Steve Rogers (captainhandsome) wrote in snapthread, @ 2019-05-04 12:02:00 |
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Entry tags: | natasha romanoff (mcu), steve rogers (mcu) |
Who: Steve Rogers Natasha Romanoff
What: Walking
When: Sunset
Where: Around home
Rating: E for Emotional and also Endgame Spoilers
Steve had felt something settle over the group of them, something weighty and serious. Until then there had been a lot of making light of it, of healing and resting and wondering how to come back from the kind of loss Steve still struggled to grasp. But it was different now, Natasha was here and she was different and that had spread into Tony and Bucky, into them all like an infection.
It had been such a long time since Steve had been sick, but he could recognise the symptoms.
He kept back a little, as was his way. An observer of life, not always an active participant. Steve watched Tony's face change, his shoulders tense under new weights. Steve could see Bucky's eyes change colour, like they did when he was seeing something for the first time. He knew them all so well, so he knew when there was something happening, something he wasn't being told.
Natasha was beautiful, it worked in her favour so often, but the woman who stood there waiting had an aura about her. She was his, but also she wasn't. Like she'd grown and Steve hadn't been there to grow with her. But still he felt that magnet in his chest, the kind that felt like no matter where she was Steve would find her eyes closed and blind fingertips reaching in the dark. The light was sinking behind her and Steve approached with a gentle smile.
"About time, I was starting to wonder if you'd got lost," Steve said quietly, hands sliding into his back pockets.