[His eyes do get drawn to the mark around her neck. Trying not to give it too much attention, but--listen, he wasn't lying. The Raft doesn't make him mad now. The memories of that are so far behind and, frankly, led to something good for him. But the reminder of what they did to Wanda, and the reminder of what got lost, the reminder of what could have been if things had been different--
If he let himself, he's sure he could dredge up that anger from the depths. But even the depths are a little closer to the surface than they ever were before.
The question about his family feels so abrupt that he can't help the way his fingers curl tight around the edge of the table, the startled blink, the way he sits upright just a little bit more.] No. [Too fast, too harsh. Take a breath. His fingers do not uncurl, but the rest of his body he forces to give off the impression of relaxing.] No, I...haven't checked. [It literally hadn't occurred to him to. He's not sure what it would mean if they were. He wants to say--literally takes a breath to say, weird Avengers-level shit doesn't happen to them unless he directly involves them, but that's so not remotely true that he just lets the breath out again as a huff.]
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If he let himself, he's sure he could dredge up that anger from the depths. But even the depths are a little closer to the surface than they ever were before.
The question about his family feels so abrupt that he can't help the way his fingers curl tight around the edge of the table, the startled blink, the way he sits upright just a little bit more.] No. [Too fast, too harsh. Take a breath. His fingers do not uncurl, but the rest of his body he forces to give off the impression of relaxing.] No, I...haven't checked. [It literally hadn't occurred to him to. He's not sure what it would mean if they were. He wants to say--literally takes a breath to say, weird Avengers-level shit doesn't happen to them unless he directly involves them, but that's so not remotely true that he just lets the breath out again as a huff.]
You think I should?