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Something's Gotta Give	By : pinktink79 Category: Marvel Verse Movies > Avengers, The Views: 3816 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
Disclaimer: I don't own Marvel's The Avengers or Captain America and the characters within (other than my OC) and I have made no money for this work of fiction.

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Steve stopped in at Nate’s gym more often after that day. He stopped by when he could before now, which sometimes meant that he was there every day and other times meant that he came by twice a week, but he stopped in four times that week. He seemed to miss Aly every time or at least that was what Nate told him. Steve had a feeling that Nate knew what was going on, more so than maybe even Steve knew. All he knew was that he couldn’t wait to see Aly again. When he wasn’t hoping to run into her, he was thinking about her and that meant that she was always on his mind, leaving Steve very distracted more often than not. Finally Nate told Steve that the best way to catch up with Aly would be go to the coffee shop closest to the university campus. She worked there part-time and would sometimes stick around after her shift was over to study.

When Steve walked into the coffee shop that afternoon, he was ready to find a table to sit and wait for Aly to come in but she was already sitting at a table. She had her laptop open as she read something, taking notes for a bit and then opening a book to search through it for something else. She was too caught up in what she was doing to notice that Steve was standing right in front of her. He looked over and saw her black apron draped over a chair. When he looked at the nametag on it, he saw that her name was actually Alyssa, not Aly. He smiled before clearing his throat to try to get her attention.

“I’m off the clock. Sorry. If you go to the counter, I’m sure that one of the people there would be happy to help you,” Aly said without looking up, waving the pen in her hand a little when she said it. She was reading something in one of her books, tapping one end of the pen against her bottom lip, before taking a few more notes in her notebook.

“I’m sorry, Alyssa. I was just hoping to see you again,” Steve said. He was grinning when she looked up at him with a surprised look on her face. That surprised look on her face quickly turned into a smile though. He had to admit that he was happy to see that he had surprised her. It was even better that she seemed pleased to see him too. Steve gestured to the chair that was right across from Aly. “May I sit down?”

“Yes. Please. Sit down,” Aly said, nodding. She couldn’t seem to wipe the grin off her of face right now at seeing Steve. Everything that she was doing was quickly forgotten now that he was there. “You called me Alyssa though. How did you know …”

She didn’t have to finish her question because Steve looked over at her apron as she said it. Aly started laughing as soon as she realized how he’d figured out her name and then shrugged. Steve laughed a little with her, a soft smile on his face. He did find it funny that Aly hadn’t realized that her work apron was sitting right there with her nametag on it. Her reaction to realizing it was amusing to say the least.

“I forgot I had that there. They put everyone’s full name on the nametags. I’m not used to anyone calling me Alyssa,” she said, shaking her head with a laugh.

“Don’t you like your name?” Steve asked. His head was cocked to the side a little with a curious look on his face. He honestly wondered if she disliked her name that much or if she was so used to hearing people call her Aly at this point that she wasn’t used to hearing someone call her Alyssa for a change. Steve liked her name after all. He liked the way that it sounded more than Aly although he would happily call her whatever she liked more.

Aly closed the book she was looking at, setting it aside. She even shut down her laptop, closing it before saying anything. As she did it, she sighed softly, her eyes closing for a moment. The words that she wanted to say seemed caught in her throat but Aly wanted Steve to know as much about her as possible. She trusted him after all. She wasn’t going to keep things from him if she could help it. It wasn’t in her nature after all. She was an open book when she knew that she could trust someone and she knew that she could trust Steve completely.

“Alyssa is … a scared little girl who would hide under the covers from the arguments that she could hear through the walls at her apartment. Alyssa is a latch-key kid who would walk herself home from school and would have to try to make dinner after she did her homework because her parents weren’t home yet,” she said with a sigh, looking away from Steve. She couldn’t look at him right now. Aly wanted to get the words out and she hoped that she didn’t start to cry in the process. She didn’t often talk about her past after all and she worried the emotion might overtake her before she could finish what she wanted to say to Steve. “Alyssa is too shy to say anything to anyone else because she’s afraid people will judge her the moment she opens her mouth. Alyssa is … is the little girl who never had friends over to her house for sleepovers because she was embarrassed of where she lived. Alyssa is the little girl that didn’t like going to other people’s houses for sleepovers because she came home feeling more depressed about her life in the end. When I got to high school, I stopped being Alyssa.”

