It's not surprise or sheepishness or amusement, just a sharp stab of unwelcome anger, possessiveness.
She is Captain America. She had to beg and work and prove herself over and over again and Captain America is a woman, someone the girls and kids back home can look up to, someone the men in the army can follow without fear or hesitation.
He's looked away. Stephanie is staring at him without shame, lost in her thoughts, seeing so much more in his profile, the fall of his hair, the shape of his eyes than she did just a moment ago.
It's not a coincidence she was warned about, it was doubles in all the shapes and sizes and sexes of the world.
Steph inhales suddenly and looks away, down at the table. The pads of paper, scattered pencils, soft erasers.
"In the direction of USO shows and a war in Europe?"
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Captain America.
Captain Steve Rogers.
It's not surprise or sheepishness or amusement, just a sharp stab of unwelcome anger, possessiveness.
She is Captain America. She had to beg and work and prove herself over and over again and Captain America is a woman, someone the girls and kids back home can look up to, someone the men in the army can follow without fear or hesitation.
He's looked away. Stephanie is staring at him without shame, lost in her thoughts, seeing so much more in his profile, the fall of his hair, the shape of his eyes than she did just a moment ago.
It's not a coincidence she was warned about, it was doubles in all the shapes and sizes and sexes of the world.
Steph inhales suddenly and looks away, down at the table. The pads of paper, scattered pencils, soft erasers.
"In the direction of USO shows and a war in Europe?"