There's comfort in the old ways, the times that he can be solid and a rock to Steve who needs him, who wants him, who is willing to defy everything to keep him there.
They belong together, they need each other and this is what they do for one another, how they make it work.
It doesn't matter that its wrong anymore, it doesn't matter that his joints are stiff, his thoughts strange and functions foreign, he's with Steve and that's what he's supposed to do, that is how this goes.
He pulls him into an awkward hug, body rying to curl around his friend as if he can shield him from all the guilt riding him down. He can try tough, he can move his hands, strange as they are, up and down Steve's back and promise though snippets that it's going to be all rgiht.
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They belong together, they need each other and this is what they do for one another, how they make it work.
It doesn't matter that its wrong anymore, it doesn't matter that his joints are stiff, his thoughts strange and functions foreign, he's with Steve and that's what he's supposed to do, that is how this goes.
He pulls him into an awkward hug, body rying to curl around his friend as if he can shield him from all the guilt riding him down. He can try tough, he can move his hands, strange as they are, up and down Steve's back and promise though snippets that it's going to be all rgiht.