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Something's Gotta Give	By : pinktink79 Category: Marvel Verse Movies > Avengers, The Views: 3818 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Aly looked at the big purple teddy bear that Steve was carrying for her right now and loudly laughed. She hadn’t understood why he’d been so set on winning it for her and once he won it, Aly had no idea what they were going to do with the bear in the first place. It was a little too much in her opinion. Aly figured that she could always give it away to a children’s hospital but right now she wondered how they were going to get it home in the first place.

“How are we going to get that thing home?” she asked, raising an eyebrow at him.

Steve looked at the giant bear and then at Aly and laughed. The funny thing was that when he’d been trying to win the big purple teddy bear for Aly, he hadn’t thought about how they’d get it home at the end of the day. He had been determined to win her the biggest bear they had and that had been all that he had been focused on. Now that the sun was starting to set, it was time to consider how this was going to work. They’d spent the day riding rides and playing games and eating junk food and now that the day was winding down, Steve had to laugh at himself over this one stuffed animal that he had been so set on winning for Aly.

“We’re not going to be able to take it with us,” he said with a chuckle. “Are we?” When Aly shook her head, laughing softly, he knew that he was right. Steve stole a bite of the candy apple that she was eating and looked around for a moment. He pointed out a girl who looked to be about Hailey’s age. “Do you think that she’d want it?”

Aly looked over after taking another bite of the apple and nodded. She covered her mouth, talking while she still had food in her mouth. “We can ask,” she said with a quick smile before she finished chewing up the bite that she’d taken.

Steve stopped the girl’s mother first to ask if it was all right and was surprised when the woman gave him a strange look. Maybe it was because he was walking around with Aly, who currently looked to be in her teens because of her hair and lack of makeup. Maybe it was because he was asking if he could give her daughter a teddy bear. He wasn’t sure what the case was. All Steve knew was this woman didn’t seem to be so happy with the idea of Steve talking to her daughter.

Aly stepped in quickly though and talked to the girl’s mother and then nodded to the girl. The mother warmed up to Aly rather quickly and Steve let Aly take the lead on getting this sorted out. Clearly it worked because she walked over with Steve and asked the girl if she wanted the bear, explaining that there was no way for her to take it home but that she and her boyfriend thought that they should give the bear to someone who would give it a good home. The girl giggled a little when she looked at Steve and smiled, nodding.

After dropping off the bear with its new owner, Aly laced her fingers with Steve’s and started to walk toward the beach. She tossed out the candy apple, which she and Steve had finished just before they reached the sand. They found a place to sit on the sand and watched the sunset together. Steve wrapped an arm around Aly’s shoulder and she snuggled in close to him, her arms wrapping around his waist and her head lightly resting on him.

They sat like that for a long moment, not saying anything. They both watched the sunset over the water although they each stole glances at each other from time to time. Whenever she looked at Steve, Aly smiled and he did the same. She giggled a few times when Steve looked over at her. She even caught him staring at her at one point, which made him blush. It was a comfortable silence though, which was only broken once the sun was down. Aly looked up at the sky and sighed softly before looking at Steve with a soft smile on her face.

“I love how you can really see the stars at night out here,” she said with a little nod toward the sky. She was tempted to lay back with him but Aly was afraid she might actually fall asleep if she wasn’t careful. She felt so relaxed and happy out here with Steve after all.

Steve looked up when she said something about the stars and smiled a little when he realized that she was right. It was hard to see the stars at night in the city. All those city lights seemed to drown out so many of the stars in the sky. While they weren’t seeing even half of the stars in the night sky, it was pretty amazing right now. It was something that Steve wouldn’t have noticed if she hadn’t pointed it out to him. He watched as Aly stood up and tried to dust as much of the sand off of her jeans as she could, holding out her hand to him after.

