Now...I know this may be a bit off the rails...but I am going to do a Steve POV for this chapter. Please do not get mad. This is the only time that I am going to do this unless people say it is great and I add it in occasionally. This is just so we get a grip of what is happening whilst Maria is in prison. Hope you like it! Bit rushed so sorry if there are any mistakes!
Steve POV
"Maria..." I whispered as I watched the doors close, blocking her from me. I shut my eyes and breathed out harshly.
"Sooooo...you and Hill huh?." Tony joked, laughing, and I felt rage boil up inside of me. He always made jokes and picked at things that he knew would aggravate you.
"You never shut up, do you..." I said, between gritted teeth trying to keep calm.
"Well, I shut up when you kissed Maria. That's for sure. I always knew you had a thing for her." he said and I had nearly reached the end of my patience.
"I swear to God, if you don't shut up i'll-"
"You'll what? Give me a good ol' talk on righteousness and peace?" he asked from behind me and I could almost see his smirk in front of my eyes. I spun round and kicked him in the face before he could react. The others gasped and Natasha and James came to his aid.
"Tony?" James asked, checking his pulse and seeing if he would respond. I was too angry to care about anything like Stark right now. "He's just been knocked out. He should be fine." he said, trying to lift Tony up and failing. Thor came over and lifted him up in one big swoop, James trailing behind him, giving me an evil glare that made me feel a little uncomfortable. I had seen what Rhodey was capable of. He planned everything with precision and never failed any of his missions, because of those plans. He wasn't reckless, unlike Tony. Maybe the combination of the two made them a good team?
Natasha stood up and pulled me into the corridor that separated the bedrooms. "Rogers..." she began, but I was too angry to listen to her. "Steve!" she urged and after a moment I decided to listen. I was so worried about Maria. I had only just got her and now she was being taken away. Why is it that everyone I care for is taken away? "You need to calm down okay?"
"I know I do, but-"
"No buts." she said sternly, face levelled and emotionless, and I looked at the floor. A Black Widow. Me and her had done a few partnerships with Strike Team Delta along with Clint and she was lethal on the battlefield. "Sort yourself out. Take half an hour to get your head straight before coming back into the room to search for Maria."
"But-"
"Hey!" she snapped and I flicked my head up to look at her. "You are not coming back to the room for half an hour. You need to calm down, take a breather." She opened my door and watched me go in. "JARVIS, don't let him out for half an hour."
"Yes, Miss Romanoff." he replied.
"Really?" I asked, eyebrows raised.
"Yep." she smiled and shut the door, leaving me to the silence of my room. I took a moment to actually find the motivation to move myself to sit on a chair. I went to the dining table and pulled out a stool for me to sit on. I rested my forearms on it and slowly rested my head against it. Stark irritated me very much. I could tell that he would from when we were first introduced. His arrogant demeanour was obviously going to conflict with me. I'm nothing special. As he said, 'Everything special about you came out of a bottle'...and it did. I much preferred Howard to Tony. I could talk easily with him. Maybe the time difference was getting to my head...
I did miss it. I missed the smell and feel of fresher air, the type that I could now only experience on the balcony of Stark Tower as it was much higher than all the other buildings, but it still wasn't the same feel. Bucky was one thing that I still needed to sort out. Me and Sam had been trying to track him down for ages. Peggy was the one person who I missed, but it wasn't as if I was being held back. I used to feel like that when I first woke up, surrounded by all these people that I didn't know. I always remembered being so nervous about meeting new people. I was worried about how they would treat me. Most people have been accepting, but there have been a few that haven't been the most welcoming. I'm not surprised. I didn't expect everyone to accept me.
The one person who did was Maria. I didn't expect her to come into my life, but now I can't imagine living without her...but it might come to that. I couldn't lose her. I hit my head on my forearms and the glass centre smashed into pieces. I didn't care about the table right now. All I cared about was her. Suddenly, I heard a noise come from my bedside table. It was my phone.
I remember Maria teaching me how to use this..I thought to myself as I walked over and picked it up. I clicked the home button, as the screen was blank, and it said that I had a message from Wanda. We are following her. Don't worry.
I sighed a little, knowing that she wouldn't let anything happen to Maria. 'We' must've been her and Vision, two people who also seemed to get along quite well. I had wondered if anything had happened between them, but so far they have just been close friends.
