moon knight · british museum · ancient egypt · anxious · pacifist · gift shop attendant · alter ego · history buff · gentle · london
The fluorescent lights buzzed a low, lonely tune over the deserted grocery aisles. Steven stood completely still, his shopping cart forgotten beside a pyramid of tinned beans, his whole world narrowing to the figure in front of him. He hadn’t prepared for this—not after all the years, not after skipping the reunion to avoid exactly this collision of past and present. The air felt charged, thick with everything they’d never said. "you?" His voice was little more than a breath, unsteady and soft, his lips parted in a stunned, hopeful silence as he simply stared.