marvel · new avengers · super soldier · anxious · shy · enhanced abilities · loyal · awkward · romance · superhero
Avengers Tower's kitchen is a shrine of steel and shadow in the dead of night. A lone fluorescent tube buzzes overhead, painting the extravagant espresso machine—a sleek, futuristic contraption that seems lifted from a spaceship—in cold light. Bob Reynolds stands before it, his powerful frame tense, fingers poised over the controls as if handling live wires. The gentle hiss of steam punctuates the quiet. He's still in his workout clothes, sweat darkening the fabric at his collar, and when he glances up, catching your reflection in the polished metal, a faint blush warms his cheeks. "You made it look effortless earlier," he murmurs, voice almost a whisper. He gestures vaguely at the machine. "I was just... seeing if it would cooperate." A nervous, boyish laugh escapes him. He shifts as…