I meant in general. I'm always holding back. The arm...it's stronger, it weighs more, I gotta compensate for it a lot, even with this one.
I wasn't saying you were awful. You weren't awful. It's been a while for me too, since before...everything.
[ Everything meaning the fall from that train, since he's always been the kind of man who found himself a pretty dame no matter where he went - sometimes there was more than one - and the nurses in the war effort were no different. Once his capture happened, it changed things, made him more reflective thanks to the exposure he had to that serum changing him and the experience itself taking away some of his charm, the ability to smile easily. War wasn't an easy place. ]
Absolutely not. I don't need you comparing me to someone else. Banner, Thor, any one of them.
[Especially Thor. The guy's a god ( or like a god, he's not sure which it is ) and that's gotta give the guy an unfair advantage. Don't start trying to give him a complex ( more than he already has, with his varied issues ) about it, Stephanie. ]
We haven't been teenagers for a long time, Rogers. You could've found something better since then.
[ While it's self deprecation, he can't claim that his thoughts when it came to himself were as low as they can be at times now but that's what coming out of decades worth of brainwashing will do to a guy. ]
I know of more than a couple. [ Beat. ] You wanna go to an abandoned Hydra safehouse?
Were you looking? There was Carter, two of 'em between Peggy and that niece of hers, later.
[ Maybe it's because she mentioned it herself, that she's never slept with a man before but he has to wonder if she'd looked, she just didn't look at men. ]
I'm with you 'til the end of the line.
[ She didn't need to tell him that she'd always choose him - he's seen it already. When she came looking for him after she found out he was alive, how she chose him over Stark's kid, then visited him in Wakanda when he was awake during that time, even if she was on the run from the government. ]
Quoting their mutual promise from long ago makes her smile. ] Me too. And why not? We can get more done with less. Besides, might as well have better memories of those awful places.
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Or do you mean in bed, because that's rude to ask.
If you're implying I was awful, I'm sorry, I've never slept with a guy before.
[ She should shut her mouth before she says anything more because this talk about her sex life is embarrassing, even if it's text. ]
Alright, order coming right up.
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I wasn't saying you were awful.
You weren't awful.
It's been a while for me too, since before...everything.
[ Everything meaning the fall from that train, since he's always been the kind of man who found himself a pretty dame no matter where he went - sometimes there was more than one - and the nurses in the war effort were no different. Once his capture happened, it changed things, made him more reflective thanks to the exposure he had to that serum changing him and the experience itself taking away some of his charm, the ability to smile easily. War wasn't an easy place. ]
Hang on a minute.
You implying I was awful?
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[ She's teasing!
... is it obvious she's teasing? No? What's he thinking, she's going to go sleep with Thor now? ]
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I don't need you comparing me to someone else.
Banner, Thor, any one of them.
[ Especially Thor. The guy's a god ( or like a god, he's not sure which it is ) and that's gotta give the guy an unfair advantage. Don't start trying to give him a complex ( more than he already has, with his varied issues ) about it, Stephanie. ]
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[ If she were in his place she'd want to hear it too. ]
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[ It might be intended as a joke, but there's a little truth to that. He tries again a moment later with something with more sentiment: ]
I guess I oughta take you somewhere it's not gonna matter if we break a few walls.
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Well except the broken wall part. Just the bed, at least.
[ She's not joking. ]
Ooh, how romantic. Like where, an abandoned HYDRA safehouse?
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You could've found something better since then.
[ While it's self deprecation, he can't claim that his thoughts when it came to himself were as low as they can be at times now but that's what coming out of decades worth of brainwashing will do to a guy. ]
I know of more than a couple. [ Beat. ] You wanna go to an abandoned Hydra safehouse?
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I know we've changed. I know we've done things. You've done things. But I will always choose you.
[ She'll believe in the good in him when he can't, when all he sees is the blood and the faces of those he'd killed. ]
We were gonna destroy those anyway. Might as well?
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There was Carter, two of 'em between Peggy and that niece of hers, later.
[ Maybe it's because she mentioned it herself, that she's never slept with a man before but he has to wonder if she'd looked, she just didn't look at men. ]
I'm with you 'til the end of the line.
[ She didn't need to tell him that she'd always choose him - he's seen it already. When she came looking for him after she found out he was alive, how she chose him over Stark's kid, then visited him in Wakanda when he was awake during that time, even if she was on the run from the government. ]
We planning on destroying all of 'em like this?
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[ Moving on isn't her strong suit.
Quoting their mutual promise from long ago makes her smile. ] Me too. And why not? We can get more done with less. Besides, might as well have better memories of those awful places.