mission 02: voice, action

[unspangled]

Who: Steve Rogers (AU)
Broadcast: Fleet
Action: Heron or Iskaulit; Work, Art Therapy, Gym
When: During drift

broadcast
If you could have any name, would you keep your own or pick something new?


action
[ If you're looking for this former star-spangled menace, he can generally be found one of two places. On the Heron, attending to his ship responsibilities, or on the Iskaulit, tentatively settling in with newer responsibilities. He can often be found in the gym, preferably at odd hours, and it's not inconceivable he might wander into the art therapy room to see what it's all about. ]

Comments

[outstandingbalance]

When you put it that way, Grant sounds a lot better.

[Wryly, a little flippant, but there's some very real support there. She doesn't push, but if he's going to show an inclination to exercise his agency like that, she'll encourage it.]

[unspangled]

[ Something eases in his expression, and maybe the set of his jaw relaxes just a little too. In the face of Natasha's willingness to accept what is, for Steve, a large and somewhat terrifying step. ]

It does. [ he clears his throat. ] Something to think about, anyway.

[outstandingbalance]

Just let me know. I'll update your contact in my phone.

[No rush. But if he wants to sit with it for an hour or a day.]

Anyone else have interesting things to say? I figure a lot of people have opinions about names.

[unspangled]

I will. [ With a faint note of bewilderment, that Natasha is sticking with this association between them for no discernable reason other than she wants to. That's going to feel weird for a long time. ] People do have opinions. Lots of them.

Seems like people keep their original ones because it's easy, or there's something meaningful. [ which doesn't help him out much, but at least it's intel. ]

[outstandingbalance]

Easy is probably why most people do most things. [Natasha's been guilty of that too.] But it's not usually a strong argument.

[unspangled]

But having a meaningful connection does.

[ make a strong argument. ]

[outstandingbalance]

If you have a meaningful connection, it does. Sounds personal.

[By which she means, there's no requirement to have one.]

[unspangled]

Aren't most things personal? In that people care about things when it touches them in some way?

[ as opposed to making a choice simply because it's the right one. ]

[outstandingbalance]

Maybe. Something like this, probably.

[Something where there's no right answer.]

Other things... like I said, it depends. Sometimes we try not to let it get personal.

Clouds the judgment.

[unspangled]

That's certainly one way to look at it. [ He thinks he gets where she's coming from, but not certain it's the right way for him. Then again this is a learning experience on top of being kidnapped. ]

I think sometimes, it becomes personal whether we want it to or not.

[outstandingbalance]

It happens. [She can't argue that. Still, that objectivity was what she was trained for. She tries.

Maybe more than she should sometimes.] Especially when it's your name.