[ Fuck, no, this does not get much better the second time around.
Anger surges through him - not hot, indignant fury, but something colder, something deeper, and for a moment he wishes he'd been a little more proactive about killing every damn Hydra agent he ever found. But he lets it go, because that kind of thing ain't gonna help here.
Bucky might not want to run from what's happening to him, but Sam isn't ever going to be able to let him suffer through this alone.
He focuses more on their connection, leaving everything else behind to let himself completely in Bucky's mind. Just like last time, he throws up his own defenses, trying to add them to Bucky's - trying as best as he can to flood them with cold. ]
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Anger surges through him - not hot, indignant fury, but something colder, something deeper, and for a moment he wishes he'd been a little more proactive about killing every damn Hydra agent he ever found. But he lets it go, because that kind of thing ain't gonna help here.
Bucky might not want to run from what's happening to him, but Sam isn't ever going to be able to let him suffer through this alone.
He focuses more on their connection, leaving everything else behind to let himself completely in Bucky's mind. Just like last time, he throws up his own defenses, trying to add them to Bucky's - trying as best as he can to flood them with cold. ]