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Steve doesnât mean to be as oblivious as he is. Some might say he gets distracted easily, sure, and that in itself means that he very rarely has good spatial awareness. Most days, he finds himself knocking into people left and right, a stream of apologies following after him as he does so. So when he bumps into the young woman, he not only drops to his knees to help her pick up belongings, but another stream of apologies follows after him as usual.
ââm real sorry âbout this, mâam,â he starts, almost swears, and then reaches out to help pick up more of her belongings. But then, in the last moment, she seems to scoop everything he already hasnât grabbed and puts it into her bag. Quite dumbly, he stands back up, stares at her, and then emits a nervous laugh.
Why is he just standing there?Â
Heâs had awkward interactions before. Plenty of times, in fact. But he doesnât really know what to say right now. After an awkward pause, he clears his throat and says, ââm not good at these - uh. Awkward interactions.â God, is admitting itâs awkward going to make it even more awkward?Â
âAre you, uh. Yâsure youâre fine? Nothing that you dropped is broken, right?â He eyes the camera for a second, not attuned to the art of photography but appreciating the camera nonetheless. âIs your camera alright? If itâs broken, Iâd be happy to pay for its repairs or even get you a new one.â
â just matty is fine, mâam is a little much for me.â she can feel his eyes on her, just staring â god was she making things awkward? had she offended him? why did this matter? he was just a dude that saved people. her dad was the same way, just without the costume. âa bit of advice for when it comes to awkward situations, never admit how awkward it actually is.â she offers with a shrug, finally snapping out of it. he was just a big dork. why had she been weird about it before? she was more concerned with her camera than she was with herself, so when steve asked her if she was alright, matty is quick to brush his concern off. âiâm fine, it takes a lot more to hurt me.â she couldnât say the same for her camera. before she even realizes she was doing it, matty grimaces at the state of her camera. the lens has a large crack on it, easily costing a couple hundred dollars to repair it, but she isnât going to guilt steve into that. she was too proud. â itâs fine, i need to buy a new lens anyways.â











