Steve immediately shifted when she leaned into him, quick to accept her into his space, his hand smoothing against her hair again when she wound up laying in his lap. And he just kept touching her, stroking her hair, or brushing his fingers against her arm, a gently soothing motion while he listened to her.
"You made the right call." Steve didn't think she needed his reassurance, didn't think his opinion on it should matter all that much in her decision making. At least not when it came to doing her job, or doing the right thing. He didn't think for one second that he would let hers influence him if he found himself in a similar scenario.
Of course, he'd have done exactly what she had, just in his own way, and maybe that was why.
"And I'm glad you came here." He'd said he'd always prefer she did already but knowing what happened? He absolutely wanted her to come to him. "You scared the hell out of me, but if nothing else, I'm closer than you trying to get home like this." He could take care of her, protect her, this way. Until she was feeling up to going anywhere else, and even then.
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"You made the right call." Steve didn't think she needed his reassurance, didn't think his opinion on it should matter all that much in her decision making. At least not when it came to doing her job, or doing the right thing. He didn't think for one second that he would let hers influence him if he found himself in a similar scenario.
Of course, he'd have done exactly what she had, just in his own way, and maybe that was why.
"And I'm glad you came here." He'd said he'd always prefer she did already but knowing what happened? He absolutely wanted her to come to him. "You scared the hell out of me, but if nothing else, I'm closer than you trying to get home like this." He could take care of her, protect her, this way. Until she was feeling up to going anywhere else, and even then.