Apple Pie

Steve hadn't had a soulmate mark until he'd woken up seventy years in the future. Before his time in the ice it had made him reserved, not wanting to get close to women, especially if they'd had marks. Peggy was the exception since she'd been more concerned with her career and insisted she had no intention of settling down with a man. She'd been safe to get close to. He was a man after all, he'd had needs, and Peggy had given him the opportunity to fulfill those needs. He supposed he may have loved her then, but he'd held himself back from falling all the way in, which was good because he crashed a plane in the Arctic and she'd finally let her soulmate in.

Still, it had hurt a bit knowing she'd moved on so easily. Or, it had until he'd discovered his mark. The words were perplexing, but he smiled every time he saw them. They gave him hope he hadn't had in a long time, not since Bucky's fall, and he held on to the hope they gave him. Three years after finding his mark that hope paid out, all thanks to a curvy, mouthy brunette science intern turned PA to the Avengers. He'd always remember that first meeting. She had been wobbling down the hall on the R&D floor in too high heels, struggling with a piece of heavy looking equipment. Her plump lips, coated with slick crimson lipstick, had spread wide in a smile that stole his breath. Her eyes had lit up as if she'd known before he ever spoke that he was hers.

"Hey, Apple Pie, give a dame a hand?" his heart nearly exploded out of him at those words. She was the epitome of the pin-up girls of his boyhood fantasies with a voice meant for a smoky speak easy. His answering smile was one he hadn't sported since he and Bucky had been young, before the war. He knew then that nothing in his life from then on would ever be anything but wonderful. His soulmate would save him, and by saving him, he would save his best friend. She would quite literally complete him. (Shut up Tony).

"It would be my absolute pleasure, ma'am."

AN: I tried to go for the same careless humor and innuendo as the other drabbles in this series, but Steve insists on his romance being a serious thing. You just can't say no to Captain America, it's unpatriotic. Also this concludes this soulmate drabble series, unless you request more, feel free to drop a line and give me pairing prompts. I may include a bonus drabble with Darcy and Deadpool/Wade Wilson if I get enough reviews. Thanks for reading.