"Like most things that matter, people fought for it. People died for it," Steve said softly. "It started with a few brave people who refused to live in the shadows and it spread, I think there's more of us than anyone thought, that we're everywhere and we're all different kinds of people and who we love doesn't actually matter," he said.
It had been a long journey from where young Steve had come from to where old Steve had been, one that had been far from a straight line. It was easy to celebrate the wins and forget the loses but Steve wouldn't forget the heroes often unnamed who'd changed the world for the better for him and everyone like him.
"He didn't, no," he said. "There's a lot of American History to watch up on, World History really. But you'll get there, I did," Steve said kindly. "The people here are good, they look after each other."