[When Bucky reaches for his shirt, Sokka tenses, just a little. This is — not something he's used to, not even from his own father. Maybe adjusting his clothing — pulling a hood over his head, or making sure he was buttoned up tight — is something his father did when he was younger, but Sokka doesn't remember. His father was at war for two years, and before that, things weren't — great, because of what happened with his mom. Adjusting his clothing is something Katara would do, but they would bicker about it and she'd end up too frustrated at him to follow through. And, really, anyone outside of Team Avatar being in his space makes him wary.
But Sokka doesn't do anything except stiffen a little, because these are the kinds of lessons he needs in order to fit in, and also — the clothes are really uncomfortable. Despite his knee-jerk reaction, he's glad for the help, because by the time Bucky is done, he feels better and breathes out a genuine:]
Thanks. I was suffocating.
[Dramatic, but also, a sign that Sokka is letting up a small bit around Bucky. It helps to have a shared mission, and to feel like Bucky can be relied upon to think things through — it also helps that Bucky knows enough about life in this place that Sokka can rely on him to give context clues and help with things like clothing. Which brings him to:]
I, uh — lied to you. [One direct lie, the rest was kind of skirting around the truth and lying through trying to pretend. Weirdly, this kind of feels like the time he confessed to Master Piandao that he lied to him — even though Bucky isn't his master, and even though Sokka had plenty of good reasons to lie. Maybe he feels this way because the lies could, technically, endanger them both — if Sokka's lack of knowledge about life in this place, and things like guns and cameras, get pulled out into the open. Sokka already made one blunder — he could make more. And Bucky may not be someone he can fully trust, but Sokka also doesn't want to endanger him. So:] My name isn't Lee. It's Sokka, and I'm from somewhere really different from this.
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But Sokka doesn't do anything except stiffen a little, because these are the kinds of lessons he needs in order to fit in, and also — the clothes are really uncomfortable. Despite his knee-jerk reaction, he's glad for the help, because by the time Bucky is done, he feels better and breathes out a genuine:]
Thanks. I was suffocating.
[Dramatic, but also, a sign that Sokka is letting up a small bit around Bucky. It helps to have a shared mission, and to feel like Bucky can be relied upon to think things through — it also helps that Bucky knows enough about life in this place that Sokka can rely on him to give context clues and help with things like clothing. Which brings him to:]
I, uh — lied to you. [One direct lie, the rest was kind of skirting around the truth and lying through trying to pretend. Weirdly, this kind of feels like the time he confessed to Master Piandao that he lied to him — even though Bucky isn't his master, and even though Sokka had plenty of good reasons to lie. Maybe he feels this way because the lies could, technically, endanger them both — if Sokka's lack of knowledge about life in this place, and things like guns and cameras, get pulled out into the open. Sokka already made one blunder — he could make more. And Bucky may not be someone he can fully trust, but Sokka also doesn't want to endanger him. So:] My name isn't Lee. It's Sokka, and I'm from somewhere really different from this.