AUTHOR'S NOTE:

Dedicated to Joy, who hates not having whip on her white mochas.

There is some sexual content in this chapter and it's really just kind of adorable—I hope you're all enjoying where this is heading.

WARNINGS: Language, Blood, Angst, Innuendo, Dirty Thoughts, Sex

ENJOY!

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Bucky and Steve were getting settled in the pool house, Angel watching them from the main house as she ran her fingers through her hair. She wasn't sure if she was going to survive this or not because they were right there—all that was separating them was a pool and Angel still feeling shaky about the whole situation. Angel was trying to be one hundred percent okay with this, but she still couldn't help but think that something was seriously up here and wonder why she was so flustered.

"Wow…and I thought I was the perv," Tony teased as he came out that morning.

Angel rolled her eyes. "We're both pervs, but I'm not watching them change or anything."

"You're really dwelling on all of this, V," Tony said, reaching out to stroke her hair as he watched too. "Did you stay and explain Jarvis to them?"

"They have the hang of asking him questions," Angel replied nodding. "I'm not so much worried about that as I am about everything else. I mean what if the other me going back in time is the reason that Dad was a good dad? What if that's the reason I'm even here again? What if Cap is in love with the Angel that actually went back and saved Bucky and he's just displacing those feelings onto me because I look the same?"

"You really don't like to give yourself credit for anything, do you?" Tony asked her with a laugh.

Angel gave him a look. "I appreciate that you're about to get all brotherly on me and compliment me and everything, but we both know that he just kissed me because he was glad to see me alive…even though the me he was wanting to see was really dead."

"He's taking off his shirt!" Tony exclaimed suddenly.

Just like that, Angel's eyes were on the window again and Tony laughed and punched her shoulder playfully because he had been joking. He once again called her a 'perv' and then started to head away from her, turning around when Angel said his name. Tony was glad that she was there and he wanted her to be happy and Angel was glad that Tony had her back too because she couldn't imagine a time line where they didn't have each other.

"I saw Andy sneak out this morning, by the way…congrats," Angel told him. "Invite her to dinner tonight."

Tony chuckled and nodded. "Thank you, and what a coincidence—I was just about to invite those two…"

Angel's eyes widened as Tony was then out of the house, Steve glancing out of the window to see Angel realizing he was looking at her and dart out of view. He smiled a little bit because he could tell that she was incredibly curious and he wanted to make her feel better about all of this because he was honestly trying to be there for her and to protect her and he was starting to realize that she wasn't the Angel that he had come here to see…but she was Angel. She was beautiful and protective and he wondered if she could hold her own like the other one could—wonder if her heart was as pure.

"Come in!" Bucky called when Tony knocked on the door.

Tony opened up the door and smiled at them. "Since you're living here, I just wanted to extend the invitation of dinner every night in the main house. Free food, fun company and the presence of my lovely sister—trust me, it's a great offer."

"We'll be there," Steve assured him.

Smiling at that, Tony left them to settle in, Bucky looking at Steve and nodding because one thing was for certain: Steve was attached. He had woken up and wanted to be near Angel and now he was even though she was different and Bucky wondered what would happen next and where this life would lead them. Even if this Angel hadn't gone back in time and saved him, she had still brought him back to life and he wanted to talk to her more about it…maybe at dinner.

Andy was invited to dinner too, and so when it rolled around, everyone was a little bit dressed up and Angel had cooked, Tony setting the table when Steve and Bucky showed up. They had wine and flowers, saying it was customary to bring gifts and Angel blushed beet red when Steve handed her the flowers and flashed her that grin. Bucky and Tony just smirked and then Andy came up the walk way, her and Angel hugging and Andy apologizing profusely for not telling her.

"Did you at least tell Sharon?" Angel asked her.

Andy nodded. "Yeah, I texted her after Tony called me and told me that you knew."

"You suck at sneaking out," Angel said shrugging. "Though, I figured it would happen eventually."

"Yeah…Sharon wasn't surprised either," Andy admitted laughing.

