The next few days Tony and Anna spent visiting the various places in the Quarter. They had lunch and drinks at Rousseau's, went dancing, did tons of shopping, and had dinner almost every night with Rebekah, Elijah and Nik. They even got to meet Hayley, the wear wolf who Nik had gotten pregnant, then turned into a hybrid when she died after giving birth. Hope was their little bundle of joy, and it made Anna's heart ache when Tony held her.

She had been honest with Tony about everything Vincent told her, except the part about getting pregnant. That's not a conversation she wanted to have here. She fiddled with the ring he had given her, which she had put on the necklace Tony had given her a few months back. They were almost home now, and Tony had a feeling that there was something Anna wasn't telling him. \

They pulled into the garage at the tower, and happy brought all their bags up, they had gotten Rhodey a set of shot glasses, Pepper some amazing candles, and she had gotten Jules a variety of candles, and mystical items.

There was also a bag that she had Happy set aside. She hid it in the back of her closet. Inside was a pair of new gloves for Wanda, special bows she had made for Clint, one of those 'My Friends went to New Orleans and all I got was this.' T-shirts and couple pairs of sunglasses, and for Steve, she had gotten a beautiful leather woven bracelet. It had a metal bracket in the center with two vines on it, one blue, one black, and on the back, there was an inscription.

I love you, now and forever. -Anna

She didn't know when she'd get to give them these gifts, but she hoped it would be soon. She missed them all so much, Steve the most. She was worried about him. She craved his touch. She wanted to see his face. She needed to hear his voice. "Fuck it."

She walked over to Tony's desk, keeping an ear out for anyone coming. She grabbed the letter opener and bent down to the bottom drawer and popped the lock. He usually carried it on him, because, being him, it was just safer to have it in case something happened, but when they were home, it was locked up, probably for this exact reason. She reached in and grabbed the little black phone and plugged it in, watching as it came to life. She found the only number that was in there. She hesitated, before hitting the button to call.

With a shaky hand, she put the phone to her ear. It rang twice before he heard his voice.

"Tony?" Steve's voice said on the other end. Anna's breath caught in her throat and her eyes welled up. She had missed his voice so much. She couldn't say anything. It was like she had forgotten how to speak.

"Tony, what is it?" Steve said again. She finally remembered to breathe and let out a shaky breath. "Anna?" He said softly. She let out a small whimper, closing her eyes, letting the tears fall.

"Anna, sweetheart, is that you?"

"H-hi." She choked out. She heard a sigh on the other end. "Oh God, it feels so good to hear your voice sweetheart. I miss you so much, I want you to know that. We can't be long on here okay. "

"Steve?" Anna whispered. "Yeah sweetheart."

"I miss you." She sobbed. "I know. I know." He said. They sat in silence for a few seconds, before she heard the click on the other end. She turned the phone back off and put it back in the drawer. She waked over to the bathroom and shut the door behind her. Putting both her hands on the counter to steady herself, she looked up in the mirror. She let out a heavy sigh and wiped her face and heading out to the living room to order dinner.

Anna and Tony were sitting on the couch, pizza box open in front of them, watching Friends, and she noticed Tony was staring at her. She turned her head and raised an eyebrow. "Yes Tony?"

"Are you okay? You've been a little off ever since we got back from New Orleans. What really happened?"

Anna sighed and turned to face him, tucking her foot under her other leg. "In addition to asking Vincent about soulmarks, I also asked about having a baby." Tony's eyebrows raised. "He said it's possible, but it takes a lot of dark magic."

"Well that's great Anna, we can have a family." He stopped when he saw there were tears in her eyes. "What's wrong baby?"

"Vincent said it wont work if the father is human." Tony made an 'o' with his mouth.

"So that means…" He drifted off.

"I can have a baby with Steve…but not with you." She said looking down. "I'm so sorry Tony." She said in between sniffles.

"Hey." He said, putting a finger under her chin, making her look up at him. "What do you have to be sorry for?"

"Because you already hate Steve so much, and now I can't have a baby with you, but I can with him. It's literally just one more thing to make you hate him." She cried. Tony's heart fell. He looked down at the beautiful girl he loved so much and saw the guilt she felt over this whole situation, and how heartbroken she was. She was craving Steve; Tony knew that much. When they went to bed, Anna would cling to him like her life depended on it. When she thought he was sleeping, he could hear her quiet sobs for the Captain. She wasn't the same girl she was a year ago, and that was because she was missing her other soulmate.

"Anna listen to me. I know Cap and I have had our misunderstandings. It doesn't make me hate him. I know that he cares about you, and I know you care about him, so I'm trying my hardest to not hate him, because I know he's going to be a part of my life, and I'm okay with that, because he'll make you happy Anna, and that's all that matters to me. Come here." He said, pulling her into his lap. He rubbed circles on her back as they finished a couple more episodes, then when she fell asleep, he carried her into the bedroom.

1 year later.

The days had gotten better. Anna still missed Steve every day. But she was making it through. Tony was there every step of the way. Every time she woke up in the middle of the night crying. Every time she had a panic attack. She worked out a lot. They had moved into the compound, and they had moved Jules in too, so she could be close to Anna. She kept working at her bookshop, only a few days a week though, and she never went toward the Avengers section of the shop. It was doing quite well, she had managed to buy the space next door and knock the wall out, now she had computers set up and more lounge areas.

They made daily walks part of their routine. They'd drive to the tower, where Pepper still worked as CEO of Stark Industries, then they would walk through the park. Some days Pepper would walk with them if she was free. Today was one of those days. Tony had stopped at the coffee cart and had left Pepper alone to talk to Anna.

