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You're everything I've asked for, what my empty soul, wanted to feel; You're everything I've looked for so much, what I've searched for in my dreams, and now I've discovered in you.
You've, arrived to enlighten each part of my heart, every space of my life, I don't have a heart anymore or eyes for nobody..
Just for you….
You're the love of my life, the destiny knew, and today he put you before me; And every time I look at the past, I understand that by your side, I've always belonged to.
You arrived to enlighten each part of my heart, every space of my life.
I don't have a heart anymore or eyes for nobody,
Just for you. Just for you...
This is real,
I can feel it,
I know that my place… Is by your side.
You're everything I've asked for,
What I haven't known,
And now I've discovered in you...
Days later…
"And how do you know SHIELD ?", Steve asked Joseph, who was driving them to the HQ (Shield was located in the outskirts of the city). Sarah decided to stay back home, because she told Steve she would cry seeing him 'go away', even Steve promise her he won't leave her. But still she refused, wanting this moment to be Steve's and Steve's alone.
"Years ago, they offered me a place - of a doctor", Joseph replied while stopping on a stop sign
"You accepted it ?", Rogers lifts a brow at his dad
Joseph sighs and shakes his head, "No..", he told as he kept driving towards SHIELD, "..I didn't want my family be in danger and be a target for HYDRA", Mr. Rodriguez turns to see his son and gave him a smile. Steve nods firmly and tells him,
"That was the best decision you made, dad", the blonde reached out his dad's shoulder and pats it. Later on, after a few minutes of driving, they were arriving to a type of toll booth. (SHIELD's entrance). They saw the booth and the guard standing from his chair to receive them.
"I just hope you find everything you're looking for there, kid", Joseph said as they reached the guard
"I hope so too, dad", Steve straighten himself as his dad rolls down his window for the guard
"Hello, sir..", the man greeted them as he held an AK-47 on hands, "..This is a private area, so that's why I will ask you to go back -
"I need to talk with Nick Fury..", Joseph told the guard, who eyes him suspiciously. Steve's dad sighs and gestures the guard to look at the blonde sitting next to him, "..And that Captain America wants to talk with him too", Joseph saw Steve bend his head down to look at the guard, which widened his eyes while leaning down to see the hero
"C-captain America ?", the man shockingly asks. Because as far as everyone on SHIELD, Steve was either dead or disappeared on a long mission.
"Yes..Can you please let us in now ?", Mr. Rodriguez asked the guard
He nods repeatedly, "S-sure thing !", he said while rushing into the booth and lifting the boom barrier for them, (but not before giving Joseph a 'visitor' card). Joseph and Steve chuckled at the guy's excitement, "Bye, sir !", the guard waved at Steve, who waved back and smiled too. His dad drove into the path that leaded to a roundabout (that had a stone-made SHIELD logo in the middle)
"Wow, I can't believe my son has so many influence in the world", he said while driving the roundabout and following the directions to the parking lot. And once there, Joseph found a parking spot and left the old truck there, "Are you ready ?", he asked his son as they walked towards the parking lot's elevator
"Yeah. I am", Steve nods his head firmly
"Son, I just wanted you to know, whatever happens from now on. Your mom and I won't ever stop seeing you as our son", the 'older' man and his son stopped at the elevator. Joseph smirks at him while putting his hand on his shoulder, giving it a squeeze
Steve smiles back, "I won't either, dad", he said as the elevator arrived and they stepped into it. The computer immediately said 'Rogers, Steven' and 'visitor. Approved' (because the computer automatically scanned his card)
They both glanced at each other, Steve frowning at the computer knowing his name, and Joseph was frowning at his 'visitor' name. His dad knew that this elevator had a voice system (since they saw no buttons on the side). So Joseph says,
"Nick Fury's office ?", the doctor and the blonde waited a few beats when they heard the computer replied 'Confirmed'. Joseph smiles proudly at his 'knowledge' of new technology. Steve smirks at his dad, who turned to seriousness
"Okay, also remember…try not to overwhelm your brain - or else you know what happens", Joseph warned as they lean their back on the wall.
