A/N: I'm back! I finally had some inspiration and I decided to start this one while I had it! I ended up marking I Am A Freedom Fighter as complete and decided just to start writing this one! Please let me know what you think, if I should continue, and if you come up with any better titles, I'm not sure about this one. But please don't forget to fave, follow, and review! It would mean a lot to me!

Disclaimer: I don't own anything but Katherine Howlett!

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Planning a wedding was a little more work that Katherine had thought it would be (not that she thought it was easy). It's been a year since the proposal and Steve and Katherine had been splitting their time between their new apartment in upstate New York with the Institute for their summer classes. The school year was going to start soon, which made Katherine happy for the new apartment. It was close enough to the institute that they could either stay in the apartment or she could stay at the institute or Steve could stay in the apartment while she is at the institute. Either way works for the woman. Saturdays were one of Katherine's favorite days though. The couple lay in bed, slow to get up. Katherine slowly came into consciousness as Steve, as gently as he could, removed Katherine from his chest to slip out of bed.

"It's Saturday." She mumbled, opening her right eye ever so slightly to look at the man. He smiled softly and leaned down to press a kiss to the top of her head.

"I know. It'll be a quick run. I promise." He said before heading to their dresser to get his running clothes. Katherine glanced at the clock and she saw it was 8. Steve had actually managed to sleep in past his usual 5 a.m. run by quite a bit. He was slowly getting more comfortable in this time, finally able to change his habits, something that the woman was extremely pleased about. She listened to Steve get dressed before he whispered a goodbye and made his way out of the bedroom. Quickly weighing her options, the woman decided to go back to sleep until he got home.

It was only an hour later before Katherine was awakened by Steve coming back into the apartment. She blinked her eyes open and lifted her head to look at the man as he came into the bedroom. "How was your run?" She asked as she sat up and leaned back against the headboard. The man smiled at her as he took off his shirt. Katherine's eyes flittered over his torso before coming back up to his face.

"It was good." He said, flexing a little bit when he saw his fiancé watching him. Katherine tilted her head and leaned over slightly as Steve made his way into the attached bathroom. He turned the water on and let the temperature adjust. He slipped off his socks before slipping his sweats off. Before he could slip his boxers, he shut to door with his foot, blocking her view. She stuck her bottom lip out in a pout.

"That wasn't very nice." She said, loud enough she was sure that he would hear her. She could hear him chuckle with her enhanced hearing. She smiled as she slipped out of the bed and headed into the kitchen. Their new apartment was an open loft style that Katherine kind of loved. Steve said it was growing on him too, which Katherine was grateful about. She wanted Steve to consider the place his home as well, not just Katherine's (even if he did say that it didn't matter where they lived as long as Katherine was there).

As the woman started the coffee, she could hear Steve step under the water. Things had been good for them since the fall of S.H.I.E.L.D. The couple has been able to live their lives, get even closer, and not have to worry about going on crazy missions. The only thing that had been crazy was the wedding planning. They did get to see the rest of the Avengers occasionally; more often than not it was Natasha and Clint they saw. Even so, she was still close to the others. John and Logan were frequent visitors at their new place as well. Once the coffee was done, she poured Steve and herself a cup before she began rummaging through the fridge to find something for breakfast. She had decided on breakfast wraps since they had all the stuff for them.

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The eggs, bacon, and sausage were cooking by the time Steve came down the stairs in just a pair of sweats. Katherine wolf-whistled as he walked by her and she watched the man roll his eyes and hip-checked her. She chuckled as she turned back to the food. Steve took a sip of his coffee (made just the way he likes) before he turned to lean against the counter and look at the woman.

"So what is the plan today?" Steve asked her. Katherine thought as she reached under the stove and pulled out a small pan to use to warm up the soft tortilla shells.

"Well, today is John's graduation." She said with a smile. Steve raised an eyebrow before looking at the small calendar on the fridge. The day was circled in red with John's Graduation written in red as well.

"Oh… I guess that's the plan." Steve said with a smile. She nodded as she began to put the wraps together.

"Yeah. I didn't think he would ever get that far. There was a while I was worried that he'd never graduate." The woman said as she finished three of Steve's wraps before working on her own. She passed the plate to the other side of the stove so that Steve could get to them. He stepped up beside her, pressing a kiss to her cheek before he began eating.

