happy birthday, Steve !!

[ofstarlight]

I'm up for just about anything and will gladly use regular Steve here, pre-serum Steve or rule!63 Steve - Stephanie. Just let me know which you want. Regular Steve can be during TFA, CA:WS, CA:CW, post CW or any other kind of timeline. Pre-serum Steve can be pre-war, during the war or time travel and in the present time period. Stephanie can be any time period.

Here are some suggestions -



PARTIES: Whether group based, like a surprise party or something more lowkey with just a duo.

OUTINGS: Something non-party related. Art museums, BBQ/picnic, dinner etc etc.

CAKE TIME: What's a birthday without an amazing cake? Steve's favorite is vanilla bean with apple frosting because it's what his ma used to make when he was younger.

PRESENTS: Good luck getting him to take anything. Birthday or not, he doesn't accept presents very easily.

DANCING: Always bittersweet but one of the ultimate ways to connect for Steve.

FIREWORKS: It's the 4th after all!

SOMETHING ELSE: The sky is the limit. Mix/match, come up with something else. Throw whatever at me.

Comments

[stevegrogers]

[ Once and what seemed like so long ago, Steve loved and enjoyed birthdays, finding a certain kind of delight in the cake and the fireworks. A kind of liberation against the everyday gloom and doom of their circumstances. Life could be harsh, yes, a lesson quickly learned by those of the era but holidays and birthdays reminded all of them what they ultimately lived and breathed for. Something new and startling in every possible way.

Crashing into the water to save hundreds kind of put a damper on any kind of celebrating and for over seventy years things passed in a hazy glow. Nothing marked, nothing recognized.

Until the first gasping breath. He should have died and yet somehow he lived. Defying the odds stacked against him once again. The months swirled and eventually his birthday arrived again but the luster the day once held had shrinked down into nothing and he decided to take a walk by himself.

His feet eventually led him to the dance hall, a relic of times past and for some unknown reason he pushed himself inside and good thing he did because there she sat. The one who plagued his mind and seeped in and out of his dreams. Diana. The one who got away somewhat. ]

I think I owe you a dance, don't I?

[truthfulasso]

[It took her a moment to realize that he was actually there. There had been years before when she'd imagined just this moment, when Steve would come waltzing back into her life with that smile that made it impossible to stay mad at him, that charm that was so uniquely him. She'd pictured it so many times over the years, and even with the changes to the man, it was still him speaking to her.

Diana was stuck staring for a moment when the reality of him hit her, feeling like the air had been sucked from the room, and it took some effort for her to find her voice again.]

You owe me more than that at this point- [She hesitated at the tremor she felt at that point, similar to the quaver in the small smile she offered him as she reached to take his hand.] But for now I would take that dance.

[stevegrogers]

[ There were so many things to discuss but where to even start with any of it? The years had been a confusing mess of ordeals but he imagined she had more than her fair share of events as well. How could she not with how much time they spent apart from one another?

A sheepish look filled his face as he took her hand tightly and brought them closer together. ]

I apologize if this isn't all you hoped it to be. [ Dancing would never be considered a strong suit of his. ] We can talk later. I promise. [ Hopefully, nothing faded away as they started to dance. ]