Steve doesn't answer and Robin knows it's deliberate, just like the hundreds of times she's pretended not to hear out of annoyance, contrariness, or any number of reasons. When he does answer, he's not making eye contact, which only makes it worse.
"Orphanage situation," she repeats. Steve is so deadly serious about it that she wants to call bullshit, would have if this was the Steve she'd known at the beginning of summer. By now, she thinks she can tell when he's fucking with her.
Only now, it really sinks in and Robin grabs the edge of a display because she's not going to crumple now. "We can't leave, can we?"
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"Orphanage situation," she repeats. Steve is so deadly serious about it that she wants to call bullshit, would have if this was the Steve she'd known at the beginning of summer. By now, she thinks she can tell when he's fucking with her.
Only now, it really sinks in and Robin grabs the edge of a display because she's not going to crumple now. "We can't leave, can we?"