"He's a smart kid." Steve said before he took his first bite.

"I know that but he didn't always act like it." She said, carefully warming up her tortillas. "I like to think that you were a part of what changed." The man looked at her and smiled.

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When breakfast was done, the couple grabbed their clothes for John's graduation and loaded them in the back of the car that Katherine had bought (because you really can't ride your motorcycle everywhere) and off they went. The drive to the Institute wasn't bad, maybe an hour. When they got there, everything was decked out for the graduation ceremony. It was tradition that the Professor does it in the large backyard on the property. There were quite a few kids graduating and what made it special for Katherine was that many of the kids were either recruited by her or she'd been around since they'd come to the institute.

"I got the clothes; you go ahead and head inside." She nodded, pressing a chaste kiss to the man's lips before making her way inside. As soon as she stepped inside, she could smell all the amazing smells coming from the kitchen. She followed her nose and smiled as Scott, Ororo, and Jean worked on making some special foods for the graduating students.

"Hey." She said, coming over to the three other teachers.

"Hey." They all said back, not stopping their tasks. They didn't have much longer until it was time for the graduation ceremony so they had to make sure everything was done.

"Is there anything you need me to do?" She asked, while watching them work.

"You can just make sure that everyone is getting ready." Scott said, looking over at the woman. She nodded her head.

"Okay. Steve's here too. He'll be inside in a minute." They nodded before the woman turned and made her way towards the stairs to head upstairs. One by one, she checked the rooms of the graduating students, making sure they were all getting ready. One of the last rooms she stopped by was John's. She knocked on the door and a soft 'come in' was heard. She opened the door and smiled when she saw the boy almost completely dressed. He was wearing a deep red button up shirt with black slacks. "You look good." She said, leaning against the doorway.

"Thanks." John said, holding a black tie in his hand. He looked a little nervous.

"You need some help with that?" She asked, pointing to the tie. The boy nodded his head, holding it out for the woman to take. She smiled slightly as she walked over to him, taking the tie from his hand and tying it around his neck, quickly and efficiently. "You still have a little while so just hang out with the others and relax." She placed a kiss on his forehead before he nodded his head slightly.

"Is Steve here?" John asked and the woman smiled.

"Yeah, he's here. He's putting our clothes in our room." She said, nudging her thumb over her shoulder towards her room. The boy nodded and sat down on his bed, sighing. "Everything alright?" She asked as she sat down next to him.

"I don't know." He said quietly. "I've been here as long as I can remember and now I'm… finished." The woman watched him for a moment before wrapping her right arm around his neck and pulling him towards her gently, allowing the boy to lay his head on her shoulder.

"You know what's great about Charles?" She asked, speaking just as quietly as John had spoken. "He's not going to help you graduate and then turn you away. I've been here since he started the school all those years back and he's never asked me to leave once." She leaned away from the blonde, using the fingertips of her left hand to lift his head to look at her. "You can do whatever you want after this. You can leave the institute and make a life for yourself somewhere else or you can stay here and help the new, younger students that will be coming in soon. There's always something for someone to do." She said with a small smile. John looked at her and smiled slightly.

"Thanks mom." He said and the woman smiled before wrapping her arms around the boy, pulling him into a tight hug. There was a soft knock on the door, causing the pair to pull away. Steve was standing in the doorway smiling at them.

"Hey Johnny." Steve said to the boy.

"Hey Steve." John said back with a smile. The younger boy had never gotten used to calling Steve dad, which wasn't something that any of them were worried about. It definitely wasn't a big deal to Steve.

"Kathy, we need to start getting ready." The man said, nudging his head towards their room. The woman's brow furrowed slightly before looking at her watch, seeing that there was only an hour and a half before the ceremony.

"Oh, okay." She turned to the younger boy. "Are you going to be okay?" She asked him and he nodded, giving her a smile.

"Yeah, go get ready." She leaned forward and pressed another kiss to his forehead before she stood up and made her way towards their bedroom. Steve gave the younger boy another smile and a playful salute, which caused John to chuckle, before he closed the door and followed his fiancé down the hall.