Of course she was up already. And of course she was at the window. Seeing her silhouetted there, haloed by the slowly rising sun, brought an unconscious smile to Steve's face, even as he felt guilty at the thought he might have caused her to be awake. His eyes took in the whole scene, and he thought maybe today he'd jot it down in his sketch book, maybe try to paint it later. Watercolors, he thought, to give the whole image a soft, ethereal, flowing quality. Dreamlike, and just a little surreal.
But then she asked if everything was alright, and his smile slipped, just a fraction, as he took a steadying breath - he was still panting a little, and hoped that masked it. Should he bring it up now? And which 'it' did he mean? The text gave him the perfect excuse reason to bring up moving. But should he--? He didn't want to ask her to marry him while he was covered in sweat from his run, but he should tell her about the text, and the potential move. If he asked after he told her about the offer with SHIELD, he didn't want her to think that was the only reason he was asking. (Although to be fair, it was a deciding factor in getting him to ask now, but he didn't want her to know, or even think that, since deciding factor or not, it wasn't what had gotten him thinking about it in the first place. But if it was so jumbled in his head he couldn't even explain it to himself adequately, there was no way he'd be able to explain it satisfactorily to her.)
"Yeah," he answered, smiling again as he moved over toward her. "Just had some stuff to think about, work out in my head. Still a work in progress," he joked, "but I'll tell you about it once I take a shower." He pulled his damp shirt away from his chest in demonstration. "Some SHIELD stuff I'm thinking about."
He leaned forward for a kiss. "You taste like coffee," he teased, as he did most mornings.
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Date: 2017-02-18 07:13 am (UTC)But then she asked if everything was alright, and his smile slipped, just a fraction, as he took a steadying breath - he was still panting a little, and hoped that masked it. Should he bring it up now? And which 'it' did he mean? The text gave him the perfect
excusereason to bring up moving. But should he--? He didn't want to ask her to marry him while he was covered in sweat from his run, but he should tell her about the text, and the potential move. If he asked after he told her about the offer with SHIELD, he didn't want her to think that was the only reason he was asking. (Although to be fair, it was a deciding factor in getting him to ask now, but he didn't want her to know, or even think that, since deciding factor or not, it wasn't what had gotten him thinking about it in the first place. But if it was so jumbled in his head he couldn't even explain it to himself adequately, there was no way he'd be able to explain it satisfactorily to her.)"Yeah," he answered, smiling again as he moved over toward her. "Just had some stuff to think about, work out in my head. Still a work in progress," he joked, "but I'll tell you about it once I take a shower." He pulled his damp shirt away from his chest in demonstration. "Some SHIELD stuff I'm thinking about."
He leaned forward for a kiss. "You taste like coffee," he teased, as he did most mornings.