"What's all this?" Steve asked as Evie dragged him up to her floor from the basement gym.
"Dinner and a movie. Just you and me. I'm locking off my floor and turning off the phones so there will be no interruptions or intrusions," she grinned impishly up at him. "You like spaghetti and meatballs, right?"
Steve could not stop the grin from spreading on his face as he shook his head. "You know I do, Doll." He slid an arm around her and hugged her close. "Especially when this amazing dame I know makes it."
"Really?" Evie replied, playing along. "Hmm. I might have to find who she is and get her recipe, then."
"But you already know her."
"Oh?"
"Her name is Evelyn Barton. She's this really sweet little cowgirl from Texas."
"Aww, shucks, Soldier Boy." Evie blushed and scuffed the toe of her brown leather cowgirl boots on the floor of the elevator just as the doors dinged open. Evie grabbed Steve's hand and pulled him into the kitchen were two steaming plates of spaghetti sat with two tall glasses of iced tea and a basket of garlic bread.
"So are you gonna tell me why you did all this?" He asked as she pulled towards the table.
Evie shrugged. "I could tell at lunch you were having a rough day. Nat and Clint said you did a lot of briefings and training today, so I figured you could use a break from anything and everything related to SHIELD."
Steve pulled her chair out for her and settled her in. Leaning down, he brushed a kiss to her temple. "It's perfect, Doll."
"Good. Now sit down and eat before it gets any colder," She grinned up at him.
"Yes ma'am."
After their leisurely dinner, she had Steve pick out a movie while she made the popcorn. He set up the movie, and settled onto a first row seat in Evie's "theater" just as she came in with a huge bowl of popcorn. She set the popcorn in his lap, sat down, and slipped her arm through his. "Hope you like extra butter," she winked at him.
"You know me too well, Doll." He grinned back as he hit play and the title screen rolled for His Girl Friday, a film he remembered seeing with Bucky a few years before the war. He slipped his arm around her shoulders and let her settle against his side. Evie gave a contented sigh, and rested her head on his chest. At that moment, there was no place in the world either one would rather be.
I'msorryI'msorryI'msorry! I am a horrible human being! Please don't kill me for not updating! I know this just a fluffy, little, wee, wishing-it-were-a-chapter, but is an update, right?