He thought it was a rapid improvement that he was no longer seeing black spots in his vision. Steve curled up more comfortably against Bucky, wrinkling his nose at the feeling of drying com on his belly and clothes. A bit later, he'll be wanting a hot bath and clean clothes but for now this was fine. He suspected if he tried to stand up right now he really will keel over.

The hand on his back was nice and rhythmic and he tried to match his breathing to the up and down strokes. "It's...fine..." He breathed out, then in, then out again, slowly. "You used to call me that...when we were kids. Was just surprised." Steve stilled as he went over Bucky's next words inside his head, then let out a sound that started off as a laugh but turned into a series of hacking coughs instead. Yes...Bucky certainly had been 'hard' on him alright. And he'd been 'hard' right back.