"My brain will swell", Steve chuckled while playfully screwing his eyes
"It's not funny..", Joseph warned his kid. Steve sighs and smiles assuredly at his father. They waited until the elevator arrived to its destination, (luckily the elevator didn't stopped), they walked into the floor and seeing a small waiting area as soon they walked in, "..Can you wait here so I can talk to Fury first ?", Joseph told his son, who knits his brows slightly, but nodded his head
"Uhh, Sure", Steve said to his dad and takes a seat on a couch
Joseph pats his shoulder and smirks at him, walking to a hallway with doors on each sides. While reading the labels on the doors, looking for the one that said 'Fury' or 'Nick'
He heard high heels clicking on the floor coming around the corner, so he turned to see the person. She was a beautiful shoulder-length-black-haired woman and blue eyes, she was confidently walking towards him with a frown on her face and folders on her arm
"Who are you ?", she asked a bit demanding as she stops in front of him
Joseph quickly stretched out his hand to her, "Oh, Hi ! I'm Dr Joseph Rodriguez", he said while the woman was lifting her brow and nodding ever so slowly
"Hmm..", she hummed and took his hand shake, breaking it and then asking, "..How can I help you, Dr ?", she stared coldly at the man
"I need to see Nick Fury", Joseph told as the girl nodded towards the corner she came from
"He's in his office right now", she told and gave him a ghostly smirk. Joseph nods and says,
"Thanks, ma'am", he thank and then the girl nodded too, walking pass to enter a room a few feet from him. Joseph sighs and walked towards Fury's office, that indeed was around the corner, and knocked the door
"Come in !", a voice said from the other side. The doctor opened the door carefully as he steps inside, seeing, a concentrated on feeling paperwork, Nick Fury. The director didn't even looked up from his paper and says, "It better be important because I'm -
Nick cut himself when he finally saw his guest, "Joseph ?", Fury widened his eyes as he smirked and stood from his office chair
Joseph chuckled, "Hey, Nick", Rodriguez waves timidly at the director
"What the hell are you doing here ?", Nick walked to him and gave the man a tight hug
"Well, I have someone who wanted to see you", he casually said
"Who is it ?", Fury frowns at him, quite curious to know. Joseph sighs and rubbed his neck
"As far as I can comprehend - based on what I've seen and heard, you guys think Captain America is dead or disappeared" , Joseph told, earning a suspicious look from the director
"How do you know he is dead ? - not many know that, all they now he is disappeared", Nick asked. Joseph shook his head and crossed his arms
"Actually, that's not true..", the doctor told as he and Fury walk to the desk, "..He's outside in the waiting area", Joseph glanced at Nick, who frowns at him while standing behind his desk
The director stares at him for a while, seeing the seriousness on his face. Fury chuckles and shakes his head, "Don't make me laugh, Rodriguez", Nick said
"You don't believe me ? - look..", Joseph takes out his wallet, where he had his Christmas family picture, and shows it to Fury. The one eyed man looks down to the wallet and indeed that was the Captain (but he was wearing a beard). Joseph saw Nick's eye widened and surprised gasp, "..So ?", Rodriguez pulls back his wallet to his back pocket and lifts his brows at the black man
"Jesus Christ from heaven..", Nick breathed out as he slowly sat down on his chair, ".. How's that even possible ?", he asked, feeling overwhelmed with the news. Joseph shrugged his shoulders
"I don't know why you guys thought he was dead, but all I wanted you to know is that whatever mission he was, he had a traumatic brain injury that made him lose all his memories", the doctor told, making Fury knit his eyebrows
"What ?", the director stared shocked
Joseph sighs and nod, "All this time he was living with us, I found him near a river down in Bos -
"- Boston", Nick finished for him and Joseph nodded in agreement. Fury groaned as lowering his head and pinching his nose, "That was his last mission - I sent the Avengers on it", Nick informed but then sighs deeply, "Jesus...I have so many questions to ask you", he looked up at the doctor, who was silently watching him and then nods. Joseph crosses his arms while Fury reached his deck telephone and pressed a button, "Maria, tell the Avengers to gather at their HQ - tell them is urgent", he said on the phone
"Yes, sir", Maria replies and then Fury told Joseph to get Steve to the Avengers Facility, (that was on Upstate New York), as he'll catch them later.
