[ That breaks his heart a little, because so many boys and girls idolize them as heroes. So why shouldn't Alice? But he knows the dangers, and he does want to keep his kid out of the family business. After all, they've both nearly died a couple times a pop, easy, and Thanos is still trying to get the last laugh. To hurt them one last time.
But if anything, Steve knows she'll understand. Because she's seen Tony's sacrifice, she lives with it every day. She's seen everyone else's scars, heard sanitized versions of their stories. She'll know most of all what a difficult life this would be. ]
We can't stop her, but we could discourage her. I was kinda thinking... in a perfect world, where we could retire, there wouldn't be any need for her to take up our mantles.
[ Yeah, yeah. He knows. Giddy optimism, perfect teeth. It doesn't make it less what he feels, that he thought they'd be further along by now, that he'd rather keep fighting until his legs give out, to not have Alice have to take his place. The world isn't ready to lose Iron Man, but Steve Rogers is neither ready to lose him nor see his protege take his place. ]
Kids never keep their interests that long but... I'm still hoping the most she wants out of life is to be an engineer. Or an artist. Maybe an actress. A harpist. Just. Just not that.
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[ That breaks his heart a little, because so many boys and girls idolize them as heroes. So why shouldn't Alice? But he knows the dangers, and he does want to keep his kid out of the family business. After all, they've both nearly died a couple times a pop, easy, and Thanos is still trying to get the last laugh. To hurt them one last time.
But if anything, Steve knows she'll understand. Because she's seen Tony's sacrifice, she lives with it every day. She's seen everyone else's scars, heard sanitized versions of their stories. She'll know most of all what a difficult life this would be. ]
We can't stop her, but we could discourage her. I was kinda thinking... in a perfect world, where we could retire, there wouldn't be any need for her to take up our mantles.
[ Yeah, yeah. He knows. Giddy optimism, perfect teeth. It doesn't make it less what he feels, that he thought they'd be further along by now, that he'd rather keep fighting until his legs give out, to not have Alice have to take his place. The world isn't ready to lose Iron Man, but Steve Rogers is neither ready to lose him nor see his protege take his place. ]
Kids never keep their interests that long but... I'm still hoping the most she wants out of life is to be an engineer. Or an artist. Maybe an actress. A harpist. Just. Just not that.