[ Because he's Shiro, that's why. Because he's a hero, and his sense of duty is stronger than anything else. Hell, it's not like Shiro's the only one who'll put that before this relationship - so will Sam.
Maybe. Most likely. No matter how much Shiro means to him - and it's a hell of a lot - he'll always put doing the right thing, protecting people, before both it and himself.
But he won't put this mission before Shiro, or any of the others he cares about. And that's where they're different, where Sam can feel the difference, even as Shiro does his best to apologize for something they both always knew was there.
It's pretty damn obvious Shiro doesn't know what to do here, but there - well, there they're on a little bit more stable ground, considering they already had this conversation. Sam takes the desperation in Shiro's kiss and uses it to back him against the tent pole he'd just punched, pinning him against it as he tangles his fingers in Shiro's hair and kisses him again. ]
(Okay. We're gonna take fifteen minutes, and I'm gonna shield us while we forget about everything but this. Then we'll handle the rest of the night as it comes.)
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Maybe. Most likely. No matter how much Shiro means to him - and it's a hell of a lot - he'll always put doing the right thing, protecting people, before both it and himself.
But he won't put this mission before Shiro, or any of the others he cares about. And that's where they're different, where Sam can feel the difference, even as Shiro does his best to apologize for something they both always knew was there.
It's pretty damn obvious Shiro doesn't know what to do here, but there - well, there they're on a little bit more stable ground, considering they already had this conversation. Sam takes the desperation in Shiro's kiss and uses it to back him against the tent pole he'd just punched, pinning him against it as he tangles his fingers in Shiro's hair and kisses him again. ]
( Okay. We're gonna take fifteen minutes, and I'm gonna shield us while we forget about everything but this. Then we'll handle the rest of the night as it comes. )