Meanwhile in the Avengers Tower…
Natasha was on the main kitchen with Steven, she was feeding him while he was on his high chair, giggling and cooing as his mother was sitting in a stool and gently shoving the spoon on his mouth. Then, the elevator dings, meaning that someone arrived. So Natasha glances over her shoulder and sees uncle Bucky walking towards them
"What did you got ?", Natasha asked about Steve's location
"Nothing..", Barnes sighs and stands a few feet from her, "..The people said they didn't saw him around", he told while running a hand through his hair. The redhead sighs too and put Steven's Gerber on the island, since the boy didn't wanted more
"We will keep looking", she assured him while grabbing her son on her arms and turns to see Bucky
"Damn right", he said and then his eyes sparkled as soon he saw the baby boy, "Hey, Thebie !", Barnes squeak and his nephew, who squeaked too and stretched out his hands at him
"Uncwe Uhky !" (uncle Bucky), Steven said while Natasha smirked at her son's clearly favorite uncle (don't tell the others). Barnes chuckled at his nephew and reaches for him, taking him from his mother's arms
"Uhky ? Whose name is it, pal ?", Bucky asked as he starts gently tickling the baby's ribs
Steven squeaks loudly as he starts giggling, "You !", the baby managed to say while his uncle was still tickling him. Natasha was armed crossed and a big grin on her face, seeing her son and his uncle giggling
"That's my nephew !", Bucky proudly told, not quite surprised at his nephew's ability to start speaking at his early months old
"Sorry to interrupt..", JARVIS' voice filled the room. The trio stopped immediately and listened to the A.I., "..But Miss Maria Hill is calling you ma'am", the computer told Natasha, who nodded and stood straight
"Does she said what she wants, JARVIS ?", she asked
"Well, she say it was urgent", JARVIS said
The redhead sighs and sees at Bucky, "Probably a mission level Avengers or so..", she said. Bucky nodded and then turns his attention to his nephew, who was impatiently pulling his hair and keep tickling him. Natasha says to JARVIS, "..Put her on speaker", she waited for the Agent to start talking
"Natasha ?", Maria said while Bucky sat Steven on the edge of the island as he sits on the stool in front of him
"Yes, Maria. What happened ?", Natasha glances at the two boys
"Director Fury wants you immediately in Avengers Facility", she told on her professional voice. The Spy frowns and asks,
"Do you know for what ?", she put a hand on her hip and the other one was on the counter of the island
"No..but he did say it was urgent", Hill informed, making Bucky glance at her but quickly returned to talking to little Steven
Natasha sighs and nods, "Okay, tell him I'll be there as soon as possible", she told the Agent, who hang up quickly the call. Romanoff went to grab her son's small hand on hers, "I wonder what the urgency is about", she said while caressing Steven's hand with her thumb. Bucky nods, eyes turned to see her
"You're taking Stevie with you ? - isn't that dangerous for you and him people knowing Steve has a kid ?", he said worried that someone would harm his best friend's son. The redhead shakes her head firmly
"It's Avengers Facility..", she said and looks at him, "..Only loyal and trustworthy people enter in there", Natasha smirked at him, like telling him he is trustworthy for her
"Oh..", Bucky nods and turns to see his nephew, who was distracted by his mother's hand, he was trying to grab her hand on both of his
"Wanna come ? - Steven will be fussing in the meeting and it will be nice if you could take care of him while I'm on the meeting", she told him, making Bucky to snap his head at her. He swallowed nervously, (since it was the Avengers' second home. And it means that probably they'll be there - but that wasn't that worried him, it was the Agents that knew he was a HYDRA mad men). But at the end, he'll would do anything for his nephew, so he slowly smirked at his sister-in-law
"Sure..", he told as he stood up from the stool and grabbing Steven in his arms, "..I just hope they won't shoot me", he joked.
Upstate New York...
"What the hell is here ?", Steve asked as they drove into a dirt road, that leaded to a huge nice building
"Avengers Facility..", Joseph replied as his son was admiring the building, "..The Avengers built their own headquarters", his dad told him. They stopped on the parking lot, just like they did back in SHIELD, and get out of the truck. Steve grinning at every detail of the Facility, he was so impressed with the building as his father was beginning to walk inside - so he quickly followed up. Once inside, they noticed every person was gasping and murmuring at each other when they saw the Captain walking with his dad towards the lobby, like if they just saw a ghost. Ignoring them, Joseph told the receptionist where was Nick Fury, she told them that he just arrived moments ago, but not before nervously glancing at Steve - again, like if she saw a ghost.
Joseph nodded at her as he also asked for directions to Fury's location. So they walked to one of a briefing room, where Nick and Maria were already waiting for them. They froze and widened their eyes as soon they saw the Captain walking into the room. Which Steve found normal because of the rare reactions the people around here did when they saw him.
