There was more to that story, details that made it so much worse, but they could wait for another time. He didn't need to know all of those terrible things yet, or see the hatred she had for the woman she'd once loved as a mother. No, that could all come later.
She welcomed it when Steve pulled her against him, nestling in and taking comfort as he readily offered it. It took effort not to bristle at the comment that she wasn't a child anymore, but she knew that he hadn't meant it like that. At his question, she just shook her head.
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Date: 2017-01-15 09:16 am (UTC)She welcomed it when Steve pulled her against him, nestling in and taking comfort as he readily offered it. It took effort not to bristle at the comment that she wasn't a child anymore, but she knew that he hadn't meant it like that. At his question, she just shook her head.