[ Steve is downstairs trying to make sense of everything, but it seems like everybody's busy at work and doing their own thing. After a few minutes, Steve feels superfluous in his own house, because the scientists are there to run diagnostics and set up. In fact, the Wakandan equipment doesn't even come with a lot of heavy lifting, so Steve is quickly doing not much of anything.
So it's great that Alice comes to save him, and even has a request for dinner. He nods and then goes over to everyone to get their order from the burger place, though he thinks he'll also need to run out and get groceries in order to feed everyone who's going to be staying for days or weeks or however long.
Rhodey seems to pick up on this intuitively and pats Steve on the shoulder and gives Alice their secret handshake, before he heads off to pick up lots of groceries and all their cheeseburgers, which with Steve and Bruce under one roof is quite a lot of them.
Everyone's putting on a brave face, and Steve's feeling just a little bit useless as a contributor to this discovery. As it happens, he ranks himself slightly below morale-boosting Alice, who is currently learning some cool things from auntie Shuri. She won't be able to shut up about that later, but Steve can't find himself really minding at the moment.
Whenever he sees Tony in the zone, his heart skips a beat. But right now, it's a clawing feeling, because he's all-too-aware that even if this won't be the last time, there will be one. Life is shorter than he has bargained for, and he suddenly has to deal with the onslaught of being confronted with mortality.
But because everyone's working, Steve excuses himself to go make some use. The house will be stocked with everything but firewood, so he goes to chop down some trees and get out his anger at the world trying to take his husband away from him again. It's not until Rhodey returns that he realizes how big his pile is, and then goes to receive him and put away all the things that will keep their house full for the next few days as they all try to solve this problem together. ]
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So it's great that Alice comes to save him, and even has a request for dinner. He nods and then goes over to everyone to get their order from the burger place, though he thinks he'll also need to run out and get groceries in order to feed everyone who's going to be staying for days or weeks or however long.
Rhodey seems to pick up on this intuitively and pats Steve on the shoulder and gives Alice their secret handshake, before he heads off to pick up lots of groceries and all their cheeseburgers, which with Steve and Bruce under one roof is quite a lot of them.
Everyone's putting on a brave face, and Steve's feeling just a little bit useless as a contributor to this discovery. As it happens, he ranks himself slightly below morale-boosting Alice, who is currently learning some cool things from auntie Shuri. She won't be able to shut up about that later, but Steve can't find himself really minding at the moment.
Whenever he sees Tony in the zone, his heart skips a beat. But right now, it's a clawing feeling, because he's all-too-aware that even if this won't be the last time, there will be one. Life is shorter than he has bargained for, and he suddenly has to deal with the onslaught of being confronted with mortality.
But because everyone's working, Steve excuses himself to go make some use. The house will be stocked with everything but firewood, so he goes to chop down some trees and get out his anger at the world trying to take his husband away from him again. It's not until Rhodey returns that he realizes how big his pile is, and then goes to receive him and put away all the things that will keep their house full for the next few days as they all try to solve this problem together. ]