seen from United States
seen from Greece
seen from Yemen
seen from United States
seen from China
seen from Singapore
seen from Malaysia
seen from China
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from Ireland
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from Philippines
seen from Russia
seen from Malaysia
seen from Türkiye
seen from Brazil
seen from Malaysia
seen from Mexico
and you hope in the end he keeps your ashes close.
Steve&Becca
(insp.)
Impulse - To Build A Home Series - Chapter 9
I Of The Storm
“Thank you all for coming today,” Becca’s voice came out strong but endearing, “there has been a lot of talk the past few weeks about secret organizations and my possible involvement in them.”
She looked back down to her speech, but it honestly was a script that was written for her to make sure there were no missing elements. But as she read the next sentence, her mind stopped and she couldn’t comprehend the words anymore. If she was about to throw herself to the lions she was going to do it her way. Speech be damned.
“I’m sure as I stand up here today, you all know who I am. You definitely know who my father is, you know of the work my grandfather gave this world before leaving it. I am the product of intellectuals, game changers, and risk takers. Now if I’m going to be honest in front of you all today, I don’t hold all the same thoughts, actions, and feelings as the men in my family line. But it’s time for me to step up into my own role.”
As she looked around the room, her eyes finally found Steve’s. He was in the back of the room, just as he promised her. The blue hat was low but she could still see the warmth he was radiating towards her in those blue eyes. He gave her a nod, saying she could do this and he was behind her 100%. And now she knew just how far that trust had entwined the two of them together.
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Painting Flowers - All Time Low
(To Build A Home Series Lyrics)
Milk and Honey - Rupi Kaur
Impulse - To Build A Home Series - Chapter 5
Where Are You Now
“Desperation.” Killian sighed. “Now, this is live. I’m not sure if you can tell, but at this moment the body is trying to decide whether to accept Extremis or just give up.”
Both Starks couldn’t believe what they were watching as the woman they each loved was being tortured. Becca watched a Pepper screamed out in pain, but they couldn’t hear it. Tony couldn’t even watch anymore. Tears in both of their eyes.
“And if it gives up,” the man continued, “I have to say, the detonation is quite spectacular. But until that point, it’s really just a lot of pain. And speaking of pain,” Killian stood up, going back to that same device Becca was strapped to, “maybe you can make it up to your daughter right now. This here will give Becca a shock of electricity every minute and each time enhancing the hertz until eventually,” he turned the device on to send a 5 second bolt of electricity towards her, screaming the whole time, “her heart stops.”
He laughed, smoothing away the hair on her face so Tony could clearly see the pain on his daughter’s face. “So who are you going to save, Stark? The woman that you supposedly love or your precious baby girl?”
Tony couldn’t breath, watching the two most important things in his life being tortured right in front of him. He’d rather die himself than have either of them hurt.
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Circles
“Hey, it’s me,” Becca shook her head at the words, “God, I hate when people say that and I just did.” She had to stop herself for a second, taking a deep breath and closing her eyes to steady her anxiety. “I just wanted to let you know I’m okay. Well...okay as I can be after a terrorist attack. Me and my dad, we’re alive. I needed you to know because I can’t come home yet. Not until we figure out what is going on.”
The sound of bells ringing above the store door shook her for a second, nearly grabbing her knife, but calming down at seeing a couple of teenagers leaving the store. The boy and girl laughing and holding hands. The scene in front of her teased her with a comfort she needed right now but didn’t have. “I can’t tell you where I am because I don’t want you to come looking for me. I don’t want to get you involved in this drama. Just...just tell Eve I’m alive. I’m sure she’s not doing so well with the news. But promise me that’s it. Please, no one else can know.”
The cold all of the sudden felt suffocating again and she needed to end this now. “I’m so sorry, Steve.”
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Spokes
The smaller girl was just beyond happy to have him back. Though she had been busy herself that past few weeks with working on a case with Natasha, but his presence in her life had just been becoming an obvious at this point. So, as she breathed in his usual scent of cinnamon, leather, and something that was just Steve, Becca could finally rest knowing Christmas was officially upon them all and they could rest for the time being.
Listen close, listen in
The wind is trying to talk to you
To warn you that the warmth will be leaving
While you're soundly sleeping it off
You can try to speak
You can try to move forward
But your hands won't work on the rocks
They'll slip
Your grip has become toxic to progress
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Chapter 18 - Hold Back The River
“You never learned to dance? You toured around with women for a good year! How is that possible?”
Steve shrugged, keeping his hands deep in his pockets. “I don’t know; it just never came up.”
“Well, come on. I’ll teach you.” Becca gave him a big smile, gesturing him to come over to her.
He simply shook his head. Not budging. “Oh, come on, Steven.” She slouched over to him, grabbing his forearms. “I promise to not cry when you step on my feet.”
“Thanks, but no, I’m good.” He grinned down at her, but she could tell it was pushed.
“Steeeeve!” She whined, using all her strength to try to move him. “This is something you definitely need to know how to do.”
“Rebecca! Drop it!” His voice thundered over her, eyebrows forming together in anger. “I don’t want to learn how to dance! Don’t you get that?”
She shrunk away from him, her hands falling to her sides to keep her distance. She nodded her head, looking at the ground so she didn’t have to stare at his usual soothing blue eyes. “I’m sorry. I went too far.” Her voice was soft, trying not to get emotional over the man who just yelled at her. She thought it was something simple, but clearly it wasn’t to Steve. “I shouldn’t have pushed you.”
As he watched her crumble in herself and Becca’s normal lively face deflate, Steve realized what he had done. “Becca…Becca, I’m sorry. I didn’t-“
“It’s okay, Steve.” She cut him off, putting her hands up in defense. “I crossed the line. I won’t do it again.” She attempted a glance up at his face but instantly felt worse as the rejected sight sitting there.
