[ Long as we can. There's something bittersweet there, about the reminder that all of this is temporary. That one day they'll find a way home - hell, Sam's been helping Katie look - and Shiro will go, because they need him. Because his sense of duty and his devotion to his team, to the people he's promised to protect, is stronger than anything else.
Somehow that always seems to be the kind of person that Sam's drawn to.
But it'd be too soon to think of anything like forever with them, anyway, and it's not like Sam didn't know that going into this. It's not like he wasn't already prepared to enjoy this as much as he could while they had it.
There's a part of him that's always aware that one day they'll have to say goodbye, but that doesn't make him want this any less right now.
Right now he leans in to kiss Shiro again, then laces their fingers together and tugs on his hand. ]
Come on, we got a mission to take care of. And I'm expecting some celebratory making out.
[He'll go. Because they need him. Because staying away feels like a disservice. Even if he's here for them, doing this for them. Because they're family. Just as much as...]
[... as much as Sam is.]
[And for a second, it all hurts almost too much to focus on. Taken from one family, given another, in a cycle he doesn't think he could possibly break. There's nothing to be done for it, is there? No way to keep this. Any more than there was a way to keep the team.]
[Any more than there was a way to keep his Commander and friend together, either.]
[He swallows, thickly, and when he returns the kiss a little more urgently than necessary. Like this is all going to be swept away again when they're least expecting it, when they're not looking. His hand gripping tighter.]
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Somehow that always seems to be the kind of person that Sam's drawn to.
But it'd be too soon to think of anything like forever with them, anyway, and it's not like Sam didn't know that going into this. It's not like he wasn't already prepared to enjoy this as much as he could while they had it.
There's a part of him that's always aware that one day they'll have to say goodbye, but that doesn't make him want this any less right now.
Right now he leans in to kiss Shiro again, then laces their fingers together and tugs on his hand. ]
Come on, we got a mission to take care of. And I'm expecting some celebratory making out.
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[... as much as Sam is.]
[And for a second, it all hurts almost too much to focus on. Taken from one family, given another, in a cycle he doesn't think he could possibly break. There's nothing to be done for it, is there? No way to keep this. Any more than there was a way to keep the team.]
[Any more than there was a way to keep his Commander and friend together, either.]
[He swallows, thickly, and when he returns the kiss a little more urgently than necessary. Like this is all going to be swept away again when they're least expecting it, when they're not looking. His hand gripping tighter.]
Yeah. We do.
[Don't they?]