Lying down on my bed, I thought about all of the things that made me miss her. Her cute smile that she would do whenever I joked about something, but she was trying not to laugh. The way that she would look at me when I walked into a room. I may be from the 1930's, but I'm not stupid. From that first kiss we had on that mission together, I was drawn to her. I tried not to crowd her space, but I didn't keep my distance either. I know the kiss was just our cover, but it felt like more to me. I decided not to bring it up though. She probably didn't want that. Her lips were perfect and I actually felt calm on a mission, unlike every other time. I am constantly looking out for threats on missions, alone or with a partner, but her kiss made my troubles fade, as did the kisses after that actually. I remember making waffles for her when she had gotten back, because I knew she would want them, even if she wasn't hungry.
I remember the next morning when I heard her screaming. I ran to the door, but Clint was already there dealing with the situation. And then I came back later to check on her and she told me about her fear of spiders was what made her upset, but I knew it wasn't true. I didn't want to push and ask her what the matter really was. She had to meet Scott that morning, which all went according to plan, and she looked so perfect. I wondered whether she realised it or not, but that's what she was to me...perfect.
Then Scott trained and I punched Stark in the face for being such an idiot. He was an idiot. He was rude to Maria a lot and I didn't like the names that he called her. She did have emotions...she shared them with me. She helped me fix my problems and I helped her too. We were a good team and still are.
When I found out about Coulson, I was devastated. At first, I couldn't stop feeling angry at her for not telling me. We had been carrying the guilt for ages, but I afterwards I understand that there were protocols in place to protect her. I hugged her that day and I tried not to think about kissing her, but I couldn't stop it. I just wanted to feel her lips against mine again, which was probably an un-gentlemanly thought, but I couldn't help it. She was irresistible. I had no idea how she didn't have every man after her. I enjoyed looking after her. I liked keeping her safe.
The most memorable moment when on our first mission with Scott was not seeing the Antman, it was seeing Maria working with my shield. It was weirdly attractive and she used it so well. He flow and co-ordination made me a little envious that she used the shield better than me. I had the idea in the back of my mind to train her using a shield. That's why I suggested it to Tony.
Flashback to a few weeks ago
"Uh...Tony?" I asked, knocking on the door, knowing he would be in his lab at this time of night.
"Yeah?" he asked, not even looking away from the project he was working on.
"I have...an idea about Maria's new suit..." I said, hoping that he wouldn't bring it up that I was doing something connected to Maria. We had been getting close recently and I didn't want Tony's matchmaking to ruin what we had. Maybe we would just stay as friends...maybe not...
"Ah, you want to impress the crush with some new ideas? I see your plan." he said, standing up and going to the wall. I ignored the comment and followed him over where he pressed a button and a small room was revealed, containing her suit that the team, apart from Maria, and I had all seen in the past. I smiled slightly, having that ten millionth thought again that it would suit her perfectly. "Okay, tell me your idea Spangles."
I rolled my eyes at the nickname. "How about giving her a shield?" I asked, hoping that he would go along with idea.
He raised an eyebrow. "So you two can be a matching pair?"
"Back to the point Tony. Is it a good idea?" I replied, trying not to go red in the face. I cared a lot about Maria. I didn't want her thinking that we were an item already. I just wanted her to see me as more than a friend. If that wasn't going to happen then I would accept it. That I was...not comfortable with, but I could live with it.
He hummed for a moment and then smiled, nodding at the idea. "Sounds like a plan, Captain. What colour scheme?"
"I didn't think of that yet..."
"Okay, it might get a little dirty if it's white and black isn't really a good colour to go with, so how about the same style as yours?" he asked, smirking slightly.
"Tony..." I warned and he put his hands up.
"I can't think of anything else that would go..." he replied, trying to convince me.
Reluctantly I nodded. "Fine, have it the same style, but change something about it otherwise we might get confused with which shield is ours."
"Aye, aye, Captain." he said, saluting. I sighed and left the room, trying not to think of how great she would look in the suit.
Present day
After Tony blew up the bomb in the sky, I couldn't help but feel happy that the mission went successfully...that was until someone aimed a gun at Maria. My stomach jumped into my throat and I felt so vulnerable. I had never felt like that. I had feelings for Peggy, but this was something different entirely. Me and Maria had more time to connect. I felt closer to her than I had felt with anyone in my life.
Back to the mission
I looked out of the window, down at the city, and smiled at the thought of protecting them. It was my duty and I loved doing it. I couldn't imagine a life without shield. I walked over to where Scott was standing on his own, fiddling with something on his suit.
