So here my very first try to write a ff with the Cap…. Hope you like it ;)
Oh and the rating is just because I am not quite sure…
Disclaimer: Not owning anything
He tried to quiet his thoughts but they kept him busy like bees.
Seeing her again after this long time brought memories back.
From their time after New York.
The long nights they had sat together, talking or just quietly enjoying each other's company.
She helped him to get back into life.
To get used to it.
To start again after 70 years with no one left.
She told him where he would find Peggy, although Fury didn't approve it.
He remembered how the others but basically Tony would tease him about their undefined relationship.
That they behaved more like an old married couple than Clint and Natasha did.
The kisses, their nights together, everything.
And how she disappeared.
Of course it had been Fury who sent her back on the Helicarrier.
And ever since their paths hadn't crossed.
But then she was in the hospital right next to him.
But all they were able to share were some looks trying to find out if the other one was okay.
Nothing more said than necessary.
Not even a small touch which would have been unnoticed by the rest.
It wasn't until she rescued them that they actually talked with each other.
That she allowed more than just professional.
He remembered her voice after he ordered her to destroy the three Helicarriers.
The pain.
The fear to lose him.
The hurt.
The will to disobey.
The hint of love.
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He heard her coming closer but didn't move until he felt her presences next to him.
"Steve." Her voice was quiet and weak.
She wasn't the deputy director of SHIELD anymore with it gone.
She wasn't an agent anymore.
This was one of those few moments when she allowed herself to be Maria.
Because now she couldn't hide anymore.
He turned around and after a quick look he knew that she needed a friend.
That she needed him.
"Hey. Up for a coffee? " He offered her and a small smile appeared on her lips.
"Sure."
He paid her coffee and she didn't argue because she knew he would insist on it.
They sat down on a bench and watched the people passing by.
"Planning a holiday sometime soon?" Maria finally asked after a long time of silence.
"I was thinking of Sydney during Christmas. Enjoying the sun while New York is white and cold."
It was an unspoken rule between them not to talk about business during a coffee break.
"Sounds like a good plan. I like the idea of going to South Africa." She paused for a moment.
"I thought I wouldn't see you again." He nearly missed the sentence.
"I thought I lost one of my friends, one of the few you have with my job."
"But you didn't."
"But I could have. All these hours till we found you. The long hours waiting for you to wake up."
Her face was an open book.
All the emotions she had hidden.
He was taken by surprise.
"You have been there?" A smile formed on his lips.
"Sam didn't tell me."
"Because I told him not to."
"But why?"