“I have those pods so you can pick from an array, actually. I think I even have some tea left.” Steve offered. Mostly, he just thought it was a particularly interesting invention that he had finally gotten the hang of. He stepped back to open the door a little wider for the former SHIELD agent to enter comfortably before he closed the door gently behind them. He moved past her carefully toward the kitchen to show her the options she had. “I stuck around for a short while. Mostly with someone else but we eventually split up.” He wasn’t going to outright name Nat but she had been, ironically, one of the only people he had trusted after the attack. “The same as everyone else. I realized that it was more beneficial to help to rebuild the country that I love. In the city where it all started.” Steve explained. It was the answer people would want to hear, he figured and not the honest one he had. Which was that he had only resurfaced to begin to offer a good-bye to each person that he had once known. Sharon Carter had been one.
❝ look at you , getting warmed up with today’s wonderful inventions. ❞ she offered a soft smile as she teased him. ❝ everyone seemed to have either stayed or scattered , it’s good to see you’re back, and a lot of people probably feel better with you being here. i could name a few. ❞ she really could , but she didn’t feel like he needed a reminder. but if he did , she’d gladly hand it to him. ❝ but why do i get the feeling that isn’t the whole truth.. ❞ blue eyes meet his with an inquisitive expression on her face as she allowed herself to lean against the counter, arms folded across her chest. she knew steve , maybe not as well as many, or even a few -- but she decided to with her gut on this one.
