Chapter 1

"When you say Steve Rogers."

"I think it's exactly the one you're thinking."

"Aren't you like 80 or something and death."

"It's a long story, one even I don't understand that well. What is your name ma'am?" She just blinked, god, when did her life became this? First she finds out she is the daughter of Prince Charming and Snow White, and now she has a national hero in front of her. Phil must be having a heart attack.

"Helena Coulson." She tried to say with a welcoming face. Well she couldn't pretty much hurt a national treasure. "I made breakfast."

OUAT

The formal soldier and the formal spy enjoy the breakfast in silence. Neither of them knew what to say. Eventually she asked him how he was alive and he explains how he had wake up days ago and Fury had informed he had been asleep for 70 years. She didn't know what to say to that, when he volunteered to wash the plates, she noticed how he was staring at the something so she got up and recognize the trouble.

"That's a washing machine." He just turned to her with a complete confused face and she felt sorry for him. The poor man didn't understand it. "I will show you how it works."

So that is how she spend the 4th day in her retreat, explaining washing machine, that you don't need to boil everything, that few people read mail or listen to the radio now, everything was internet and computes (that was still being hard for him of course-) or that calling her ma'am would make her feel like an old lady and she hated it (My name is Helena, you're not going to die for calling me that), normal things.

One the 5th day, in the morning she was by the lake, her feet on the water as she read a book called 'Smokin' Seventeen', Laura lean to her when she packing knowing how much she liked to read when she was resting. She turned to see Steve looking at some files with a pained look.

"What happened in Hiroshima and Nagasaki?" His voice questions her from behind as she turned to him with a perplexed look.

"No one told you we won the war?"

"Yes they did." She could see the pride in his eyes, of course, the man was happy they won the war that took his life.

"No one told you how we won the war." She shakes her head, of course, they wouldn't. "When Nazi German singed they surrender on May- hum- May 8 in 45, the war in Europe ended but the Pacific war continued." She could see she had his entire attention now. "You heard of Project Manhattan?"

"I remember Howard speaking out some project with that name but I never truly understood what it meant."

"Project Manhattan developed the nuclear bombs that help win the war."

"Nuclear bombs." Steve asked with his eyes open and completely shocked about the revelation.

"Yes, the US and the UK together worked on the bombings on Hiroshima in august 6 and the on the 9th in Nagasaki. After that result the Japan surrender and the war ended."

"What result?"

"They were nuclear bombs, that do you expect?"

"How many people died?"

"130 to 240 thousands." You could see the pin drop on the floor as the man tried to skin the information.

"How- How do you know all this?"

"I've always liked history." She simple answer it was truth, it was always her best subject in school. She used to want to study history and maybe even teach it; in case her first plan didn't work… funny thing about plans, either of them became true. "It's probably not the ideal for you to hear about this right now."

"No, I want to know." You could see he was trying to gather the courage to speak again. "Do you know how many people died?" He asked her as she tried to think about it before he knew she had texting on her cell phone.

"61,000,000 on our side 12,000,000 on them." She noticed the weight on him increasing, she should really not have said something. "Maybe we should talk about something else? Maybe less – deadly."

"What do you do?" He asks suddenly but them she noticed how he blushed. "I'm sorry I didn't want to be so forward."

"It's ok, you weren't. I used to work for SHIELD but some bad things happen and I gave up. So now I don't know what I do."

"I don't know what I am anymore neither." He told her with an understanding but sad smile.

Later after dinner they were sitting on the couch watching some tv but neither of them was up for that: she was still reading the book and he was reading the files. Neither of them said anything to the other until it came the time to sleep.

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Steve woke up from another nightmare, in the morning, by the looks of it, when he looked outside, early morning. He was asleep in the couch since Helena took the bed. When he came here he wanted some time alone but now he was somehow glad by the beautiful woman: at first it was strange for him to be with a woman in a house alone, but she didn't pushed him into conversation. He actually believed she wanted as much peace and quite as he did. He could see she was probably as much confuse about who she was as he was about himself. Steve wasn't an idiot he saw the necklace with the engagement ring attached, she clearly lost someone she loved. However she put a very strong face most of the times. In that she reminds him of Peggy. He walked outside hoping to do something like running when he saw her. She was doing some slow fight movement with her back turn to him, he tried not to stare at her, but woman's close was so strange now: she was wearing very tight pants and a very short top that only cover her woman parts. He could see the burn marks on her lower back and red angry scars all over her back, he saw many injures and marks during war, he was very aware those were caused by whips and pointed objects... meaning torture. Then he remembered how she said she left SHIELD because something bad happen. It was clear what that bad thing was.

"Morning." She said when the moves turn to her clearly already aware he was there.

"Morning, what were you practicing?" He asks and she was glad he didn't comment her wounds. Now he could see a large stab car on her belly but once again, didn't say anything.

"Tai Chi. Wanna try?"

"Sure." He says wanting some workout himself. It turned out to actually be pleasant and relaxing by the afternoon they were showing each other fighting techniques. The next morning they were up at 6 am as they went running by afternoon they were fighting again. The next day they both packed their bags and went to New York together. They didn't talk about what each was going to do not do. They also didn't spoke out loud that they were going together and why but they both knew, it's better than being alone.

A.N. Thank you for the reviews they always help me get inspiration for my stories.

I already booked my set on the Hook ship ;) so aliiceroseee I don't have plans to make a romantic relationship between Steve and Helena. I just think they both have a lot in common… both being in love with people they never got a change to have and being somehow lost in the world. That it why they friendship will be something I want to write right away. However the timeline between leaving Storybrooke and their future return it will be of two years (not one like in the tv show) and in these two years the focus will be Helena and not Hook. So I hope you all won't hate me if she seeks 'comfort' in some else.