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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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When Steve walked into the coffee shop, he expected to find Aly sitting at a table with her laptop open again, working on something for school. Maybe it would be some homework or some kind of lesson plans. After all, he’d figured out that she’d been trying to work on a lesson plan the last time he’d seen her so he expected to see her working on something like that again this time. Instead when Steve walked in, he saw Aly sitting in one of the comfortable looking armchairs off to the side. It was near a window and she was sitting there, cross-legged, with her cell phone in her hand and earbuds plugged into it.

She seemed to be staring off into the distance, her head bobbing to the music she seemed to be listening to at the moment. Clearly she was lost in thought or just daydreaming and not worried about the world around her. Aly did jump a little once and her attention turned to her phone after she got startled. She seemed to quickly type up a text message to someone before her phone get set on the arm of the chair. Steve stood back and watched her for a moment. He noticed her shoes were on the floor and that there was a paper cup sitting on the table next to her. When she picked it up to take a sip, he smiled a little.

That was when Aly spotted him. She took out her earbuds, a grin slowly growing on her face. She shifted to slip her shoes on before standing up. Steve looked her over a little, trying to be discreet about it, as she walked over. He couldn’t seem to stop himself from checking her out though. Her hair was down, loose waves falling on her shoulders and she was wearing a light blue button down shirt. The first few buttons were undone and he could see the lace from a white camisole peeking out from under her shirt. She actually had on a pair of high heels which gave her a good four more inches of height although she was still a good four or five inches shorter than him even with her heels on.

She moved gracefully in her heels as she walked over to Steve and he licked his lips as he watched her walk. His heart was racing a little because there was just something about Aly that could make him dizzy. She didn’t even ask as she hooked her arm with his, a smile on her face. Her purse was over her shoulder and Aly had slipped her phone into it as she stood up. Now she had her cup in one hand while the other arm was now hooked with his. It felt good though and Steve kissed the top of her head softly as they started to walk out.

“You’re punctual. I’ll give you that much,” Aly said as they stepped out onto the street with a laugh. “Right at 5 o’clock. I’m not surprised though.”

“Would you rather I show up late?” Steve said with a chuckle. He shook his head a little at her as he led her over to his motorcycle. He couldn’t help the grin on his face when Aly looked at the Harley with her eyes wide. Steve looked at Aly and shrugged, feeling slightly embarrassed although he was hoping that she wouldn’t mind riding on the back of his motorcycle. “Sorry, I didn’t walk today. You don’t mind riding on this with me, right?”

Aly quickly tossed out her cup, finding the nearest garbage can. Then she walked back over and looked at the motorcycle again. She ran her hand along the Harley with a smile, shaking her head a little. She looked at Steve in awe, her eyes still wide with surprise. “This is yours?” she asked, surprise lacing her voice.

Steve chuckled and nodded, surprised and happy that Aly liked his Harley. “Yes. I take it you approve then,” he said with a little grin.

Aly nodded enthusiastically, laughing. “I do. I really, really do,” she said with a laugh. The tone of her voice and the grin on her face showed how excited she was right now. It had been some time since she’d ridden on the back of a motorcycle so she was excited to get to ride with Steve. “My dad had a motorcycle. A Harley-Davidson actually. So did my grandfather. This is amazing.”

Steve climbed onto the motorcycle and nodded for Aly to get on. “Did you need help climbing on?” he asked with a chuckle. He laughed again when she slipped onto the back of the bike without any trouble at all. He didn’t know why he was so surprised that she was able to do that so gracefully. Steve sighed softly when he felt her arms wrap around his waist as he started up the motorcycle.

They didn’t talk as they rode through traffic to his apartment. Steve felt Aly rest her head against his back at one point and felt her squeeze him tighter as he weaved his way through traffic. He was careful though, making sure that Aly was safe the entire way. Neither of them had on helmets so Steve seemed to be a little cautious now that he had a passenger. He parked in front of his building and waited for Aly to climb off before getting off the bike as well. He held out his hand for her and smiled when she laced her fingers with his.

