Sam's starting to get used to those little smiles. Starting to like them, even. They make something coil warmly at the centre of his chest, and he's not really sure how to deal with that.
Higgs laughs a little. "That clinical shit gets old, doesn't it?" Not that he's ever spent much time in a Bridges facility. He knows enough to know that the makeshift shelters especially all look the same, and feature empty walls.
"Sky blue it is." Even if they can't get outside very often, then they can at least have some sky in the bunker with them.
Once the tables are taken care of, Sam reaches out to pat Higgs on the shoulder, but lets his hand drop at the last minute. He's never had a reaction when Higgs touched him, and he has no idea why that is. Only that it never burned like it does with everyone else.
Truthfully, the bunker had basically not changed at all from whenever it was originally constructed. That they're changing it is... certainly something. So long as he can think of making it someplace where a child should actually be raised, unlike the horrific place he spent his early life.
And then Sam goes and... asks him that question. He freezes, face a little pink. "Um, sure. It'll— it'll be a way to save space up a bit, huh?"
It's absolutely not the reaction you'd expect from someone who isn't interested at all, and Higgs isn't kind of man who lies.
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"Okay. Okay, we'll go blue. Like a sky blue?"
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"Blue works just fine for me."
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Once the tables are taken care of, Sam reaches out to pat Higgs on the shoulder, but lets his hand drop at the last minute. He's never had a reaction when Higgs touched him, and he has no idea why that is. Only that it never burned like it does with everyone else.
"Should we go put the beds together?"
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Truthfully, the bunker had basically not changed at all from whenever it was originally constructed. That they're changing it is... certainly something. So long as he can think of making it someplace where a child should actually be raised, unlike the horrific place he spent his early life.
And then Sam goes and... asks him that question. He freezes, face a little pink. "Um, sure. It'll— it'll be a way to save space up a bit, huh?"
It's absolutely not the reaction you'd expect from someone who isn't interested at all, and Higgs isn't kind of man who lies.