Steve muttered and watched Nicole walk over, wiping blood off her hands. Turning, he saw Bruce dragging a badly beaten Tony to his lab for treatment. He shook his head and looked back at his partner but turned away, unable to look at her without imagining that 'uniform' on her. With a sigh she sat down beside him, surprising him when she lay her head on his shoulder. "Gott ich bin mude..."
"N-Nicole! What are you doing?"
"Taking a nap, so don't move." She giggled quietly. "Nacht."
"Hey take it to the bedroom guys." Clint walked by with a smirk. "So you two a thing now?"
Steve gave the archer a confused look. "What?"
"He's asking if ve are dating."
"Oh... uhm..."
"Not officially." Nicole opened her eyes to look at Clint. "But I'm sure he'll ask eventually."
"Well what's the hold up cap? You too shy to ask her yourself?" Steve blushed, making Clint chuckle. "If you need some help just say something!"
"I'm good..." he rest his head on top of Nicole's. "Besides, I don't think its necessary for one of us to "ask" to make it official."
Nicole smirked. "Gut."
Steve smiled shyly. "So..."
"Ja?"
"You uhm… You wanna go for dinner…?"
"Sure, vhy nicht?" she smiled and got up, holding her hands out to him. He smiled and took her hands, letting her pull him up. She pulled him away from the couch, leading him toward the elevator. "Hey Steve, do jou mind if I go change real quick?"
"Uh sure?" he watched her dash off, confused. Natasha smirked as she passed by, whistling a tune.
"I hope you have some dancing shoes Steve." she poked her friend's side. "She might just take you on a ride."
"Uhm…" he arched an eyebrow, but instead of pressing the issue went down to the lobby. His phone went off a moment later, and he was surprised to find a text message.
[Meet me at the pub at this address]
Steve muttered and went to his car, getting in so he could drive to the location. When he finally pulled up he went in to find a spot for them, and was surprised to find a British style pub with a large, open dance area. He went over to the bar to sit, looking around as he did. The bartender walked over a second later, giving him a toothy grin.
"You on a date lad?"
"Yes sir… She told me to meet her here."
The man nodded, cleaning a glass. "Ah lasses can be such a mystery sometimes. But eh! I bet your lass is a beaut mystery yeh?"
Steve smiled, nodding slowly. "That she is…"
"Oh, so is that her at the door?"
Steve jumped up, whipping around to look at the entrance, and gasped as Nicole walked through the parting crowd. The place fell silent as all eyes were on her and her lovely red white and blue dress. It was kind of old fashioned, with blue off the shoulder sleeves with silver stars over her right shoulder, a bodice of thirteen horizontal red and white stripes, and a blue skirt laying over a puffy white skirt slip. Her red heels barely made a sound as she silently walked through the awestruck men, and the light reflected off the large silver star in her hair. The woman gave him a kind smile, tilting her head slightly as all eyes were locked on the man's awed face.
"I'm terribly sorry for zhe vait Steve."
"Oh no, there was no wait. You're right on time." he barely managed to croak out the words, too heavily shocked by the sudden change. Nicole giggled and looked over at the bartender, but he dashed out around the counter and motioned for them to follow him toward the back tables.
Steve followed Nicole after the man, letting him sit them at an isolated table under dimmed lights. The second they were seated the commotion of the place picked back up, and the bartender set to serving them. Once he left, Steve turned to his dazed with an amazed look.
"Nicole... what?"
She smirked, slowly taking off her pearl white gloves. "I zhought jou'd vant a more… old-fashioned date first. Jou know, so jou can settle into all zhis?"
He smiled, getting to his feet. "Well, then there is one thing I want to do before we eat."
Nicole smiled as he pulled her up before leading her to that dance floor. Upon noticing them the bartender started to play some music, slow and soft. Steve carefully took her in his arms, leading her into a dance. "You know, it's kinda sad but this is the first time I've danced with someone."
The woman kissed his cheek. "Zhen I'm ein lucky fraulein. To have such a handsome partner, und for it to be his first as vell?"
"Well I wasn't always so…much like this. I was short and weak, and not someone a girl would want to dance with." he laugh sadly. "Most women won't want to dance with someone they have to worry about stepping on."
She smiled. "Vell I guess ve both finally found zhe right partner."
Steve smiled, but gasped slightly when he looked over her shoulder and saw Peggy standing there, a smile on her face as she watched them. He blinked, and she was gone, but Nicole was there with a confused look on her face. The man chuckled and smiled, hesitantly giving her a kiss on the cheek, "It's nothing, let's just enjoy the night."
(A/N: Yes I know Peggy's not dead yet.)