"So, how are you doing?" The blonde asked her.

Anna sighed. "I'm okay most days. There are some days where I feel like I can't get out of bed, I just feel depressed. The nights are worse. I dream about him, then I wake up and remember he's not here, and that I don't know where he is or if he's safe. I miss him so much Pepper. I feel so bad for Tony because he has to deal with all of this."

"Anna, Tony loves you. So much. He just wants you to be happy. Come here." She leaned in and wrapped her arms around Anna, just as Tony got back to them with coffee.

"Talking about me?" He asked smirking.

"Always. Bad things of course." Pepper said laughing.

"I take no offense; they are probably true." He told her. They heard a whirring noise behind them and turned to see a man appearing through what looked like a portal.

"Tony Stark? I'm Dr. Stephen Strange, you need to come with me."

"I'm sorry, you giving out tickets to something?"

"We need your help. It's not overselling it to say that the fate of the universe is at stake."

"And who's we?"

Bruce stepped out from behind Strange. Anna's mouth dropped open.

"Bruce." Tony called out. Bruce came over to them and threw his arms around Tony, Pepper and Anna joining the hug.

Tony looked at Anna and Pepper. "Go." Anna told him. "I'll walk back to the tower with Pepper, call me if you need me. Be safe." She said, kissing him softly.

It didn't take Pepper and Anna long to get back to the tower, the women hugging, Pepper going back upstairs. Anna was almost back to the car when she heard a rumbling in the sky. She ran out of the garage to see a giant circular ship over the city.

"Oh my God." She whispered. She called Tony. "Hey babe."

"Are you seeing this?" She asked. "Yep, staring me right in the face. Where are you?"

"I just dropped Pepper off at the tower, where are you?" She asked.

"Bleeker Street, found a couple of wizards."

"Okay, I'm on my way."

Anna ran back to the park, taking a shortcut. She skidded to a stop when Bruce came flying through a portal. "Where the hell did you come from?" She asked him, pulling him out of the way of a taxi that had fallen in behind him.

"Hulk and I are having problems, so the wizards sent me away." Bruce said sheepishly. Anna was about to make a joke, but they watched as Tony got slammed into a tree.

"Tony, you okay?" Bruce asked him. "How we doing? Good, bad?"

"Good, really really good. You plan on helping out?"

"I'm trying he won't come out."

A giant hammer came toward them, and Tony pulled Bruce and Anna dove the other way. The guy was huge. Anna jumped up on the aliens back, pulling her dagger from the side pocket of her leggings. She went to stab it in the head, but it threw her off and she smacked a tree, feeling her ribs break.

"Fuck me." She wheezed out. She saw a blur of red get thrown part her face and when it hit the ground, she realized it was Peter. Where the hell had he come from?

Anna ran back to Tony to help him, Peter going after Dr. Strange.

"Uh Mr. Stark? I'm being beamed up!" Peter said into the comms. Anna nodded for Tony to go after him, she would take care of the alien. He came charging at them and Wong appeared next to her and hurled him through a portal, slicing his arm off when he tried to come back.

"Tony?" Anna said into the comm.

"Hey babe, so were probably gonna have to push back our dinner tonight."

"Tony, please tell me you're not on that ship." She said, closing her eyes. "Please."

"Honey, I'm sorry."

"Come back here right Tony please come back." There was static and she couldn't hear anything anymore. "Friday?" She called out.

"I'm sorry Ms. Porter, he's too far out of range." Tony was in space. On a ship to Thanos. Annas hands started shaking, Bruce coming up to her and taking her arm, leading her back towards Bleeker Street. She stumbled over the rubble, not seeing the little black phone Bruce had picked up.

Wong opened a portal and started to walk through it, stating that the Time Stone had been taken and that the Sanctum was unguarded. Anna started walking down the street in a haze, back to the garage where Tony had left his car, not paying any attention to Bruce. She was alone now. She didn't have Steve and she did have Tony. By the time she and Bruce had gotten to the car, he had to drive because she was sobbing and couldn't even speak.

Rhodey was at the compound when they arrived, and Anna went and sat in a chair in the conference room. Rhodey had gotten some blood for her, and she slowly sipped on it. What if something happened to Tony, what if he never came back? She went and showered, changing into leggings and a sweater, pulling her boots on. She pulled her hair back and laid down on the bed, playing with the ring around her neck.

She didn't know how long she'd been asleep when there was a knock on the door. "Hey Anna, Ross is out here on the phone and he wants to talk to us." She heard Bruce say. Perfect, just perfect. She opened the door and Bruce could tell by the look on her face that she wasn't happy. She followed him back to the conference room and she and Bruce gave Ross all the details they could about what had happened. Anna looked away when the news reports came up saying Tony was missing.

"Still no word from Vision?" Ross said irritably.

"Satellites lost him somewhere over Edinburgh." Rhodey told him. Anna hoped he was safe.

"On a stolen Quinjet with four of the world's wanted criminals."

Anna had had enough. "You know they're only criminals because you've chosen to call them that, right sir?" She told him. He glared at her.

"If it weren't for those accords Vision would've been right here." Rhodey said.

"I remember your signature on those papers Colonel."

"That's right." Rhodey said, stepping closer to the hologram. "And we've all paid for it."

Anna didn't hear what else was said because she heard several sets of footsteps coming down the hall. Her head slowly lifted, and she thought she might actually pass out. She stood slowly, unable to move any further or speak, because she saw the family she'd been missing for two years, headed by Steve.

A/H: Ah, there's my beautiful Captain. I've been so excited to have him back in here :)