Yo, so I saw Avengers again today so wrote this. To my anon reviewer, thank you :)
Steve had been living with Fandal and Sif for a few months now. Of course he didn't know their real names and instead believed them to be Reece and Eloise. He hadn't told them about his past and they hadn't told him theirs. He spent most of his time at the gym destroying punch bags and only ever saw them in the evening. Fandral/Reece would watch the news with Steve in interest. As if he was waiting for something. Sif/Eloise would read a book on Norse mythology in the window seat. Steve assumed that they were funny as occasionally she would laugh. She normally disappeared into her room quite early on. It wasn't perfect but it suited him fine.
Steve couldn't really work out his roommates. They were both quiet people who seemed lost on Earth. As far as he could tell Fandral/Reece had never left the apartment. But Sif/Eloise was more of a mystery. She rarely smiled and the one time Steve had caught her eye it had seemed dead. As if she was alive but not living. At night he had heard her crying. He had often wondered what they had thought of him, but never actually questioned them on it.
There had been one time when he had seen a different side to them. It had been late and Sif/Eloise had not disappeared into her room yet. The radio had been playing rather than the news when some music that seemed familiar to all of them came on.
"Waltz music? Will you dance my lady?" Fandral/Reece asked in what Steve assumed was jest.
"I feel it may be a danger, you did always have two left feet" Sif/Eloise replied.
"S-Eloise I was not that bad!" Fandral/Reece protested. She rolled her eyes but joined him. Steve watched him in bemusement, she had been right Fandral/Reece really was a bad dancer.
"Stop before you break something!" She said laughing as she pulled away.
"I am not that bad! Steve do you dance?" Fandral replied before turning to face Steve.
"No" was the only reply. Memories of Peggy entered his brain.
"Come on, I can teach you" Sif/Eloise said kindly. Steve obliged, partly because he was intrigued but also because it was the first time he'd seen them acting so... well so human. She was a good teacher though he couldn't help but feel sad that it was her and not Peggy. The music ended.
"Sorry, that was bad" Steve said, rubbing the back of his neck.
"You were fine, better than Reece will ever be" Sif/Eloise said kindly.
"I am hurt my lady" Fandral/Reece said with a smile.
"Oh please" Steve smiled at their exchange. It was the first time he'd seen them so relaxed and he kind of liked it. Of course he wasn't aware of why they had done it. To cover up the strange feeling they had both felt. Though they didn't know it, Loki had just arrived on Earth.
Steve was walking back slowly from the gym. He'd tided up the punch bags earlier and was now thinking of excuses. Anything to explain the package that had arrived for him earlier. Eventually he made his way up. Fandral/Reece was in the kitchen washing up, whilst Sif/Eloise was presumably in her room.
"Something came for you today" Fandral/Reece told him whilst pointing to the sofa where a package sat.
"Thanks" Steve said, instantly noticing that it hadn't been opened to his relief.
"Anytime" Steve looked over at him. He couldn't help but wonder what had happened to make his roommates so... distant.
"I'll open this in my room then" Steve said as he grabbed the parcel and disappeared into his room.
"You can come out now" Fandral said to Sif through the door. She came out and leant against the doorframe.
"Something has happened and I do not know what" she said.
"Well whatever it is, we will be ready. Perhaps it is time we both let go of Asgard and prepare to protect Midgard.
"If only it were so simple"
The next morning Steve was up well before the other two. He was going to SHEILD HQ. He still hadn't thought of a good excuse and so left a hurried note saying that he had gone out to get milk. He looked towards the two doors. He may not have been particularly close to his roommates but he sent a silent prayer that nothing would happen to them. He glanced around the apartment one more time before leaving. Perhaps for the last time.
And that is the last of the on purpose OOCness, yes there has been a reason that you shall learn soon but for now it'll be my little secret. Well unless you figure it out.
Avengers Assemble next chapter so leave a review!