entrancelogs | [Open] Life doesn't discriminate Between the sinners and the saints

Who: Steve Rogers and YOU
Where: Starting on the beach and then around the mansion
When: Saturday 10/20
Rating: PG13?
Summary: Steve is back from home, slightly beat up and looking a little worse for the wear
The Story:

[ One minute he's fighting in Wakanda, over run by Thanos' army, literally. He's on his back on the ground and he's got at least five on top of him that he's struggling to shrug off. The next thing he knows the weight is off him and thats the Bifrost and lightening raining down on the plains of Wakanda. Thor is alive, and thats the biggest relief Steve has felt in two days.

He doesn't even have time for that to sink in before he's blinking and he's definitely not in Wakanda anymore. He's on a beach, sitting on the sand just out of the reach of the water laping at the shore. It all comes back in an instant. Wonderland. He lets out a frustrated noise as he lifts himself up. It had to pull him back right then? In the middle of everything? Right when everything is hanging in the balance? When he doesn't have answers for the questions he knows he'll face.

He sighs and making his way back up to the mansion, theres nothing he can do about it now. But he could use a shower, and a change of clothes. And then there's some people he needs to talk to. He looks like he's been through a war, and he'll probably turn some heads as he heads up to the ninth floor. It might take him a little longer than anticipated. ]

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Roger that. I'll meet you there.

[She doesn't press for more details. If Steve wants to meet somewhere—somewhere private, from the sound of it—then she'll wait to find out face to face. She can be patient.

She'll also be early. Not by much, but she's already there when he arrives, waiting with her arms crossed and a serious expression.]

[ He’s not surprised she’s there first, and while his expression is serious it’s god to see her. With red hair, he misses the red. He’s really still not used to her as a blonde. ]

Hey. This place is still standing I see, how long was I gone?

Not long. A little over a week.

[Her brow furrows in concern, studying his face.]

How long was it for you?

A few months. I’m caught up with Tony now. A little bit beyond.

[ He looks at her seriously. ]

How much do you want to know? What do you know from Tony?

Some. The broad strokes. [A vague answer. She'd rather not have him leave things out because Tony already mentioned them.] Where are we at?

[ He’ll start from the beginning then. ] Thanos is coming for the infinity stones. There are two on earth, Vision has the mind stone, someone named Doctor Strange has the time stone- Tony went after him into space.

Thanos’ soldiers tracked down Vision and Wanda in Scotland but we managed to get there in time and stop them. [ He pauses, looking at her closely before he says the next part. ] Bruce is back. He’s the one that warned us, apparently he had been off world for the last two years as the Hulk. He was with Thor when Thanos attacked. He killed half the population of Asgard, and Bruce assumed he also killed Thor.

[Natasha's face doesn't give a lot away. It never does. Steve knows her well enough to see the slight flinch at Bruce's name and understand what it means. Nothing extreme, but there's regret there still.

The news about Thor and Asgard gets a more overt frown, her expression entirely professional concern.]

So Thanos needs these stones, we make sure he doesn't get them. Tony's on the time stone and we protect Vision.

[ He also knows her well enough to not dwell on Bruce, so he nods and keeps going. ]

Exactly. Vision thinks that Wanda’s powers can destroy the stone, but that would destroy Vision. That’s not an option, but Bruce thinks that there’s a way to disconnect the stone and keep Vision alive- so we’re currently in Wakanda. T’challa’s sister is working on a way to separate them and we are holding back Thanos’ army. This place pulled me back in the middle of that.

[ So he doesn’t know what happens, he doesn’t know if Tony succeeds, or if they succeed or if they all fail. He doesn’t like not knowing. ]

[Not encouraging. It could be worse, but... it's not encouraging. She doesn't exactly like that currently their ace in the hole is sacrificing Vision. Which is only if Wanda will do it.

She shakes her head.]

You okay? [She can't do anything about what's going on back home. Not now, not here. But she can check on Steve.]

[ Loaded question- is he okay? He’s not sure. He’d be better if he knew what was going to happen- he would not think that if he actually knew what if going to happen. He hesitates, rubbing a hand down his face. ]

I think so. Even if I’m not there’s nothing we can do from here.

You're here. I think that's the one thing we might be able to do something about. [Gently, her concern evident even if she keeps it restrained.] There's more than one way to not be okay.

[ He’s been telling himself he’s okay for so long he doesn’t actually know what okay means. ]

I know. I’m fine though, and here now, so at least it’s a break. Nothing is going to happen back home until we go back. That’s good anyway. [ He’s not abandoning earth by being here at least. ]

Now you sound like me.

[Which says a lot about what he's been through. Not that Steve hasn't been cagey about his feelings in the past—in some ways, they've had that in common. But there's something a little more hard bitten about his answer than she'd expect from him.

She won't press beyond that, though.]

Small favors. Even if we're here, we don't miss out one whatever's happening back there. No risk of not being there when you're needed.

[Open] Life doesn't discriminate Between the sinners and the saints

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