[ maybe it's a sign of the deeper implications of what thorne's reminded sam of. something a bit more selfish, something a bit less worried of the larger implications. maybe he should still be worried about what the free cities government is going to think, should maybe be taking into account the implications.
but also? he doesn't really care right now. there's a swell of relief to have everyone back together again, to have the means of communication and travel opened considering how often they have been limited and how the shake-up of the last few territories have hit at a core of what all of this has started to feel like for too long, and while sam knows that there are larger conversations that need to be had, while he knows what it means and that they need to start planning, he also just needs-
it's a good thing steve is adaptable, proud of him for figuring out how to hug around the wings, because sam wasn't really going to give him another option. ]
Don't get cocky, Rogers.
[ it's said with a grin, even if the grin is more tired than snarky. sam pulls away a little to really get a look at steve - though he knows there wouldn't be anything too big to notice, knows that beyond the fact his hair's grown out a bit, that his beard may be a different length, it's not like they haven't kept each other up to date. there's not going to be any big difference.
still - sam looks, and lets out a breath, a kind of sigh. ]
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but also? he doesn't really care right now. there's a swell of relief to have everyone back together again, to have the means of communication and travel opened considering how often they have been limited and how the shake-up of the last few territories have hit at a core of what all of this has started to feel like for too long, and while sam knows that there are larger conversations that need to be had, while he knows what it means and that they need to start planning, he also just needs-
it's a good thing steve is adaptable, proud of him for figuring out how to hug around the wings, because sam wasn't really going to give him another option. ]
Don't get cocky, Rogers.
[ it's said with a grin, even if the grin is more tired than snarky. sam pulls away a little to really get a look at steve - though he knows there wouldn't be anything too big to notice, knows that beyond the fact his hair's grown out a bit, that his beard may be a different length, it's not like they haven't kept each other up to date. there's not going to be any big difference.
still - sam looks, and lets out a breath, a kind of sigh. ]
You need a haircut.