"It's over now. It's done. I am safe and I shall stay close if that is what you need." It would be hard to leave the safety of the apartment, but they couldnt lock themselves away forever. There was a whole world out there waiting for them, and she wanted to explore everything with him. She had so many firsts, so many new things waiting for her to discover them.
She pulled back enough so that she could place her palms against his chest. Part of it contained metal, and it was curious to her. The other part was muscle and soft flesh. Steve had told her someone had hurt him. Was this how he had been harmed? The metal? He couldn't have been born that way?
"Will you tell me this story? Can I see the metal?" She was curious but she wanted to respect his boundaries. But she wanted to know him, too. Anything he wanted to know about her, she would give.