[ He wants to try to help, wants to say that Sam can be there for him, take some of the burden of keeping the programing at bay. It'd worked, the two of them fighting it off, except - well, except it'd been a whole lot of Sam in Bucky's head, and he knows that's uncomfortable for both of them.
Should be uncomfortable. Should be, and it is, when he ignores the hum of the symbiote in his veins, the way he feels a little more at ease, a little more right when he and Bucky are that close. It's a little harder when he knows it's not just the symbiote, and that he’s always grasped on to whatever works when dealing with trauma, always done better with a partner and a team, and the closeness is a little addictive.
He keeps all of that from bleeding over onto Bucky, though, doing his best to acknowledge verbally even what Bucky shares with him mentally, and keep himself out of Bucky's head. ]
Pidge hates her, same as she hated Mara Jade. Shepard's gonna be a fun one, we'll have to see. Shiro... I felt it from him, too, the first time you two talked. You both did a really good job handling it. He's, uh. You got a lot in common. [ There's silence for a brief moment, and then, while he's got it clear enough in his head, he adds quietly, ] Look, I know it takes a lot of trust for you to let me in at all, so I wanted to thank you for that.
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Should be uncomfortable. Should be, and it is, when he ignores the hum of the symbiote in his veins, the way he feels a little more at ease, a little more right when he and Bucky are that close. It's a little harder when he knows it's not just the symbiote, and that he’s always grasped on to whatever works when dealing with trauma, always done better with a partner and a team, and the closeness is a little addictive.
He keeps all of that from bleeding over onto Bucky, though, doing his best to acknowledge verbally even what Bucky shares with him mentally, and keep himself out of Bucky's head. ]
Pidge hates her, same as she hated Mara Jade. Shepard's gonna be a fun one, we'll have to see. Shiro... I felt it from him, too, the first time you two talked. You both did a really good job handling it. He's, uh. You got a lot in common. [ There's silence for a brief moment, and then, while he's got it clear enough in his head, he adds quietly, ] Look, I know it takes a lot of trust for you to let me in at all, so I wanted to thank you for that.