Steve
"You know, you are allowed to feel freaked out." Steve finally said as they arrived at Katie's apartment. They had walked for ten minutes in silence and Katie was relieved to have finally got back home. This caused Katie to laugh at the Steve's comment,
"And you aren't slightly freaked out? They guy who was basically your boss almost got assassinated by your best friend from the 40's, and he's also turned out to be your girlfriend's step dad." Katie sat down on the sofa placing her coffee cup on the table in front of her, "If I didn't know any better, I would say this would make a great plot to some film or book." This caused Steve to chuckle as he sat down next to her. He was relieved when Katie had then rested her head on his shoulder. He was relieved that she hadn't been as freaked out as he thought she was going to be. Steve wrapped his arm around her waist, now pulling her so that she was sat on his lap and had her head resting on his shoulder, he could feel her breath on his neck which caused his body to shiver. He knew he was crazy about this girl and it scared him. He could go to battle with these aliens, face Hydra, but his feelings for Katie scared him. It was completely different from how he felt about Peggy, and there it was the ping of guilt. He had recently gone to see Peggy at the nursing home and he felt like he had betrayed Katie in some way. He could feel his body tensing up, he hoped that Katie didn't notice.
Katie pulled away and looked at him, "What's wrong?" she asked, Of course she noticed. How could she not notice. Steve shook his head, trying to get his body to relax slightly.
"So, a couple of days ago I went to see Peggy at the nursing home." He replied to Katie, he had previously bought up Peggy before when they had first started dating and explained their story. "I needed to see a friend, I felt a bit lost and-" Katie had interrupted Steve by kissing him, this shocked him at first but after a few seconds he quickly responded back to the kiss. He cupped his hands on her face, deepening the kiss and for a few moments they just sat there, kissing. Katie was the first one to pull away, she brushed her fingers through his hair.
"it must be quite tough on you," Katie said, her fingers still brushing his hair, "I can only imagine what it must be like, being in a world that is completely different, friends and family not around and the woman you love being at a nursing home. You don't need to explain yourself to me." Steve tried to hide how shocked he was at this statement. How calm she was when she had said it. He could feel his heart pang at what she had said, yes this world had been tough on him recently but that was before he had met Katie. He thought he had loved Peggy, but they never even had their date. Unlike Katie who had spent all these weeks with, days and months even. It then hit him, he was in love with her. How was he supposed to tell her this, how could he now after what she had said. He couldn't say it now, it would look like he was just saying it because she called Peggy the woman he loved. Steve never thought the world could get anymore complicated, that was until today.
"It's really not like that," Steve told Katie, "I just needed to see an old face, get a bit of familiarity." He watched as Katie smiled at him and kissed his forehead.
"You know what, I have the day off tomorrow. How about you stay here, and we spend the day together tomorrow?" She asked, hoping off his lap causing Steve to smile.
"I'd like that." He responded, they smiled at each other and Katie grabbed the tv controls.
"Great, now why don't you find something on the tv for us to watch," she passed him over the controls and started walking off towards her bedroom, "I'm going to go shower." Steve watched as Katie made her way to her bedroom and he could hear the shower being switched on and the water running. Steve sat there waiting for a few minutes, he looked down at the TV controls now in his hand. He placed them down on the coffee table, stood up and walked to her bedroom door. He opened it carefully and could see her in the shower, the hot water running down her body. He gulped and started removing his clothes, he quietly made his way into the bathroom without her hearing him.
"Want some company?" he asked as he stepped into the shower, wrapping his arms arounds her.