Steve was sat in his house, falling asleep while sitting on the couch and then he heard a knock on the door. He looked at his watch and checked the time, midnight…who would be visiting him at midnight? But all the same he got up, walked over to his front door and opened it, standing there in front of him was Pepper Potts, Tony Starks girlfriend. He noticed she had a few cuts on her face and bruises on her arms, he stepped back but kept her gaze on her.
"Pepper, come on in" he smiled a little, she smiled weakly back and walked into Steve's house.
"Hey Pepper, if you don't mind me asking how did you get cuts and bruises?" he asked her lightly.
"Tony went mad, I don't know why but he took it all out on me, he almost killed me but I managed to get out of there and I came here, he wont look for me here" she explained tears stinging her already red eyes. Steve took a step closer to her and pulled her into a hug.
"Shh you're safe here, I'll let you stay the night" he rubbed her back as he hugged her.
"Thanks Steve, I appreciate it" she replied quietly.
He pulled out of the hug and smiled at her softly standing back to give her personal space.
"You can sleep in my bed, I'm fine on the couch" he told her.
"Can you stay with me until I go to sleep?" she asked looking at him.
"Sure, bedrooms this way" he led her into the bedroom and smiled.
"Thanks Steve" she walked over to the bed and sat on the edge of it, taking off her shoes and climbing into the bed. Steve smiled at her and sat at the edge of the bed.
"Goodnight Miss. Potts" he whispered.
"Goodnight Mr. Rogers" she whispered back and closed her eyes. Steve watched her sleep for a while, when he thought that she was actually asleep he went back out to the living room and set up blankets and a pillow for the couch. He was ready to go to sleep when his phone started to ring, he didn't bother looking at who was calling and answered.
"Hello?"
"Steve, it's Tony"
"Oh, hi Tony" Steve sighed a little.
"Yeah, listen do you know where Pepper is, I think I went crazy on her earlier and I hurt her, now I regret it, I was slightly drunk and I just need to know that she's safe"
"Yes, I do know where she is, she's here with me-"
"Well put her on the phone, I need to say that I'm sorry"
"She's asleep at the moment"
"Well then I'm coming over"
"No Tony, you don't have to" when Steve had said that he realised Tony hung up on him and was probably on the way to apologise to Pepper.