As Tony predicted, Timothy came home and he and Rio talked. They both said that they were sorry for what happened, but the real issues weren't addressed. It was too difficult. Too complex to solve with one conversation. Rio was holding on to reason, Timothy was holding on to faith and they were both convinced the other was in the wrong. Saturday arrived and so did the pre-party stress that came with it.

"Tony!" Pepper desperately cried out when she saw the ice sculpture of a naked cupid being brought in. Happy, Tony's head of security, shook his head. "I'm sorry, miss Potts…I-I eh…I'll find Tony!" He assured her and hurried off. A reluctant Tony Stark shuffled in Pepper's direction a few minutes after that.

"Hey, Pep! What do you think of Cupid?"

"Tony, he's naked! Timothy's a priest! You know what he and Rio have been fighting over and then you bring in a naked symbol of sex?"

"Love, he's a baby, Pep. Not an adult."

"Tony!"

"Alright, alright, I'll get rid of the baby. Waste of a good ice sculpture. But oh well, with Rogers there…"

"Tony…"

Clearly Pepper's patience was wearing thin and Tony knew he had to distract her somehow, since there would be plenty of opportunities for her to be mad at him, at the party itself. He needed some coins in the bank.

"Alright, alright, I'll play nice. Hey, Timothy! Man of the hour!" Tony hurried towards the Monsignor when he saw him come in, a very annoyed Pepper following Tony close behind.

"Mister Stark. I really have to object, this is simply far too much honor for me." He said softly, a hint of a condescending tone drifting between his words. Tony snorted.

"I agree."

Timothy's jaw dropped and his eyes widened in shock. Pepper quietly walked off, knowing this might turn ugly.

"I agree this is too much honor for you. It's not for you, it's for her. I saw what you did to her the other day. At lunch. I didn't like it."

"What Rio and I…" The Monsignor started to reply, but Tony interrupted him.

"I didn't like it. I know, you come from the church, the two of you made whoopee, vows of chastity and all that jazz. But make a choice already. It's her or baby Jesus. In my eyes, you can have both. She sure isn't looking down on you for loving her, none of us are. All we are is happy. We've seen that girl go through hell and back and not just with her little time warp. She deserves to be happy. I don't know you, but I see you make her happy. I want you to see that too. Right Pep? Pepper? Pepper?" Tony wandered off again, to see where Pepper ran off to, leaving Timothy behind a little dazed and confused.

If only it was this easy. He knew Tony meant well, but meeting Roman the other day had been like a warm bath for him. Finally he felt welcome in a church again, finally he felt like he could be useful. Of course there would have to come a day where he had to tell the man about his personal life. Of him and Rio. But somehow he was dreading it less than he thought he would. He felt like Roman would understand.

Timothy was pulled out of his thoughts by the sound of a door opening and closing again. Rio stepped into the room, wearing a little red dress. His eyes scanned her outfit and he felt that familiar mixture of lust and shame overtake him.

"Hey you." Rio quietly said and stood in front of him awkwardly.

"Hey." Timothy answered, not knowing what else to say. Rio averted her eyes, so he wouldn't see the tears welling up. But he knew her too well and pulled her against him. Seeing her cry was too much for him, his weak spot. One of many, to be exact.

"Don't cry, Rio. I am sorry for what happened, for what was said. I'm looking forward to the party very much. Are you looking forward to it?" He asked her as he petted her hair.

"Yes. But only if.." Rio tried to say between sobs, but Timothy sushed her. "Hush, girl. No ifs. You are looking forward to this and we are going to make sure you have a nice time. That we have a nice time, alright?"

Rio held him tighter, to let him know that she appreciated his words very much. She hid her face in the crook of his neck and he did the same with her. Soon she felt small kisses on the sensitive skin of her neck and she sighed in delight. Her body grinded against his and she nibbled on the skin of his neck with her teeth. The priest started breathing heavily and Rio pulled him towards their bedroom.

"R-Rio…n-no…" He protested weakly, but Rio wasn't having it. "I'm not wearing any panties." She whispered in his ear and gave him a questioning look. "Is it still no?"