"Director Fury..", Steve nods his head while standing in front of them alongside with his dad. The blonde stretched out his hand and Fury blindly reached at his hand and shook it, "..Nice to see you again", Rogers said as he draws back his hand, Nick dumbfounded nods back and kept staring at the very alive Captain, who was seeing at the Director, then turned to see the woman beside Nick, "Ma'am", Steve politely said as he nods at her. She nods dumbfounded too and managed to smile at him. Steve smiles back and quickly turns his glance at Fury, "I've wanted to talk with you about some things", the Soldier told. Nick slowly smiled and nods firmly, his voice sounding quite excited
"S-sure thing, Captain..", he said, "..Sure thing… - just that it will wave to wait a bit..", Fury told, making Steve and Joseph to frown at him, but Nick quickly explains, "..I have to present you the Avengers first", the Director smirks and Maria as well
Rogers knits his brows, "The Avengers ?", he said, feeling his tongue finding familiarity on the name
"Yeah, they are a group of talented people who fight to protect the earth against any threat", Maria explained at the blonde, who attentively listened at her. He nods in understanding, but he quite doesn't get something
"Ok, so...what do that comes to me ?", Steve asked them. Nick sighs and says,
"Well, I'd would like to meet the team you're going to work with, and maybe later on, be their leader", he smirked, glancing his eye between Steve and Joseph.
The Captain crosses his arms and tilts his head, thinking about these 'Avengers' people. When Fury told them they would arrive at any moment, he left Steve alone on the room while he told Joseph and Maria to follow him to the main brief room. Once there, Fury and Maria began to tell everything the Captain was before he 'died'
"...So he is married - I knew it !", Joseph exclaimed as he was on his chair. Maria chuckled while she put her phone back to her pocket (since from her phone she showed Joseph Steve and Natasha's wedding photos)
"Cap is married with Natasha Romanoff", she told, "They also have a son together….", Hill was saying but she and Fury saw Joseph's face changed, like if he recognized someone from the photos
"What ? What happened ?", Fury asked while staring at the doctor. Joseph tilts his head and knits his eyebrows in concentration
"Her face. It looks familiar", he told, trying very hard to remember where he saw that face. While he was in deep concentration, a vibration was heard - Maria's phone. She excuses herself and stood up from her seat, walking away a bit to read the text message she received. Seconds later, she comes back to them and says,
"Sir ?..", she sees at her boss
"Yes, Maria ?", Fury said as he turns to see ger
"..The Avengers are here, expect for Romanoff - they are waiting for you on their main comm room", she informed as she seemed quite nervous. Nick sighs and nods his head
"Okay. Need you there too, keep them busy a bit. Then I'll be escorting them to the main briefing room", he ordered as he stands up from his chair and says, "Alright, so this is it. Steve is finally going to reunite with his family again", Fury told and sees Joseph
Rodriguez sighs deeply and nods, "I just hope this won't harm him or his health", he worriedly said. They walked out of the room while Fury says to Joseph,
"I'll do my best the rest won't tell him about his life before he woke up", the Director's words made Joseph relax, so he says,
"I'll be in the comm area while y'all talk...and please explain to the Avengers he lost his memories and can't overwhelm him with a lot of questions or revealing memories for him", the doctor nods at him and Maria and started walking to the room where Maria told him.
Fury and Maria glanced at each other before they walk towards the Avengers' main meeting room, and as soon as they walked in, Tony was shouting,
"Hey, Fury ! Maria ! What's up ?!", the billionaire extended his arms and gave them a wide grin
The rest were sitting on the chairs on the table, (Clint, Bruce, and Thor were sitting next to each other, they were facing the door), "What happened, Nick ?", Bruce asked as he rests his forearms on the edge of the table. Fury sighs and walks to stand in front of them
"I wanted to tell you guys about something very… miraculously", Nick found the exact word of the Captain's sudden return. They all frowned and glanced at each other
"Miraculously ? About what ?", Clint asked confused as he sees at the Director, who sighs again and gestures Maria to turn the security camera from the briefing room where Steve was sitting and patiently waiting for the Avengers.
"Please guys, whatever you see in this screen. Do not run towards it, let me warn you first", Hill said at them, as she holds the control that turned on and off the HD glass screen on the wall, "He lost his memories and if one of you go and hug him or recall a memory, it will likely kill him", she explained, making the boys more confused than they were
"Alright alright, calm down, you two..", Tony said as he crosses his arms, "What's going on ?", he asked and lifts his brow at them. Fury smirks at him and then turns to see at Maria
"We just found an old friend", he said, turning to see the Avengers and smiling down to them.
