[ That's one for Team Bucky, as far as Sam's concerned. Maybe they can't face the programming head on, not yet, but there's ways around it, ways they can still fight it. But he can feel the way Bucky still tries to hold back, to keep himself from being comforted too much, and Sam doesn't hesitate before reaching out to give it to him anyway, to hold him close mentally as well as physically.
Maybe it isn't fair to try to make Bucky listen to this now, but Bucky's in his head. Bucky needs to hear this, Sam needs to say it, and even if he's already planning on saying it again and again until it sticks - there's no better time for Bucky to be able to feel Sam's conviction, to get a sense of just how true it is. ]
(What happened to you isn't okay, Bucky. You didn't deserve any of it, no matter what terrible things you've done when you were under someone else's heel, and you don't deserve this. You made your opinion known, man, you set a boundary and that's something you should be proud of, not punished for.) [ He rests his forehead against Bucky's, at the same time as there's a mental sensation like feathers brushing over his cheeks. ]
(You were a prisoner of war, a weapon, but you're still a person. You can't tell me you haven't suffered, so damn much, and I ain't stupid enough to believe you don't got more to go through. I wish you wouldn't add to it.)
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Maybe it isn't fair to try to make Bucky listen to this now, but Bucky's in his head. Bucky needs to hear this, Sam needs to say it, and even if he's already planning on saying it again and again until it sticks - there's no better time for Bucky to be able to feel Sam's conviction, to get a sense of just how true it is. ]
( What happened to you isn't okay, Bucky. You didn't deserve any of it, no matter what terrible things you've done when you were under someone else's heel, and you don't deserve this. You made your opinion known, man, you set a boundary and that's something you should be proud of, not punished for. ) [ He rests his forehead against Bucky's, at the same time as there's a mental sensation like feathers brushing over his cheeks. ]
( You were a prisoner of war, a weapon, but you're still a person. You can't tell me you haven't suffered, so damn much, and I ain't stupid enough to believe you don't got more to go through. I wish you wouldn't add to it. )