Well, someone came home from their required murder march in a mood.
Steve doesn't really blame him - or for coming home a lot less human seeming than he was when he left. Steve more than half expected that. It was why he'd gotten up to help (or outright do himself) with the armor.
There is still a second there, where he is uncomfortable. Nothing like physical discomfort with sensation but how thorough and intensive it is. His expression never makes it all the way to the grimace, but some of his discomfort shows for a second or two.
"That's one way around a stupid ultimatum," he admits. He's not tentative in grabbing hold - in fact he intentionally tests the effect of whatever just happened. It does take him a second or two more to put together what he'd seen when he'd watched Zerxus removing them earlier (twisting) and getting them off himself.
Once he has, though, he just... sets them on the table and goes to work on the rest. There is absolutely going to be blood all over his hands. It's fine, but: "Was your brother older or younger than you?"
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Steve doesn't really blame him - or for coming home a lot less human seeming than he was when he left. Steve more than half expected that. It was why he'd gotten up to help (or outright do himself) with the armor.
There is still a second there, where he is uncomfortable. Nothing like physical discomfort with sensation but how thorough and intensive it is. His expression never makes it all the way to the grimace, but some of his discomfort shows for a second or two.
"That's one way around a stupid ultimatum," he admits. He's not tentative in grabbing hold - in fact he intentionally tests the effect of whatever just happened. It does take him a second or two more to put together what he'd seen when he'd watched Zerxus removing them earlier (twisting) and getting them off himself.
Once he has, though, he just... sets them on the table and goes to work on the rest. There is absolutely going to be blood all over his hands. It's fine, but: "Was your brother older or younger than you?"