Steve was away on a mission, and Gamora was worried. Like, tearing out her hair worried. Her nails had been reduced to small, sad stubs, the magenta nail polish chipped.
Gamora had no idea why she was worried. Steve did missions like these often, and she herself had been on a few since coming to live on Terra (Earth, she reminded herself in her head), and they always came back with just a few scratches. She had never felt so worried, even when Peter, who had become a big brother to her, went away on missions.
She supposed it was the fact that she and Steve had been dating. The whole concept of 'dating' was new to her, but Steve was helping her get used to it. Steve had asked her out about a month after she and the other Guardians moved into Avengers tower, and it had turned out to be really fun.
Gamora sighed and walked into Steve's room, turning on the TV. There wasn't anything on the news, just a story about a lost dog. She turned off the TV and crawled across the bed, pulling up the covers and scooting in, inhaling Steve's scent from his pillows.
His sketchbook sat on the nightstand, and while she knew she shouldn't look, Gamora pulled it into her lap and flipped it open to a random page. It was a drawing of Thor and his Asgardian friends, Lady Sif and the Warriors Three. Gamora turned the page and gasped.
It was a drawing of herself, when they had gone to the movies. It was the same outfit she had worn on their first date (the one she had fussed about for 30 minutes before asking Darcy for help), with her hair falling in waves around her shoulders. She was leaning against the counter of the concession stand, drinking the soda that Steve had given her.
Gamora smiled and ran her fingers over the sketch. Steve had made her look so beautiful, even if she was wearing normal clothes.
"Gamora?" Her head snapped up to see Steve in the doorway, still in his uniform.
She looked down at the sketch in her hands and back up, smiling brightly as she got up to tend to Steve's wounds.
A/N
I love Gamora/Steve stories, and there just aren't enough. So I wrote my own!
Please send me prompts if you want a one shot! I need you to tell me what characters, ship, and scenario you want.