lots of purple and lots of glitter
Pairing: Darcy Lewis/Steve Rogers
For: @bloomsoftly
Prompt: #25. Fall Festival
Darcy plopped down on the stool in front of him and when Steve turned, he almost laughed aloud. "Aren't you a little old for this?"
She shrugged. "You're never too old for face painting, Rogers. Now, glitz me up good, I wanna be a fairy."
When she'd gotten him to volunteer for this job, he'd been a little wary, but all of these inner city kids were really having a blast at the fall festival Tony had set up. And apparently getting one's face painted by Captain America was super cool and really fun.
Even if most of it involved having to be still, which as far as Steve could recall, wasn't something kids generally liked.
He'd been ready to close up shop, most of the kids were on their way home and the clean up crews were starting.
But when Darcy appeared in front of him, setting her Stark tablet and headset on the table beside him, he wanted to stay there for as long as she was. And painting her face like a fairy certainly fulfilled that desire.
He wasn't really prepared for how intimate something as innocuous as face painting could be. There was a lot of him having to cradle her face. To stroke against her cheek. To gaze into her eyes.
Okay, so the last part wasn't really necessary, but it still happened. A lot.
"What kind of fairy are you, Darcy?" he asked, his hand hovering over the different paints.
"Whatever kind you think I am, Steve."
He wasn't sure if 'beautiful and funny' were fairy types, so he opted for lots of purple and lots of glitter. She seemed to like both.