Chapter One- Meeting

This is my first story! :) So I hope I get some support for this story. I was introduced to the Steve Rogers X Darcy Lewis ship by writer PheonixCawCaw and her Red Archer series (which is also MCU), and Starcy/Shieldshock it is my OTP. I seriously will follow this ship to my grave.

I'll stop talking about that before I get to far into it. Please enjoy the first chapter.

Setting the boxes down at the base of the stairs with a sigh, Darcy looked up the many floors she was about to climb to get to her new apartment.

Looking down at the series of boxes and then at the floor, her eyes shifted to the still waiting boxes. She huffed under her breath before picking up a couple and headed up.

Jane was taking a job at Stark Industries, using one of the spare labs that Tony Stark and Bruce Banner no longer needed. Darcy was still working as Jane's assistant, but now she was also assistants to Bruce and Tony. The feeling still dwelled on her though, that she would be doing Tony's bidding more than she cared to admit. That included making coffee and typing up his scribbles of ideas so that they were legible.

Several floors later she found her floor and stumbled around the turn before making her way up the final few stairs. Her feet got her up the final stairs and she went to walk down the hall when her foot caught and she flew forward.

"Fuckin jiminy cricket!" She yelled as she fell and caught herself on the railing. She noticed that someone caught the boxes before they spilled down the hall.

Darcy flipped her hair back over her head and looked up to see a tall blond holding out her boxes with a smile.

"God- I'm sorry," Darcy blurted out and quickly took the boxes. "Thank you. Sorry. My feet got tangled" She added quickly.

"That's ok ma'am, people seem to do it a lot. We've been trying to get that last stair fixed for a while now," He says with a smile and gestures behind her. Darcy turned and found the problem, seeing the stair rim cracked and had 'I'll make you fall on your face in front of a cute guy' written all over it.

She looked back to the man in front of her and looked at him for a brief second, taking in his neatly styled hair, broad shoulders, and she just knew he was hiding a muscular physique under that white undershirt and brown leather jacket. She could tell he had quite the boy next door type of feel.

"Uh- Thank you," The brunette gave him a smile.

"You're welcome," He said back before going past her and down the stairs. She walked down the hall and found the apartment number before pulling out her key and stuck it in the door.

Darcy's eyes circled around the apartment in front of her and she blew the strands of hair from her face before swinging the door open a little farther with her foot. Walking further into the apartment she placed the boxes down on the floor then stood up straight with a sigh.

"Two down, 16 to go," She mumbled to herself before walking back out.

~0000~

It might've taken an hour or two, but Darcy finally found herself sagging into the couch of the living room in her now stocked apartment.

"I should be paid for doing shit like this by myself," She mumbled to herself and stretched out along the couch.

Fishing around in her pocket she pulled out her phone and dialed a number before putting it to her ear.

"Hey, are you moved in?"

"Yeah I am. Could've used the help Jane, I had to carry a shit load of boxes by myself," Darcy mumbled as she held the phone and moved onto her side.

"Sorry but I was out with Thor," She replies. The brunette merely rolled her eyes.

"You're big blond boyfriend shouldn't be as important as your BAE," Darcy tells her.

"Bae?" Jane questions.

"Yeah, Best Assistant Ever," She says smugly and twirls a strand of hair using her finger. "I totally fit the title, considering how many coffee refills I've gotta you," She laughs.

"Well it appears you managed on your own," Jane sums up and muffled voices were heard as she took the phone away from her ear. "Meet any neighbors yet?" Jane asked. Darcy bit her lip and thought for a moment before grinning to herself.

"Well I almost fell on my face walking up the stairs and a tall; hot as hell blonde rescued my boxes before they spilled all over the floor." Darcy says and bites her finger with a smirk.

"Mm, lucky you" Jane chuckled. "What's his name?"

"No idea" Darcy shrugged. "I was too busy trying not to slap myself for the amazing first impression of falling up some stairs in front of a good looking guy,"

"I'm sure you'll get it within the week," Jane assures her slightly.

"The dude has to go to a gym. I only got a glimpse but he's gotta be hiding a 6 pack at least," Darcy says with confidence. "And his arms are seriously bigger than my head- God, Its seriously getting hot in here," Darcy breathed and pulled her shirt away from her stomach and shook it a bit before dropping it with a sigh.

