[Steve does quirk a smile at that, albeit small.] Alfie's a complicated man. I can't pretend to understand him well. Sometimes, he reminds me of some guys I really, really didn't like. But he has a capacity for kindness that they never did - and that's why I believe he's here.
[He believes Alfie can absolutely graduate, and honestly that it would do him good, but the system he's in right now is not the right one.
Steve ends up shaking his head a little, shrugging a little, too.] We never expected people to just give us things. But he - he trusted the Admiral to give him something that the bastard never had to give him in the first place. [And Steve hadn't been able to bring himself to say anything to the contrary, and it still makes him feel sick, thinking about lying to Bucky for... what, a year?] I hated it then. I still hate it now. And I've seen things like that happen so many more times, I can't - I can't stand by and let it keep happening, Rey. I can't. That's as good as saying it's okay.
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Date: 2016-11-14 03:47 pm (UTC)[He believes Alfie can absolutely graduate, and honestly that it would do him good, but the system he's in right now is not the right one.
Steve ends up shaking his head a little, shrugging a little, too.] We never expected people to just give us things. But he - he trusted the Admiral to give him something that the bastard never had to give him in the first place. [And Steve hadn't been able to bring himself to say anything to the contrary, and it still makes him feel sick, thinking about lying to Bucky for... what, a year?] I hated it then. I still hate it now. And I've seen things like that happen so many more times, I can't - I can't stand by and let it keep happening, Rey. I can't. That's as good as saying it's okay.