Ch 53
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Now, Story Time!
It's late when there is a knock on my bedroom. I am already in bed slowly falling asleep.
"Come in Steve." I call out.
"Hey Alyssa." Steve opened the door. "Can I come in?" he asked quietly.
"Of course." I shrug. "What's up?"
"Just wanted to check on you." It was his turn to shrug.
"Bullshit. What is it that you really want?"
"Nothing. I just…"
"Can't sleep?" I fill in.
"Not really."
"Come in." I say as I shift to one side. "Sleep here." I offer.
"Its fine Alyssa." Steve starts.
"What's the problem? We have fallen asleep together before and we are still married. Nothing is weird."
"I was still pretending not to like you then."
"And does liking me make that much of a difference? Come here. Maybe I want you here. Ever think of that?"
Steve rolls his eyes and enters the room, giving in to the request.
"Look at me. Getting Captain America in bed with me. Bet no one thought that would happen." I remarked as Steve threw himself under the blankets.
"Shut up Alyssa."
"You like me anyway." I rolled over and snuggled into my pillow.
When Steve awoke next morning he notice he wasn't in his room and felt an unusual weight on his chest and his arm around someone. He then remembered it was Alyssa and then the events of the night. He looked to see her still fast asleep with her head on his chest and a peaceful look on her face with a faint smile gracing her lips. He saw her looking so peaceful and smiled at it. He didn't want to wake her, if just because she looked so darn cute in that moment.
"I can feel you staring at me Rogers." Alyssa said suddenly, surprising him.
"How long have you been awake?" he asked her.
"About as long as you have. I didn't really want to move. My pillow is surprisingly comfortable." She smiled and looked up at him.
"Thanks, I am so happy you find me comfortable. Keep it to yourself, can't have it getting out. It would ruin my tough super solider image." He joked.
"Okay one, where did you learn to joke like that and use sarcasm? And two, you should take pride in that, you'll make some girl very happy one day being comfy."
"Hey! I'm not that old! I know how to use sarcasm!"
"You knew my grandfather before my father was born." She said cheekily.
"Shut up." He pouted.
"Oh! Poor baby." Alyssa mocked at his pouting face. She could see his smile threatening the pouting expression. "You are in a very good mood today." She observed. She had now changed her position in his arms and was now on her stomach looking up at him.
"Am I?"
"Yes, whatever it is that's making you this happy, I hope it happens again. I like happy Steve."
"Well, I don't know what it is, I just woke up." He said as he smiled down at her. Then he realized where his hand was and he was absentmindedly lightly drawing circles at her waist. He moved his hand almost instantly and as soon as he did Alyssa took notice of the sudden loss of contact.
"What was that for?" Alyssa questioned him.
Steve struggled to find something to say.
"You are allowed to touch me you know. Its not like one of us will spontaneously combust." Alyssa raised her eyebrows at him.
"I know… its just weird. For me I guess. This whole thing is weird for me."
"And it's not weird for me?" Alyssa almost laughed. "I woke up sleeping on you. That was weird. I don't know how I got there."
"I guess this will take some getting used to as this probably won't be the last time this ends up happening."
"Probably not. Hey, aren't you meeting Natasha for some file today?" Alyssa reminded him.
"Yes. This afternoon. She got Bucky's file."
"You want to go after him, don't you?"
"A little." Steve shrugged. "But I won't."
"Yes you will. You want to and you will."
"I'm not. We just started dating Alyssa. I don't want to leave every time something happens in our relationship. I had to leave after I kissed you, remember that? You had to leave after we decided to date and look what happened. I am not leaving."
"Then I am making you go."
"Alyssa…"
"Steve no. Listen to me. Obviously you want to find him. You want to go do that. You don't have a job to attend to anymore so that is not something to keep you here. The only thing keeping you here is me. Do something you want and not worry about me. I will head out west with Clint. I will be there when you get back. Go find your friend." Alyssa's stubborn attitude coming out as she spoke to Steve.