Maria turns on the screen and instantly the room's lights went down, making the screen look brighter and showing a certain blonde haired man sitting on a chair as he was tapping his fingers on the table in front of him. The Avengers slowly turned to see the screen, their eyes widening at it
Was Steve wearing a beard ? Was he sitting in a chair and really was there ? Was it really their Captain ?
"He just remembers before he woke up..", Maria said, trying to explain Steve's condition more. But the boys were staring shockingly at the screen, "..Guys ?", she asked, seeing no response from them. Tony covers his mouth with his hands and murmurs,
"Holy fucking shit", the engineer slowly backs up and blindly reaching for a chair, because he'll fall if he doesn't has support right now
"Jesus Christ", Clint gasped in complete shock
Banner shakes his head, "It can't be for real", he said, eyes glued to the Captain. Thor chuckled loudly and says
"My brother Steven is alive !", he stands up and smiles brightly. Fury nods his head and Maria starts explaining,
"Someone found him unconscious - almost dead - by the river next to the warehouse..", the Agent saw the guys' eyes still on the screen, "..Joseph - the man who saw him - took him to his house near there", she told as seeing Clint turning his glance at her
"How come ? - it's impossible" , he smiled ear-to-ear, feeling damn proud of his Captain, who managed to escape an explosion.
Nick sighs and says while they all saw the blonde Soldier focused on his tapping fingers, "I know guys, it's just that he did something to survive the explosion - we still don't know what he did", the Director shrugged his shoulders. The room went silent as they all kept staring at the Captain
"So he won't remember us ?", Stark asked what the rest wanted to. Maria sighs and the Avengers turned to see her, she shook her head
"Most likely, no", Hill sadly told them, making them to feel sorrow and disappointment in their hearts
"He suffered a brain trauma ?", Bruce said while glancing between Maria and Nick, whose nodded at him
"What happens when you have that ?", Thor asked. Banner tilts his head and starts explaining to his friend,
"Well, obviously you could either die or if you run lucky, lose you memories - which is Steve's case, and if we trigger his memories without letting them to come naturally at him...it will overwhelm him and cause his brain to swell, leading him to his death", the Scientist lowers his glance at the end of the sentence, knowing they would not resist their Captain die again.
Barton growls at Bruce's words, "Damn it..", he cursed while running a hand through his hair, but then smiles brightly, even let out a chuckle, "..I don't fucking care if he doesn't remembers me - he's fucking alive !", Hawkeye shouted happily as he stands up in excitement
"Natasha..", Tony murmured softly, making them to turn their eyes at him, "..We need to tell her", the billionaire said as he glanced at his friends. Nick nods in agreement but steps in
"Of course we will, but first we have to warn her about his condition", he warned as the Avengers agreed and turned off the screen and going to the room where Steve was.
Meanwhile…
Natasha and Bucky were climbing out of her SUV Tony bought for her (since she is a mother now, Tony told her she couldn't drive her sports car with her child). She unbuckled her sleeping son from his car seat while Barnes was grabbing the boy's diaper bag that was next to the car seat. When they walked into the lobby and headed to the main briefing room, they noticed the Agents were staring at Bucky in fear and tensed up when they saw him walking besides the Black Widow, (but they did nothing to 'arrest' him or shoot because first, he was the Captain's best friend, and second, he was walking next to an Avenger - so that meant that he was no harm to them). So anyways, the Spy lead him to the comm area and saw a man standing on the kitchen, (his back was to them, so she didn't saw the man's face)
"Okay..", Natasha turned around to see at Bucky, "..Just wait here while I see what Fury wants", she said and handed over Steven (who was still sleeping) to his uncle
"Alright", Barnes nods and carries carefully his nephew in his arms. Natasha sighs and pats the diaper bag that Bucky was carrying on his shoulder
"His snacks are in the bag, also his sippy cup if he starts fussing. And his diapers are in there too", she smirked mischievously, knowing exactly that he never ever had changed a diaper in his life. And his face confirmed that indeed he hasn't, because he widened his eyes and stares at her in horror. The redhead chuckled and waves at him, "Good luck", and with that she left, leaving a panicked Winter Soldier.
Romanoff kept her devilish smirk on her face while walking to the briefing room where Fury 'claimed' as his office in the Facility (since Tony told him it was The Avengers Facility, not SHIELD). And also, since Maria told her that Fury wanted to see her, she walked to that room instead of the Avengers briefing room.
