[ It's bait, but Steve can't not rise to it. It's like another game they play. ]
If you were here, it'd be just the same, except I'd have a whole other hand to hold yours with, and I think that'd settle some of my nerves.
Think it's easier to take down a HYDRA base.
[ But having Tony on call and ready to figure out what to do in order to get Steve all the information he needs to focus on the nice parts of babysitting, which is just hanging with and getting to know the baby. He doesn't even know this baby's name.
He knows they'll have to address the fatherhood issue sometime down the road, but they haven't even tied the knot yet, so they can wait on that. He thinks, if anything, that it should be Tony who broaches the subject again, because Steve hasn't changed his mind about any of it.
And Steve may only get to know this baby for a single afternoon, but their kid would be a lifetime commitment. But if he knew that Tony was thinking these thoughts, he'd ask him to put them out of his mind, because he doesn't want him to make a decision based on guilt.
He goes to hang out at the bodega with the person behind the register while he waits for Katherine, checking up every once in awhile. ]
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If you were here, it'd be just the same, except I'd have a whole other hand to hold yours with, and I think that'd settle some of my nerves.
Think it's easier to take down a HYDRA base.
[ But having Tony on call and ready to figure out what to do in order to get Steve all the information he needs to focus on the nice parts of babysitting, which is just hanging with and getting to know the baby. He doesn't even know this baby's name.
He knows they'll have to address the fatherhood issue sometime down the road, but they haven't even tied the knot yet, so they can wait on that. He thinks, if anything, that it should be Tony who broaches the subject again, because Steve hasn't changed his mind about any of it.
And Steve may only get to know this baby for a single afternoon, but their kid would be a lifetime commitment. But if he knew that Tony was thinking these thoughts, he'd ask him to put them out of his mind, because he doesn't want him to make a decision based on guilt.
He goes to hang out at the bodega with the person behind the register while he waits for Katherine, checking up every once in awhile. ]
Do you have to get back to work?