[ He's patient. He's always been patient - you have to be in order to affix yourself to the constant temperament test that is Steve Rogers. Patient while he ducks down to quell the tide of something rising in him, only a muted sense of concern fading in and out.
It feels like they've lanced a wound. Cleaned it out. Gotten over the initial ripping sting and left behind something still healing, but healthier.
Relief slips through the bond, cool and refreshing, grounding.
He loosens his hold, peels his hand away slowly this time rather than an abrupt end. An easy transition, not a rejection. ]
Not sure it can count as cheating if you never made up any rules...
[ He postulates with a slow drawl and a barely detectable note of wryness. ]
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It feels like they've lanced a wound. Cleaned it out. Gotten over the initial ripping sting and left behind something still healing, but healthier.
Relief slips through the bond, cool and refreshing, grounding.
He loosens his hold, peels his hand away slowly this time rather than an abrupt end. An easy transition, not a rejection. ]
Not sure it can count as cheating if you never made up any rules...
[ He postulates with a slow drawl and a barely detectable note of wryness. ]