Not at all how he'd wanted to bring it up. Stupid, Rogers, so very, very stupid.
He watched her shake her head, and his shoulders slumped. He didn't need to hear her words confirm it, but he made himself listen anyway. "No. Yeah, sure," he heard himself say in a dull voice. "It was stupid - I didn't mean to say it now, anyway, it just, slipped out..."
Angry at himself and his stupid mistake, Steve's brow furrowed and he didn't check himself before reaching out automatically for Rogue's wrists, to halt her movements. "Stop picking it up, yer gonna cut yerself!"
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Date: 2017-01-11 06:50 am (UTC)He watched her shake her head, and his shoulders slumped. He didn't need to hear her words confirm it, but he made himself listen anyway. "No. Yeah, sure," he heard himself say in a dull voice. "It was stupid - I didn't mean to say it now, anyway, it just, slipped out..."
Angry at himself and his stupid mistake, Steve's brow furrowed and he didn't check himself before reaching out automatically for Rogue's wrists, to halt her movements. "Stop picking it up, yer gonna cut yerself!"