"Yeah, definitely agreed," Steve says with a quiet laugh, because he's well aware that he doesn't want kids any time soon. The laugh trails off into something sad and he clears his throat, jaw tensing as he looks down at his hands.

"But what if you have the conversation, and you want two completely different things?" Steve asks in a thick voice, looking up at Hopper as if desperate for an answer. "How do you make the relationship still work? I mean, I love her, but--"

He feels like he's going to cry, so he presses his palms to his eyes and swallows hard, trying to calm himself down.