“Okay, this is either the saddest or the sweetest, I’m not sure.” Clint and Darcy are hovering over Steve’s shoulder. Steve glances down and sighs before going ahead and adding Toni in, scolding Dummy. He starts sketching the coffee table, but before he thinks about it, there are extra coffee cups, drifts of paper, Dummy hovering over them protectively. They’re talking about American arts and crafts pottery when Steve realizes the hunched shoulders and messy head of dark wavy hair is unmistakably Toni, too. The delicate, long fingers with burns, nicks and calluses couldn’t be anyone else’s.
He’s halfway through an absent sketch, much more occupied when he has something to do with his hands, when he realizes that he’s been drawing Toni’s hands. He tries to pay attention to the federal-style chairs on the television, but it’s hardly distracting enough, so he excuses himself again, pops into Toni’s workshop for “his” drawing supplies and comes back. Waiting, now that he’s made up his mind, is excruciating. Steve barely keeps himself from calling Toni- she’ll be back in New York soon enough, and it’s probably the kind of thing that should be done in person. Thor would probably want to get on the field and play. Although, not just because he wants to take her to the game, he hopes Toni can make it. If Toni can’t make it, he’ll just try again later and take Thor instead. He decides to just buy the tickets for Thursday afternoon, because they’re only 20 dollars- which, though it seems insane for baseball tickets, is not a lot of money. He excuses himself and calls the stadium ticketing office- he’s used to just going, but Steve doesn’t want to leave anything to chance. Through most of his childhood it had been the Dodgers versus the Giants, he still manages to hold some resentment in his heart for the Yankees for the ’41 World Series.
#WORDISH T SHIRTS SERIES#
He’s pleased to find they’ll be back in town two days from then, starting the Subway Series at Yankee Stadium. Upon being told the Dodgers were in California of all places, Steve had been forced to make a decision and found the Mets the lesser of two evils. He pulls out his phone and, marveling at technology with maybe a hand from Bruce, looks up the Mets schedule for the next two weeks. There’s a young man with his grandfather’s minor leagues uniform and it hits Steve. “Running it again.” He gestures to the empty sofa, which Steve accepts. “Yesterday’s data was awful,” Bruce says by way of explanation. He’s a little stumped, so he takes a break and wanders out to the living room where Bruce is watching the antiques show again. She also likes blowing things up for science, being right, and making things- and does not like flowers or talking about her father.
Toni likes places that are unpretentious, preferably with food and easy access to a bar. (And kisses to leupagus, always, who fixed this bitch up while recovering from pneumonia.) WE'RE IN THE HOME STRETCH THOUGH, GUYS, BEAR WITH ME. Notes: In an ongoing trend, I apparently can't edit unless it's 1 in the morning or something.
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