Standing in front of the door room, she grabbed the knob and opened the door, saying,
"Okay, I'm here, what do you -
She stopped dead, feeling her body in complete shock and happiness, because right there, leaning on his shoulder onto a cabinet, seeing her with those big blue eyes through the shaded area he was - the eyes she thought would never see again (besides the exact copy on her son's), was Steve Rogers, aka the love of her life. Alive. How ? She didn't knows how, but what it matters is that he is alive. She felt her body starting to tremble, legs feeling wobbly as she was covering her mouth with both hands. Natasha let a small cry and felt her eyes starting to tear up, "Steve ?", she whispered in her hands, still not believing her eyes, since she already had hallucinations of him.
Steve saw the redhead walking into the room and felt his heart stopped for a moment, feeling dumbfounded by just seeing her eyes. Where'd he saw those eyes ?. He cleared his throat and stood up straight and walks towards her
"Hello, ma'am..", Steve said very politely while stretching his hand at her (also a bit curious about why she knew his name). Natasha had her eyes peeled open as blinking several times before confirming that Steve is alive and he was stretching his hand at her, "..Do I know y -
The Spy launch forward and with one hand, she grabbed the back of his neck and the other was fisting his white t-shirt to pull him towards her body. She looked at his eyes to assure that he wasn't a ghost, so she lift herself on her tiptoes, to slowly press her mouth on his.
Oh..oh..OH. How she missed those lips, and the softness on his lips, it really really confirm her it was really her husband. 'Alive…', she repeated to herself, '.. He's fucking alive', Natasha told on her mind while tightening her eyes close - they were already closed - as kissing her husband with more passion. Steve had his eyes widened when she started kissing him, but as soon she start moaning, running her tongue on his bottom lip, and massaging his scalp with her fingers, he knits his brows and slowly closed his eyes and started to kiss her back. Because her lips felt incredibly so familiar to him, like if he kissed her billions of times before. (Also because they were so soft and tasted so damn good). The blonde didn't knew what went inside in him, because he was putting his hands on her hips and gripping them.
She was just a random woman who entered the room, and here he was ! Gripping onto her like if she was his life ! What was wrong with him ?!
Natasha slowly wrapped her arms around his neck while still kissing him, she pressed her body to his and ever so slowly parted from his lips, foreheads resting on each other's and breathing hard from the passionate kiss. The Spy still didn't opened her eyes as she sighs happily, "I'd missedyou so much" Natasha told and brought a hand to his cheek to caress it with her thumb, "I thought you were dead", she opens her eyes at the last word and saw him staring down at her, eyes intensely staring at her eyes, like if he was trying to memorize them. She smiled lovingly at him as he dropped his hands to his sides and slowly started to show a red blush on his face.
Damn she missed that blush of his, that she proudly, and only her, provokes on him.
Natasha was about to ask him something when he slowly put his hands on her shoulders and gently pushed her away from him, 'What the hell you did Rogers ?! You just kissed a woman you just met - just saw to be exact !', he scolded himself (but who could not resist a kiss like that). Steve knits his brows and gave her a hard face, earning a confused frown from her
"..Sorry for the delay, Captain Rogers -
Nick stopped his words when he saw the Captain's emotionless face and hands keeping Natasha away from him, the Director instantly knowing what was happening here. The Avengers entered the room behind Fury and saw exactly what Nick was seeing. Steve and Natasha turned to see the people that just came in
Bruce cleared his throat and warns, "Natasha..", he carefully steps forward. But the redhead had no idea what was happening, so she chuckled loudly and smiled widely and brightly, making the other's hearts to flinch in pain
"Guys, he's alive !", she turned around to face them and jumped in excitement, "I don't know why - but he's alive !", Romanoff kept yelling and feeling her heart about to jump out of her chest. The rest glanced at each other as Steve was slowly stepping back from her
"Nat..", Clint said in a low voice, "..We need to talk", he told and steps closely towards her
Natasha shakes her head and steps back from him, "No..", she firmly said and turns to smile at a confused Steve, "..I wanna be with my husband", she told as reaching out to hold her husband's hand, but he kept stepping away from her
"Goddamn it, Natasha ! We need to talk !", Stark hissed in desperation and stares at his friend, he knew if Natasha kept saying 'things' that she shouldn't, she would probably make Steve to panic.
