[ It's not an easy call to make by a patient who is completely present, in possession of all his faculties. Worse probably for someone like Tony, who can exhaust so many other options that even skilled surgeons wouldn't think of. Whatever else one thinks of the man - genius does apply.
Sam is almost relieved that Tony calls for the safe option immediately. A transhumeral amputation might have worked, but Sam doesn't think it worth the risk - might have just been a temporary solutions with necrosis still creeping up through the rest of the arm. And the more they risk that, the higher the risk goes that they have to go forequarter to save Tony's life.
The safer option, then, with some time for Tony to figure out other options - or grow comfortable with this one. That's fair.
Oddly enough, perhaps, Sam drops his gaze. A small smile creeps over his features even below his concerned frown, expression momentarily near bashful. It's not an easy expression to put on his face. ]
Actually, these days it's---.
[ Sam stops himself. Swallows, hard and dry. The frown deepens.
I'm ashamed of you.
They will never let a black man be Captain America.
Good job, Cap.
Tony and Steve were... close in a complicated way, and Sam has no insight into how 5 years after Thanos have shaped them. Can he be proud of the title he's now claimed and earned in the face of the man who grew up with the shadow of a myth and then walked alongside the real deal?
Would Tony see Sam as a knockoff version the same way Sam considered John Walker little more than Walmart Cap? ]
Week sounds good. You gonna let me check up on that regularly to see if it's getting worse?
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Sam is almost relieved that Tony calls for the safe option immediately. A transhumeral amputation might have worked, but Sam doesn't think it worth the risk - might have just been a temporary solutions with necrosis still creeping up through the rest of the arm. And the more they risk that, the higher the risk goes that they have to go forequarter to save Tony's life.
The safer option, then, with some time for Tony to figure out other options - or grow comfortable with this one. That's fair.
Oddly enough, perhaps, Sam drops his gaze. A small smile creeps over his features even below his concerned frown, expression momentarily near bashful. It's not an easy expression to put on his face. ]
Actually, these days it's---.
[ Sam stops himself. Swallows, hard and dry. The frown deepens.
I'm ashamed of you.
They will never let a black man be Captain America.
Good job, Cap.
Tony and Steve were... close in a complicated way, and Sam has no insight into how 5 years after Thanos have shaped them. Can he be proud of the title he's now claimed and earned in the face of the man who grew up with the shadow of a myth and then walked alongside the real deal?
Would Tony see Sam as a knockoff version the same way Sam considered John Walker little more than Walmart Cap? ]
Week sounds good. You gonna let me check up on that regularly to see if it's getting worse?