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𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚜 ([personal profile] pursuitofcappiness) wrote in [personal profile] shipping 2022-09-18 03:39 am (UTC)

[ Steve looks as if he's been struck. If this isn't going to work, not even Stephen would be cruel enough to come to a grieving Steve and tell him "I told you so." But even if he thinks it too hard, Steve in his grief might do something reprehensible. ]

Sorry, I--

[ He needs to be strong, for Tony. Tony's the one going through this, Steve needs to be strong and support him. ]

I just need time to adjust. That's all. It's not sinking in. It feels wrong.

[ He feels unmoored, like everything around him is just crumbling away. When he realized he was a fugitive, and it felt like he might never get to see Tony again, and their futures were gone just like that, was so hard. But at the time, Tony was alive, and that was all Steve needed to know. Somewhere, out there, the other half of his heart was missing him too, but could heal, and could thrive.

To hold onto their rope and find the other end empty and frayed, he doesn't know what he would do.

He blinks back tears and gives Tony's hand a squeeze.
]

Maybe she'll like Disney World. Unless you think she'd already be bored of the rides.

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