He was relieved that Marie wasn't upset or offended at his obfuscation. He shrugged and rolled his eyes at her question, not even trying to hide his smile, though it was more at her laughter and teasing than anything. "No, no. You probably have to hit me over the head to make me realize someone's flirting with me, and not just being nice. Nooooot used to women flirting with me."
He supposed that needed a little explanation. "I uh... went through a growth spurt, a while back. Pretty much right before I joined the Army, actually." More like because he'd joined the Army, but still. "So nobody ever flirted with shrimpy, skin-and-bones Steve." He tried recalling more of that afternoon. "I was sketching, I think, that day. So I was kinda off in my head, but... I still wouldn't have realized the waitress was being anything more than just friendly and attentive."
Flirting with him really was a lost cause. Especially if there was real meaning behind it, because he was always second-guessing his assumptions. He hoped, maybe, that a little of Marie's flirting was more than just second nature; that eventually, it might lead to something more. But at this point, he wouldn't dare assume it, and he hoped she understood that she'd probably end up making the first move, otherwise they'd be in this polite, flirtatious teasing stage until he really was 90 years old.
[I seriously STILL have no idea how I feel about it! Besides happy that Steve didn't die. Maybe the movie actually broke my feels. Except for Steve--still have all the Steve feels.]
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He supposed that needed a little explanation. "I uh... went through a growth spurt, a while back. Pretty much right before I joined the Army, actually." More like because he'd joined the Army, but still. "So nobody ever flirted with shrimpy, skin-and-bones Steve." He tried recalling more of that afternoon. "I was sketching, I think, that day. So I was kinda off in my head, but... I still wouldn't have realized the waitress was being anything more than just friendly and attentive."
Flirting with him really was a lost cause. Especially if there was real meaning behind it, because he was always second-guessing his assumptions. He hoped, maybe, that a little of Marie's flirting was more than just second nature; that eventually, it might lead to something more. But at this point, he wouldn't dare assume it, and he hoped she understood that she'd probably end up making the first move, otherwise they'd be in this polite, flirtatious teasing stage until he really was 90 years old.
[I seriously STILL have no idea how I feel about it! Besides happy that Steve didn't die. Maybe the movie actually broke my feels. Except for Steve--still have all the Steve feels.]