I don’t like it, honestly. As Tony keeps going, Steve actually gives him a surprised look — he had no idea. He’s noticed, certainly, that the suits have blasts instead of bullets, but he’d always imagined that for someone like Tony, who took so much pride in all his work, the fact that he doesn’t like using guns- Well, it’s a surprise.
But what feels even more unexpected, is how something like an attack on the Specials, could lead him to find out something he and Tony had in common.
“I don’t like using ‘em either.”
Maybe it’s not surprising for anyone else to hear him say that, but Steve still feels like he’s sharing something personal. Even if there are still black and white film strips out there — Howard probably kept a lot of them — that depict him with a gun in hand, jumping off the back of a jeep. Even if he’s stormed into a base, gun blazing. Because that’s how wars were fought in WWII. But ever since Steve learned how to fight with a shield, using anything else feels wrong. After all, for Steve, the whole point of fighting is to defend those who can’t defend themselves.
Steve isn’t sure exactly how much Tony’s injury hurts at the moment, but the fact that Tony’s trying to play it down gives him a clue. So as he begins to guide them down the hall, and Tony makes that comment, Steve just smiles back at him.
“Yeah?” The way his eyebrows are lifted tells Tony that he doesn’t believe him, but instead of calling him out on it, Steve’s going with another strategy. “Well- What if I just kinda like havin’ your arm around me?”
It’s funny how, if all he was doing was flirting, Steve would never be able to get that sentence out. But when it’s to help someone? All the rules start to change.
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But what feels even more unexpected, is how something like an attack on the Specials, could lead him to find out something he and Tony had in common.
“I don’t like using ‘em either.”
Maybe it’s not surprising for anyone else to hear him say that, but Steve still feels like he’s sharing something personal. Even if there are still black and white film strips out there — Howard probably kept a lot of them — that depict him with a gun in hand, jumping off the back of a jeep. Even if he’s stormed into a base, gun blazing. Because that’s how wars were fought in WWII. But ever since Steve learned how to fight with a shield, using anything else feels wrong. After all, for Steve, the whole point of fighting is to defend those who can’t defend themselves.
Steve isn’t sure exactly how much Tony’s injury hurts at the moment, but the fact that Tony’s trying to play it down gives him a clue. So as he begins to guide them down the hall, and Tony makes that comment, Steve just smiles back at him.
“Yeah?” The way his eyebrows are lifted tells Tony that he doesn’t believe him, but instead of calling him out on it, Steve’s going with another strategy. “Well- What if I just kinda like havin’ your arm around me?”
It’s funny how, if all he was doing was flirting, Steve would never be able to get that sentence out. But when it’s to help someone? All the rules start to change.