✪ Walking on a Tightrope.

[ Three hours in the simulation room is the maximum that you can lock yourself in. After that, the locks disengage automatically. And Sam has no intention of getting caught in the simulation he was actually running.

Except... the alert from Redwing he gets suggests that it's not just anyone making their way to the now unlocked simulation room. It's Natasha.

And so, Sam doesn't change the simulation to a sunset over the Paul & Darlene - not yet at least. Instead he stays where he is, Karli's lifeless body in his arms.

For once, and without really knowing why, he lets himself be found and seen. ]