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"Orpheus," he supplies. "And I don't mind either way. Lovely?" he adds, turning to Steve for his opinion.

[ooc: Awww, yes.]

"I'd love to have you in the audience," Steve says.

"Great!" says the P.A. "I'll let Ellen know. And then she'll want to know a few things like how you've met, how long you've been together, that sort of thing."

"I think those should all be okay to talk about," says Steve. "Not in too much detail, though. I'm not exactly keen on giving out my home address, for instance."

With an unspoken Unlike Tony, that knucklehead.

Orpheus smiles, feeling much better about this publicity than he had the publicity in his own world.

"I suppose it's a good thing I shaved this morning."

And wore clothing without holes...

"You look amazing," Steve says.

"Do you want to be made up?" the P.A. asks Orpheus.

"Only if you think I need it," he says, flashing her a charming smile.

She shakes her head slowly, going starry-eyed again. "You look fine, Mr. Orpheus." She beams at all of them. "I'll come get you to take you to a seat, Mr. Orpheus, and then I'll bring you on, Captain."

Orpheus turns his smile on Steve then as if to say, 'I don't need makeup, I'm that hot.'

Steve smiles back as if to say, 'I know, honey, I know.'

"Thank you," he says to the P.A. "We'll be ready."

Orpheus smiles at her again as she leaves and moves to take Steve's hand again. "Are you ready for this, lovely?"

Steve nods and looks at his reflection for a moment. "I'm ready for this."

He smiles and gives Steve's hand a squeeze. "All right, then."

The P.A. returns and beams at Orpheus. "Ready, Mr. Orpheus?"

Steve gives him an encouraging smile.

"As I'll ever be," he says, giving her another smile. "And it's just Orpheus. No Mister."

"All right. Orpheus. This way, please."

"See you in a few minutes," Steve calls after them.

Orpheus pauses on his way out to give Steve a brief kiss on his temple, careful of his makeup. "Love you, Galahad," he murmurs before turning to follow the P.A. out.

"Love you, music man," Steve says, watching him go.

He takes a deep breath a few times and closes his eyes, and then stands up to pace around the room while he waits for the P.A. to return.

Orpheus gets settled into his seat with a minimum of fuss, brushing off the P.A.'s offers to fetch anything for him. "Just take good care of him, okay?" he says when he finally convinces her to return.

"I will, Mr. -- Orpheus." She blushes and rushes off.

There's a comedian to warm up the audience, and then the band plays the opening theme. There's a lot of dancing and joking back and forth as the host gets into place.

Steve watches on the closed circuit TV in the green room, chuckling sometimes, hoping for a glimpse of Orpheus before he has to go out himself.

Orpheus tries to be a good audience member and laugh at the appropriate times, but a lot of the humor has to do with popular culture or current events, most of which he's unfamiliar with. He finds himself fidgeting in his chair as he waits for Steve to come on.

Finally the host says, "My first guest is well-known to many of you as a symbol of hope in times of uncertainty--because nobody knows the next time aliens are going to come out of the sky and form a fan club for Tony Stark."

She pauses for laughter. There is laughter.

"He's tall, he's big, he's blond, he's cute as a puppy -- please welcome Captain America!" She leads the applause, and Steve comes out to the stage, waving bashfully and blushing a little.

Orpheus sits up a little straighter as Steve comes out, beaming at him, though he's fairly certain he can't be seen through the lights.

Steve sits with the host and waves to the audience, though Orpheus is right--he can't really see them.

There's a few minutes of discussion about the latest Avengers mission--that is public knowledge--where Steve confirms he ran over 700 miles because their communication was down during the freakish bad weather. The host leads the applause again. Steve smiles and says, "Doing what needed to be done, that's all."

Then the host says, "I understand you have somebody waiting for you at home after theses adventures now, Captain."

"Yes," Steve says, looking out into the audience again. "I do."

Edited 2013-07-15 03:19 (UTC)

Orpheus' smile is fond and supportive, whether Steve can see him or not.

"It's the Black Widow, right? Tell me I'm right, Cap, I've got five bucks riding on it."

Steve laughs. "No, no. The Black Widow is like my sister."

He's quiet a moment, gathering his words. "I wanted to do this on your show specifically, Ellen, because I hoped you'd be the most understanding."

"Oh boy, oh boy!" The host bounces in her chair.

"I... have a boyfriend. Captain America is gay."

Orpheus finds himself applauding along with the rest of the audience, though he's fairly bemused by the reaction.