the receiver has playfully stolen an article of the sender's clothing and the sender tries to steal it back, leaving room for playful and consensual forced proximity. | @vdcvc
laughter falls from steve's lips easily when he's around nat – something that feels foreign to the new yorker in the twenty first century. his face could be flushed from a number of reasons – the work out , the laughter , the embarrassment from the lack of space nat is now putting between them. it's a fair tactic to get back at him – he's holding her shirt high above them , his six foot four frame making it easy enough to play keep-away. ❛ you stole this from me last week – i'm just taking back what's mine. ❜ does it leave her in her sports bra ? yes. it's not a look he's unfamiliar with – training in full clothes was tedious for anyone. he's shirtless – can't judge her for minimal clothing. but the shirt she'd come in was one that had gone missing. she'd smirked when they met eyes. now it's him that's smirking , even with his rosy cheeks.
would he ever adjust to having women close to him ? he'd rough housed with bucky their whole adolescence. how many things had bucky held far above while pre-serum steve resorted to climbing surfaces to outsmart him ? to be fair , steve ended up just as red faced from anger &* embarrassment back then – &* want , the closer it pressed him to his friend. that seems to stand here , too , as nat stands on her toes , one hand on his chest while the other reaches up to try &* snag the shirt. this is all a game – if she wanted it , she'd get it. take out his knees , climb him like a tree – nothing could actually stop her. but she's pressing close &* pretending her only means of getting it back rely on standing on tip toes. that's what's making him laugh – that she's resorting to childish whining &* lightly hitting his chest.
❛ why'd you take it anyway ? budget cuts ? can't afford your own t-shirts ? ❜ teasing tone is given as he leans back , arching form pressing close even while his arm &* upper body tilts away. ❛ could'a just asked. i love donating to charity. ❜ his grin is boyish &* amused. he could get away if he wanted to. but he doesn't. that is evident in how his hand holds her waist – grips hard , as if to keep her from jumping up. ❛ you did look pretty good in it. ❜ perhaps she is the only woman he'd ever be able to flirt with easily – comfort eases his tongue. she's always had that effect on him.