Steve nodded a little as she spoke, reaching out for her hand because he could tell that this wasn’t easy for her to say to him. He covered one of her hands with his, holding Aly’s hand tightly with his own. He took a deep breath before saying anything. “Aly, I’m sorry,” Steve softly said. He needed her to know that he was there for her. “Your name is beautiful though. You can remake who Alyssa is if you try, you know. Because when I look at you, I see a beautiful, strong, independent young woman. That is who Alyssa is now.”

Aly sighed softly, looking at his hand on hers. She liked the way that felt and the last thing that she wanted to do was take her hand away from his. She bit her lip softly and nodded at what he said but she didn’t seem able to form words. She swallowed hard, almost as if something were stuck in her throat. Aly nodded again, chewing her lip but still unable to form a sentence. She roughly wiped her face with her other hand and then pulled her hand away from Steve’s to wipe her eyes again. Without saying anything, she started to pack up the messenger bag that she had with her. She was stuffing everything in her bag so roughly that Steve got up and knelt next to her, putting his hands over hers before taking the bag from her and carefully packing her things for her. He didn’t want her breaking anything just because she felt emotional right now.

“Thank you,” Aly said, her voice barely a whisper. She looked up at him and had to wipe her eyes again because a couple of tears started to fall again. “Thank you, Steve.”

He slowly stood up, holding his hand out to her. Aly put the strap of the bag on her shoulder and grabbed her apron, folding it up and putting it into the bag before closing it up. Then she put her hand in Steve’s, lacing her fingers with his. He gave her hand a squeeze and started to head for the door with Aly. They didn’t say anything for awhile. They walked together and slowly he saw Aly start to smile. She even swung their arms a little as they walked, laughing when she did it. Steve couldn’t help but laugh at that too.

Without thinking about it, he lifted her hand to his lips and kissed the top of her hand. Steve saw Aly blush when he did it. He grinned, happy to see that he could make her happy. After what happened in the coffee shop, making Aly happy was his number one priority after all. “What are your plans for the rest of the day today?” he asked with a smile.

Aly looked up at him and shrugged. “I didn’t have any plans actually,” she said as she walked a little closer to him. “What about you? Any plans for today?”

Steve chuckled, shaking his head. “Nope. Did you want to see a movie? Or grab something to eat?” he asked. He squeezed her hand as he spoke, tempted to wrap an arm around her. He stopped himself from doing it because he wasn’t sure how Aly would take it though. This was all so new to Steve. He wasn’t entirely sure what to do or how to act around Aly after all.

She suddenly let go of his hand and stepped in front of Steve. She laughed when he stopped so suddenly that he nearly ran into her. Aly took both of his hands in hers and started walking backwards in front of him. “I have a better idea,” she said with a grin. “We don’t have to go out to a movie or to eat. We can stop at the store and pick up what we need to make something at my place. We can even stop to rent a movie. We don’t have to go out when we can stay in and have just as much fun. Don’t you think?”

Steve laughed as he pulled her toward him. Then he put his arm around Aly’s shoulder and tucked her in close to his body. “Isn’t there a place up the street where we can pick out a movie? I thought I saw a place like that on the way here,” he said with a nod. “And there’s a market right on the corner where you live.”

Aly laughed, nodding. The fact that he knew that was amusing to her. He clearly played a lot more attention than she assumed but she liked that Steve paid attention to anything that had to do with her. “Yes, sir,” she said with another nod, a soft laugh escaping her lips. “We can pick a movie first and then stop at the market before heading to my place. Sounds perfect.”

Steve nodded, feeling a fluttering in his stomach as they walked. The fact that she hadn’t asked him to take a step back or anything made him feel like there was something going on here and he wanted to see it through. Maybe he wasn’t good with women but he was comfortable with Aly and Steve was curious to see what that might mean if they saw this thing through. Maybe he’d even be able to trust her enough to tell her about his “alter ego” one day.
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