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controlledvariable) wrote2014-10-18 03:43 pm
controlledvariable) wrote2014-10-18 03:43 pm
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Clothes and food? Are you trying to make a kept woman outta me?
[shut up steph]
[shut up steph]
I'm not sure what the opposite of a kept woman is, exactly, but I'm sure we can work something out.
[Don't wink, don't wink, don't-- oh she winked.]
[Don't wink, don't wink, don't-- oh she winked.]
All I'm getting here is "mistress".
[steph u need 2 stop]
[steph u need 2 stop]
I thought the word was 'Madam'?
[GOD HE IS TRYING SO HARD TO HOLD HIS GROUND I mean come on he lived in a building with plenty of hustlers it's literally decades too late for his virgin ears, but-- this is the sort of locker room banter he'd get in the army, not-- you know, with a lady.]
[GOD HE IS TRYING SO HARD TO HOLD HIS GROUND I mean come on he lived in a building with plenty of hustlers it's literally decades too late for his virgin ears, but-- this is the sort of locker room banter he'd get in the army, not-- you know, with a lady.]
[His mistake is thinking that Steph's a lady.]
I'm not nearly organised enough to run a brothel.
[god, Steve, its like you don't even know her]
I'm not nearly organised enough to run a brothel.
[god, Steve, its like you don't even know her]
[This is how she makes friends]
If I was trying for shock value I'd just take my clothes off.
If I was trying for shock value I'd just take my clothes off.
[He is taking it as a personal challenge not to let her fluster him, and right now he's half winning that battle.]
You think I got through any kind of respectable art program never having seen a naked woman?
[People were hard up for money in the Depression. It used to be, life models were prostitutes or hustlers looking to make a little on the side, but in the 30s it became common to see anybody down on their luck trying it out. Nudity without passion isn't anything that could even remotely ruffle him.]
You think I got through any kind of respectable art program never having seen a naked woman?
[People were hard up for money in the Depression. It used to be, life models were prostitutes or hustlers looking to make a little on the side, but in the 30s it became common to see anybody down on their luck trying it out. Nudity without passion isn't anything that could even remotely ruffle him.]
[Meanwhile it's now her personal challenge to fluster him.]
You think some naked model in an art class has anything on me?
[like wow, Steve, rude.]
You think some naked model in an art class has anything on me?
[like wow, Steve, rude.]
[It makes him bristle a little, although he's sure she's kidding, it strikes him as being disrespectful to the men and women he's drawn, and his mouth thins a little in disapproval.]
Bodies tell a story. As an artist, you try to capture that. It's not always about being an ideal beauty.
Bodies tell a story. As an artist, you try to capture that. It's not always about being an ideal beauty.
[She raises an eyebrow, head cocked slightly to the side as she notes that bristling. But she wouldn't be her if she packed down, though she can also try to... backpedal, just a little.]
That's what I meant, Rogers.
[Well, it kind of is, but between her muscles and her scars, she sure as hell knows she's not most people's idea of beauty.]
That's what I meant, Rogers.
[Well, it kind of is, but between her muscles and her scars, she sure as hell knows she's not most people's idea of beauty.]
[She watches him again for a moment, weighing up her next words, then:]
I hit a nerve. Sorry.
[If she's going to make this friendship thing work, she needs to be a) more self aware and b) willing to apologize when she screws up. And she does want to make this friendship thing work.]
I hit a nerve. Sorry.
[If she's going to make this friendship thing work, she needs to be a) more self aware and b) willing to apologize when she screws up. And she does want to make this friendship thing work.]
I'll see you there.
[ he's already there when she reaches, having called her from their usual spot, practicing a few moves. Rumlow's arrival hasn't made him angrier, but more pensive. He's seventy years behind and that's not going to fix itself unless he does some uncomfortable things. He nods to Steph. ]
I'm going to hit back today.
[ he's already there when she reaches, having called her from their usual spot, practicing a few moves. Rumlow's arrival hasn't made him angrier, but more pensive. He's seventy years behind and that's not going to fix itself unless he does some uncomfortable things. He nods to Steph. ]
I'm going to hit back today.
[She isn't surprised to see him already there, just jogs over so that she doesn't keep him waiting too long.
And then he says that, and she has to frown a little.]
Everything okay?
[She isn't worried about herself, just him.]
And then he says that, and she has to frown a little.]
Everything okay?
[She isn't worried about herself, just him.]
[ He gives her a wan smile. ]
All good. Just been givin' it some thought: ain't doing myself any favours by not hitting a dame.
[ it'll never sit right with him, but he'll do more than fight defensively ]
All good. Just been givin' it some thought: ain't doing myself any favours by not hitting a dame.
[ it'll never sit right with him, but he'll do more than fight defensively ]
Well finally.
[It's a little lighter than her mood is, because she's not quite sure she buys that answer. Still, she drops her water bottle and starts stretching, since the jog over wasn't quite enough to warm her up properly.]
[It's a little lighter than her mood is, because she's not quite sure she buys that answer. Still, she drops her water bottle and starts stretching, since the jog over wasn't quite enough to warm her up properly.]
[ He flexes his metal fingers and looks over, amused ]
What, you had a bet with somebody?
What, you had a bet with somebody?
Nah, I was just waiting for the day you managed to pull your head outta your ass.
[She's riling him up on purposes, smirking as she settles into a defensive position.
If he's going to hit back now, he can start.]
[She's riling him up on purposes, smirking as she settles into a defensive position.
If he's going to hit back now, he can start.]
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