Rogue listened to every word of the story Steve had crafted from his own life, not once doing anything to interrupt him as her mind tumbled over the pieces of his life he was presenting, matching them with what she already knew from what he'd told her and what she'd read from history. It was heartbreaking, knowing that he had been dealing with all of this alone for the months since he'd woken up in this new, changed world.
When he got to the part about losing everyone he'd cared about, tears stung at her eyes and it became a little more difficult to breathe, but she was lost when he spoke of the woman he'd loved, lost, and was still losing everyday, a little bit at a time. And she knew without asking that this was the person he'd spoken with on the phone, and that had what had started the crying - he was still grieving the life he'd lost and everything he might have had with friends and loved ones.
Rogue clung to Steve while she tried to keep her own sobs inside, because this wasn't about her, damnit, and she should be strong enough to hold it together for him. But she wasn't, because her heart was breaking for him, and all she wanted to do was chase that pain away for him.
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Rogue listened to every word of the story Steve had crafted from his own life, not once doing anything to interrupt him as her mind tumbled over the pieces of his life he was presenting, matching them with what she already knew from what he'd told her and what she'd read from history. It was heartbreaking, knowing that he had been dealing with all of this alone for the months since he'd woken up in this new, changed world.
When he got to the part about losing everyone he'd cared about, tears stung at her eyes and it became a little more difficult to breathe, but she was lost when he spoke of the woman he'd loved, lost, and was still losing everyday, a little bit at a time. And she knew without asking that this was the person he'd spoken with on the phone, and that had what had started the crying - he was still grieving the life he'd lost and everything he might have had with friends and loved ones.
Rogue clung to Steve while she tried to keep her own sobs inside, because this wasn't about her, damnit, and she should be strong enough to hold it together for him. But she wasn't, because her heart was breaking for him, and all she wanted to do was chase that pain away for him.