[ For all that Sam can't sleep without someone watching his back, he's still used to the military method of being able to drop down and catch some shut eye where ever and whenever you can. Which means he's out, and he stays out for a good long while, back against a tree and head pillowed on Bucky's.
The changing lights that is the Station's version of "day" is what finally pulls Sam out of sleep, although it's reluctant. Just like on Waypoint, his mind is so tangled up with Bucky's that it takes him a little bit to figure out anything. Sleepy confusion mills about their link until he settles, looking out over the landscape of their minds.
The programming hums, quiet and distant and lurking, and Sam wonders how much more active it is when they're not sharing the same space like this. Thinks about never leaving, about growing their connection so wide that it snuffs the programming out completely - but maybe that's just the sleep talking.
His fingers comb through Bucky's hair, gently untangling braids that have come half loose, sends a half formed question: Sam can redo them all, if he wants. It's followed up immediately with something closer to hey, you awake, how you feeling? ]
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The changing lights that is the Station's version of "day" is what finally pulls Sam out of sleep, although it's reluctant. Just like on Waypoint, his mind is so tangled up with Bucky's that it takes him a little bit to figure out anything. Sleepy confusion mills about their link until he settles, looking out over the landscape of their minds.
The programming hums, quiet and distant and lurking, and Sam wonders how much more active it is when they're not sharing the same space like this. Thinks about never leaving, about growing their connection so wide that it snuffs the programming out completely - but maybe that's just the sleep talking.
His fingers comb through Bucky's hair, gently untangling braids that have come half loose, sends a half formed question: Sam can redo them all, if he wants. It's followed up immediately with something closer to hey, you awake, how you feeling? ]