Hearing her words, Steve hung his head and muttered to himself, "Aww, Christ." It wasn't that he minded Rogue laughing at him, or even teasing him. He just didn't like making an ass out of himself. He'd been doing just fine when they were being professional; but then something had tripped a wire in his brain, reminding him that she was a woman - an attractive woman, not that it mattered - and he'd basically just accidentally uttered a horrible pick-up line.
Snatching up his pack, Steve jogged a few steps to catch up with her. He just had to remember they were colleagues. He didn't know Rogue at all, so it was a little like working with Natasha in the beginning. Although he'd already instinctively trusted Natasha; that tended to happen when you went into a battle against aliens together.
He hadn't picked up on anything from Rogue that told him he couldn't trust her, though. Charles trusted her, enough to put her in charge of a school full of superhuman children. That was enough for Steve, at least professionally. They'd be working closely together on the design of the school, so Steve wanted to trust her personally... he just wasn't sure if he could, entirely. He trusted easily, and sometimes it didn't work out.
It wasn't like he had anything to hide, anyway. He was used to his life literally being an open book; 'Captain America: The Rise and Fall and Return of An American Hero'. Chapter 51: Same Time, New World. Or maybe Once More Unto the Breech. But he wasn't sure he'd be comfortable reading from it aloud to anyone unfamiliar with it.
Pulling up just behind her shoulder and to the side, Steve said, "There's an old Chinese curse I seem to have been branded with. 'May you live in interesting times.' I personally would love to have things be dull for a while."
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Snatching up his pack, Steve jogged a few steps to catch up with her. He just had to remember they were colleagues. He didn't know Rogue at all, so it was a little like working with Natasha in the beginning. Although he'd already instinctively trusted Natasha; that tended to happen when you went into a battle against aliens together.
He hadn't picked up on anything from Rogue that told him he couldn't trust her, though. Charles trusted her, enough to put her in charge of a school full of superhuman children. That was enough for Steve, at least professionally. They'd be working closely together on the design of the school, so Steve wanted to trust her personally... he just wasn't sure if he could, entirely. He trusted easily, and sometimes it didn't work out.
It wasn't like he had anything to hide, anyway. He was used to his life literally being an open book; 'Captain America: The Rise and Fall and Return of An American Hero'. Chapter 51: Same Time, New World. Or maybe Once More Unto the Breech. But he wasn't sure he'd be comfortable reading from it aloud to anyone unfamiliar with it.
Pulling up just behind her shoulder and to the side, Steve said, "There's an old Chinese curse I seem to have been branded with. 'May you live in interesting times.' I personally would love to have things be dull for a while."