Chapter 1

Andy was Tony's 19 year old daughter and she was the youngest female, mutant diplomat. She was an empath, which made dealing with foreign affairs much easier. Steve was assigned to accompany her to the UN, which Tony wasn't thrilled about.

"Why can't I just go with her?" Tony questioned Fury.

"Because you are needed here Stark, You and Dr. Banner have a number of projects to finish. Andrea will be in safe hands with Captain Rogers." Fury told him.

"His hands are exactly what I'm worried about." Tony huffed.

"I am confident that Steve can act professionally and respectfully towards your daughter, you act as though he is some sort of deviant." Fury scoft.

"As I've said before Nick, I don't trust a man who doesn't have a dark side." Tony huffed.

"I suggested that if you have a complaint you take it to Steve, I'm not removing him from this assignment and that his final. Not only is Andrea your daughter, but she is an important government official, I wouldn't risk her safety by letting just anyone escort her." Meanwhile Andy was packing her bags and getting ready to leave. She had put on a pinstriped skirt, baby blue buttoned down shirt, and black heels, before twisting her brunette hair into a bun. She heard a knock on the door and Jarvis alerted her that Steve was waiting for her. She opened the door and was greeted by the smiling super soldier.

"Are you almost ready Miss Stark?" He questioned.

"I'm ready." She told him and grabbed her stuff.

"I can take that for you." Steve offered.

"No it's ok, I've got it." At that moment Tony walked out of the elevator.

"How about I take your bags out to the car so you and your dad can say goodbye?" Steve suggested.

"Actually Rogers, I want to speak with you." Tony said angrily.

"Is something wrong Tony?" Steve asked.

"If so much as a hair is out of place when Andy returns, I will make you wish that they never thawed you out." Tony growled.

"Tony I assure you nothing is going to happen, as soon as the conference is over I'm bringing her straight back here, unharmed." Andy could feel the tension, she wanted to mediate, but she knew that would probably only make Tony angrier. Steve and Andy finally got on the private jet and they tried to relax a little, as Andy went over her notes.

"Andy, you trust me don't you?" Steve questioned and looked over at her.

"Of course Steve, I trust you with my life. Don't pay attention to my dad, he is overprotective and ridiculous." She told him as she highlighted something in her notebook.

"So, what's your speech about?" Steve wondered.

"It's a discussion on mutant treatment and celebrating mutants coming of age." She told him.

"It must have been hard." Steve said.

"What?" She questioned with a raised eyebrow.

"Dealing with your mutation in the public eye."

"It was difficult, we kept it hidden for awhile. Truth be told, I think dad was a little ashamed to have a mutant kid, a lot of people still are." She sighed.

"In my day mutants had to hide, it was awful. A lot of my friends disappeared and no one batted in eye." He told her.

"Human mutant relations have come far, but they are still strained." She huffed. Alarms started to sound and Andy tensed. The flight attendant walked out and assured them that everything was under control, but Andy knew differently.

"You can't lie to an empath, but I appreciate the attempt. Steve something tells me we should brace for impact." Andy could feel the panic rising with in Steve, she didn't like messing with people's emotions, but she used her power to calm him down. Andy knew if Steve was calm and focused, they all had a better chance of surviving. It all happened so slow, yet so fast. Steve grabbed Andy as the plane went down. They landed in the water, they searched for the others, but to no avail. The two swam to a small island that was only a few meters away, and dragged themselves on the shore. Steve looked Andy over as she shivered violently.

"Andy you're freezing, come here." She crawled over to him and he wrapped himself around her. When she was a little warmer Steve made a fire and they huddled in front of it.

"Can you feel the pilot or the flight attendant?" Steve wondered and she shook her head.

No, either they're too far away or they're dead." She sighed. Andy took off her watch and looked at it.

"Maybe if I can dry this out I can get a message to my dad." She told him.

"Through your watch?" Steve asked in confusion.

"It's not a watch, it's a communication device, but it's waterlogged."

"We need to find water and food, who knows how long we could be here." Steve huffed.

"I can make a water purifier, I just need a couple of plastic bottles, I'm sure some have washed up on shore." She suggested.

"Sounds good, I'll make spear and try to catch some fish." The each worked on these projects and regrouped.

"The water will be clean by night fall."

"I caught a couple fish, I'll get some more in the morning." They made a pretty good team, unlike Tony she could work with someone without her ego getting in the way. Andy didn't understand why Tony didn't like Steve, he was sweet and gracious.

"Steve, I should tell you… when the plan was going down I used my power on you to keep you calm. I'm sorry, I know shouldn't have done that, I just figured if you were calm it would give us all a better chance." She apologized, she could tell he wasn't mad at her, but it was a little harder to read him than other people. She had problems reading strong willed people, they tended to be more complex.

"It's ok, I could feel you scrambling around in my head, you were just doing what you thought was best." As night fell the air grew cold.

"Andy, I don't want to make you uncomfortable, but it's going to get even colder and you could get sick, I think it would be best if we slept together." It took a second for his mind to realize what his mouth had said and a blush spread across his face. "I mean huddle for warmth." He added and cleared his throat.

"I knew what you meant steve and that's fine, just be warned, I've been told that I snore, loudly." she giggled.

Andy was the first to wake up the following morning and she felt something against the back of her thigh that made her flush. Andy slipped away from Steve to avoid the awkwardness, she didn't want to embarrass him because of his biology. Steve's feelings were influencing her as well, but she just tried to block it out, she hated the unwanted tension her powers caused at times. Andy went to gather the clean water from the day before, and she came back to find Steve sitting uncomfortably with bright red cheeks.

"Steve… do you need a moment alone?" Andy asked awkwardly.

"No, I'm ok."

"Steve… I can feel all of your emotions… the sooner you take care of it.. The less awkward things will be. I'll go look around for some fruit… or something" Andy walked off, hoping she hadn't upset Steve. Andy collected some coconuts and looked around, after 20 minutes she nearly fell over when a sense of total ecstasy washed over her and she realized she could probably turn back. She lugged the coconuts back to where they were camped out.