[ You become whatever you need to be when facing an enemy like that, Sam imagines. He hopes it means she's adaptable rather than that she's so dedicated in her pursuit that she'll never stop hunting them - for Elena's sake more than anything else, honestly. Damon can handle her and the symbiote makes it difficult for her to truly be able to hurt either of them, but Elena doesn't deserve to have a broodmate who'll only ever feel hatred towards her.
She deserves something like he and Bucky have, in the increasing periods when they're not fighting.
But Rani's request - that's easy. Sam pauses as he's untying her, kneeling before her, and opens his mind more. Enough to leave the impression of battles, of gunfire and explosions and knives, blood under his nails and the echo of I don't think he's the kind you save, I think he's the kind you stop and the rest of us aren't getting out of here.
Sam is no stranger to war, to hard truths and making tough calls. ]
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She deserves something like he and Bucky have, in the increasing periods when they're not fighting.
But Rani's request - that's easy. Sam pauses as he's untying her, kneeling before her, and opens his mind more. Enough to leave the impression of battles, of gunfire and explosions and knives, blood under his nails and the echo of I don't think he's the kind you save, I think he's the kind you stop and the rest of us aren't getting out of here.
Sam is no stranger to war, to hard truths and making tough calls. ]
I swear it, Rani.