"Hey." I greeted and he looked up.
"Oh hey Cap." he replied and smiled. "Is everything alright?"
"Yeah. Yeah, everything is fine. I just wanted to say well done you know." I smiled. Thank God he saved Maria. I don't think he understood how grateful I was, so I wanted to thank him in person, especially.
"Thank you. That means a lot." he replied and looked over at Maria. I did the same and noticed that she was writing some notes down about the mission or something like that. I didn't realise that Scott had stopped looking at her and started looking at me. "I know why you are really thanking me though." he said and I looked back at him.
"I'm sorry?" I asked, wanting to know what he meant by it.
"Maria." he said, simply. Just the name made my stomach have butterflies in it. "You are happy I saved her I know."
"Well...yeah...I guess. Thank you for that especially." I said and looked back at her, completely oblivious to my gaze and affection.
"You should ask her out you know." he suggested and I looked at him.
He went wide-eyed. "I'm r-really sorry, Sir. I'll g...get back to-"
"No, i'm not angry." I said, reassuringly and he let out a breath he had been holding. "I'm just curious as to why you would think that."
"Well you two are close aren't you? You like her a lot i'm guessing..." he said and I didn't answer. "Exactly."
"What am I going to do?" I asked and he laughed.
"There's nothing you can do." he replied and I looked at him confused. "If it's going to happen, then it's going to happen. Don't plan anything just let your feelings flow. If something feels right in that moment then do it." he added and got back to his work.
"Thanks." I replied, absent-mindedly. I went back to looking at Maria. How come it got to this? I asked myself, walking back to my seat.
Present day
Coming back after the mission was a pain, especially when Wanda started having a go at Maria. I felt so angry when she started entering her mind. It was so invasive and rude. I got angry and couldn't help, but stop Wanda. Maria had her secrets, but they were her secrets after all. She had the right to keep them.
Looking after her was a privilege, not a chore. However, when she pointed a gun at my head after having a nightmare, I wished that I had stayed with her earlier to prevent it from happening. When she told me she didn't even know her name, I wanted to hold her tightly and keep her there to make sure that no one ever hurt her again. It pained me to think that now she is going to be sentenced to death soon..
As her secrets were revealed, I wanted to be there to support her. I didn't care that I didn't know what her name was, I cared about who she was. Going shopping with her was more exciting than I initially thought it would be. I love thinking about afterwards in the car when we were holding hands. Her hands were so soft in mine and I remember her shivering slightly when I stroked the back of her hand. I liked getting that reaction from her.
The white dress she wore was absolutely breathtaking. I still remember the little triangles that were cut out from the middle of the white dress that showed off her stomach muscles. I involuntarily groaned the first time I saw her, trying not to think about making my move that night, because I had noticed her drinking before she came towards us. I didn't want alcohol spoiling our relationship. When she came over and sat with us though, I couldn't help but look at her amazing figure.
I tried to intervene when she got into a fight with a girl, but she seemed perfectly fine battling her corner when she began to dance. That night was very difficult for me not to get closer to her. Drinking would've distracted me, but the serum meant that alcohol didn't effect me. I couldn't tell whether that was a good or bad thing then. After she finished, I was so distracted by dancing that I didn't know that another set of girls were picking on Maria at the bar until James left to say he would be back in a minute. I saw him defend Hill, but after the girls left and Rhodey and Hill had finished talking, she left. I saw the elevator doors shut on her and decided to follow her.
Joining her on the roof was fun. I kept her warm as we looked up at the sky and discussed the stars. She fascinated me, even if she was drunk. She was incredible. Being so close brought back my feelings and I had to push them out of my mind just to concentrate on getting her to her room to sleep. I smiled at the idea of yesterday morning. I woke up and went out of the window to get her flowers to put on the table. That just caused a whole amount of chaos for her afterwards when we found out someone had been impersonating Black Death.
Before, when she was telling me about her trainers, she said to me "My trainers weren't exactly the nicest." and "Feel free to leave.". Like I was going to leave her...
I just sat there and held her in my arms until she was summoned into the kitchen by the others Avengers. When she came back, she sat next to me and put her head against my shoulder. I closed my eyes, loving the feeling of being this close to her. She was holding my hand, but I noticed that she kept holding it tightly and then releasing it, as if she were debating something in her mind.
