I know. It's why I never asked, aside from that one aberration after the dream. I knew you wouldn't welcome the invasion.
[It was a soft admission, not meant to accuse, just to explain his own lack of prying. Steve stroked James' face, fingers moving lovingly over those handsome features. He smiled and couldn't stop the way his eyes reflected what he felt. Not hiding anymore was . . . wonderful.
The question startled a laugh out of him and Steve felt his cheeks heat, though he didn't look away.]
That's your first question, huh? There's two answers to that. Three actually. I was born in New York, Brooklyn, in 1918. I ended up in the arctic ice in '45 and didn't wake up again until 2011 which . . . Let's just say it was a shock. Before I got here though, I was on an island in outer space. So technically you're sleeping with a very very old man.
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[It was a soft admission, not meant to accuse, just to explain his own lack of prying. Steve stroked James' face, fingers moving lovingly over those handsome features. He smiled and couldn't stop the way his eyes reflected what he felt. Not hiding anymore was . . . wonderful.
The question startled a laugh out of him and Steve felt his cheeks heat, though he didn't look away.]
That's your first question, huh? There's two answers to that. Three actually. I was born in New York, Brooklyn, in 1918. I ended up in the arctic ice in '45 and didn't wake up again until 2011 which . . . Let's just say it was a shock. Before I got here though, I was on an island in outer space. So technically you're sleeping with a very very old man.