"You want me to go? But yesterday you wanted me to have nothing to do with him."
"But I know you. You are never going to let it go. You think you can make things better and I am going to have to trust you. Weather I believe you or not."
"You really want me to do this?"
"Yes. I do. Bring Sam along. Go. Be safe. Call if you can."
"I don't want to leave you Alyssa."
"I don't want you to leave either. But I want you to do what you need to. I'll still be here for you no matter what."
"Alright. I'll go."
Clint and me look warily at each other. How much trouble will we be in? Who knows?
Clint and I had a wrestling match over a cookie as we were on our way to my dads place. Clint has a back eye and a sprained wrist. I have a nasty bruise on my jaw and my shoulder is dislocated.
We walk towards the door and JARVIS lets us in. JARVIS tells us we should get medical attention and has alerted Pepper.
"Whoa… what happened to you two?" Tony asks as he comes up from his workshop with Lilyana.
"Clint tried to eat my cookie." I start.
"It was my cookie." Clint argued.
"You had like four cookies. That one was clearly mine." I roll my eyes. "I thought Pepper told you that you couldn't bring Lily to your workshop?"
"Lily was fine and Pepper is okay with it now. I have a special Lily only section down there." Tony shrugged.
"I can't believe she is crazy enough to do that." Clint shakes his head.
"Me too. Now tell me what happened to you two." Pepper demanded.
"Alyssa tried to steal my cookie." Clint told her.
"It was my cookie." I corrected.
"Lily, these are called siblings. This is why you don't have any your age." Tony pointed to the two of us.
I roll my eyes and Clint looks at Tony weirdly.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Clint asked.
"It doesn't matter what Tony means. You two come here. Lets get you fixed up." Pepper leads us both away.
"So I guess you three are going to need jobs huh?" Tony asked Clint, Natasha and me the next day.
"Yeah, too bad people don't hire ex-spies or ex-assassins." Clint asked.
"I already talked to Pepper. She's giving me a job at Stark industries." I shrug.
"Good. Alyssa, you can talk to Pepper about that. I will discuss what Robin Hood and little red will be doing." Tony looked at me.
"Cool. Thanks dad." I said as I got up to leave.
"See you tomorrow kid." Tony told me.
"Why am I seeing you tomorrow?" I ask questioningly.
"Your interview for Stark Industries R&D."
"Name please?"
"You know my name Dad."
"Alyssa! Take this seriously."
"Dad, you aren't taking this seriously!"
"Fine. I am now. Name please."
"Alyssa Stark."
"Good."
"That I responded with my name?" I question.
"That you said Stark instead of Rogers."
"DAD!"
"Sorry. That was my last one. I promise."
"I doubt it."
"Your right. Anyway, last place of employment?"
"SHIELD. Again, you know that."
"What did you do for SHIELD?"
"Built shit. Same as you."
"Fair answer. Why do you want to work for Stark Industries?"
"Because Pepper offered me a job. I like to build shit. Here I can work with you and build shit."
"Sounds good. What would you say is your greatest weakness?"
"Some say I'm too much like my self-obsessed and volatile father…"
"HEY! Low blow Alyssa!"
"You walked right into that one pops."
"Okay, maybe I did. But that is no reason to do it!"
"Don't leave yourself open goofus."
"Really? Goofus?" Tony looked at me.
"What? Too childish? I just thought with my baby sister right over there I should stick to something less crude." I say calmly.
"Thanks for caring about your sister, but she lives with me. That kid already has enough money to pay for collage from the swear jar."
"Impressive. Well not really. But you know what I mean."
"Yeah, the worst part is that I have to pay in quarters…"
"Okay, you're terrible dad."
"I knew that. Pepper lectures me about it all the time."
"Am I hired yet?" I ask rhetorically.
"I think you will be a perfect fit here at Stark Industries."
"Dad, you have worked with me before."
"Eh, Pepper gets final say."
"She already told me I was hired."