Shrugging again, everyone sat down to eat, Steve and Bucky sitting next to each other, Tony and Angel at the heads of the table and Andy across the table. They were sad that Sharon wasn't there, but she was 'dealing with some things' so it was just the five of them and they started to talk about things—like Howard. They talked about Hydra, and the Tesseract, and the other Angel, and Tony kept talking about how he wasn't surprised because Angel could fight well and she was smart and she was like a mother bear and that just made Steve and Bucky grin and Angel blush.

She was still Angela Stark.

Angel even started to talk more and be a bit cheekier like her usual self as the conversation got rolling and afterwards, Andy and Tony wanted to clean up and Bucky went to the pool house. Steve hung back as Angel stood by the pool and looked up at the sky, smiling a little when Steve stood next to her and put his hands in his pockets, looking up at the sky with her. He found it almost as calming as she did and he looked at her as she slowly looked at him, her warm eyes finding their way to his crystal blue ones and they couldn't help but smile at each other. She was the face that he saw when he closed his eyes and he was determined to get to know her.

"You know, your dad and I made a pact," Steve told her gently.

Angel raised her eyebrows, a smile on her face. "Is this going to turn into something like me being betrothed?"

"No, no…just he took care of you and now it's my turn," Steve said with a blush and a laugh. "I know this is odd for you, and it's odd for me too, but I really do think that you deserve to have someone look after you because you look after everyone else."

"Same could be said about you, Rogers—you're a hero," Angel told him.

"I'm always going to fight for you," Steve said gently, reaching out to cup Angel's face.

With that, Steve kissed her forehead and left Angel's side for the pool house, leaving her standing there thinking about things, completely caught off guard.

"I swear to God, if he kisses me one more time…" Angel said softly, "…I might just have to kiss him back."

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Sharon had settled herself into her bed that night after taking a long bath and enjoying having the night to herself, but sleep was…it wasn't exactly what Sharon had pictured it. At first it just seemed like a normal dream, but then Loki was there and it was like everything was better…but nothing made sense and that was perfectly alright with her. In fact she didn't even question it when he kissed her hard on the mouth and pinned her against the wall that was suddenly there.

He was fighting her for dominance, making it almost like a game, his hand traveling up from his hold on her thigh to her stomach, letting his fingers trail along her shirt. She couldn't help but moan into him as he pressed his body against hers, parting her legs for him because they both knew exactly what she wanted. Loki grinned, pulling back and looking her in the eye, Sharon feeling like she was being completely swallowed by him.

Her breath caught in her throat as he started to unbutton her buttons, placing a kiss to her skin after each button slipped out of the button hole. She could feel his hot breath traveling down her skin, teeth and mouth paying special attention to her as her whole body writhed at his touch, making her tilt her head back against the wall. All she wanted was for him to stop with all of the teasing and just take her right then and there, fingers sliding into his hair.

He, however, wasn't done.

Loki let his hot mouth travel down to her navel, tongue tracing a little before he kissed back up, paying attention to her breasts as her chests heaved. He kissed and nipped the flesh above the cups of her bra, Sharon feeling like every ounce of her was on fire and she whispered his name, hoping it would just make him ravage her. At this point, she really wasn't interested in trying to be a lady, and when his other hand slipped up her skirt, she was done for. She was his.

He could just have her.

Nothing about this moment was bad or wrong to Sharon because she felt quite the opposite: she felt like this was what was supposed to happen and she needed him to take his pants off. Sharon could feel his fingers on the move again, only this time Loki seemed to be a little bit more into pleasing her body than before—not as much talking. Instead, his mouth was entirely focused on her flesh and she never wanted him to stop…this was perfect. This was heavenly.

That was her Goddamn alarm clock…

"Seriously?" Sharon asked out loud, taking a deep breath as she lay there in her bed. "This is just getting ridiculous…"

With a growl, Sharon got up and went to take a cold shower, getting out and getting herself dressed and fed and sitting on her couch for a moment. She didn't know what was going on with her, but this sexual frustration of hers was starting to make her a bit fidgety and she didn't know what it was that she wanted to do about it all. All she knew was that she wanted to be with the God of Mischief and that meant she had to find a way to contact him…which was something that Loki wanted more than anything.

