[ It's fine, it is, and Sam hums quietly as he presses in closer, the phantom sensation of his shoulder against Shiro's. ]
(Your best is more than enough, Shiro.) [ He doesn't just mean the coping skills and the training, but now's not the time for that.
Instead he closes his eyes, letting the little snippets of memory that Shiro shows him wash over him. It's a glimpse, enough to give Sam a pretty good idea of what'd happened - but that's not the point of this. What Sam already knew would've been enough for him; he never felt the need to know the details, not if Shiro didn't want to talk about them. For what they're doing here - he can't just have a good idea of it; he's gotta get Shiro to talk about it. ]
(You're holding back.) [ It's gentle, still without recrimination, but Sam doesn't hesitate to point it out. He reaches back out again, puts a little bit more of himself over their connection, curling around Shiro's mind. Supporting him, trying to give him someone to fall back on. ] (You don't gotta remember it clear enough to show me, you can talk through it. But you can't hold back, not if it's gonna help.)
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( Your best is more than enough, Shiro. ) [ He doesn't just mean the coping skills and the training, but now's not the time for that.
Instead he closes his eyes, letting the little snippets of memory that Shiro shows him wash over him. It's a glimpse, enough to give Sam a pretty good idea of what'd happened - but that's not the point of this. What Sam already knew would've been enough for him; he never felt the need to know the details, not if Shiro didn't want to talk about them. For what they're doing here - he can't just have a good idea of it; he's gotta get Shiro to talk about it. ]
( You're holding back. ) [ It's gentle, still without recrimination, but Sam doesn't hesitate to point it out. He reaches back out again, puts a little bit more of himself over their connection, curling around Shiro's mind. Supporting him, trying to give him someone to fall back on. ] ( You don't gotta remember it clear enough to show me, you can talk through it. But you can't hold back, not if it's gonna help. )