I made it home for the first time in 6 months, so it might be a while before you get anything other than this update. Hope you like it.
Phone Call
Pepper had talked to Captain Rodgers about dates in the 21st century, and what was socially acceptable. He had a lot of questions about what was acceptable for two men. Pepper had to remind herself that in 1940 Steve probably would have been jailed or worse for taking a man on date, and that these questions where understandable. She tried to suggest things for Steve to do on his date, but he kept telling her he had it figured out, as long as he could borrow JARVIS. She laughed at that saying that she could have his suite automated by JARVIS, but he declined having him on intercom was alreay to much.
The biggest thing she stressed was the call back. She knew Steve had trouble with his phone, but she couldn't help but stress that He needed to call Phil. It was important. They needed to set up their date, and she stressed that he should call after their date. It was just polite, and tells your date that you are interested. But every time she brought up calling Phil, Captain Rodgers seemed to get all panicky. Eventually she just put her foot down, "Tomorrow you will call him, you will ask him if he's free on Tuesday, and when he says yes, you will invite him on a date."
When Pepper went to get her pad form the living room the next day, she stopped dead. Steve Rodgers was sitting in front of the holo-projector, looking at schedules for Rockefeller Center's Ice Skating Rink, and holding his phone in his hand. She could tell he was trying to muster up the courage to call Phil, and stayed silently in the back ground as he dialed the number.
"Hello, yes its Steve," she heard him almost whisper into the phone. "Your number? Oh Tony had it, yeah he's useful like that… Are you busy? Do you have a moment?... Oh, you do good, I was wondering if we could talk about that date? If you still wanted to do that... When are you free?... Tuesday?... No Tuesday is fine, its perfect… After 7… sounds great… no don't worry about what to do I will take care of it… yes I'm sure… no you don't need to bring anything… we should meet somewhere… Stark Tower? No…. I don't need Tony snooping…. How about the, that park we passed on the way to the diner?... sounds perfect…. Yeah I will see you Tuesday…. Goodbye Phil."