Suicide mission is a little bit of a terrifying concept when Sam remembers that Bucky'd once told him that he hadn't planned on seeing the future he was fighting so hard to make, that he'd always figured he wouldn't live through this war. But he's got his memories almost completely in order again, and he also remembers Bucky saying that that was before Sam.
(Sometimes he thinks that that's not any less of a terrifying concept, that Sam was one of the things that made Bucky want a future and stop planning for an inevitable self-sacrifice in the name of the rebellion, but lately, as long as it means Bucky keeps on living, he doesn't really care.)
But it means that he's got faith that Bucky will be trying his best to survive this, just as Sam is - and that they'll be doing their best to make sure each other survives this. By now, Sam's pretty sure that both of them are willing to do damn near whatever it takes to make sure the other one stays alive, that they both stay together.
Which is why Sam's got his eye on Bucky damn near constantly, even as he devotes everything in him to making sure this mission goes off successfully - as far as he's concerned, making sure Bucky gets out alive is part of making sure this mission goes off successfully.
He's just finished dropping off another rebel soldier on a high part of the dam when his enhanced vision picks up a group of Capitol soldiers heading Bucky's way, under the cover of the mist. Sam doesn't think twice before he changes course, wings angled sharply and picking up speed as he pushes to get there before the gunfire starts. He doesn't let himself feel the fear of being too late, because being too late isn't an option - and almost before he realizes what he's doing, he's slinging down from his arm.
Sam twists, sending himself into a spiral before he flings the shield ahead of him, praying he's gotten the angle right to get it to bounce off the closest soldier before going back to Bucky - and trusting that Bucky will know what to do with it if it does, until Sam can get there himself.
closed to Bucky
(Sometimes he thinks that that's not any less of a terrifying concept, that Sam was one of the things that made Bucky want a future and stop planning for an inevitable self-sacrifice in the name of the rebellion, but lately, as long as it means Bucky keeps on living, he doesn't really care.)
But it means that he's got faith that Bucky will be trying his best to survive this, just as Sam is - and that they'll be doing their best to make sure each other survives this. By now, Sam's pretty sure that both of them are willing to do damn near whatever it takes to make sure the other one stays alive, that they both stay together.
Which is why Sam's got his eye on Bucky damn near constantly, even as he devotes everything in him to making sure this mission goes off successfully - as far as he's concerned, making sure Bucky gets out alive is part of making sure this mission goes off successfully.
He's just finished dropping off another rebel soldier on a high part of the dam when his enhanced vision picks up a group of Capitol soldiers heading Bucky's way, under the cover of the mist. Sam doesn't think twice before he changes course, wings angled sharply and picking up speed as he pushes to get there before the gunfire starts. He doesn't let himself feel the fear of being too late, because being too late isn't an option - and almost before he realizes what he's doing, he's slinging down from his arm.
Sam twists, sending himself into a spiral before he flings the shield ahead of him, praying he's gotten the angle right to get it to bounce off the closest soldier before going back to Bucky - and trusting that Bucky will know what to do with it if it does, until Sam can get there himself.