“I’m warning you now that I don’t have much,” Steve said as they headed up the front steps to the door. “There aren’t really any pictures around or anything. Not a lot to see.”

Aly shrugged as they headed into the building. She let Steve lead her to his apartment on the third floor. She didn’t mind that Steve didn’t have much in his apartment although it made her a little curious at the same time. “It’s okay. Can I ask why you don’t have any pictures through? I would figure that you’d at least have some pictures of your family and friends,” she said with another little shrug.

Steve unlocked and opened the door to his apartment. He led her inside before saying anything, not sure how to answer her. “I don’t really have any family anymore,” he said with a shrug, looking over at Aly as he spoke. “I don’t have a lot of friends either. Nothing like you seem to have anyway. Keeping pictures of them up seemed almost too … depressing. I like things simple too. This is … better.” He led her into the living room and stopped at the couch. “Sit down. Please. I’ll start dinner.”

Aly shook her head, wrapping her arms around Steve’s waist. She wasn’t going to let him get away with not letting her help out. “No. I’m helping you with dinner,” she said with a nod. “You helped me with dinner. You have to let me help you.”

“You let me set the table,” Steve pointed out with a chuckle, shaking his head. He couldn’t help the grin on his face as he looked at Aly now. “No. If you want to help me, then you can help me as much as I got to help you.”

Aly sighed and let go of Steve before flopping down on the tan couch. Like her apartment, the walls were white. It was simply furnished as well with tan and brown furniture. She liked it though. It seemed like it suited Steve. No frills. No fuss. She watched as Steve walked away with a grin still on his face. When he turned on the radio, it was a station that Aly had never heard of before but she smiled as she heard the music. It was music that she heard when she was over at her grandparents’ house. It was nice though. She listened for a moment, closing her eyes for just a bit, before she got up to look around a little. Aly wandered the apartment a bit, looking at everything although Steve wasn’t kidding when he said that his apartment was simple. He only had the necessities it seemed. That made sense though with everything that Steve had said so far about his life.

She walked back into the living room, glancing at the couch where she had been sitting for a moment, and then turned and headed for the kitchen. Aly didn’t like being alone so she decided to head for the kitchen so she could at least be around Steve. She didn’t think twice as she hopped up on an empty counter and sat down. Steve looked over and laughed with a shake of his head. He stirred the macaroni as he looked over at her. He hadn’t been kidding when he said that he was going to make her macaroni and cheese. There was a plate with already cooked, crumbled bacon on the counter, which Aly picked at a bit.

“Hey, that’s supposed to be for dinner,” he said, trying to give her a stern look. It didn’t work because his face broke out in a grin when Aly’s eyes widened and she put down some of the bacon pieces that she’d had in her hand.

“Macaroni and cheese with bacon, huh?” Aly said, looking over at the stove as Steve stirred the noodles. “Simple but good. I approve.”

Steve laughed softly, his attention on the noodles for a moment. It was easy to pretend that something so simple needed his attention when Aly was embarrassing him after all. “I told you that I’m not much of a cook,” he said with a shrug. “You can’t expect a five-star meal out of a one-star chef.”

“Oh. Now you’re a chef?” Aly said with a laugh. She gave him a serious look when Steve looked over at her but soon she couldn’t help but laugh as well. “Just because I’m a decent cook doesn’t mean that I expected you to make some huge meal for us, Steve. This is nice though. I’m not kidding. I approve.”

Steve finished cooking the noodles, straining them before putting them back into the pot. He melted some block cheese in another pot and then poured it over the noodles. While he was doing that, he directed Aly around the kitchen so she could find the plates, forks and napkins. She set them on the counter because she noticed that there wasn’t a table in his kitchen and then she peeked into the refrigerator, pulling out two bottles of beer. Aly opened them before she set them onto the counter as well while Steve added the bacon to their macaroni and cheese.

“And we’re ready to eat,” he said rather proudly, gesturing to the pot with the macaroni and cheese in it. “We can find a movie on TV and sit in the living room to eat. If that’s okay.”

