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Steve Rogers ☆ Captain America ([personal profile] punched_hitler) wrote in [community profile] apocalypsehowcomm2023-03-10 09:58 pm

Log: A March birthday

Who: Steve, Winter, and a small group of friends (he would've invited Yelena, Kate, Cortana, Rue, Martin, and Jaeger)
When: March 10, dinnertime
Where: Winter/Yelena/Kate's apartment
Summary: A birthday dinner!
Warnings: None so far (warnings in any threads)



Steve maybe just kind of assumes Winter knows it's his birthday. So, it's not like he means for this to be a surprise party, exactly, but he does ask a small group of people he either knows are Winter's friends or thinks should be invited to get together for dinner on the 10th in Winter's apartment. And he doesn't bother to tell Winter, other than to somehow subtly make sure he plans to be home that night.

He can't imagine actually jumping out and yelling Surprise! at Winter is ideal. So, when Winter arrives back after work, it's simply to find that his friends are there and dinner is in the oven.

Steve is admittedly no great cook, but he also isn't sure he trusts the local restaurants right now. So he's been working on if not perfecting, at least learning to make a passable chicken casserole (and if anyone in said friend group doesn't eat meat, he'll make a vegetarian version as well). He knows it might be a little awkward for Cortana to sit through dinner with nothing to eat, so he's made up a little bouquet of colorful flowers to go on her plate so it's not just sitting empty.

He has asked people to bring something sweet (preferably chocolate) for dessert if they're able, figuring Winter can't possibly have too many treats. It is his birthday, after all! And Steve's learned to make enough chocolate cupcakes to go around so they can stick a candle on Winter's and sing him Happy Birthday at the end of the meal. Presents in addition to sweets are of course welcome but optional.

He's brought a couple of decks of cards if people want to stick around and play after dinner, but of course that doesn't have to be the only option for entertainment. And he absolutely makes sure everything is cleaned up again and in order before he leaves for the night.

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[personal profile] worthallthis 2023-03-22 04:31 am (UTC)(link)
Now he does, and he doesn't know what to do with that information. Or how he feels about it. He does take the handkerchief, but he doesn't use it, just kind of staring at it. He does have one of his own, he'd remembered them a year ago, more than, but he just took Steve's automatically.

Then he knows what he wants to do. "Steve." He clutches the handkerchief in his hand, the flesh one, but the metal one comes up to grab Steve's shoulder and pull him in for a hug. A real one, like he gave Yelena, only this time he doesn't ask. He doesn't think Steve will protest too much.
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[personal profile] worthallthis 2023-03-27 05:46 am (UTC)(link)
It's a little different than with Yelena, since she's so much smaller than him. Steve is actually a little bigger. He sniffles once then buries his face in Steve's shoulder for a moment. "It's okay. It's good crying," he says, muffled by fabric and a suspiciously stuffy nose. A lot of his crying is good crying, seems like.
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[personal profile] worthallthis 2023-04-05 04:44 am (UTC)(link)
Winter steps back after a moment and gives his eyes a swipe with Steve's handkerchief. "A whole party, huh." He swallows and makes an attempt at being a normal probably-a-person instead of an almost-person who is severely overwhelmed. "What do we do. At a birthday party."
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[personal profile] worthallthis 2023-04-11 05:57 am (UTC)(link)
His brows come together, distracted by the weird-ass customs that come with birthdays. He starts with: "Why do you sing? What do you sing?"
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[personal profile] worthallthis 2023-04-14 05:08 am (UTC)(link)
Winter wrinkles his nose at the name, and Steve's beat before sharing it. Of course it is. Very simple. He bets that's the bulk of the words, too. "Since you can't sing. That's not surprising," he says, making a poor attempt at a joke.

He swallows. "Let's eat dinner," he says, looking around at everyone giving him space to have emotions.
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[personal profile] worthallthis 2023-04-20 05:05 am (UTC)(link)
"I trust you not to poison us," Winter assures him, letting Steve lead him, giving the rest of his birthday-party-friends a kind of shy smile on the way.

He trusts that nobody who knows anything about food would let him serve something dangerous or poorly made, today, at least. Also: "I'm sure you had help."
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wrap this one?

[personal profile] worthallthis 2023-04-22 10:46 pm (UTC)(link)
He nods. "Let's try it, then," he says. "See how well you pulled it off. And how good Rue is at vetting."

Also, he's hungry. And eating means he doesn't have to say anything more, at least for a while.