#steve: threads

[rayofsunshinc]

spotify wrapped shuffle starter → ode to eaters by 1017 ALYX 9SM & ethel cain

for @nysusmuses | Steve & Eddie

Steve looked away, like avoiding eye contact could somehow make the truth of it easier to swallow. ❝You were the one I'd come looking for. Over and over and over again.❞ He said each word deliberate.

His eyes finally found Eddie's in the shadowed distance. There was that familiar tension that was equal parts longing and desperation, like he’d been chasing something he couldn’t quite catch, and maybe didn’t even know if he should.

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[ closed starter /// @ofredsolider ]

          steve had just gotten back from a long mission in syria and the first thing he finds out is that bucky is back. he had to admit he was a little surprised to hear that, last time steve had seen him bucky hadn’t mentioned that he’d been thinking about leaving wakanda. he was happy for him though, bucky deserved to get his life back and steve felt bad that he hadn’t been able to help him get there sooner. after picking brooklyn up from the kennel, steve headed over to the address clint had given him and knocked on the door. “i go on a mission for two months and you not only leave wakanda, but you come back to new york and cut your hair? all without telling me you jerk.”

[rayofsunshinc]

starter for @lcveblossomed | Steve & Eddie

Steve set the brown paper bag down on the old workbench, wiping his palms on his jeans before his voice finally cut through the silence. ❝Brought you the good stuff this time. Robin bullied the diner kid until he threw in extra fries. You’re welcome.❞

He tried to sound casual. Like this was normal, like this was just two friends hanging out instead of him sneaking food to a dead man. But his eyes flicked over the space anyway, searching for movement, waiting for Eddie to appear from whatever corner he’d been holed up in.

❝You, uh… doing okay today? Better than yesterday?❞ He nudged the food bag a little closer to the shadowed corner where he knew Eddie usually sat. ❝Just … eat before it gets cold.❞

[rayofsunshinc]

starter for @nysusmuses | Steve & Eddie

Steve sat across the room, elbows on his knees and hands under his chin as he stared at Eddie. ❝We have to figure something out.❞ Maybe he was stupid for this. Like he'd seen The Lost Boys when it came out this summer. He understood that vampires were not supposed to be good. And that's what Eddie was, wasn't? He'd drank Steve's blood for Christ's sake.

But this was Eddie. He was acting relatively normal ... aside from needing to drink blood, apparently.

❝I mean, you drank from me once ... ❞

Yes, yes, he was totally stupid for this.

[rayofsunshinc]

starter for @nysusmuses | Steve & Tommy

Steve was standing with his back to the room, sorting through canned goods that had been donated. Lots of people were still struggling since the "earthquake" and Steve was doing everything that he could to stay busy. Keep his mind off of the impending doom.

He turned around to grab the next box, but it was being delivered to the table by none other than Tommy Hagan.

❝Tommy?❞ Steve was surprised, to say the least.

Jesus, he used to feel like home base. Safe and familiar and someone to stand next to in the hallway so he didn’t feel like he was standing alone.

Then things changed. Nancy happened. The world flipped inside-out. Monsters became real, and suddenly so did feelings, and mistakes, and things like guilt. And Tommy … Tommy stayed exactly the same. Same jokes. Same bitterness. Maybe Steve should’ve seen it coming, that Tommy wasn’t going to clap for him getting his act together. But it still stung. Like the second Steve stopped being “King Steve,” Tommy didn’t see much point in sticking around.

At least the last time that Steve had seen him, that was the case. They didn't talk it out or try to resolve anything. Maybe that had been on Steve too.

But man, it was nice seeing him doing something decent.

❝You're ... volunteering.❞

[rayofsunshinc]

👑 starter for @curlpower | Nancy & Steve !

❝Hey, Nancy.❞ A warm smile spreading across his face at first, but then he looked down, brows pushed together. ❝Is it cool if we talk?❞ He asked, voice low and soft.

Steve and Nancy stood there for a moment, a little awkwardly, the weight of their past hanging between them like an invisible barrier. But then Steve took a step closer. It had been a while since they had seen each other, and he couldn't help that there was a warmth that stirred in his chest. Even if they were just friends now. He didn't want things to be weird. They had been through too much together at this point.

❝You're one of the only people that I can talk to about what went down over the summer.❞ Yes, he had Dustin and his crew. He had Robin, but she was new to this and any time they talked about it, she was bombarding him with questions that he had no answers to. ❝And - and I know that before I sorta avoided talking about things, which wasn't good - but maybe - I was thinking - it might be helpful.❞ He was rambling, which was not his goal for smoothing things over for a friendship between them, so he looked back up at her hopefully.

[svperscnic]

closed starter for @slccpingbcauty

steve exited the elevator and headed towards the lab. he knew that stark was going to make fun of him for this but no one else was in today so getting tech help from stark was his only option. “hey… stark? you in here?” the blonde called as he stepped into the lab “i uh, i need some help with that laptop you gave me. it won’t turn on anymore.”

[rayofsunshinc]

starter for @devilscheck | Steve & Jennifer

Steve had never liked closing the video store alone. But Keith bailed last minute (again), Robin had band practice, and somebody had to lock up. He’d just finished counting the register when that familiar bell over the door chimed.

❝We're closing in like ten minutes.❞ Steve said without looking up. ❝So if you’re here to rent something, might wanna — ❞

He looked up to see Jennifer standing there, he straightened up, tone changing entirely. He didn't mind a lingering costumer if it was her. ❝Oh, hey.❞ He leaned over the counter a little on his elbows. He grinned a little. ❝Looking for a recommendation?❞