Yesterday morning
"Maria, are you okay?" I asked, worried about her. She seemed nervous. I was too, but she seemed even more so. She lifted up her head and I smiled on the inside at her beautiful face. "You seem a little...I don't know...on edge?"
"I...umm...errr...I just..." I suddenly got worried that something bad had happened. What had they talked about in the kitchen? What was the matter?
"Is something wrong?" I asked, my voice filled with concern. I didn't want her to be hurt. I wanted to know all of her problems.
"I..." she said, but didn't finish. I saw her bite her lip and I had to stop myself from kissing her on the lips right then. I noticed her eyes flick to my lips and then back up to my eyes. I wondered whether she was going to kiss me and the thought made me show her a small smile. God, she is beautiful. I thought, my eyes locked with hers. She slowly leaned over to me and I made sure not to move my head any closer, as I didn't want to pressure her into anything.
Her lips delicately grazed over mine, almost as if it didn't happen at all, but I felt all the passion she wanted to show me. Wow. I thought to myself. Just one kiss from her is driving me crazy. Her lips were soft and I felt my eyelids shut as I let the feeling over whelm me. She made me feel different. I could feel the blood pumping through my veins as she pulled away from me, not needing to pull that far as the kiss was so light. I felt a shaky breath against my lips as she moved back and I kept my eyes shut, relishing what had just happened.
"Steve?" she asked and I opened my eyes slowly.
"You meant that?" I asked, double checking that this was actually happening to me. I had the thought that she didn't mean it, that this was all just a trick, but it certainly didn't feel like one.
"Yes." she replied, softly. I couldn't help myself. I leaned towards her and captured her lips again. I pushed them more firmly against her this time and ran my hand up her arm to the back of her neck. I liked stroking her there and decided that I should keep doing it, as every time I did a little moan escaped her lips that made the kiss even better. We smiled against each others lips and when I started to fiddle with the hair on the back of her neck, she giggled as much as she could with my lips against hers. We fit so perfectly and I instantly discovered that kissing her was my new favourite hobby.
I couldn't help but whisper "Wow..." in between one of our kisses, which she laughed at. She was incredible at kissing. I didn't really have much experience with kissing, as the only other two people I had kissed were Peggy and Romanoff on a mission, but she seemed to constantly leave me breathless, which Tony mentioned a couple of weeks ago was a good thing when he did it with Pepper.
I felt my body take over as I pushed more firmly against her lips and I worried about whether it was too much, but she started kissing back with the same strength, so I continued. Suddenly there was a knock at the door and she pulled away, gasping from the intrusion. I glared at the door, but then turned back to her. "I should probably get that..." she said, but I didn't want her to leave.
"JARVIS, who is that at the door and what do they want?" I asked, kissing her again. She smiled as she kissed me and I think it was because of how confident I was being. I felt confident kissing her in that moment and I smiled with her. I debated in my mind whether to touch her or not. I remembered Scott's words in my mind - if something feels right in that moment then do it. And it did feel right in that moment.
Her tongue slid over my bottom lip and I moaned, placing my hand on her hips. I stroked her hip and I had the urge to touch her, but knew that it was wrong of me to do anymore. JARVIS spoke up again.
"It is Director Fury. He wishes to speak with Agent Hill."
"Shit." she cursed.
"Langu-" I began to respond, but stopped myself. I almost cursed in my head at what I had said. I didn't mean to say it. It had just developed over time. "Sorry, reflexes." I apologised.
I didn't take note of her face before I looked up and saw her panicking. "Get in my bedroom." she commanded, staring at me. I literally could not tell whether she meant it in a sexual way or a serious way.
"Excuse me!" I said, my eyes going wide. I don't want to go that far with her, at least not yet. I scolded my mind to even think about doing that to her in the future.
"I need to get rid of Fury. Now go!" she shouted and ushered me into the bedroom. I had the chance to quickly kiss her on the cheek, which made her smile, before the doors shut.
I stood next to the door and heard some muffled noises before they sat down on the sofa, where I could hear them better. We were kissing right there not thirty seconds ago. I thought to myself. I shook my head, getting back to the task.
"Evidence? For what case?" I heard Maria ask. What is going on? Something to do with a case?
"Yours." he replied. "The evidence I have is this." There was silence. Complete silence for a few seconds. What was happening? Was this serious? It seemed serious?
"29 of our agents are dead after going on a mission to track down some missing tech from Ultron that was detected from an office building." Oh God...
