@WintersRose_ “No problem,” he gave her shoulder a slight squeeze before letting go. “I’ll tell you when you can stop wallowing and come back out.”
Steve didn’t like leaving her there, but he did, heading out to fine Nick Fury, and deal with this problem.
@WintersRose_ Too late, he already blamed himself. This had all started because he’d given Natasha the idea. But the guilt wouldn’t be a burden as long as he fixed it now.
“Good try Doctor,” Steve smiled a bit as he pushed off from the wall, shifting to place a hand reassuringly on her —
@WintersRose_ — to go with me too. And you know Ruby,” Steve paused, so his words would sink in. “He never looked at any of those girls like he looks at you. He’s not looking away.”
“I’ll go talk to Fury. I’ll fix it.”
@WintersRose_ The soldier leaned against the wall next to her, taking a moment to gather his thoughts, before looking down at her.
“Back in the day, he’d bring a different girl dancing every night. Two girls really, because Buck would always end up entertaining whatever girl he’d convinced —
@WintersRose_ “I don’t think she was really trying to shoot me,” he needed to believe that, “but it got her point across well enough. Besides, you’re missing the important part. We got past it.”
“People always say that. They’re wrong. The promise stands.”
@WintersRose_ “That’s not going to happen.” He wasn’t just reassuring. There was a finality to it, the steel behind his words lending a deeper meaning. He wasn’t going to let it happen.
“You’ve helped him Ruby. Before and after it became something more. No one is going to take that away. —
@CallHerWidow — to let her methods compliment his, and when not to ask questions.
But that doesn’t mean he has to like it.
“Then next time,” the tone in his voice makes it an order, “you call me a liar, instead of wrecking two lives to prove it.”
@CallHerWidow Alright, so he lied. People might be less ashamed of it now, but the acts themselves were more or less the same.
He chose to ignore the implication that she’s done this a lot. Steve was under no illusions of what she was, and they work well together because he’d learned how —
@WintersRose_ “Or he was surprised,” Steve pushed back, stubbornly protecting his friend. “Speaking from experience, Nat’s surprising. Even when I had a bit of a warning.”
But he could see the defeat in the slump of her shoulders and the tears in her eyes.
“It’s not his fault. Don’t give —