[ It's not the first time he's experienced something like this. So many soldiers returning from war crave the comfort of companionship, of knowing they're not alone, at the same time as they shudder away from touch and the tenuous safety it brings. Too much violence, too much loss, too little belief in themselves and others to be comfortable with it. He'd been like that himself, once.
More recently, it reminds him of Bucky, leaning towards the warmth their brood bond offers and the companionship Sam does, pulling away and hissing at him when it gets to be too much.
Sam can tread lightly, ease into it. He doesn't do anything but keep his knee right there, focused on holding his symbiote ability back. And on the image that she gives him. He picks it up easily, focused on their connection as he is, and he smiles back. ]
Ilde. How was the fight?
[ He's assuming it was one prearranged, the kind for practice - he suspects one of them would be more injured otherwise, and that she might not be smiling like that. It was a fight; he's a medic, he'd know the injuries that come from another person even without the symbiote. He lets go after that, and his ability takes over: healing her bruises at the same time as they appear on his own skin. ]
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More recently, it reminds him of Bucky, leaning towards the warmth their brood bond offers and the companionship Sam does, pulling away and hissing at him when it gets to be too much.
Sam can tread lightly, ease into it. He doesn't do anything but keep his knee right there, focused on holding his symbiote ability back. And on the image that she gives him. He picks it up easily, focused on their connection as he is, and he smiles back. ]
Ilde. How was the fight?
[ He's assuming it was one prearranged, the kind for practice - he suspects one of them would be more injured otherwise, and that she might not be smiling like that. It was a fight; he's a medic, he'd know the injuries that come from another person even without the symbiote. He lets go after that, and his ability takes over: healing her bruises at the same time as they appear on his own skin. ]