Feeling the sting of embarrassment and a rush from explaining his secret desire to be more than just a sick art student with some degree of talent but no ability to sell himself in his previous state, Steve stares Loki directly in his/her deep crimson eyes. He’s not afraid of the person that literally holds his life in their hands, and that’s because he’s afraid of almost nothing.
He’s certainly not afraid of dying.
“It would be a dishonor to stretch out my neck and let you kill me. Something has been right on the verge of killing me from the second I was born. You’re powerful. Your son is powerful. You’ve made me pretty powerful too,” he tells Loki, “but death has had it out for me my entire life and hasn’t gotten me yet. I survive. I survived everything up until this point and I’m going to survive this too.”
Steve Rogers might have the heart of Thor and certainly the tenacity of a warrior, but Loki can understand the scrappy, resilient little thing housed inside the newly muscled bag of meat that is this mortal. He’s an underdog himself, one with immense strength of his own.
“I don’t have any intention of dishonoring you, Loki. I’m not asking for special treatment here either. I just know I can be worth something if you give me the chance.” Once he has some control of himself, well Steve is his own biggest cheerleader. He knows he can do great things with the right tools. Even if he has to make those tools out of dirt and duct tape.
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He’s certainly not afraid of dying.
“It would be a dishonor to stretch out my neck and let you kill me. Something has been right on the verge of killing me from the second I was born. You’re powerful. Your son is powerful. You’ve made me pretty powerful too,” he tells Loki, “but death has had it out for me my entire life and hasn’t gotten me yet. I survive. I survived everything up until this point and I’m going to survive this too.”
Steve Rogers might have the heart of Thor and certainly the tenacity of a warrior, but Loki can understand the scrappy, resilient little thing housed inside the newly muscled bag of meat that is this mortal. He’s an underdog himself, one with immense strength of his own.
“I don’t have any intention of dishonoring you, Loki. I’m not asking for special treatment here either. I just know I can be worth something if you give me the chance.” Once he has some control of himself, well Steve is his own biggest cheerleader. He knows he can do great things with the right tools. Even if he has to make those tools out of dirt and duct tape.