“Yeah, but I make you laugh,” Steve breathes out lazily, leaning over to gently poke his fingertip at the upturned corner of her mouth. “Even though you try so hard not to.”
It isn’t a criticism, and he doesn’t say it like one. He isn’t teasing, either. He knows that Maeve keeps her emotions guarded, and she has good reason to do so. Steve does the same, to a lesser extent, but he wants to make Maeve laugh. She deserves to laugh, so yeah, he’ll go to ridiculous lengths to make it happen. He’s happy to do so, because he— well, he’s pretty sure that he loves her.
Well, that’s something to analyze when he’s not stoned.
“Yeah.” Steve pops the rest of his s’more into his mouth and chews, wiping his mouth with the back of his hand as he swallows. “It’s a ways over there,” he says, gesturing vaguely towards the East. “But I picked this spot because it has a neat lagoon type thing that the lake feeds into. Less crowded.”
He pushes himself to his feet and looks around, figuring out what they’d need to do before leaving the site. Put the fire out, probably. “Did you bring a suit?”
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It isn’t a criticism, and he doesn’t say it like one. He isn’t teasing, either. He knows that Maeve keeps her emotions guarded, and she has good reason to do so. Steve does the same, to a lesser extent, but he wants to make Maeve laugh. She deserves to laugh, so yeah, he’ll go to ridiculous lengths to make it happen. He’s happy to do so, because he— well, he’s pretty sure that he loves her.
Well, that’s something to analyze when he’s not stoned.
“Yeah.” Steve pops the rest of his s’more into his mouth and chews, wiping his mouth with the back of his hand as he swallows. “It’s a ways over there,” he says, gesturing vaguely towards the East. “But I picked this spot because it has a neat lagoon type thing that the lake feeds into. Less crowded.”
He pushes himself to his feet and looks around, figuring out what they’d need to do before leaving the site. Put the fire out, probably. “Did you bring a suit?”