[ For that same long moment, Sam doesn't breathe either - and it's only when he sucks in a ragged breath after Bucky starts coughing that he realizes that he's doing it.
He rolls Bucky over onto his side while he's spitting up water so he doesn't choke, kneeling at his side. He wants to protest - sunshine please we can do this I got you - but he doesn't have the heart to give words to it, not when he can feel Bucky's fear.
Instead he hauls Bucky into his arms, all but cradling him in his lap as he holds him close. ]
(Breathe, baby, I got you. It can't have either of us, I promise.)
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He rolls Bucky over onto his side while he's spitting up water so he doesn't choke, kneeling at his side. He wants to protest - sunshine please we can do this I got you - but he doesn't have the heart to give words to it, not when he can feel Bucky's fear.
Instead he hauls Bucky into his arms, all but cradling him in his lap as he holds him close. ]
( Breathe, baby, I got you. It can't have either of us, I promise. )