@spongekeery —at first he'd be subtle, then grow more obvious with time as there's no restriction coming from the other man. He'd tease it out more and more until eventually they'd crash into each other and it'd be like a damn tidal wave like "holy fuck we could've had this the whole time"
@spongekeery —them from exploring what this is because obviously there has always been something. Once she's "gone", Steve's mind stops misreading the pull towards Jonathan. Instead he tries to explore it, sneaking around Jonathan, testing his own feelings towards him and how Jonathan reacts—