@timeforgcd said: “ you know i always have your back . “
some meme I don’t feel like digging for
Matt’s back was turned towards him as he listened to Steve, the now familiar, steady pumping of his strong heart not missing a beat. It was a habit to listen to hearts, seek validity through truth, justify his thoughts. Truth and justice, his eternal existential dilemma. He wasn’t good with truth. He didn’t need to listen to Steve’s heart to know if he was lying, but that would never stop him anyway. While it wasn’t in his character, it also simply wouldn’t have made sense. What would he truly gain from lying to some blind civilian? Of course he had his back. Out of anyone else, Matt would have wondered if it was obligatory or pity. Part of him wondered anyway, but from what he’d seen so far, that wasn’t Steve, which led Matt to the real questions he meant to ask himself: was he selfish to keep him in the dark on his secret? Was he selfish to keep half of his true identity hidden from a man whose life had been exploited beyond any chance at a normal life? Perhaps he preferred Matt as the civilian, the blind attorney. Perhaps Matt’s fallacy was a breath of fresh air. Perhaps ruining that would break his heart. In Matt’s experience, those who knew only got hurt, but none of them were quite so...durable, as Steve. Ultimately, did he owe the simple truth to him? Matt pulled two mugs from the cupboard and filled them both with fresh coffee. He could sense his eyes on his back and was careful to not visibly sigh amidst his musing. “Yeah, Steve, I know.”