If they were going to stick around, Aly wanted to get some dinner. She didn’t want to fall asleep before this date was officially over after all. “Let’s grab something to eat and head home,” she said with a smile. While she couldn’t really help Steve up, Aly’s smile grew when Steve put his hand in hers. He laced his fingers with hers and brought her hand to his lips, kissing the top of her hand before getting up and dusting himself off as well. The feeling of him holding her hand was enough of a rush but when he kissed the top of her hand, Aly knew that her face was a bit flushed. There wasn’t another person who could seem to do that to her either but there was certainly something special about Steve Rogers.

“What are you thinking about grabbing to eat?” he asked, giving her a little nudge with a laugh. He couldn’t imagine how Aly could eat another bite but then again, she seemed to be surprising him a lot today. “Aren’t you stuffed from all the junk we ate today?”

Aly laughed and shook her head. “Please. We had a couple of Nathan’s hotdogs, some cotton candy, funnel cakes, candy apples,” she said, ticking off a few of the things that they’d eaten. She even rolled her eyes at Steve, softly laughing. When she came to Coney Island, which wasn’t very often, Aly made sure that she pigged out on junk food after all. “That’s nothing compared to the way that Hailey and I usually eat when we come to Coney Island. We usually have pizza and ice cream and salt water taffy too. Probably some other things as well.”

Steve laughed, shaking his head at her as they walked back up toward the boardwalk. He couldn’t see how she could possibly eat all of that and still look the way that she did. Of course when he looked her over, he had to look away quickly before the thoughts started again. Still, if she was hungry and wanted to grab something more substantial than anything they’d eaten today, Steve wasn’t going to tell Aly no. “That still doesn’t answer my question though,” he said with a soft smile. “What do you want to eat that you haven’t already had today?”

Aly looked around a little, trying to get her bearings. Once she figured out where they were, she knew where she wanted to go. “On Neptune Avenue there’s a place called Wildwood. They have amazing chicken and barbecue. Sound good?” she asked as she tried to figure out which direction they needed to go in from where they were.

It didn’t take long for Steve to figure out which way they should head and he got them pointed in the right direction, walking slowly with Aly. “That sounds good. Fried chicken and mashed potatoes or something like that, right?” he said, glancing around to see if he saw the place as they got closer to the street that Aly had mentioned.

“No, no. Two pieces of chicken with mac and cheese and potato wedges,” Aly said with a laugh, nodding. She had a specific order when she went to Wildwood after all. “Or a quarter rack of ribs with mashed potatoes and gravy and sweet corn. Then for dessert, peach cobbler with ice cream.” She licked her lips as she said it, a smile on her face. “And it doesn’t matter if you get the buttermilk biscuit or the cornbread with your meal because both are really good.”

Steve laughed, shaking his head again. She never ceased to amaze him. It was incredible the things that she was interested in or something like this, the amount of food that she could eat. She was good at surprising him in the most amazing ways. “And which do you suggest I have when we get there?” Steve asked with a soft smile.

Aly shrugged, smiling when she could smell the food. She looked around a little and spotted the restaurant, leading them there. When Steve opened the door for her, she walked through and gave him a little nod. “I think that you should figure that out on your own but trust me when I say that you won’t be disappointed,” she said, nodding as they found a place to sit. “No matter what you pick, it’ll be really good. The food here is amazing.”

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They ultimately decided to get a half rack of ribs and a half of a chicken to share between the two of them. It seemed like a good way to go so they got to have both chicken and ribs since Aly said that they were both good. She let Steve pick the sides and he went with the mashed potatoes and gravy and sweet corn. Aly insisted that they get the buttermilk biscuits then and Steve had to admit that the food had been amazing. They even got a piece of peach cobbler with ice cream to share for dessert. By the time they finished, they both said that they felt stuffed which was something that didn’t always happen when Steve ate. They walked it off though as they headed back to his motorcycle. It was a slow walk, something that neither of them seemed to mind.

Aly wrapped her arms tightly around Steve after they got on the motorcycle, humming softly as he weaved his way through traffic. She didn’t have a reason for humming right now and it wasn’t even like she was humming a specific song. Aly was just so happy and she couldn’t seem to help herself. It was the only way, right now, that she could seem to get across those feelings of happiness and Steve seemed to like hearing her humming.