Aly nodded as she walked over with her plate to take some of the macaroni and cheese. “I like that idea a lot,” she said as she took some food. She grabbed her fork, napkin and bottle of beer and waited for Steve before heading for the living room.

“Is there anything that you want to watch?” Steve asked as he grabbed some food as well. He looked over at Aly to see her leaning against the counter, watching him. “I just mean that maybe I can find a movie you like or something.”

Aly laughed and shook her head, straightening up when Steve had everything that he needed. They walked into the living room together, sitting next to each other on the couch. Aly set her plate down on the coffee table and took a drink of her beer before getting comfortable. She looked over as Steve got comfortable and grabbed the remote after setting down his plate and beer. He started to flip through the channels before stopping on one of the classic movie channels. He looked over at Aly who smiled a little and gave Steve a nod.

They didn’t talk about much as they ate and watched the movie together. There were a few comments here and there about the movie or the food but other than that, they didn’t talk. Aly seemed to like the movie. It was one that Steve had seen in the theaters before the war. It was nice to get to share something like that with her. Just like at her apartment, once she was done eating, Aly seemed to curl up at Steve’s side, resting against him. This time he was less nervous about putting an arm around her shoulders. He even pulled her closer and was rewarded with a kiss on his cheek.

When the movie was over, Aly offered to do dishes while Steve dried and while he tried to argue with her about it, he let her get away with it because it had been the deal at her place. He watched her as she washed the dishes, smiling as he heard her humming to the music that he’d chosen to play. Aly looked over at him and smiled softly. She had some bubbles on her hand from the dish pan and put some on Steve’s nose with a laugh.

Steve shook his head as he wiped his nose off, laughing at her. “You’re really something else. You know that?” he said with a shake of his head. He even laughed again, watching her as she shrugged her shoulders at what he said and finished up the dishes that he’d used to cook and that they’d used to eat.

Aly laughed softly at Steve’s statement and question. “I know that you think that I’m the most amazing person you know,” she said with small smile. “I also know that it’s not true. I can’t be the most amazing person that you know.”

Steve thought about it for a moment as he watched Aly turn off the water and empty the sink. To be honest, he did know more “amazing” people but they weren’t people that he associated with that often. They weren’t people that he ever wanted Aly to meet actually. Not that Steve wanted to keep that side of himself from her. It was more that he didn’t want her to get caught up in it. He didn’t want anyone to be able to use her against him at some point. Chances were that Aly would get caught up in it anyway. Steve knew that much but the longer he could keep her out of it, the better off they’d be. One day he’d tell her everything but he wasn’t ready for that yet. He was still working up to it actually.

He turned and leaned against the counter, smiling as Aly shifted and hopped up on the counter beside him. Steve took a half step closer and nudged her, making Aly laugh softly. “Honestly I don’t think that I know anyone who’s more interesting than you. At least not anyone that I want to spend any real time with,” he said with a nod and a soft chuckle. He reached for her hand and laced their fingers together, playing with their fingers. “You’re an amazing … young woman. I … I really … I really like you, Alyssa.”

Aly looked over at Steve with a smile. She looked at their hands for a moment, playing with his fingers now. When she looked him in the eyes, she was smiling softly. Aly almost had a shy look on her face. “I really like you too, Steve,” she said, nodding. “You’re amazing and sweet and very special. I don’t know anyone quite like you.”

“Was that just a compliment?”

Aly laughed, rolling her eyes at Steve. The fact that he was taking a serious moment and making a joke was amusing actually. She took a swat at his arm with a laugh, shaking her head at him. “No, it’s not. Not at all,” she said, trying to sound serious.

Steve took a step closer to her, then another, until he was standing in front of her. He rested his hands on the counter on either side of her hips and he smiled when she reached for him and pulled him closer. He blushed when he felt Aly’s legs wrap around him but he stepped closer to her, his hands moving to her hips. He was still smiling as he leaned in and saw Aly’s eyes flutter closed as his lips got closer to hers. Steve’s own eyes closed and he kissed her softly, letting his lips linger on hers. This time he could feel how she was letting him lead and even though he wasn’t sure of what he was doing, one of his hands moved to cup the side of her face gently. Slowly his fingers slid into her hair as he gently head the back of her head. He felt her hands brush along his arms.

