Steve gives a little nod, slowly at first, then more emphatically, running his fingers carefully through Tony's hair to help get the last of the soap out. He's trembling a little, feeling like he just opened Pandora's Box to see if Hope was still stuck in the back corner somewhere.
They can get through the mission one way or another--and Steve has thoughts about what work could come after that, but whether they can carry on that long seems to be up in the air. He wants to, though. He wants things to stop, wants a break to try and find something inside himself that's not broken, that's normal, that's some kind of recognizable remnant of the youth he was before Rebirth. He doesn't really want his life to end like this, spilled out in hopelessness as the world burn around them.
And he wants to see Tony Stark happy, just for once.
"I do, though," he says, voice harsh and quiet and raw. "I do love you." Before you even asked for it, Tony.
"I'm scared," he adds, almost a whisper. When has Captain America ever admitted to being afraid? Not often, that's for damn sure.
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
momijizukamori![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
no subject
Date: 2018-07-06 08:19 pm (UTC)They can get through the mission one way or another--and Steve has thoughts about what work could come after that, but whether they can carry on that long seems to be up in the air. He wants to, though. He wants things to stop, wants a break to try and find something inside himself that's not broken, that's normal, that's some kind of recognizable remnant of the youth he was before Rebirth. He doesn't really want his life to end like this, spilled out in hopelessness as the world burn around them.
And he wants to see Tony Stark happy, just for once.
"I do, though," he says, voice harsh and quiet and raw. "I do love you." Before you even asked for it, Tony.
"I'm scared," he adds, almost a whisper. When has Captain America ever admitted to being afraid? Not often, that's for damn sure.