A/N: do not touch me im busy wallowing in self pity. also tell me about fluffy steve scenarios to write or just think ab :'3
Summary: a headcanon for thee steven g rogers
Warnings: fluff, cheeky touching, language
- you best believe dating Steven Grant Rogers is no walk in the park
- but you'd be damned if you said it wasn't heaven
- this golden retriever/veteran/geriatric has enough baggage for four lifetimes and lord knows he chose your doorstep to pile it allll onto
- i mean one look at you and he's trailing you like you have him on a damn leash. he'd probably trip over his own feet if you didn't tell him to stop staring at you.
- and he's a sucker for touch
- anytime he can get his hands on you, he will
- holding hands, tight hugs, butterfly kisses, hand kisses, good morning kisses, goodnight kisses, hello kisses, goodbye kisses
- he worships your mouth. seriously.
- bonus cause he'll just lay his hands on you wherever's comfortable. most commonly it's your thighs or butt.
- and its whenever, too.
- while he's reading, watching tv, cooking, you name it. he's gotta be touching you somewhere somehow.
- what can you expect?
- sure, he wasn't present and accounted for in those seventy years, but even afterwards he was hurried head first into war after war. do you rlly think he had off time to get a heartfelt hug from fury? no. i rest my case.
- and even before that, c'mon, he was sick, poor weak immune system baby. the most physical affection he got was probably from his ma or bucky.
- and he really appreciates how patient you are with him
- he is the embodiment of puppy dog eyes when he's struggling with PTSD/trauma/general heartache, and you just push his hair out of his damp eyes, kiss his forehead, and whisper
- "i'm here. take your time."
- he always feels so pressured to be a functioning part of society, but with you its like, just cause he doesn't know what star wars is doesn't make him an abomination
- and music nowadays? he does not get it. but you made him a playlist of your favorites after he got a little lost, and suddenly its all he can hear in his head.
- he could not be more grateful for this angel. which is one of the main reasons he feels the need to spoil you.
- if he's not using the pity money he gets from Tony for errands, he will most definitely spend it on you in na heartbeat
- chocolates, flowers, a spaceship? anything.
- ask and you shall receive.
- OKAY his favorite thing is planning dates. cause he can either go all out and rent you a limo or order takeout and pull you into his lap during a horror movie.
- listen, a fancy dinner date is nice once in a while, but he'll go nuts for a living-room-floor picnic while you watch wall-e
- genuinely, this boy just wants to give you attention for a little in return. he's not asking that much. just the chance to make you smile.
- please?
- but his dates will be the cutest. ice cream in the park? check. fairy lights and couch forts? check. the list writes itself truly.
- and he'll also get super nervous before.
- "what about my hair? not too much? nono its too much you're right" and he's talking to the little houseplant you bought him on the second date.
- sPEAKING OF SECOND DATES
- it was his idea. he had his heart set on showing you the view from his apartment, so he bought a tub of premade cookie dough and slipped into his "kiss the cook" apron before you knocked on the door.
- you're in a tee shirt and jeans holding this little tiny succulent in your palms and suddenly he's losing his mind and breathing like it's the 30s and he needs an inhaler.
-needless to say, by the end of the night, he had cookie dough in places cookie dough should not be.
-and he'll spend so much time at your place. (if you have roomates, he'll literally adore them and bribe them with snacks)
- his bed becomes your favorite place to sleep. your mattress is soft, but laying in it means cuddles, and cuddles mean you. in his arms. rn.
- sometimes he'll let you do his makeup.
- it'll be like a random sunday afternoon and he'll be clattering about in the bathroom until he pops out with a bunch of items and sets them in front of you like a helpless lil puppy dog
- let's be honest, we all know he'd look hot with a nice smokey eye
- let me tell you, this man has CHEEKBONES. the contour would be insane, eyeliner razor sharp even tho he's shaking out of excitement the whole time and constantly stealing the worst timed kisses
- "did... did you just kiss my thumb?"
- "...did you like it?"
- and you reward him with a make out session (he happily obliges)
- he'd leave little notes around with the most random little messages and doodles on them
- "you're hot" with a smiling sunflower next to it
- xoxoxo steve :)
- thanks, steve
- DOG TAGS! (yes he kept them)
- he left them in a storage box somewhere, and when he finds them again, he's desperate to see 'em around your neck
- and they dip down into your shirts and leave him all content
- cause now you're really his now, his name resting just over your heart
- for your one year, you buy him a polaroid and he LOSES HIS MIND OVER IT
- ("they're in color??")
- technology am i right?
- and he takes hundreds of pictures left and right, up and down
- (but lets be honest, 99% of them are of you)
- on your bad days, he'd would be so caring, making food while you nap and checking in on you every once in a while
- and you ask him to watch one of your comfort movies while you lay on top of him and just listen to his heart beat
- he swears the opening credits aren't even thru when you're snoring softly
- he loves it though
- as he expands his knowledge of cinema & literature, he sends you some of his favorite quotes (a lot of them end up being really absurd and out of context like "become the tree" or some shit)
- by the way
- he would LOVE toy story???
- like it's so wholesome and about all of these misfits finding their forever homes and hes like
- "hey... they're like me" and just looks at you with sO much softness in his heart
- because you're his forever home 🥺🤧
- you steal his clothes, so one day he retaliates and takes one of your band tees
- it is incredibly tight
- this dorito bod still confuses him
- he remembers climbing up fire escapes way back when and thinks hey that could be a cute idea
- its 2am and your fire escape creaks and then there's a loud crack and something metal scrapes the concrete
- turns out, all that muscle mass does not weigh nothing
- he calls you five minutes later like "i may have broken a toe"
- and you cannot stop laughing
- going to buy furniture for your new apartment. you promise to help lift the heavy stuff, but he's so determined to impress you that he's deadass carrying the entire loveseat by himself.
- doing the cutest domestic shit together once you move in
- listening to his 12am rants about the ending of harry potter, him holding your hand to his chest as he speaks to the ceiling. you're borderline passing out when he goes "oh and-"
- "steven, i love you so so much, but please for the love of all that is holy, go to sleep"
- steve runs on caffeine and adrenaline at all times, so theres always a fresh pot brewing every hour or so
- before he leaves for his jog (aka sprint), he wakes you up and holds your hand as he leads you to the balcony. and god bless whoever gave you this man because he woke you up so you could watch the sunrise together.
- (secretly it's just another excuse to hold you close when you shiver against the cold, 5am Brooklyn air)
- then he kisses your cheek once you waddle back to bed and snuggle into the toasty covers
- "i'll be back," he whispers, "then i'll make you waffles and we can stay in bed all day, hmm?"
- spontaneous roadtrips to the sticks (well, as sticks as new york/western massachusetts and vermont can get) or just thru manhattan 🥺
- getting hot chocolate at 24 hour diners and letting the hot cups warm your hands when its like 30°f (-1°c) outside
- him pointing out his favorite places to go when he was just a kid
- ("i got beat up in that alley")
- or "that used to be a little candy store... guess they went outta business" and he just casually shrugs
- and you see the twinkle in his eyes when he smiles and explains his little piece of the world back then
- you know that he misses being young. you know that he had it taken away from him but
- he's much more focused on his piece of the world now
- he has his heart set on loving you until forever