The Captain sensed the heavy tension in the room and cleared his throat, making everyone to see him, including the redhead. He looks down at her as he nods too, giving her a fake smile
"You should go, ma'am", Rogers told her. Natasha frowns and knitted her brows
"Ma'am ?..", she smirked, "..Why are you calling me like that ?", the Spy asked while narrowing her eyes too
"Friend Natasha, please", Thor started to beg her for Steve's life, she was to reveal his memories if she didn't stop. (But it wasn't her fault not knowing her husband suffers from brain trauma)
Natasha sees the blonde Soldier and nods, slowly backing up and following Clint, but not before she last glanced at Steve, who was seeing at the floor and rubbing the back of his neck with his hand. The rest stayed inside the room with Maria, Fury, and Steve. Once outside, the redhead sighs deeply and leaned her back to the wall, feeling her heart full again, "He's alive, Clint ! Can you believe that !?", she said and saw her friend sad face, (she noticed it when they all entered the room. Which made her frown a bit, but with the great news of founding her husband, she totally shoved it away), "Bucky was right ! He saw -
"He doesn't remembers you", Barton blurted out, knowing that was the best way to tell her, since she was babbling. Natasha smile instantly faded out and knit her brows, she straighten herself
"What are you talking about ?", she shook her head, not understanding his words. The Archer sighs deeply and nods his head
"H-he lost his memories after the explosion..", Hawkeye rubbed the side of his neck as he sees her face, "..Apparently he hit his head with something that cause him to lose all his memories until a few days ago, he only recovered half of 'em", he finished explaining
Natasha remained silent for a few beats as she tried to process what he just said, but then she let out a nervous chuckle, "You're joking right ?", she lifts her brow at him, like telling him that right now it's time to joke around
"I wish, Nat. But no", Clint sighs deeply and runs his fingers through his hair, "A man found him near the river and brought him to his house, saving his life and caking care of him while he recovered", Hawkeye explained like Maria explained to them, "I'm sorry", he told as he noticed her face expression changed. She lifts her eyebrows in surprise and lets out a gasp, now understanding why Steve's strange behavior towards her and the guys tensing up when they saw her near him.
"He doesn't remember me ?", the redhead said in a shaky voice while slowly backing up to hit her back to the wall. Barton sighs and nods his head
"That's why we can't tell him something he doesn't remember - or else it will panic him and overwhelm his brain, causing it to swell", he said and that's all that Natasha could take, because she shook her head and began to cry softly, putting her face in her hands and slowly crumbling down to the floor. Clint quickly was crouching in front of her as he immediately hugged her, "Come're", the Archer whispered softly in her hair while Natasha was silently crying on her hands, she was ever slowly stop crying. When she stopped, with a few sobs leaving her, Natasha wiped her tears with the back of her hands and hugged back her friend, who was still caressing her hair. A few beats later, they were sitting next to each other, backs on the wall and their breaths were the only thing they could hear.
"At least he's alive, right ?", the Spy blurted out, then turns to see Clint. He smiles and nods at her. Natasha smirked and nods too, then frowning and asking, "What about Steven ?", she got up immediately, remembering her son
Barton followed her lead and frowns at her, "What about him ?", he asked while she was nervously shifting on her feet
"He knows who Steve is - he'll scream 'dada' as soon he sees Steve", Romanoff told worried about it. Because indeed Steven knows who's his father (which probably will be a problem for them right now). Clint groaned and nods his head, understand from where she was coming from
"Well, just pray that nothing happens", he lets a shaky breath and gestures her to go back to the room where her husband is.
