your parents were pretty absent, but they tended to have strong emotions, expecting you to be "neutral". so you didn't know what to do for people when they were upset, you could only be neutral. so when Steve was upset about something small like a sensory ick after a bad day, you didn't know how to fix it. you tried but he kept on about it "I'm sorry it won't.. won't happen again I..I didn't.." you said quietly. "hey..where did you go just now..?" he said, he touching your cheek