Timothy squinted at her, trying to decide whether to get mad at her or not. But when Rio started to pout at him, his decision was easy to make for him. He kissed her fiercely and pushed her to the bedroom. Once they arrived, he pushed Rio onto the bed and pushed her knees apart, grunting in lust when he saw that she indeed wasn't wearing any underwear.

"Please, don't make me wait." Rio panted and she cried out in pleasure pain when he suddenly entered her with his cock, giving her exactly two seconds to get used to his size before he began to thrust in and out at a rapid pace. Timothy grabbed her hips and used even more force to enter her as deep as he could, grunting and groaning in pleasure himself. Rio's moans got louder and more desperate for release. When his fingers found her nerve spot and began to rub it fiercely, Rio lost it and peaked hard around his punishing cock.

"That's right, sinner, cry out for your priest!" Timothy hissed in her ear and it made it that much more arousing for Rio. "Forgive me, father, for I have sinned!" She panted, still lost between her orgasm and the recovery of it. It sent Monsignor Howard right over the edge and with a final strangled moan, he spilled himself inside of the girl. Panting heavily as he tried to regroup, the man frowned as soon as he came back to his senses.

"That was very inappropriate…" He mumbled and Rio looked up at him in slight disappointment. "I mean…using the church as…as…" He shook his head. "I am not a good man, am I?"

"Well, you're still in me, for starters." Rio replied and whimpered when he started to rub her nerve spot again. "Fuck.." She whispered, still very sensitive from her orgasm. But soon she started to lift her hips, trying to move in time with his rhythm.

"Never enough, is it?" Timothy panted, a mixture of disgust and lust clearly audible in his voice. Rio just whimpered, lost in the pleasure he was forcing on her. Soon she peaked again, slow and almost painful this time. Timothy groaned in pleasure, he was still inside of her and he could feel her walls tightened up around his cock. He pulled out, causing his essence to trickle out of Rio. The girl gazed at him in her complete debauched state, her eyes filled with lust and love, but Timothy averted himself. Without another word, he went to clean himself up.

"Hey Rogers. Got a mission for you tonight. You up for it?" Tony asked as soon as Steve Rogers stepped into the room at the party. The soldier gave him his familiar exasperated but caring look.

"Good to see you too, Tony."

"Yeah, yeah, yeah, listen. That guy the party's for? Rio's latest stud?" He asked him, getting punched in the arm by Rio that just walked by. "Sorry, sorry. Rio's priest." Rio narrowed her eyes at him but kept walking. "Well, he's from the 60's. It was a whole time travel thing, remember? Since it's kind of your thing and he's having trouble adjusting, I was hoping you could talk to him. He's got a fan thing going on." Tony continued, rolling his eyes as he said it. Steve nodded, slapping Tony on the back of his shoulder as a confirmation.

"She's got a boyfriend? Where is he?" Bucky asked, appearing out of nowhere beside Tony and Steve. He gave the both of them a deathly glare and disappeared into the crowd.

"That was…festive." Tony commented. "He still has the hots for her?" He asked Steve, who raised his eyes at the heavens.

"Told him a million times to just take a chance. Now he's too late. I'll keep an eye on him, so he won't cause trouble. I'd like to meet this…priest though…is he really a priest?"

"Yeah…well…" As Tony led Steve towards Timothy, he quickly filled him in on what he didn't share already. Not all the details, of course, just what Rio agreed to unveiling.

Meanwhile Timothy entered the party, hoping that Rio was not too upset with him. Again he had made a fuss after they slept together, he couldn't keep himself from it, it seemed. Rio didn't even put up a fight this time. She just left the room to go and shower, leaving him as confused as ever. But he didn't know about the excessive crying she did in the shower.

"Hey there. Can I tempt you?" A hoarse voice sounded from across the bar. Timothy looked up, both insulted and intrigued when he eyed the red-haired woman that was holding a cocktail-shaker. "I'm Natasha. Natasha Romanov. A friend of Tony and Pepper. You're Timothy Howard, I take it? Or would you like me to call you 'father'?" She went on and chuckled a bit when she saw his jaw drop.

