Packing Up
Steve had woken up to find everyone else either likewise resting or starting to pack up the gear to head back. The plan was to be back in New York by the next morning. He spotted Sam packing some things and shifted to sit down near him, his head fortunately less swirly feeling than earlier.
Steve dropped his voice low. “I think I may have relieved Halloween in my dreams. And that didn’t even feel like the strangest part.”
“What?” Sam glanced around and dropped his voice as well. “How so? What happened?”
“Darcy and I talked at the party, went back to my room, and slept together. And then she said my name and I talked to her. It felt like she was talking to me in the dream. Like we were both dreaming it. I don’t know for sure it was real or just the dream shifting. But it felt real.”
“I think one of the first things you should do is talk to her. When we get back, on the way back even, message her. Tell her you want to meet and talk, get it all out in the open.”
“I kind of told her that a couple days ago when we were briefly back in New York. But I will again. We didn’t get a chance to before because I literally got called for this while I was talking to her.”
“Bummer, but if she talked to you then and seemed willing to talk, then I’d say you’re okay. She’ll probably still want to talk now.” Sam paused for a moment and really looked Steve in the eye. “Do you really think you shared a dream? Like, is that somehow possible?”
“I don’t know. It just felt real somehow. She did tell me to be careful and see you soon when we talked briefly. So I do hope she’ll still want to see me.” Steve took a deep breath as he felt his insides tensing and relaxing, and then circling around again.
“Well, start packing up and maybe we can get wheels up a little faster.” Sam nodded at the equipment and other things still laying about that needed to be brought back with them.
Steve nodded and went to it. He did stop to check his phone after a little bit though and found he’d missed a text from several hours ago from Bucky. Steve replied back. “Is everything okay? Sorry I didn’t reply sooner. Finally got a little shut eye. We’re packing up and hopefully home soon. I’ll come check on you as soon as we land.”