He sits, staring at the Shawarma in front of him. Everyone else seems to be enjoying it, but he can`t. Come on Steve, he tells himself. Just eat the food. You need it after saving New York only an hour ago. He watches his new partners. They`re a strange group, but they work well together.
Later, he watches as Thor takes Loki and the Tesseract back to Asgard. He`s glad to see the Tesseract gone. It`s already caused too much trouble in his life. Then they all go their separate ways. Tony and Bruce go back to Tony`s place to do science, Clint and Natasha go back to Shield, and Steve, he doesn`t know where to go. So, he goes back to his apartment.
He looks at Peggy`s file for the hundredth time. He also looks at Howard`s file. Then back at Peggy`s. He misses her so badly. Her file has her address and phone number on it but he doubts she remembers him after seventy years. And if she does, it`s too late now. She`s ninety years old, more or less. All he has left of her is memories and her picture in his compass. Thankfully, they were able to retrieve his compass out of the ice when they found him.
He sighs and puts Peggy`s and Howard`s files away. Then he decides to go to sleep. Saving New York City from aliens and an Asgardian will take it out of you.
He goes on like this for days. Eat, sleep, and look at the files. He can`t take it anymore. He needs to get out of his apartment. But where can he go? He`s Captain America! He needs a job, a mission, something. That`s it Steve. Shield. He can go work for Shield.
He hops on his motorcycle and sets off. Not knowing where Shield HQ is, he gets a little lost and ends up at Shield Academy. He walks inside anyways and the first thing he sees is "The Wall of Valor." It honors the Shield agents who gave their life while on duty. He looks for a minute before seeing the name James Barnes on the wall.
"Bucky…" He sighs and turns to leave.
After half an hour of riding around, he finds Shield HQ. It is very well hidden, no wonder he couldn`t find it.
He walks up to the front desk. "Excuse me, ma'am?" He asks.
The lady looks up and immediately looks surprised. "Yes, Cap?"
"May I speak to Director Fury, please?" He asks.
"Yes, of course." She leads him to Fury's office.
"Funny, you showing up here Cap. I was just about to come to you." Fury says.
"Why is that, sir?"
"Stark is rebuilding Stark Tower and turning into Avengers Tower, a place for all of you to live. I was coming to tell you, since you don't have a cell phone. "
"So Stark wants me to move into his tower, with all of the other Avengers? Do I have a choice?"
"Not really. Pack your bags Cap."
"Wait, sir?"
"Yea, Steve?"
"About what I came here for...originally, I'd like to join Shield."
"You want to join Shield?"
"Yes sir."
"Great. You start Monday."
"Thank you, sir."