, he hadn't really thought things would get this much worse this quickly. He's locked in the conference room all afternoon with Tony, Ross, Agent Nilsson, and a digitally-present Alan Martinez, and they get absolutely nowhere. The one thing he can say for it all, he decides, as he wearily collects a bottle of beer from his fridge once he's finally made it back to his apartment, is that the JTTF agents are doggedly stubborn in their decision to keep Bucky away from Ross.

He's not sure where his best friend's been hiding out all day, but once the coast is clear, he'll have to go looking. Bucky needs to know he's not facing this alone.