Without her heels on, Peggy barely came up to Steve's chin, and her hand felt slim and delicate in his. That wasn't a thought that had occurred to him all that often, mostly because he hadn't had all that many opportunities to see Peggy anything less than utterly put together. Her poise and control always seemed to add inches, somehow, to give her a presence more towering than her actual height. There'd been moments over the course of the few days he'd spent at her apartment where he'd seen those projections stripped away, but somehow those hadn't been as striking as this was, with Peggy in her stunning dress, but her heels in her hand and tendrils of hair escaping from where the rest of it was still pulled up, soft, wispy curls that framed her face.
Steve only let go of her hand long enough to reaching behind her and shut the door, flipping the lock, and once that was done he stayed close, gazing down at her even as his free hand settled at the small of her back. His other hand, thankfully was still clutching his towel closed. Although now that he was watching her face, he could see that she didn't look particularly pleased. Her lips were pressed tightly together, and she was wearing a frown, which seemed at odds with their current situation.
"Been hot all night," Steve murmured, his fingers flexing gently against her back. a careful press that was perhaps employed to keep his hand from wandering elsewhere. "I think - I don't know. I only had two drinks." And that wasn't enough to get him drunk. He could admit that he was, maybe, a little bit off. He'd been craving touch all night, been wanting the kinds of things that didn't normally cross his mind. It was a lot like being fifteen all over again, waking up hard and aching in his sleep pants, desperate for things he barely had any knowledge of.
"I really want to kiss you," Steve said hoarsely, ignoring her rather pointed suggestion about the shower. They were close, and she was warm and smelled so good, and he dipped nearer, letting his mouth skim gently across her temple, then down lower, at her cheek, coming perilously close to her lips. He didn't close the distance entirely though, clearly waiting for her to say it was all right.