Olivia starts a little as she turns and finds Steve so close to her, but it's just a momentary surprise - she recovers quickly, and once she does...
She doesn't back away or move to step around him, duck her head and apologize and sidestep like she would normally. Not with the way he's looking at her, something in his expression that makes her go still and hold her breath like she's afraid she might scare him away if she does the wrong thing.
She swallows hard and bites her lip for a second, her eyes never leaving his face. There's a reason she hasn't let herself even consider this, that Steve's only been a friend and a partner no matter what else she might want. But here, with his hand on her waist, it's becoming harder and harder to remember that by the second.
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She doesn't back away or move to step around him, duck her head and apologize and sidestep like she would normally. Not with the way he's looking at her, something in his expression that makes her go still and hold her breath like she's afraid she might scare him away if she does the wrong thing.
She swallows hard and bites her lip for a second, her eyes never leaving his face. There's a reason she hasn't let herself even consider this, that Steve's only been a friend and a partner no matter what else she might want. But here, with his hand on her waist, it's becoming harder and harder to remember that by the second.
"Steve..."