[Good, because he's not letting go of her any time soon (even if he really does want a closer look at the dragon). Wanda needs him to be here, and so this is where he belongs. It's as simple as that.]
You made a choice not to embrace that side of yourself. Every day since we've met, you've had the choice of giving up and you never have.
[Giving up on being an Avenger? Even after Germany, she'd stayed with Steve and fought for what was right in her own way, even if it had to be from the shadows. But that's not all he's referring to. No, he hadn't realized it at first, being too young to recognize the signs, but looking back on it with the experiences he's had, especially since she'd escaped from the Raft, he knows that choice was there every time she got out of bed in the morning. How much easier would it be to just give up? Leave living to people who had clarity of purpose, who had more resolve, who didn't hurt with every breath drawn because they felt so alone?
And so he follows it up with the only right answer: another kiss, heavier than the one before. And when he breaks it, he murmurs into her ear, knowing she has a very specific reaction to the sound of his lowered voice.]
I love you because you are human, Wanda. Not in spite of it. You have flaws and you have weaknesses and still you choose to be the best person you can be. Don't you understand how that's beautiful?
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You made a choice not to embrace that side of yourself. Every day since we've met, you've had the choice of giving up and you never have.
[Giving up on being an Avenger? Even after Germany, she'd stayed with Steve and fought for what was right in her own way, even if it had to be from the shadows. But that's not all he's referring to. No, he hadn't realized it at first, being too young to recognize the signs, but looking back on it with the experiences he's had, especially since she'd escaped from the Raft, he knows that choice was there every time she got out of bed in the morning. How much easier would it be to just give up? Leave living to people who had clarity of purpose, who had more resolve, who didn't hurt with every breath drawn because they felt so alone?
And so he follows it up with the only right answer: another kiss, heavier than the one before. And when he breaks it, he murmurs into her ear, knowing she has a very specific reaction to the sound of his lowered voice.]
I love you because you are human, Wanda. Not in spite of it. You have flaws and you have weaknesses and still you choose to be the best person you can be. Don't you understand how that's beautiful?