Probably different for every person. They caught me in the middle of a deal between my gang and another, played like they were cops, busting it up. Took me in and told me they saw potential. Sure as fuck threw me for a loop, thinking this was still a cop. Once they revealed themselves, that was when they offered.
[Not that he knew at the time that he would have been eating a bullet if he'd declined. Couldn't let just anyone know about HYDRA. Rumlow reached for his glass again and emptied it. Toying with it, he chewed his cheek in remembrance. God it had been so long ago. Thirty years? Jesus.]
And yeah well. You charmed me, what can I say?
[Showed him how he could have someone who understood without speaking. Was loyal when he had none. Was patient and understanding, despite neither understanding his own emotions or even having the wherewithal to deal with them. Rumlow knew, there had to be something innate in Bucky Barnes. Something inside him that no matter how much wiping, programming and brainwashing was done, that his fundamental being was to accept someone who was damaged.]
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[Not that he knew at the time that he would have been eating a bullet if he'd declined. Couldn't let just anyone know about HYDRA. Rumlow reached for his glass again and emptied it. Toying with it, he chewed his cheek in remembrance. God it had been so long ago. Thirty years? Jesus.]
And yeah well. You charmed me, what can I say?
[Showed him how he could have someone who understood without speaking. Was loyal when he had none. Was patient and understanding, despite neither understanding his own emotions or even having the wherewithal to deal with them. Rumlow knew, there had to be something innate in Bucky Barnes. Something inside him that no matter how much wiping, programming and brainwashing was done, that his fundamental being was to accept someone who was damaged.]