( Doesn't make either of them feel any better, and he's cottoned on to the fact that there's no real walking this back. Can't think of anything else to do or say that's gonna fix it here and now, which is a frustratingly familiar feeling.
His eyes flicker to the bottle as Sam puts it away — too invested in this, frankly, to notice the offering. He gets a little single-minded, which Sam is well familiar with by now. )
Said to give you a break.
( Which is more a murmur than anything, a little vocal concession in there — like he said, Steve had a point. )
Said a few more things, but I just learned a lesson in keeping my damn mouth shut, so...
( This is him, keeping his mouth shut so he doesn't say anything else that's gonna bite him in the ass later. Don't talk to Steve about Sam. Don't talk to Sam about Steve. Don't talk to anybody about any of it, because this dynamic is a goddamn powder keg and he refuses to strike any more matches that might set it off. )
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His eyes flicker to the bottle as Sam puts it away — too invested in this, frankly, to notice the offering. He gets a little single-minded, which Sam is well familiar with by now. )
Said to give you a break.
( Which is more a murmur than anything, a little vocal concession in there — like he said, Steve had a point. )
Said a few more things, but I just learned a lesson in keeping my damn mouth shut, so...
( This is him, keeping his mouth shut so he doesn't say anything else that's gonna bite him in the ass later. Don't talk to Steve about Sam. Don't talk to Sam about Steve. Don't talk to anybody about any of it, because this dynamic is a goddamn powder keg and he refuses to strike any more matches that might set it off. )