[ It’s an instinct both he and Steve have in common, though Sam has a couple of years of therapy under his belt and the memory of a couple of coworkers who’d call him on his shit now and then. He tries to hold on to that, but it's harder when he knows what Steve is trying bear on his own.
At least he's not shutting Sam out completely, and Sam holds onto that. If one of them is gonna have to be the first to open up here, Sam can be okay with that being him. He can.
He knows grief is lessened when it's shared.
He opens the door almost immediately, just enough to let Steve in before he closes it again. It's obvious that he hasn’t slept - and just as obvious that Clint is out, carefully placed on the bed in the room. ]
Thought I'd been gearing myself up for something like this, but I was wrong.
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At least he's not shutting Sam out completely, and Sam holds onto that. If one of them is gonna have to be the first to open up here, Sam can be okay with that being him. He can.
He knows grief is lessened when it's shared.
He opens the door almost immediately, just enough to let Steve in before he closes it again. It's obvious that he hasn’t slept - and just as obvious that Clint is out, carefully placed on the bed in the room. ]
Thought I'd been gearing myself up for something like this, but I was wrong.