Steve took his time making his way back to Aly’s apartment and by the time he pulled up in front of her building, he realized that she had managed to fall asleep against him. How she had managed to hang on and still drift off to sleep was a wonder to him but she was still holding tight as he shifted a little to try to wake her up. He was almost afraid to wake her up since he didn’t want Aly to fall off his motorcycle or something. Steve didn’t want anything to happen to her after all.

“Are we home?” Aly asked, sleepiness lacing her voice. She had felt him shift and that had been enough to wake her up. “I didn’t fall asleep, did I?”

Steve chuckled and nodded a bit. “Actually I think you just fell asleep when we got here,” he said as he climbed off the motorcycle. He scooped Aly up before she could climb off as well. “Let me tuck you in.”

Aly gave him a sleepy smile, nodding a bit. She had to admit that, sleepy or not, she liked the idea of Steve tucking her in for the night. “My keys are in my front pocket,” she said before covering her mouth as she yawned. She wrapped her arms around Steve’s neck as he carried her up the front stairs. “Stay with me, Steve?”

He looked down at her as her eyes fluttered a little. It was clear that she was having a hard time keeping her eyes open right now and he didn’t want to keep her awake any longer than she needed to be. He wanted her to get her sleep after all. Steve was careful as he shifted her in his arms, grabbing her keys out of her pocket and getting the front door open. “You need to sleep,” Steve said, his voice almost a whisper as he carried her up to her apartment.

“Stay with me? Please?” Aly asked again. She even pouted a little as she looked at him, resting her head on his shoulder. She knew that nothing needed to happen between them tonight. All that she wanted was to know what it would feel like to fall asleep in Steve’s arms. That was all that she was asking for right now.

Steve shifted her in his arms again as he had to unlock her apartment door, paying attention to the door for a moment so he could get it open for them without dropping Aly. He looked at her sleepy face as he closed the door behind them, still careful not to drop Aly. He really didn’t know how to say no to her. He couldn’t seem to deny her anything and Steve wondered if that was a good thing or a bad thing at this point. Finally he nodded. “I’ll stay with you,” he said with a little smile. “I promise.”

Aly smiled a little as well and nuzzled her nose in Steve’s neck. “Good. Now you have to stay,” she said with a sleepy giggle. “You promised.”

He carried her to her bedroom and carefully laid her down. When Aly started to pull off her jeans, Steve turned around to give her some privacy. He heard her laugh and then heard her shift in bed to make room for him as well. He turned to see Aly had slipped her legs under the blanket and she was patting the spot next to her with a little smile. She still looked a bit sleepy but she seemed alert enough right now that she wasn’t going to let Steve sneak out while she fell asleep.

“You can’t sleep in those clothes. It won’t be comfortable after all. And if you thought I’d be sleeping in my jeans, you were mistaken,” Aly said as she patted the spot next to her again. “Come on, Steve. Don’t be so shy for once.”

Steve looked at the bed and then took off his pants, his face flushing when Aly didn’t look away as he did. He paused for a moment and then pulled off his t-shirt as well. He saw Aly take a deep, shaky breath and Steve knew that he had to be blushing quite a bit right now. He climbed into bed with Aly slowly though, pulling the blanket up as soon as he was lying next to her. Aly looked over at him and immediately scooted herself closer. Steve laid back and felt Aly lay half of her body on his, resting her head on his shoulder. Her hand softly rested on his chest, right over his heart. He knew that she had to be able to feel how it was racing right now and with her so close, Steve could tell that Aly’s pulse was racing a bit too. Still it didn’t seem to take long before her eyes closed and she fell asleep in his arms.

For awhile he laid there, his fingers gently playing with her hair as he watched her sleep. She looked so peaceful as she slept. Not once did he consider moving from where he was. It was too comfortable to feel some of her weight on his body, to feel her pressed so close to him and he didn’t want to lose that sensation right now. Steve kissed her forehead softly, smiling as she shifted a little in her sleep. He held her closer and slowly closed his own eyes before drifting off to sleep as well.
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