"Alright, you have fun dreamin about this guy,"

"Shut up," Darcy mumbled and rolled her eyes. They said their goodbyes before Darcy hung up and tossed her phone on the couch next to her as she sat up.

Minutes later after Darcy found herself falling into her new and made bed, snuggling under the covers before placing her glasses on the night table. Minutes ticked by before she closed her eyes and fell asleep.

~0000~

It was only a couple hours later that Darcy's eyes were once again opening, yet this time it was much faster and she looked around cautiously as she sat up.

Seconds of silence went by before she heard another sound through her bedroom door and a small crash, as if things were being shifted and moved around.

"Is someone there?" She whispered, pulling her covers up and around her as she looked around the dark room and towards her door.

No response was given and Darcy found herself climbing out of bed with her Taser gun in hand as she slowly opened the door and peered out into the living room, dining room, and kitchen.

She couldn't hear much of anything for a moment before she began to walk out with a blanket wrapped around her and over her head, acting as protection.

"I'm warning you, I got a Taser and I'm not afraid to electrocute the shit outta whoever's in here," She made clear.

Her feet gentle touched the floor as she continued around and was heading around the couch when a sudden box was knocked off the table- that did it.

Seconds later Darcy found herself letting out a scream and scrambling towards her door. She unlocked it as quick as she could before falling into the hall and Darcy turned with another shriek and pulled the trigger on her Taser as she watched the figure that had just appeared jump and grunt in pain before falling to the hall floor.

Her jaw dropped as she stared at the man on the floor now unconscious and didn't move for what could've been hours before making a worried face and breathed out through clenched teeth. Her eyes widen when she realized it was the same man that caught her boxes.

"I just tasered my neighbor," She mumbled to herself before quickly walking over. Getting down on hands and knees before pulling herself closer and rested on the balls of her feet, Darcy let her knees touch the floor and pulled the probes from his chest.

"Neighbor!" She whisper/yelled before poking him a couple times. She waited a moment before quickly looking around. Darcy's eyes ventured back over to him and she took the opportunity to look him over again.

"You are seriously good looking, I would kiss you if I didn't have a smidgen of dignity left," she mumbled to herself before shaking him slightly.

"C'mon handsome, wake up!" She announced before shaking the collar of his undershirt and his eyes slowly opened before locking on her. His brow slowly furrowed before looking around, realizing he was on the floor.

"What happened," he mumbled and let his head hit the floor again as he closed his eyes, then they opened again. "Wait, did you just-"

"Taser you? Yeah I did," she says and places her hands on his stomach reassuringly as she apologized. "I am so really sorry for that I didn't see who was-, w-wow you- seriously have some rock hard abs man," She said somewhat to herself when she realized her hand was still lingering on his torso.

His face grew a little red as he slowly pushed himself up and shook his head a little to regain his senses as he sat up all the way.

"You ok?" She asked in a bit of a more worried tone, her hands now in her lap. He laughed before nodding.

"I'm fine, don't worry about it" He assured her. Darcy looked at him a bit longer before he cleared his throat. "I Uh- still don't know your name," He chuckled. "I'm Steve," He held out a hand awkwardly. She looked at it for a moment and quickly gave herself a mental punch before shaking his hand.

"Darcy Lewis," She smiled. "I uh, I'm your new neighbor," She added and tried to hide her embarrassment. He laughed before starting to get to his feet. She started to also before they both were stumbling up right. "A-Are you ok? I heard you scream, that's why I Uh, came out of my apartment" He says a bit nervously and scratched the back of his head.

"I kept hearing the noises in my apartment and I swear there's someone in there," She mumbled to herself before glancing back at her door.

"Want me to look?" Steve asked, a bit of concern washing over his face.

Darcy eyed him for a moment and thought for sure she was about to say 'yes please by all means come into my apartment at this hour and look around' but she said otherwise.

"No, don't worry bout it" She gave him a smirk and walked back to her door. "I got this handled," She says confidently. He raised an eyebrow before smirking slightly himself.

"You're sure?" He asked slowly and she nodded.

