[ It takes a moment for Sam to get what'd made Bucky blink in confusion, a moment for him to realize he'd said love. And it's - all right, he hasn't said it or anything, and he's been careful about not saying it because he knows how overwhelmed Bucky gets when Sam dumps too many feelings on him, but-
The feelings are there. On both sides, Sam tries not to pry too much into things that aren't right on the surface for him to pick up, but he knows Bucky cares about him, just like it's impossible to hide how much Sam cares about Bucky.
If that's what was tripping Bucky up, he could do that - hell, he can do that, he can make it a little more obvious. It's not the first time he's thought that telling Bucky things only goes so far and he's gotta show that he means what he says; it's just that this, this is harder. Sam's not exactly on firm ground here himself.
But the flashes of memory he's getting from Bucky, that - that makes him hate HYDRA all over again, but that's beside the point - that steers him a little bit in the right direction. Or at least maybe he thinks it does. He's not quite sure what prompted this yet, but when he feels what Bucky felt after he lost, dutifully going with his handlers as they took the only thing he still had left away from him-
His jaw sets, and he purposefully makes himself relax. They'd talked about both of them wanting - whatever the hell this is they've got between them, their brood bond and everything else - before the mission, maybe they could both use the reminder that it's not going anywhere. ]
(Neither did you. You're not weak or stupid, and it ain't stupid or weak to want this.) [ His mind opens a little wider, not trying to get into Bucky's, just... being there, a little more prominently. ] (I don't know what happened, but I'm sure as hell not gonna let anything in this universe or any other one fuck with it.)
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The feelings are there. On both sides, Sam tries not to pry too much into things that aren't right on the surface for him to pick up, but he knows Bucky cares about him, just like it's impossible to hide how much Sam cares about Bucky.
If that's what was tripping Bucky up, he could do that - hell, he can do that, he can make it a little more obvious. It's not the first time he's thought that telling Bucky things only goes so far and he's gotta show that he means what he says; it's just that this, this is harder. Sam's not exactly on firm ground here himself.
But the flashes of memory he's getting from Bucky, that - that makes him hate HYDRA all over again, but that's beside the point - that steers him a little bit in the right direction. Or at least maybe he thinks it does. He's not quite sure what prompted this yet, but when he feels what Bucky felt after he lost, dutifully going with his handlers as they took the only thing he still had left away from him-
His jaw sets, and he purposefully makes himself relax. They'd talked about both of them wanting - whatever the hell this is they've got between them, their brood bond and everything else - before the mission, maybe they could both use the reminder that it's not going anywhere. ]
( Neither did you. You're not weak or stupid, and it ain't stupid or weak to want this. ) [ His mind opens a little wider, not trying to get into Bucky's, just... being there, a little more prominently. ] ( I don't know what happened, but I'm sure as hell not gonna let anything in this universe or any other one fuck with it. )