Moments ago in the briefing room…
"I apologise for that, Captain..", Nick said as the Avengers looked nervously at him, telling him to make up a lie before Steve could ask something. So the Director says, "..It's because she recently lost her husband and you look a lot like him", he glanced over the blonde and waited nervously for his answer just like the others
"It's alright...I understand", Steve surprisingly told. Surprise them and himself with his answer, "His name was Steve also ?", he couldn't stop noticing that the redhead called him Steve. The Avengers, Fury, and Maria tensed up as Nick nodded again
"Yep..", he replied while nervously glancing at the Avengers and Maria, "..H-he died months ago on a mission", Nick pursed his lips. Steve nods and says in a total serious Soldier tone,
"Sorry for your loss", the blonde Captain stares at the one eyed man
"Thank you..", Fury said, them to sigh deeply and tilting his head towards the men standing next to him, "So, this are the Avengers", Nick pat Bruce's shoulder, who was next to him, "This is Dr. Bruce Banner..", the scientist waves timidly to the Soldier
"Hi..", he greeted while stretching his hand at him, "..Nice to meet you, Captain", Banner smirked as Steve stretched out his hand too
Rogers shook firmly the doctor's hand as he broke the shake, he says, "Please call me Steve", the blonde Soldier smirked back to him. Once Bruce stepped back to let the rest to 'meet' Captain America, Nick nods and passes to the man next to Bruce
"..This is Thor Odinson - he's a demigod", Fury joked, (rarely) as Thor stepped in front of Steve, who slightly steps back because of the man's closeness and appeared to wanting to hug him - which Steve quickly felt his heart skip a panic beat. Thor noticed his Captain's face paled a little bit, and that what made him to restrict himself from hugging his brother
"Greetings..", Odinson sadly smiled as he stretches his hand,, "..A truly pleasure to meet you", Thor said as Steve relaxed when he saw the man backed up from him
"The pleasure is all mine", Rogers replied as he shook Thor's hand while smiling up at him. Thor slowly put himself next to Banner and Steve would've sworn he saw in that man's a flash of hurt. Shoving the guilty feeling away from him, he listened to Fury, who was staring to introduce someone he already knows,
"..And this is Tony Sta -
"- Stark..", Steve finished from him, and that made the whole room stare at him with wide eyes. But he just casually continue as setting his eyes on the billionaire, "..Tony Stark. Right ?", Rogers asked as he goes to extend his hand out at him. Tony was mute after Steve said his name. Does he remembers him ? Was he the only one Steve remembered ?
"D-do you know me ?", Stark asked hopefully while shaking the Captain's hand
"Yeah..", Steve nods his head as he broke the handshake. The guys and the rest slowly smiled at him as Steve continues saying, "..From a magazine cover - I saw your face there. I didn't knew you were Ironman, until my dad told me", Rogers saw their faces turned sad with a bit of disappointment
"Oh..", Tony said and gave him a tight smile. Then a soft knock on the door was heard as it opens slowly, it was Natasha and Clint entering the room, the redhead glancing apologetic at Steve
"Hey..", she told the rest and then standing awkwardly in front of the Soldier, "I'm sorry, Captain Rogers..", she was about to make an excuse when Tony says,
"She thought you were her dead husband", Ironman brought everyone's attention to him
Natasha nods to her friend and turned again to see at Steve,"Yeah..", she sighs,"..I'm truly sorry for earlier", the Spy lowered her head, not able to see his eyes or else she'll kiss him again. Steve felt bad for her and guilty of his behavior towards her, because she thought he was her late husband and he was acting like a scare ass kid - instead of understanding. So he sighs and nods at her
"It's alright, ma'am. I understand", Steve said in a soft voice, making her to snap her head up to look at him. Rogers gave her a grin as they stared into each other's eyes. The rest saw the immediate connection those two had (which was amazing how two people, that are meant for each other, eventually they'll found their way back to each other).
The guys smirked at the couple's staring contest as Maria was smiling ear-to-ear, and Fury cleared his throat to bring their attention, and it did, they all saw him
"This is Clint Barton", Nick said as he points out the Archer, who was next to Tony. Hawkeye steps besides Natasha and stretched his hand towards the Captain
"Hi there", Barton said as Steve smiled at him and shakes his hand
"Hello", Rogers nods, then breaking the shake as Clint returned to stand next to the billionaire again. The Director smiles at the Avengers and then gestures with his chin at the redhead standing steps away from Steve
"And...this is Natasha Romanoff", Fury said
Steve slowly lowered his eyes at the beautiful redhead in front of him, "Nice to meet you", she told him as she sheepishly smiled at him, taking her hand out to salute him. Steve gulped nervously while he stared at those green eyes, he didn't knew why those eyes made him so nervous and hypnotized.
He nods politely and stretches his hand too, slowly shaking her hand and feeling a strange wave of electricity run into his whole body while still holding her hand.
"Likewise", the Captain smirked at her as they kept staring intensely on their eyes.
FINALLY ! What you're all been waiting for ;)
I just hope it fill your expectations though - and pays back ALL the frustration from keeping Steve and Natasha away ! ^_^ Also I wanted to say that Steve will NOT remember after he woke up, so he doesn't know the Avengers or anyone he met after the frozen years, (Only the months he lived in Jackville and his 40's era)
ANYWAYS ! I HOPE you liked it and keep on reading ! Y'all make me sooooo happy :)