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Steve's POV

We walked slowly along next to each other and every time I'd glance over at her our eyes would meet. Then we'd both smile and I could feel my cheeks warm. There was lightness in the air now and a new kick in my step. The night was cool but there was a warm feeling in stomach and I was truly happy for the first time in what felt like a long time. We had kissed; I smiled at the thought, as my lips tingled like an afterthought of her lips on mine. My hand accidently brushed against hers as we walked and our eyes met again. She smiled at me looking down with a blush on her cheeks; she looked even more beautiful with a blush on her cheeks.

I looked down at her hand that swayed next to her and I bite my lip when nervousness crept in. I swallowed building the courage as I reached over going to grab her hand. Her body stopped and she wasn't walking with me, her hand disappeared from my vision. I looked up stopping as well looking up at her face. Her face was covered in confusion and worry; I followed her gaze to the familiar black suits standing near the apartment steps.

"I wonder what's wrong", she murmured meeting my eyes. I nodded, a strange feeling of foreboding entering me as we walked slowly towards the suits.

"Agent Whitewolf", one of the Agents said as they turned to look at us. My eyes moved over to her and I blinked to see such a serious look on her face; she looked like the rest of the Agents with that look on her face.

"Agent Jameson", she said with a nod.

"Your presence is required immediately at HQ", he told her with a tiny nod. She blinked; obviously that nod meant something important, because her eyes filled with worry.

"Of course, let me just get my bag", she told them motioning for me to follow. We walked up the steps quickly; she closed the door behind her leaving the Agents outside. I followed her to her room where she was rushing about shoving things into the bag.

"Is it bad", I asked her. She shoved something in her bag pausing to put her hands on her hips before she nodded at me; she was frowning.

"I'll be back when I can, just call Phil if you need anything", she said not meeting my eyes as she moved to leave the room. I caught her arm; still she refused to meet my eyes.

"Hey", I said but she still didn't look up. "Charlene", I whispered feeling worried about her reaction to this. I slipped my fingers under her chin lifting it so she'd look at me. "Everything will be okay", I told her. She stared me in the eyes before nodding slowly. I leaned forward brushing lips against hers.

"I'll be back when I can", she promised when we pulled away. She rushed off and out the door as I leaned in the doorway. She turned right before she got into the car giving me a small smile and a wave before hopping. I watched the car zoom off into the dark night, a feeling of worry made me shiver. I shook my head trying to disregard the worry.

"She'll be fine Rogers", I told myself. I didn't even believe my own words though…

Charlie's POV

My ponytail bounced as I jogged the spinning staircase, my boots clanked loudly on the metal steps as I descended. I paused just for a moment to assess my surroundings and to put it simply; chaos. Scientists were rushing around the Tesseract that seemed to be glowing even brighter than usual. My eyes moved upward just for a moment meeting the familiar eyes. Clint lifted his hand in greeting from the nest; I raised a hand back before rushing into the disarray.

"Erik, status report", I called out appearing next to him.

"Charlie, thank goodness", he looked exponentially happier to see me. I gave him a look to get on with what was going on. "The Tesseract had a huge energy surge two hours ago", he explained.

"What sort of tests were you running", I asked my eyes moving over the diagram that was repeating when the energy surge began.

"I wasn't testing, I wasn't even in the room", my eyes moved over to him.

"A spontaneous event, this has never happened before", I told him shaking my head. A loud beep from the computer revealed another high level of energy surging.

"The energy levels are still climbing", he said shaking his head. The Tesseract seemed to be glowing even brighter as he began to type away on the computer.

"We need to shut down, immediately", I told him with a nod. He stared at me a moment, hesitation in his face. I knew it was risky because he could lose all his research but we had to stop the Tesseract energy growing even higher or there wouldn't be a minimum safe distance when the energy would explode.

"Alright, WE'RE SHUTTING DOWN!" he called out to the scientists. "Charlie, if you would please", he told me obviously not wanting to end his own project. I nodded motioning for him to put in the proper codes. I walked over to a large kill switch on the side of the building. "Engaged", he told me with a nod. I nodded leaning over and without hesitation slammed down the kill switch. I was expecting all the noise to cease but everything continued on the Tesseract hum growing louder.

"It won't shut down", one of the scientists said frantically.

"We need to order an evacuation immediately", I told him walking back over to him. He nodded running his fingers through his hair. "I'll do it", I told him moving over to a computer. My fingers danced across the keyboard in a familiar fashion; when my finger hit enter a loud ring filled the room.

"All personnel, evacuation order have been confirmed. Proceed to your designated vehicles for all campus evacuation. This is not a drill. Emergency personnel proceed to your designated vehicles for all campus evacuation", the intercom boomed in the loud room.

"Move along all of you, you heard what it said", Erik ordered. People began to pack up as Erik continued to click away on the computer trying to save his research. "You should get moving Charlie", he told me. I shook my head smirking at him.

"I'm not leaving Erik, I helped you with this research after all", I told him. He nodded in thanks as we both began to type away.

I just love it when Charlie dives right in and takes control of a situation! I hope everyone enjoyed the chapter and I can't wait to hear how you're all feeling about the beginning and what you think is to come. Please review and have a great day!