mental link;

[cognitived]

PRACTICAL if we're gonna win this one, some of us might have to lose it.	RESILIENT do you know what it's like to be unmade?
SKILLED if i miss, it means im just another dude with a bow.	DETERMINED this is monsters and magic and nothing we were ever trained for.

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[ That's... well, Sam can't actually decide if that's reassuring or not. At least Darkling has some experience with this, even if it's not exactly the same. But before he can think too much into it, the Darkling's hand is curled around his ankle, and Sam's frowning curiously at him as he leans over the shadow. Sam's settled enough in Clint's mind that he feels the Darkling digging in - and more than that, he feels Clint's reaction to it. It's not the first time he's gotten wrapped up in Loki-related fear, but it is the first time it's been this intense, triggered by a repeat rather than a memory.

He doesn't try to push the Darkling out of Clint's mind or pull his ankle from the Darkling's grasp, because he's a little too caught up in Clint's panic to be able to completely sort out what's going on here, and anyway he doesn't want to try to fight Clint's battles for him. Instead he withdraws, pulling back from the connection between him and the Darkling and letting go of his own hold on Clint's mind.

But he lingers with Clint, same as he has the times when it's Clint's nightmares that send them reeling, a wordless offer of warmth and support - I'm here, I'm here, breathe with me - and this time it's accompanied by a trickle of emotion - you are your own, and you're stronger than anything they can throw at you. An unshakable faith, born from knowing and trusting Clint maybe more than he quite realized, but Sam shares it without hesitation. ]