The quiet of spring was what Steve woke up to that morning; the room not making a sound. Steve had the tendency to wake up before even the birds to start his day with a run, and that day was no exception. He was trying to wake himself up when something moved next to him. Steve turned his head and came face to face with Beatrice Babino; his girlfriend.
Her brown hair has grown since he met her a year ago, pooling on the pillow she was sleeping on. Her mouth was slightly opened and he could now hear a small amount of snoring coming from her. It was still odd to Steve how he got a girlfriend; let alone someone as amazing as Beatrice. He smiled while taking his hand and moving a chunk of her hair that was over her face very gently as to not wake her up. Beatrice's face scrunched up at being touched before relaxing when Steve started combing his fingers through her hair; him knowing that that usually gets her to fall asleep.
Steve finally decided to get up after laying in bed for a couple more minutes. He got dressed in his running clothes and was tying his shoes when he felt someone lean their head against his back, making him smile.
"Why are you up so early?" Beatrice mumbled against Steve's back.
"I'm going on my run." He said, turning his head enough to see her out of the corner of his eye. "You can come if you want."
Beatrice let out a tired laugh and pushed off his back just to lean her chin on his shoulder. "Steve, we tried that and you ran your route like 20 times in one morning. I can't survive that so early in the morning." She explained.
"Sorry."
"You don't have to apologize. You're just built different than I am." Beatrice gave Steve a quick peck on the cheek before falling back into their bed.
"I'll be back soon." Steve said, making his way to Beatrice's side of the bed and giving her a kiss on the lips. They pulled back and Beatrice smiled at him.
"I'll be here."
"On your left."
Steve called out to the other runner ahead of him as he ran around the man. The sun is now a good way into the sky and Steve had been out for a while running his route. Yet to really break into a sweat or get very winded, he ran another two rounds around before making his way back to the apartment him and Beatrice. Nothing too big or too small, not too close to the city or too far away; the apartment building was built in the 60's and had recently been renovated when the two heroes came into the city. As Steve made his way inside and up the stairs, he passed one of his neighbors Kate who was dressed in a pair of scrubs had her purse slung over her shoulder.
"Mornin' " Kate called as the passed each other. Steve smiled and sent a small wave her way.
"Good morning. Morning shift?" He asked. Kate nodded and gripped on her purse strap.
"Yep, soon though I'll be switched to the night shift so you won't be seeing me for a while."
"Oh that stinks."
"Yeah, well what are you gonna do; ya know?" Kate asked with a shrug. They parted but before turning the corner, Kate backtracked and called to Steve. He turned as she called, "Tell Beatrice I said hi."
Steve smiled, "Will do."
After walking only a little bit more to his front door, Steve opened the door that he knew Beatrice unlocked after she got up. He could already hear the music playing through their home as he entered, and it took him a minute to try and recognize the song. Lights by Journey I think.
"Hey I'm home!" Steve called, taking his shoes off near the doorway.
"In the bedroom!"
Steve's feet padded over through the kitchen and to his and Beatrice's shared room to see her sitting on the bed with files and papers strewed about over the sheets. "What are you doing?"
"Looking over some paperwork from past S.T.R.I.K.E. missions and some stuff I have to do for my trip to Wakanda next month." Beatrice explained, looking up quickly at Steve before looking at the paper in her hand.
"You're going to Wakanda next month?" Steve asked. He walked over and picked up a paper closest to him and looked it over, seeing at it was directions to the US Embassy in Wakanda.
"Yeah, Fury wants me to go talk to the king and his group of mining experts about the possibility about finding vibranium and talk a deal with him. I told you about this a couple weeks ago."
"Oh." Steve looked up from the paper to Beatrice who looked confused at his forgetfulness. "Sorry, with all these missions from S.T.R.I.K.E. lately I've kinda been forgetting other things."
"It's alright. Besides I get to see T'Challa again after seeing him at that conference with his father. He said he has a surprise for me." Beatrice said with a smile. Steve frowned at the mention of the Wakanda prince, looking back down to the paper in his hand. Ever since Beatrice had been appointed as the liaison between S.H.I.E.L.D. and the country of Wakanda, he had heard Beatrice mention T'Challa, King T'Chaka's oldest child and heir to the throne many times. Not meeting the man in person and getting a good read on him is what worried him the most. Not that Steve didn't believe in Beatrice; he trusted her more than anyone since he woke up from the ice. It was T'Challa who he felt uneasy about.
To move on from the subject and the uncomfortable feeling settling in his stomach, Steve asked another question. "Why are you looking over past S.T.R.I.K.E. missions too?"
"Oh!" Beatrice exclaimed, jumping up from the bed, "I completely spaced out. I got a text from Natasha. She said that we have a mission once you get back and can get to S.H.I.E.L.D."
"Why didn't you call me?"
"Because it was like ten minutes ago and I knew you were getting back soon." She said. Steve sighed and sent a small smile her way.
"Just let me change and we can head out. Did Romanoff say where we're going?" Steve turned from Beatrice and searched through the bureau for fresh clothes. Beatrice nodded and started gathering her stuff together and make her way to the door.
"Yeah. Carcassonne, France." Beatrice said just as she shut the door for Steve to get changed. She knew that even though he knew there was nothing wrong with his outer appearance, Steve was still uncomfortable with changing in front of her. A couple minutes later Steve and Beatrice were ready to leave so they climbed on the back of Steve's Harley Davidson and they rode off to their next adventure.
hey so here's chapter one of The Silver Bullet :) this is all original work so please comment and tell me what you think.
