[ It's... not something Sam can put into words, really. An instinct, maybe, helped by little pieces he can point to like the way they fought together physically or the way they've grounded each other mentally and emotionally, and fueled by the connection between them. ]
(I'll try to be better, about picking up on when you really do need space and giving it to you.)
[ He knows that it's hard for Bucky to actually ask for it, and Sam... he can do that, he can figure out how to make it so Bucky can get that time alone without feeling like he needs to run all the time. Somehow. The rest of that, well. They're back into what Bucky deserves and whether or not Sam should feel safe around him. This isn't the place to go into it. ]
(Come on, all right, let's get somewhere safer than the middle of a store to wait this out.)
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( I'll try to be better, about picking up on when you really do need space and giving it to you. )
[ He knows that it's hard for Bucky to actually ask for it, and Sam... he can do that, he can figure out how to make it so Bucky can get that time alone without feeling like he needs to run all the time. Somehow. The rest of that, well. They're back into what Bucky deserves and whether or not Sam should feel safe around him. This isn't the place to go into it. ]
( Come on, all right, let's get somewhere safer than the middle of a store to wait this out. )