Rose reappears then, the front of her clothes soaked, but otherwise clean.
"You don't?" The look she gives Clint is almost worried. "You don't think it's cool? Why not?"
"Never mind," Steve says. He ruffles her hair. She gives him a look - I just brushed that - and pursues the uniform question with dogged determination.
"It's for heroes. For hope, and protecting good things. For changing bad ones. Why don't you like it?"
"He didn't say he didn't like it, honey." Steve kneels, finger-combing her hair back into some kind of order. "It means a lot of things for different people. That's one of the reasons it matters. He doesn't have to feel like you do."
Rose clearly doesn't quite understand, but she doesn't question her dad. Instead she jams her thumb into her mouth, considering Clint's question. "Is that true about bed-time?"
Steve chuckles. "It's not wrong. Do you know what you want to read?"
"Narnia!" All questions of heroes-in-training and uniforms and flags are immediately forgotten. Rose goes running into the girls' room, stripping off her soaked shirt as she goes.
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"You don't?" The look she gives Clint is almost worried. "You don't think it's cool? Why not?"
"Never mind," Steve says. He ruffles her hair. She gives him a look - I just brushed that - and pursues the uniform question with dogged determination.
"It's for heroes. For hope, and protecting good things. For changing bad ones. Why don't you like it?"
"He didn't say he didn't like it, honey." Steve kneels, finger-combing her hair back into some kind of order. "It means a lot of things for different people. That's one of the reasons it matters. He doesn't have to feel like you do."
Rose clearly doesn't quite understand, but she doesn't question her dad. Instead she jams her thumb into her mouth, considering Clint's question. "Is that true about bed-time?"
Steve chuckles. "It's not wrong. Do you know what you want to read?"
"Narnia!" All questions of heroes-in-training and uniforms and flags are immediately forgotten. Rose goes running into the girls' room, stripping off her soaked shirt as she goes.