[ He still doesn't understand half of what is going on, and that's a generous estimate. But there was something almost therapeutic about spending the past several hours fighting a street-level enemy with street-level stakes. No cause or room for self-doubt or recriminations, just action and reaction, helping to save a city that has treated him with blanket indifference. The absence of a hero's reception brings a wave of relief, the entire afternoon a reprieve from his day to day reality, but it can't last forever.
The setting sun casts a dim orange aura across the futuristic skyline as Steve walks up to the Diadem Hotel. He pauses just inside the lobby as his eyes adjust to the artificial lighting. In the back of his mind, Steve is formulating a tentative plan of action for finding his way back home until his gaze settles on an unmistakable silhouette. He makes a beeline through the lobby and is dropping into the seat beside her within seconds.
It's not great for the mission, the two of them being stuck here together, but her presence is a gift horse Steve won't look in the mouth just yet. They'll get further together than alone. After everything that has happened, he still has to believe that.
Her immediate dismissal earns a low, self-deprecating chuckle from Steve. ] Sick of me already? That must be a new record.
diadem hotel
The setting sun casts a dim orange aura across the futuristic skyline as Steve walks up to the Diadem Hotel. He pauses just inside the lobby as his eyes adjust to the artificial lighting. In the back of his mind, Steve is formulating a tentative plan of action for finding his way back home until his gaze settles on an unmistakable silhouette. He makes a beeline through the lobby and is dropping into the seat beside her within seconds.
It's not great for the mission, the two of them being stuck here together, but her presence is a gift horse Steve won't look in the mouth just yet. They'll get further together than alone. After everything that has happened, he still has to believe that.
Her immediate dismissal earns a low, self-deprecating chuckle from Steve. ] Sick of me already? That must be a new record.