[IC] [SELF-INDULGENT MUSEBOXING]

[senior_citizen]

because Sabra AUs are fun and games until someone loses an eye

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[senior_citizen]

Yeah. Since I was dead and all.

[ though it's still messy. hes just kind of. holding it up to his mouth and taking big bites out of the raw meat. ]

[midgardener]

[ she's just. not looking away. it's fine. that's beef. it's OK. this is fine this is fine thisisfinethisisfinethisisfinethisisfine ]

[senior_citizen]

[ toootally cool. nevermind that meat is meat and he's still getting awful red from it splattering everywhere... ]

[midgardener]

[ HAHA THE SOUND OF MEAT PULLING APART, SEEING BONE ITS FINE ITS GOING TO BE OVER SOON ]

[senior_citizen]

[ at least. at least he eats very quickly. though that's probably unsettling too, seeing all that flesh disappear so rapidly into such a tiny frame. ]

[midgardener]

[ she's silent for a long, long moment, then hands him a clean rag ]

[senior_citizen]

[ sssets the bone back down, then takes the rag ]

... Thank you. I feel a lot better.

[midgardener]

We're team mates.

[senior_citizen]

...

[ cleaning himself up ... ]

The me who has these dog tags?

[midgardener]

[ she pulls out her own from under her dress ]

[senior_citizen]

[ compares them, seeing the salamander ]

Did ... did I forget ...

[midgardener]

I don't think so. I think you're different.

[senior_citizen]

Someone different ...

[ a flicker of recognition ]

Was I Captain America?

[midgardener]

[ nods ]

[senior_citizen]

[ his shoulders droop a bit ]

The alternate universe. The one Dr. Banner knows.

[midgardener]

But also . . . the one where you grew up in the slums, where no one thought you were worth it as a person. Where you just wanted to be someone who could protect people.

[senior_citizen]

[ bows his head ]

That's all the same.

[midgardener]

Well, I'm a slum rat too. And, more than anything else, I want to see people happy and safe.


So, if that's the same, then you can be my team mate too.

[senior_citizen]

... Even though I'm not him? Even though I'm hers?

[midgardener]

[ "He's probably say something idiotic, like... " ]


Steve is Steve.

[senior_citizen]

[ flushes a little, hanging his head ]

This is a bad choice.

[midgardener]

Letting someone help you?

[senior_citizen]

[ he nods ]

Eventually I'm going to lose it. Your whole team might die.

[midgardener]

Have it today.

[senior_citizen]

[ he looks up at her, searching her face ... ]

... Just today.