Maybe, depending on how the rest of their day went, Steve would invite Marie to his apartment after the fireworks for a nightcap. Nothing more would be intended, but he'd learned early on that to be successful, a strategy needed to be flexible. So if something ended up happening, so be it. He was good at playing things by ear.

He smiled in relief, both that she'd accepted and seemed to take the invitation at face value. There might have been a small kernel of disappointment in there, but he firmly squashed it down. They'd just met, and they'd already established that neither one of them was willing to play fast and loose.

"Might be easier from there, anyway," he admitted. "I'm not really sure how crowded the bridge is gonna be. I haven't been to a fireworks display in..." he made a face. "Well, a really long time." Even back when he'd been a kid, it had been kind of crowded. He could only imagine what it would be like, nowadays.