Bless Sam for having a list of trauma counselors at hand, even though there is absolutely 0% chance of Bucky ever calling one. He may feel like a third wheel, but he's the third wheel on a tricycle; absolutely fuckin' necessary.
Sam is becoming an expert in reading between Bucky's lines -- "what do you want" is no longer such a simple statement; "what do you get out of it" = what the hell is in for this for you if I'm not getting you off? Even though he accidentally terrifies Bucky by suggesting a compromise -- which must have felt like the hammer coming down after how Bucky felt Sam had been fucking around with him, and Bucky must be EVEN MORE confused now -- by the end of this he's going to understand who Bucky currently is better than Steve, if that's not already true. But finally, I appreciate that they connect about wanting to protect Steve. I think there's hope here... but I am also looking forward to everything falling apart.
Re: FILL: between scylla and charybdis [5b/?]
Bless Sam for having a list of trauma counselors at hand, even though there is absolutely 0% chance of Bucky ever calling one. He may feel like a third wheel, but he's the third wheel on a tricycle; absolutely fuckin' necessary.
Sam is becoming an expert in reading between Bucky's lines -- "what do you want" is no longer such a simple statement; "what do you get out of it" = what the hell is in for this for you if I'm not getting you off? Even though he accidentally terrifies Bucky by suggesting a compromise -- which must have felt like the hammer coming down after how Bucky felt Sam had been fucking around with him, and Bucky must be EVEN MORE confused now -- by the end of this he's going to understand who Bucky currently is better than Steve, if that's not already true. But finally, I appreciate that they connect about wanting to protect Steve. I think there's hope here... but I am also looking forward to everything falling apart.