"Totally" She says before giving a nod. "Thank you for the help handsome, but I can assure you I don't need a knight in shining armor right now," She says and looks him over quickly before taking a peak into her apartment. She caught him smiling slightly to himself as he looked down and then at the wall before looking back at her with clear amusement.

"Call me Steve, and I can still give it a quick sweep if you want. I don't want to take any chances incase Ms. Jensen decides to come out looking for her cat again" He says with a chuckle before taking a couple steps closer.

"Dude, I just fucking tasered you," Darcy blurts out before looking back at him, seeing the way he cringed at her language. Maybe he isn't the cursing kinda guy? "I feel really bad and you're being surprisingly nice about it-... And you look untouched," She adds more so to herself. Steve shifted uncomfortably before coming up with a quick excuse.

"Retired Army vet," He says with a shrug. Darcy gives a big nod.

"Explains it then," She says and smiles a bit when there was a sudden crash and she jumped before turning to her door. "Ok, I think I'll go ahead and take you up on that offer Steve, you take the lead" She said somewhat nervously and took a couple steps back to allow him to enter.

He smiled and nodded and she watched his smile drop seconds later as he became serious and went full soldier mode as he slowly entered the apartment.

Darcy followed close behind and crossed her arms firmly from the slight chill.

Steve was tense as he walked through and looked around before Darcy walked up next to him.

"I don't see anyone," He says and glances around after he had inspected the rooms.

"Maybe I'm just paranoid" The brunette mumbled. "Sorry for wasting your time," She adds as she scratched the back of her head.

"You're fine ma'am," Steve replied and Darcy laughed a bit.

"That makes me sound like an old hag. Darcy works," She says. He looks down at her and hesitates before smiling and nodding. A sudden crash made them both jump and the brunette almost found herself latching onto the guy's arm but she kept her hands at bay as Steve slowly walked around the couch.

A meow was heard and Steve breathed a laugh as he knelt down to pick something up and Darcy slowly walked forward and her mouth opened as Steve stood back up with a cat in his arms.

"Found your intruder," Steve gave her a half smirk that made Darcy's stomach flutter as she walked forward and frowned.

"Well fuck, who does that belong to? It sure as hell isn't mine," Darcy says with a laugh.

"Ms. Jensen's cat Cappie" He explains and pets the black cats head.

"Ok, Jensen cat or not, get the little demon summoner out of my apartment please," She says before gesturing to her door.

Steve laughed and gave her a nod before walking towards the door. They walked out and Darcy stopped outside her door as Steve walked down the hall.

"Hey, sorry I tased you" She calls casually as he turned.

"Don't worry about it, I'm fine," He laughs as he knocks on the door to the apartment down the hall. "See you around, right?" He says.

"Yeah I guess so," She says before yawning. "Night soldier, and thanks again," She gave him a tired smile before walking into her apartment.

"Night Darcy," He called and watched her leave as she closed her door. He eyed the door for a moment and smiled to himself before the door in front of him opened.

"I'm sorry for the lateness of the hour ma'am but-"

"There you are Cappie," The elderly women said cheerfully. "Thank you so much young man," She says and takes him. He smiles and nods, and after saying goodnight he headed back to his apartment and minutes later found himself sitting in bed staring at the ceiling.

Images of Darcy were still in his mind. The way she smiled, he really liked her smile. And her laugh- that was something he knew he wasn't going to forget easily.

Staring at the ceiling a little longer he knew a few minutes later that it was going to be hard to fall asleep.

The way she talked to him made his face go red just thinking about it. She had called him handsome what- Twice? Not to mention he knew she had looked him up and down a few times. But for some reason that didn't seem to bother him like he thought it would.

Glancing at his night table he hesitated before grabbing the small worn out notebook and scribbled something down before placing it on the night table once again.

It took a couple minutes but he eventually did fall asleep. In the journal, he wrote on a new page:

How to get a girl's number?

Ta da! I hope people like this story. My updating might vary, because I revise chapters over and over again. So if I don't update for a while, don't worry! I've probably just gotten a little writer's block :)

Big thank yous to:

PhoenixCawCaw

TeamPhoenix18

Katertots

Innocent-vessel

MyMuselsDead

Melibells

For inspiration, help writing, or just because your stories were that awesome I needed to thank you XD

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