He could feel a faint smile as they kissed and it made him smile a bit too. He felt her fingertips lightly brushing up and down his back. His one hand on her hip pulled Aly a bit closer and he heard her whimper against his lips when he did it. Slowly Steve pulled back from the kiss, resting his forehead against hers. He saw her trying to catch her breath and realized that he was breathing a bit harder as well. Kissing her had made him breathless and he didn’t even realize it. It seemed to happen a lot around Aly. She made him feel things that he wasn’t sure he would ever feel. His fingers slowly untangled from her hair and he cupped her face gently in his hands. He lightly brushed his lips against hers again.

Aly softly sighed when he gave her that faint tease of a kiss. She was blushing softly as she looked deep into his eyes. Her hands slowly ran down Steve’s arms until she was gently holding his wrists in her hands. She bit her lip softly for a moment before tilting her head a bit to lightly kiss him this time. Steve chuckled against her lips before taking her hands in his, stepping back a half step to really look at her.

“It’s like you’re glowing. I like it,” he softly said, nodding as he looked her over a little. He saw her look down and he let go of her hand to tilt her chin up to get her to look at him again. “You’re beautiful and amazing, Alyssa. I’m not just saying it either. No matter how many times I might say it to you.”

Aly nodded slowly as she took his hand in hers again. “I know that, Steve. I can tell that you don’t say anything that you don’t mean. It’s commendable,” she said with a little nod. “You do know that one day I’m going to find out everything about you. You’re not going to be able to hide things from me forever.”

Steve cocked his head to the side a little, not sure what she meant. He wasn’t as open as she was but his past was much harder to explain than hers. He knew that he could trust her and he hoped that one day he’d be able to open up to her even more but he really didn’t think that he was hiding anything from her. Maybe it seemed that way to Aly but it wasn’t his intent. He smiled though and nodded, knowing that if anyone would find out things about him that he hadn’t shared with anyone else, it would be Aly.

“I’m not trying to hide anything from you, Aly. You have to know that,” Steve said. He looked her right in the eyes when he spoke. He wanted her to know that he was telling her the truth. “My past is … complicated.”

“Everything in life is complicated. Life itself is pretty damn complicated,” Aly said with a shrug. She was lightly brushing her thumbs against the insides of Steve’s wrists as she spoke. “When you’re ready to talk, I’m here to listen.”

Steve smiled, nodding. He felt his own pulse quicken at her touch. When she stopped brushing her thumbs against his wrists, he started to do it to her. His thumbs lightly glided along that soft, delicate skin on the insides of her wrists. When he felt her pulse quicken at his touch, Steve smiled a little more. “When will I get to see you again?” Steve asked, clearly changing the subject.

Aly rolled her eyes a little but there was a smile at the corners of her lips. “Well I’m going to be busy the next couple of days but I’m going to try to get down to the gym to box a little. Maybe I’ll run into you there,” she said with a wink. She wiggled her way away from Steve and hopped off the counter.

Steve lightly grabbed her waist and pulled her back to him as she turned to walk away. He loved how she giggled when he grabbed her and how she turned in his arms, resting her hands on his chest softly as she looked up at him, her fingers pressing into his skin a bit. It made him want to know what it felt like to have her fingers press into his skin without any fabric in between. Aly looked so small when she was in his arms and it made him want to protect her even more although he was starting to get the feeling that he couldn’t keep things from her forever. He knew that she was strong and that she was capable of taking care of herself. Eventually Steve was going to have to let Aly in.

“Two days. I’ll see you again in two days,” he said with a little nod. He kissed her forehead, smiling when she laughed at him for it. “At least let me drive you home. Please.”

Aly looked over her shoulder to look out the window. It wasn’t quite dark yet but it was getting darker. She looked at Steve and nodded, turning in his arms and trying to walk toward the door while still in his arms. “Well come on then,” she said, laughter in her voice.
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