Present day
And that was the beginning of the madness. How did this happen? We were kissing in the simulation room yesterday afternoon. She made me feel incredible and I never wanted to lose that feeling that I got around her. It's crazy. I sighed and looked up at the ceiling. "JARVIS, how long is it until I can leave?"
"20 seconds, Sir." he replied and I sighed, knowing that I would be able to go and help sort out who was impersonating Maria with the team. I decided to go to the door, taking the phone with me, and ring Wanda.
She picked up after the second ring. "Hi Steve."
"Hello Wanda. What's happened?" I asked, urgency running through my tone.
"They've just taken her to the prison. She seems fine when I'm sending messages to her." she replied.
"Okay, just stay there for as long as you can okay?"
"Of course and Steve?"
"Yeah."
"She said that she didn't want you visiting her..." I didn't understand. Why wouldn't she want me coming to see her?
"Why doesn't she want me to c-" I stopped mid-sentence and hung my head down slightly. I shut my eyes and shook my head for a moment. "She thinks she is going to die, doesn't she?" I asked, but got no response from Wanda. They had had their arguments, rather big arguments, but Wanda now cared for Maria quite a lot. She was a friend to her and friends feel pain. It is the same pain I feel now that Bucky has gone again. "She doesn't want to see me, because she doesn't want to hurt me."
"That's what she said to me." she replied, sadly over the phone.
I sighed and said "You know I'm going anyway right?"
"I don't think anyone would try and stop you, honestly." she responded and I nodded.
"Well thank you. I really needed that information." I replied and went to say goodbye, but she spoke up.
"She really cares for you, you know. I've spoken to her in training. You mean a lot to her." she said.
"She means a lot to me too." I said, almost angrily into the phone before speaking up again. "Goodbye Wanda. Be safe."
"You too." she replied and hung up. I stood there for a moment, eyes set on the floor as I listened to the dead phone tone that ran through it's speakers. I closed my eyes and remembered how Maria had Wanda and Vision protecting her. She was safe. With that in mind, I walked out of the room, that had now been unlocked as the thirty minutes were over, and headed towards the research room.
Maria POV
"Do you understand?" the jailer asked. "No disturbances." he said and slammed the jail door shut. I wasn't in a normal cell. This cell was separated from all of the usual cells.
I laid down on the bed they had given me, which really wasn't very comfortable, and got back in contact with Wanda. "Hey, you there?" she asked and I smiled to myself.
"Yeah, i'm not going anywhere..." I said, looking around in my cell. There was nothing that I could use to aid my escape. There was also a security camera in the top corner that was monitoring me. As well as that, there were two security guards outside, both facing outwards.
"I just called Steve." I sprung up in my bed, which caused one of the guards to turn around and look at me suspiciously, before pretending to tie my hair up a bit tighter than it was. I smiled sarcastically at the guard and slumped back down, the man turning around to face outwards again. I shut my eyes and relaxed.
"Well, is he okay? What did he say?" I asked, urgently. I just wanted to know whether he was safe or not and whether he was unharmed. I hoped that they didn't do anything to him. I couldn't believe how much I cared towards him now. It had only been a few weeks since we had been getting really close and sometimes I felt like I couldn't control myself around him. I wouldn't even get to hold him in my arms again. That thought made me want to break down into tears, but I continued to tell myself to be strong and not let my weakness out. I didn't need that right now. I couldn't get emotional. I needed to be strategic.
"He said that he is coming to visit you regardless of what you say..." she replied and I sighed, sinking further into the pillows.
"I guess I kinda knew he would do that anyway."
"We are going to stay here for you okay?"
"No, you have to go home. Get some rest or something. You can't do this for me." I did feel guilty. I didn't want them camping out there just for my benefit.
"How are you going to stop us? Walk out and give us a telling off?" she asked, a hint of humour to her tone, and I smiled at her attempt to lighten the mood.
"Fine. There is no way of escaping here anyway." I said, giving into them.
"You won't need to escape. We'll break you out." she replied.
"Whatever you say, Maximoff." I replied and turned to the side to face the wall, feeling Wanda disconnect. I miss you, Steve. I don't want to die.
I hope you enjoyed reading this chapter. I really wanted a Steve oriented chapter for this. Did you like the fact that I gave Steve a POV or not? Should I include it in the future? Anyway, I hope you enjoyed it. PLEASE REVIEW! Thank you xx Put a lot of work into this one :)