(he has to take her to the couch, simply because standing here is not great for the conversation they're about to have.
he knows she's someone that pushes people away. she's said as much, showed as much - but that's hardly something he could ever blame her for. he listens on the way, taking her hand into his in a caress as he attempts to find words. he's not great at it, admittedly, so he doesn't know where to start.
the beauty of it, though, is that she can always unscramble his thoughts, make them coherent when they're a string of anxious, jumbled sentences.)
... I don't want to lose it either. I think I really love you, you know.
(ah, to be young and sure so fast.)
... I just-- this is new to me, you know. I'm trying to navigate everything, and between not wanting to worsen things, and then going on my own, well, I screwed things up.
... At first, I really thought you were mad because, like, the suit? I didn't completely charge it, because I can't, right. The light starts to flicker, and I don't want to, uh, blackout Aldrip. ... I've been wearing it more because it's the last thing I'm gonna have from Mister Stark. I know I can't rely on it so much, because, you know, the battery and all, but it sorta makes me feel... Like an Avenger, I guess? Not that I'm not one, but you know, I'm more Avengers-adjacent on the daily-- but then, well, like I told you, right, I just don't want you to feel like you were going to lose me too.
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he knows she's someone that pushes people away. she's said as much, showed as much - but that's hardly something he could ever blame her for. he listens on the way, taking her hand into his in a caress as he attempts to find words. he's not great at it, admittedly, so he doesn't know where to start.
the beauty of it, though, is that she can always unscramble his thoughts, make them coherent when they're a string of anxious, jumbled sentences.)
... I don't want to lose it either. I think I really love you, you know.
(ah, to be young and sure so fast.)
... I just-- this is new to me, you know. I'm trying to navigate everything, and between not wanting to worsen things, and then going on my own, well, I screwed things up.
... At first, I really thought you were mad because, like, the suit? I didn't completely charge it, because I can't, right. The light starts to flicker, and I don't want to, uh, blackout Aldrip. ... I've been wearing it more because it's the last thing I'm gonna have from Mister Stark. I know I can't rely on it so much, because, you know, the battery and all, but it sorta makes me feel... Like an Avenger, I guess? Not that I'm not one, but you know, I'm more Avengers-adjacent on the daily-- but then, well, like I told you, right, I just don't want you to feel like you were going to lose me too.