What Timeline Is This?! (Avengers soulmate au)

31 - Rederections

Pov - Steve

I let Ayana gether her thoughts, watched her as she focused on articulating her explanation and emotions in a way that was accurate enough for her, and clear enough for me.

She sighed, bringing her arms to her middle, and faced me with a grimace "does alcohol really work like liquid courage? I never had enough to feel any different..."

"Sugar, you don't need that. I'll wait for as long-"

"No, I want to tell you now- I wanted to tell you the second we met... But the longer I wait and think about it, the less I know how..."

"Are you sure?"

"It makes more sense if you know this shit, not me..." she said on the verge of tears "and I really want to get drunk here, it's so pretty"

I chuckled, scanning the chaos of gore and garbage and strobing lights "Don't be ridiculous, doll. you're the only one here I'd like a picture of..." I then squeezed her nose to make it beep, snorting when my movement slightly startled her and made her eyes flutter uncontrollably "even with that bulbous nose"

"Whachu say about my nose?" she whined and pouted, I had to bite my lip and turn away before I burst laughing "Take that back, straw hat"

"I understood that reference..."

"Fuck your references"

"Language!"

She stood, looking for what I assumed was the improvised bar at the entrance "Fuck your language!"

𖤓*⁺⭒࿐ ࿔*:･

"You know, Stevie?" Ayana blinked, staring at nothing in particular with furrowed brows and twirling fingers "giving people alcohol at a place full of scary things is soooo stupid"

"Agreed..."

Ayana had about 3 ounces worth of alcohol from 7 different mixed drinks, and she was an adorable drunk.

I kept my jealousy to myself and silently prayed that her susceptibility to liquor remained as her power grew instead of vanishing or laying dormant like in my case.

Maybe I just need to look for something strong enough...

"So stupid! You know, I could.. I could..." her eyes zeroed in on a girl with a pirate costume that danced by "I could pull off that wig"

"Huh?" 

"I have'nt shown you pirates of the Carrabian_ yet!" she gasped instead of clearifying "Jhonny Depp is still hot!"

"Crop-top from nightmare on elm street, right?"

"Yeah! And so many movies!"

"I saw the list, I like 'Sweeny Tod' too, can we-?"

"I want to watch 'Dark Shadows' again"

"The trailer?"

"No... I like the werewolf in it... And the vampires and the witch and the ghost and she dies at the end but it's okay I really like her face, very Tim-Butron-y. The whole thing is Tim-Burton-y minus the no use of stop motion. I'll kill myself before ever animating like that, my perfectionism could never! I like seeing it tho. We should watch 'Coraline' instead, babe"

"Caroline"

"It's Coraline!" she yelled and giggled

Three women with blue hair and yellow raincoats turned to look which made Ayana's giggle turn erratic and she couldn't keep herself in one spot.