[ Careful, low. Understanding, to the best degree he can. Frustrated for the both of them. All of them.
It's a monkey's paw.
You get what you want, but there's always a catch.
He knows what it's like to cling to at least.
At least he's alive and not under their control anymore. At least I get them back.
It's enough. You make it enough, because that's how they keep pushing on. And stopping to think too long means sinking down that hole. Means letting these cracks show.
It's the same red-eyed sheen he's already seen on Bucky's face since they got here. Kills him, then and now.
Yeah, we're here. But not the way you need. ]
Sam... [ Repeats his name the same way, face twisting up this time as he reaches out to touch his shoulder. ] you don't have to...
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[ Careful, low. Understanding, to the best degree he can. Frustrated for the both of them. All of them.
It's a monkey's paw.
You get what you want, but there's always a catch.
He knows what it's like to cling to at least.
At least he's alive and not under their control anymore.
At least I get them back.
It's enough. You make it enough, because that's how they keep pushing on. And stopping to think too long means sinking down that hole. Means letting these cracks show.
It's the same red-eyed sheen he's already seen on Bucky's face since they got here. Kills him, then and now.
Yeah, we're here.
But not the way you need. ]
Sam... [ Repeats his name the same way, face twisting up this time as he reaches out to touch his shoulder. ] you don't have to...
[ Do this alone. ]