Her smile was more genuine as she squeezed his hands back. Tony and Steve weren't much alike, but their hands were nice and solid and grounding. She took a deep breath and shrugged as her fingers brushed absently over the side of his hand.

'She would smack me upside the head for mooning over her absence.' at least, maybe. That was the thing with Root - no matter how well Morgana felt she knew the woman, she always found a way to surprise her.

'Well Steve, everyone likes Steve except for Parker but she likes maybe three people in her whole world and none of them are here,' not anymore, Morgana thinks maybe one of her other original roommates was from Parkers world, but she had done her best to avoid all of them at the time so she wasn't sure. 'And I mean who wouldn't like him, he's kind, he's sweet... he tas------ talks nicely.' and yeah maybe she's still a bit doped up on the coffee but most of that was genuinely how she felt about him. Including the part she remembered not to say barely in the nick of time. 'Even when I mess up he's a real gentleman about it.'