[ steve's eyes follow wanda as she stands and moves back to grab something from her horse. his brow's a bit furrowed by the time she makes it back, if only because he doesn't really know what she's doing with the small leather bag. did she bring him food all the way out here? there's a very slight curling in his gut at the idea that she came all this way out just to track him down, but now really isn't the time for that, is it?
that's just about when wanda comes back and settles next to him, and that earlier guilt dissipates as he turns to face her - now more interested in her and what she's saying than anything else. she mentions her boyfriend and steve's expression shifts from what? to oh of course yeah, wanda's super gorgeous of course she'd have a boyfriend and then they just move on from there. the fact that he was also kidnapped has steve...not relaxing, exactly, but some part of him does loosen up. if only because it feels a bit like maybe he doesn't have to be the one to explain what happened to wanda. that maybe he doesn't have to explain much at all for wanda to understand. and that does end up feeling a bit like a weight lifted from his shoulders.
he doesn't really move all that much as their elbows and shoulders bump, comfortable with the closeness. at the mention of the cheeseburger, steve's eyes widen and there's a definite brightness in his face. ]
Wait- you can turn them into anything? [ because yeah, that is what it comes down to, isn't it? the food isn't bad, exactly. but it's also not what steve really craves when he wants to be comforted. the horizon helps, with the ice cream and the ability to think up anything he might want to eat, but it isn't real in the end.
but now it's on him - to think of something he misses that he wishes he could eat here. there's a moment or two where he just thinks, and it definitely looks like he's putting way too much effort into the thinking part, but this is important. ]
Fried Chicken. [ he says after those couple of moments. ] Like- KFC Fried Chicken. Can you make that?
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that's just about when wanda comes back and settles next to him, and that earlier guilt dissipates as he turns to face her - now more interested in her and what she's saying than anything else. she mentions her boyfriend and steve's expression shifts from what? to oh of course yeah, wanda's super gorgeous of course she'd have a boyfriend and then they just move on from there. the fact that he was also kidnapped has steve...not relaxing, exactly, but some part of him does loosen up. if only because it feels a bit like maybe he doesn't have to be the one to explain what happened to wanda. that maybe he doesn't have to explain much at all for wanda to understand. and that does end up feeling a bit like a weight lifted from his shoulders.
he doesn't really move all that much as their elbows and shoulders bump, comfortable with the closeness. at the mention of the cheeseburger, steve's eyes widen and there's a definite brightness in his face. ]
Wait- you can turn them into anything? [ because yeah, that is what it comes down to, isn't it? the food isn't bad, exactly. but it's also not what steve really craves when he wants to be comforted. the horizon helps, with the ice cream and the ability to think up anything he might want to eat, but it isn't real in the end.
but now it's on him - to think of something he misses that he wishes he could eat here. there's a moment or two where he just thinks, and it definitely looks like he's putting way too much effort into the thinking part, but this is important. ]
Fried Chicken. [ he says after those couple of moments. ] Like- KFC Fried Chicken. Can you make that?