[The metal of her hand is cool against her skin, not unwelcome but undoubtedly different. This whole thing is a trust exercise at heart, a push, a pull, and a hope for the best. But she meant what she said. They'd get through it, somehow.]
Till the end of the line.
[Steph will mimic those words as many times as she needs too. It's probably eight kinds of sappy, but that doesn't make it mean any less.]
[She does let her sleep because she obviously needs all the rest she can get. Besides, there's food to make. Stephanie Rogers might not have inherited much from her mother, but the cooking skills she did get. She has a well-worn pan that perfect portions of batter go on and she tries so very, very hard not to laugh aloud at Bucky's unconscious flailing.]
[It's not more than half an hour later before there are two plates on the table, piled high with still steaming pancakes. And yes, that's real maple syrup as the center piece, all the way from the green hills of Vermont.]
Hey. [She touches her shoulder gently, hoping to nudge her awake slowly rather that startle her.] Food's ready.
[There's enough to feed a small army, and considering Steph's ridiculous metabolism, the two of them might just qualify as one.]
buck you can't do that you'd be a dictator ESPECIALLY NOT A PANCAKE DICTATOR
Till the end of the line.
[Steph will mimic those words as many times as she needs too. It's probably eight kinds of sappy, but that doesn't make it mean any less.]
[She does let her sleep because she obviously needs all the rest she can get. Besides, there's food to make. Stephanie Rogers might not have inherited much from her mother, but the cooking skills she did get. She has a well-worn pan that perfect portions of batter go on and she tries so very, very hard not to laugh aloud at Bucky's unconscious flailing.]
[It's not more than half an hour later before there are two plates on the table, piled high with still steaming pancakes. And yes, that's real maple syrup as the center piece, all the way from the green hills of Vermont.]
Hey. [She touches her shoulder gently, hoping to nudge her awake slowly rather that startle her.] Food's ready.
[There's enough to feed a small army, and considering Steph's ridiculous metabolism, the two of them might just qualify as one.]