It was a strange thought, to have someone... care about him. To know he could count on them as an ally. Bucky had always known that if he'd let Steve find him, he could have had that - except with the weight of their history always hanging between them, he'd feared it would never truly be what either of them wanted.

He had a past with Carter, enough that she knew and cared for him, but not so much that she'd have expectations. Not to the same level Steve did. There would be no disappointment when he couldn't be what she wanted - needed - him to be, the way there was with Steve.

"Seems like we can probably use all the allies we can get," he agreed, skirting the issue of what exactly had happened to him. "These people... I don't trust them. They seem too nice, too perfect and peaceful and understanding." Of course, he didn't trust anybody these days, but there were levels of distrust.