"It does..." He swallowed, pulling some vines back from the robot, trying to untangle it some more. "I don't...have a good track record with romance," he said quietly. "I'd thought--hoped it was a chance to turn things around. I'd been planning a date...cause I'd wanted to do something nice with him."

He hadn't even wanted or been trying to rush into anything. He hadn't gotten the feeling that Bucky was the kind of guy to rush, either.

"I just hope, wherever he is, that he's safe and happy." Even if Bucky'd been taken away against his will.