he who hesitates is toast

Shock washes through her, followed swiftly by a rush of rage that starts as a cold flood and soon heats to boiling, until she feels almost incandescent with it. "He left?" she says, disbelieving.

"He went back in time? To -- what would make him think, Aunt Peggy would hate that -- "

She would, Sharon's sure of it. She'd be disgusted that he could leave his friends, that he'd give up on his life, all to come back to her. But... if Steve didn't come back, then maybe Aunt Peggy didn't throw him out on his ear. "How. How could he think that was a good idea?"