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Angel was having a hard time tearing her gaze away from the pool house that morning and it was easy to see why: Bucky and Steve were working out. They were in visible view of the window of the main house—which was Bucky's plan in the first place—and Angel was practically drooling on herself, which was just making Tony laugh. He thought it was adorable that his sister was so smitten and got them both some coffee, handing her hers as he stood next to her and watched too.

"He said he was always going to fight for me and kissed my forehead," Angel said as she took a sip of her coffee and watched Steve do shirtless pushups. "Jesus, look at him…"

Tony chuckled again. "Not my thing, but I'm glad you're appreciating the view."

"I still feel like a disappointment," Angel said nodding. "I feel like I can't measure up to the other me, but at the same time, we seem a lot alike. I just…she must have loved him very much to do that for him."

"Yeah, she probably did," Tony admitted with a nod.

Then he left Angel there on her own to watch Steve and Bucky working out and she called up Sharon to complain about how she was being tortured. Sharon needed out of her house that she shared with Andy, and so she hurried over and came over to Angel with a puzzled look on her face when she saw Angel staring out the window. When she got to the window though and Angel pointed out of it, she saw the two men sweaty and half naked and she laughed.

"If this is torture, sign me up," Sharon said, nodding approvingly. "You know what you should do every night? Just swim in the pool in a bikini and flaunt it off—or, in the morning! Men are incredibly vulnerable in the morning with all that morning wood."

Angel looked at Sharon and raised her eyebrows. "We both know that we could come up with the most brilliant slutty plan in the world and we wouldn't follow through."

"God, I know," Sharon replied as she looked out the window again. "We're not as forward as we pretend to be, are we?"

"Not even a little bit," Angel laughed, closing the curtain quickly. "Bucky just saw, which means he's going to tell Cap that we were peeping."

"Ask her to spar with you," Bucky told Steve quickly.

Steve raised his eyebrows at his best friend as he got himself a glass of water, thanking Jarvis for getting it prepared for him. He liked doing things on his own and he certainly could, but Jarvis was taking care of them like Angel had told him to and he liked being an employed AI. Bucky just nodded at him and repeated it, going to open up the front door of the pool house and motioning for Steve to go.

"Seriously? Right now?" Steve asked him.

Bucky nodded and pointed to the window. "She's been watching us work out all morning—that sweaty torso of yours is going to get you anywhere with her."

"Buck, I'm not going to manipulate her into spending time with me," Steve said, shaking his head. "Let me shower first and then I'll ask her to lunch."

"Steve, I am your best friend—trust me when I say that you should go over as is, torso gleaming and get the damn girl," Bucky pleaded.

Steve looked at Bucky and then laughed a little bit, shaking his head and grabbing a t-shirt, pulling it on over his head and then heading for the door. Bucky sighed, but it was better than nothing and so he just shut the door behind Steve and went to the window. He wanted to know what happened and he would, eventually, winking at Sharon as she watched him from the window.

Right now, Bucky was focused on getting Steve the girl, but he'd have some time to himself in this new world too, he was promising himself that. He smiled as Sharon went to push Angel to the door, Angel blushing as she opened it up, Steve standing there, Angel talking before he could. She didn't really know what to say and Steve knew just what he wanted to, but Angel was quick like that and Steve couldn't help but grin foolishly.

"I don't want to be a disappointment to you, but I want to get to know you," Angel told him, her mouth going faster than her brain. "I have had a thing for you for years now, and now you're here, thawed out, in love with this me from the future that went back in time and I'm just Angela Stark. There is nothing special about me—I mean I drink six cups of coffee a day, I work with my brother, my feet are larger than normal, my—"

Steve had started chuckling as she ranted, going in for the kill and kissing her, Angel kissing him back this time, which surprised him. Still, it seemed normal for the two of them and Sharon was standing there smiling, Bucky catching the show as Steve had knocked on the back door, and he was pumping his fist into the air. Steve had to pull back though, because she nipped at his lip and he knew that something about the two Angels was exactly the same.

"Sparring and lunch?" Steve asked her.

Angel was a bit dazed and blushed more when she realized her eyes were still closed, opening them. "Yeah…what you just said."

Note: Awww, so adorable. There is some main plot next chapter and a bunch of adorableness and steamy parts. Feedback is always appreciated!