Well, I like them. [She doesn't reach out to touch them, like she had back in the cave, even if she wants to. But they're in public, and that's something a little too intimate, gives too much away for her to do it in the middle of the dancefloor, even if the same meaning holds in her blue eyes.
She does laugh a little when he mentions Rogers, a wry sort of smile curving her red lips as they danced, swaying to the beat of the music, letting him lead as she followed. He's right, of course. Ava's tastes have never exactly ]
Well, Steve's nice, but he's not quite my type. So I'd still pick you for a magazine cover.
[And not just because of Peggy- but also because of Peggy. Steve was just too good, really. She liked him, they were friendly, but she felt a little like he wanted to save her from the bad things that had happened to her, and she couldn't be saved. In truth, she didn't even really want to be saved. Her life was her life, except for when Natasha's life was her life. And that was just what it was.
And he still owed her a sparring match.
He chuckles and she smiles. Her tone is a little coy, but overall pleased. It even blossoms into a grin as he picks her up by the waist, twirling her around in the air, and she lets him, trusts him to do it. There's a thrill to it, too. The strength in his hands, the easy way that he shows off.
She's a little flushed, her eyes bright by the time she has both feet on the ground again. And there's a pause, and she looks up at him, a little bit pleased at the way that he calls it an ego boost, but also the fact that he calls it cute. Which maybe isn't exactly reciprocation, but it's something nice, the sort of compliments that Ava got so rarely, and almost never genuinely.] Well, I just wanted to make sure. It's been a while since I had someone I wanted to flirt with, you know.
You really think I'm cute?
[She plays it off easily enough, but the claim that it's been a while since she had someone to flirt with is a slightly tragic understatement. So maybe she's fishing for compliments, just a little, because she likes the way it makes her feel when Rumlow says it. And hell knows she hasn't exactly had a lot of them in her life.]
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She does laugh a little when he mentions Rogers, a wry sort of smile curving her red lips as they danced, swaying to the beat of the music, letting him lead as she followed. He's right, of course. Ava's tastes have never exactly ]
Well, Steve's nice, but he's not quite my type. So I'd still pick you for a magazine cover.
[And not just because of Peggy- but also because of Peggy. Steve was just too good, really. She liked him, they were friendly, but she felt a little like he wanted to save her from the bad things that had happened to her, and she couldn't be saved. In truth, she didn't even really want to be saved. Her life was her life, except for when Natasha's life was her life. And that was just what it was.
And he still owed her a sparring match.
He chuckles and she smiles. Her tone is a little coy, but overall pleased. It even blossoms into a grin as he picks her up by the waist, twirling her around in the air, and she lets him, trusts him to do it. There's a thrill to it, too. The strength in his hands, the easy way that he shows off.
She's a little flushed, her eyes bright by the time she has both feet on the ground again. And there's a pause, and she looks up at him, a little bit pleased at the way that he calls it an ego boost, but also the fact that he calls it cute. Which maybe isn't exactly reciprocation, but it's something nice, the sort of compliments that Ava got so rarely, and almost never genuinely.] Well, I just wanted to make sure. It's been a while since I had someone I wanted to flirt with, you know.
You really think I'm cute?
[She plays it off easily enough, but the claim that it's been a while since she had someone to flirt with is a slightly tragic understatement. So maybe she's fishing for compliments, just a little, because she likes the way it makes her feel when Rumlow says it. And hell knows she hasn't exactly had a lot of them in her life.]