"Nice to meet you, miss Romanov." Monsignor Howard said reluctantly. "Do you maybe have a glass of red wine for me? I believe I heard about you, you are a spy for the government?"

"At the moment, yes. One red wine coming up." Natasha said with a small bow of her head. "Look, it's none of my business, but I wouldn't leave Rio alone for too long." She went on as she poured a glass for him and poured herself a cosmopolitan. Handing him his glass, she locked gazes with him and stared at him intently over the rim of her glass as she drank. Then her eyes wandered off to the right.

When Timothy followed them, he saw Rio with a dark-haired young man. Obviously he was interested in her, the way he was eyeing her up and down. Timothy did not like the look of that, at all. "Excuse me, miss Romanov. And thank you." The spy just smirked at him, knowing that her job here was done. She didn't like Bucky hitting on Rio. For all this time he didn't show any interest, until this new guy showed. It wasn't right.

"Mister Howard. Or do you prefer father Howard? Nice to meet you, sir." Steve Roger said as he approached the holy man with an extended hand. Inwardly, Timothy groaned. Was nobody going to leave him alone tonight?

"Yes, nice to meet you…eh…?" He replied as he shook his hand and Steve chuckled.

"I'm sorry, I'm Steve Rogers, sir."

Now Timothy was taken back little. "You're….you're…captain America! Thank you, for your service to our country. And for the sacrifices you made for us, mister Rogers."

Steve smiled weakly, by this reply from the man he knew that he was initially good. Even though he addressed him by his alias 'captain America', he thanked the soldier, the man. Not the super soldier, not the serum. He saw him as a person, while not many people did.

"Tony tells me that you made quite the jump in time. I know what that is like. After the war, I was frozen into a block of ice. Woke up in this day and age. It was a huge shock. I can imagine it was like that for you as well, sir. If you ever want to talk to me, I'll gladly listen." Steve offered and again noticed a very good trade in the man. He let him finish. It was obvious he knew his story, but still he let Steve tell him his own version instead of jumping in.

"That's so kind, I am deeply humbled." Timothy stated, getting a little teary-eyed. Again he shook Steve's hand. "Thank you. I fear that the problem I am facing is…how do I say this delicately…I have taken certain vows and…"

"I understand, mister Howard. Your vows of chastity. Well, if you ask me, you are a good man. You can't measure your goodness by what you don't do. There are a lot of good men out there who are not chaste. As far as I see it, you are one of them."

Timothy felt a certain tranquillity come over him. For the first time since he had arrived here, someone understood. Not only how shocking the jump through time had been, but also how delicate his situation with Rio was. And to top it all, Steve Rogers had even made him feel better.

"Again, I thank you, mister Rogers. I plan on joining a little church on Park Avenue. Perhaps you'd like to attend a sermon someday. Maybe you would even be able to convince Rio to join you." Timothy replied, with a chuckle. "But if you'll excuse me, I do have to tend to Rio at the moment, save her from the Neanderthal over there. Be an alpha male, so to say." He said with a slight tremble in his voice, nervous for what he was about to do. Steve watched him with a small smirk, amused with this new development.

"Rio, darling!" Timothy exclaimed, very unlike himself, plucking Rio away from the wall she was standing against. A big smile appeared on Rio's face as Timothy twirled her around and started to dance with her. Bucky growled some and grabbed Timothy's arm.

"The broad and me were talking." Bucky told him and Rio scoffed, insulted by both his tone and words.

"Oh really? Well, the lady and I were dancing." Timothy eloquently replied and twirled them away from this brute. Steve laughed and stopped Bucky from going after them.

"Give it up, Buck. She has seen the light." He joked, but sergeant Barnes did not find it funny.

Rio, however, was having the time of her life, dancing with her lover like that. A giggle escaped her lips which made Timothy smile wide at her. "That is the sound I love to hear. You laughing. Rio, I….can you forgive a fool once more?" But instead if answering, Rio kissed him with all the love she could find.

Tony grinned at Pepper. "See? Told ya they would work it out. All they needed was time. And some advice from Capsicle." Pepper smiled back, but in the back of her mind a little voice warned her that this was far from over. She was right.