[ it feels...a little too familiar, though also not directly. sam remembers hearing the stories about bucky, about what steve went through back in the forties when he thought he lost him. when he died. and sam was there when he found out about the after, about what hydra had done and the winter soldier, and now hearing it from geralt too...
sam just sort of listens, still and focused. he nods at the mention of the mark because yeah, he remembers what dean had said about it when they talked, about how scared he was about what was going to happen and what he would do. the connection between it all has sam's stomach curling, dread and worry and concern all balling into one, singular knot. ]
Completely? Or...? [ or is dean still in there? that's a question he doesn't have to voice, because geralt would have thought it too. he knows that above anything else, and he knows that for things to get to this point, that it's not a matter of snapping fingers or calling out dean's name. it's not going to be easy.
he set his sights on my people geralt says, and sam can't help the quiet- ] Shit. [ that escapes him. but there isn't any hesitation, just a quick nod. ] Yes, of course. I'll head over there after this. But Geralt.
[ the pause that follows is weighted, where sam holds geralt's attention for a moment and then a moment more. he's trying to decide if he wants to ask when he is pretty sure he already knows the answer. when he's pretty certain he knows the answer, and no, he doesn't like it. but if ciri is in the crosshairs, if julie and nadine and jaskier are too- sam knows where geralt's decisions will have gone.
but, but, he can't escape the thought. the worry. he can hear steve's voice in the back of his head, in answer to his own. he isn't the kind you save, he's the kind you stop and i don't know if i can do that. and in the end, steve had been right, bucky had been in there, and now...
sam swallows, arms crossed over his chest. geralt knows the question is coming, so it shouldn't come as a surprise. ]
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sam just sort of listens, still and focused. he nods at the mention of the mark because yeah, he remembers what dean had said about it when they talked, about how scared he was about what was going to happen and what he would do. the connection between it all has sam's stomach curling, dread and worry and concern all balling into one, singular knot. ]
Completely? Or...? [ or is dean still in there? that's a question he doesn't have to voice, because geralt would have thought it too. he knows that above anything else, and he knows that for things to get to this point, that it's not a matter of snapping fingers or calling out dean's name. it's not going to be easy.
he set his sights on my people geralt says, and sam can't help the quiet- ] Shit. [ that escapes him. but there isn't any hesitation, just a quick nod. ] Yes, of course. I'll head over there after this. But Geralt.
[ the pause that follows is weighted, where sam holds geralt's attention for a moment and then a moment more. he's trying to decide if he wants to ask when he is pretty sure he already knows the answer. when he's pretty certain he knows the answer, and no, he doesn't like it. but if ciri is in the crosshairs, if julie and nadine and jaskier are too- sam knows where geralt's decisions will have gone.
but, but, he can't escape the thought. the worry. he can hear steve's voice in the back of his head, in answer to his own. he isn't the kind you save, he's the kind you stop and i don't know if i can do that. and in the end, steve had been right, bucky had been in there, and now...
sam swallows, arms crossed over his chest. geralt knows the question is coming, so it shouldn't come as a surprise. ]
What will you do?