[ the way tony looks back at him - his eyes fierce, his jaw set - stills something in sam. because it feels a bit like a reminder, like a photograph into an era long since gone for sam. of the tony stark who is iron man. who built avengers tower. who held the stones in his hand and saved the universe.
tell me everything he says, and sam sits back. it's not far, he hadn't leaned that far forward to begin with, and he nods. tony stark is, and probably always will be, the smartest person sam has ever known. he can make his own decisions where it concerns paradoxes and time. and if he wants to hear everything, sam will tell him everything.
and he does. or at least - he tries to. everything that sam wilson knew, everything sam wilson read in files or heard from reports or saw on the news. he'll answer some questions, here and there - quick one offs before he continues the larger explanation. before he brings up morgan. pepper. his family. where the world went, after everyone returned, where's it's going, what sam's more worried about than anything. he fills up his glass, drinks through it, and refills it again, because the course sam takes is the longer one.
and not all of it is bad - there are some funny anecdotes in there, some more interesting moments. rhodey, and how well he's doing. pepper, and how she's still running everything. things sam doesn't really have a direct line into, necessarily, but also things sam hasn't talked to pretty much anyone about in over a year. it feels like longer in some ways, and like no time at all in others.
how they get to the couch, sam's not sure, but he is glad for it if only because it's more comfortable. he's feeling loser, probably more than just a little drunk, as he finishes up as best he can. as the truth of it settles around them.
( steve, who put the stones where they found them. steve, who didn't come back. ) ]
So...yeah. You're looking at the new Captain America. [ there isn't exactly...pride, in that. or excitement. but there also isn't negativity associated either. more - this is serious, he knows it is serious, and it wasn't an easy road to get here.
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tell me everything he says, and sam sits back. it's not far, he hadn't leaned that far forward to begin with, and he nods. tony stark is, and probably always will be, the smartest person sam has ever known. he can make his own decisions where it concerns paradoxes and time. and if he wants to hear everything, sam will tell him everything.
and he does. or at least - he tries to. everything that sam wilson knew, everything sam wilson read in files or heard from reports or saw on the news. he'll answer some questions, here and there - quick one offs before he continues the larger explanation. before he brings up morgan. pepper. his family. where the world went, after everyone returned, where's it's going, what sam's more worried about than anything. he fills up his glass, drinks through it, and refills it again, because the course sam takes is the longer one.
and not all of it is bad - there are some funny anecdotes in there, some more interesting moments. rhodey, and how well he's doing. pepper, and how she's still running everything. things sam doesn't really have a direct line into, necessarily, but also things sam hasn't talked to pretty much anyone about in over a year. it feels like longer in some ways, and like no time at all in others.
how they get to the couch, sam's not sure, but he is glad for it if only because it's more comfortable. he's feeling loser, probably more than just a little drunk, as he finishes up as best he can. as the truth of it settles around them.
( steve, who put the stones where they found them. steve, who didn't come back. ) ]
So...yeah. You're looking at the new Captain America. [ there isn't exactly...pride, in that. or excitement. but there also isn't negativity associated either. more - this is serious, he knows it is serious, and it wasn't an easy road to get here.
sam lifts his cup, a mock cheers. ]