“Oh trust me,” he says, huffing out a small laugh, “I only keep good company.”

Everything feels so familiar — walking with Izzy through an impossibly sterile environment, looking for a secret place to talk — but there’s also something fun and exciting about how suddenly, she was the one showing him around. And maybe it was just his mood, or the oddest things that’s been happening to him today, but when Izzy giggles and winks, a playful part of Steve that he hasn’t felt for a long time comes to the surface, and he can’t help but give her a mischievously suspicious look. As if to ask, what do you think we’ll be doing, Izzy?

But when she moves confidently in one direction, he makes sure to keep up. They were connected at the arm now, after all, and while Steve would have normally untangled himself minutes ago, right now? It just feels … nice.