[ Not for the first time, she feels the weight of his gaze on her. Maybe it's something she's said or maybe it's another piece of a hidden puzzle slotting into place, but this time she looks back and sees that expression again β the one reserved for Captain Rogers on the field. It makes her cheeks warm and although her lips curve in a small smile with the sincerity of his reply, she does have to look away again.
There are times she doesn't feel the stretch of decades between them. And there are moments like now where it's so obvious that he's witnessing the marriage of who she is and who she becomes. It's a little flustering but flattering, too, that he trusts her β and her judgement, her opinions β so implicitly. That was only a recent development at the SSR and she fought tooth and nail for it. Here? It's common courtesy. Refreshing.
She clears her throat and straightens in her seat as they move on, her left side protesting with a twinge. ]
Mm, [ comes her soft hum of agreement. ] What sort of tests can we run for that? Can we test for that? Bloodwork seems to come back as normal for the most part.
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There are times she doesn't feel the stretch of decades between them. And there are moments like now where it's so obvious that he's witnessing the marriage of who she is and who she becomes. It's a little flustering but flattering, too, that he trusts her β and her judgement, her opinions β so implicitly. That was only a recent development at the SSR and she fought tooth and nail for it. Here? It's common courtesy. Refreshing.
She clears her throat and straightens in her seat as they move on, her left side protesting with a twinge. ]
Mm, [ comes her soft hum of agreement. ] What sort of tests can we run for that? Can we test for that? Bloodwork seems to come back as normal for the most part.