bloodyneptune:

heres a thing i hadnt noticed till just now. we all know this bit

(buchanstan)

he lies about remembering Steve, and its clear why. the blink thats almost a twitch. that  hard swallow. the way he looks up after he says it, like he’s both terrified he wont believe him, and bracing himself .

in WS, he asked outright who he was, and admitted to remembered. because he had no idea what happened when he did. which is altogether just one more horrific thing Hydra did, they took the memories of them hurting him when he asked, he couldnt learn to lie to protect himself; he didnt know he needed to be protected.

but here he is, remembering things…like what had to be dozens of times he remembered something, Steve probably most of all, and finally saw the full scope of what was done to him. what happened when he said he remembered Steve.

that there, i dont think he was lying to Steve, i think he was asked a question where the honest answer got him tortured. now he’s gotten the chance to learn how to protect himself. i think this was just so terrified being asked that, he answered instinctively.

itd be the case fo ra lot of things. like say, the truth=torture. the Hydra base=torture.and captivity. i would think being threatened with pain or death, in that place, would be just as terrifying for him

(n-barne_s)

and wouldnt ya know, theres the hard swallow, the twitch-blink. the only major difference is in the second one, when he blinks, his whole body shudders..as id imagine it would being threatened in that place.

on an unrelated note, i always found it interesting that, while terrified of being hurt, especially there, and being threatened…he lowers the gun