[ But there's a note of agreement there before, like Steve, the wry humor fades. There've been so many times when Sam expected to die, or should have died, and he'd fought to survive damn near all of them. It'd never really been a question.
When Steve puts it like that, it's... well, Sam still likes it better when he's the one making the sacrifice plays, but it's not like Clint wasn't right there with him and the others the last time he'd called one. They'd all made the choice to come here, and Sam does his best to remind himself of that, think of it as a side effect to a choice and not a loss.
He's not sure how successful he is. ]
It would've taken out my whole team, and kept going. If this is what it takes to save them, to stop it, then this is what it takes. [ There's a pause, as he pulls in a breath and lets it out, before he asks quietly; ] How do you handle it?
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[ But there's a note of agreement there before, like Steve, the wry humor fades. There've been so many times when Sam expected to die, or should have died, and he'd fought to survive damn near all of them. It'd never really been a question.
When Steve puts it like that, it's... well, Sam still likes it better when he's the one making the sacrifice plays, but it's not like Clint wasn't right there with him and the others the last time he'd called one. They'd all made the choice to come here, and Sam does his best to remind himself of that, think of it as a side effect to a choice and not a loss.
He's not sure how successful he is. ]
It would've taken out my whole team, and kept going. If this is what it takes to save them, to stop it, then this is what it takes. [ There's a pause, as he pulls in a breath and lets it out, before he asks quietly; ] How do you handle it?