Sam smooths his palm in a small circle over the back of Bucky's shoulderblade. He's not sure how much he can really help with that tension, especially since he's got some of his own, but he tries anyway.
"I don't know if they would," he admits. "But I know they sent one of their soldiers on an assignment that ended up with him having a panic attack, and I can bet they don't give a damn about that unless it interfered with their goal." There's anger of his own in there, low and simmering and coiled into every word. Whether or not they can trust District 13, that's what pisses Sam the most off about them. Barnes having a panic attack in the middle of the tower, the vulnerability in his eyes covered up behind a soldier with a mission, the two-second smile of a man who isn't used to having anything to smile about.
Sam doesn't think 13 is responsible for all of that, but he's pretty damn sure it isn't helping. He's also pretty damn sure it wouldn't help Jet, not right away.
He lets out a breath, anger fading with a resurgence of grief. "And I know what it's like losing someone so important to you, the kinds of things that stop mattering after that. He's going to need all the support we can give him."
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"I don't know if they would," he admits. "But I know they sent one of their soldiers on an assignment that ended up with him having a panic attack, and I can bet they don't give a damn about that unless it interfered with their goal." There's anger of his own in there, low and simmering and coiled into every word. Whether or not they can trust District 13, that's what pisses Sam the most off about them. Barnes having a panic attack in the middle of the tower, the vulnerability in his eyes covered up behind a soldier with a mission, the two-second smile of a man who isn't used to having anything to smile about.
Sam doesn't think 13 is responsible for all of that, but he's pretty damn sure it isn't helping. He's also pretty damn sure it wouldn't help Jet, not right away.
He lets out a breath, anger fading with a resurgence of grief. "And I know what it's like losing someone so important to you, the kinds of things that stop mattering after that. He's going to need all the support we can give him."