fic: as though they knew the way (2/?)

[professor_spork]

Title: as though they knew the way (2/?)
Author: professor_spork
Beta: hermionerd
Fandom: The Avengers, Glee
Character/Pairing: Steve Rogers, Rachel Berry
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Everyone's been trying to get him back into the world, but all Steve wants is to hold onto what he lost... until a chance meeting at a Broadway show from his past sends him hurtling straight into an

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[stillxmyxheart]

After all, Neil Patrick Harris has never actually called her up to ask if she’d babysit his twins, despite her most fervid dreaming
I just laughed out loud.

and she’s wearing this deep purple silk robe... thing... that shows enough thigh that Steve has to make a conscious effort to keep his eyes on her face
*bites lip*

“Believe it or not, some things are more important than your face."
*cackles*

And if his handshake is a little firmer than he usually allows for civilians... well, he’s done worse.
As Jesse cradles his right hand to his chest, massaging it lightly
*snickers*

His toes curl nervously in his shoes, flexing out his anxiety
Oh, god, he's just so precious, I can't.

“Captain America wants to get me soup because I don’t feel well,” she reiterates.
“You have to admit, it does sound like something I would do,” he says, daring to joke; his confidence builds when she laughs again.
TOO MUCH CUTE.

You’re so cute when you’re all rumpled.
Tony, stop flirting. And my brain just made a Captain Jack comparison...

Now all she can

[professor_spork]

I just laughed out loud.

RACHEL JUST WANTS WHAT ANY RATIONAL HUMAN BEING WOULD.

*cackles*

the best part about including Jesse is that it means I can show off a bit of Rachel's less-nice side; she doesn't take his shit anymore.

Tony, stop flirting. And my brain just made a Captain Jack comparison...

oh my god have you seen the photoset where Steve remembers Jack from the war IT IS THE MOST UPSETTING THING

[stillxmyxheart]

she doesn't take his shit anymore
Mmm, yesplz.

I HAVE OMG. I didn't reblog it because I still haven't seen Captain America (it's in my watchlist on Amazon, I should watch it before my Prime trial runs out), but yes, I saw that, and felt many feels ;_:

[professor_spork]

OH MY GOD BABE YOU HAVE TO SEE CAPTAIN AMERICA

I'm saying this as a film major, not as a fangirl: it is excellent cinema and a benchmark in its genre. and HIS FACE, MORE OF HIS FACE ALWAYS, I CANNOT EVEN EXPLAIN TO YOU.

fix this POST HASTE.

[johnmayergirl23]

Perfect. Everything is perfect.

“Feed a cold, starve a fever. That’s what they say, right?” If he had a nickel for every time Bucky said that to him, handing over the larger share of food because Steve was ill…
STOP, this killed me.

I love Jesse's appearance! And you write Tony so well. Nothing but perfection, as usual. :)

[professor_spork]

Oh man you have no idea how hard it was to edit down that Bucky mention to what you saw; it was originally a whole extra paragraph of overwrought sadness because BUCKYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY