Steve was shaking the whole way in to the compound. It had been two years, and he was suddenly a kid again, scared to talk to a girl. He had to push it aside, because there were bigger things at stake here. "Are you ready to see her?" Nat asked him, picking up with his pace.

"I've been ready for two years Nat." He said softly, making the newly blonde woman smile.

His forgot how to breathe when he saw her. She sat in a chair at the table, knees pulled up to her chest, head resting on them. She was perfect. She had been playing with a necklace inside her shirt when her head lifted and she saw him. He watched as she slowly stood, holding on to the table for leverage.

Anna's hands were holding on the table so hard she thought she might break it, she refused to blink, she was scared if she did, he would be gone. He was home, and he had brought her family home with him. Steve was saying something to Ross, but she couldn't hear him, she saw Wanda and Nat give her a smile and she realized she was shaking.

Rhodey swiped Ross out of the room after he ordered him to arrest Steve. They shook hands and Rhodey told him they looked like crap. Everyone was quiet as they looked from Anna to Steve. He walked around the table to stand in front of her.

"Hey sweetheart." He said softly. She reached out a shaky hand, and placed it on his chest, making sure he was real. "You're really here." She whispered. She leaned her forehead on his chest and the tears started to fall, her other hand moving around his waist. Her leg was buzzing for the first time in two years and she thought the sensation might make her pass out. His arms moved around her and he pulled her all the way to him, burying his head in her neck. "I'm really here sweetheart."

She heard Rhodey's voice behind her. "Wow, you guys really look like crap. Must've been a rough couple years" Steve went to pull away to face Rhodey, but Anna's grip on him tightened. She felt stupid, like she was acting like a child, but there was no way she was letting him go.

"Yeah, well, the hotels weren't exactly five star." Sam deadpanned.

Bruce appeared from behind Anna and Steve. "I think you look great." All head snapped to his direction, and Anna noticed the smile on Nat's face. "Yeah. Uh, I'm back."

"Hi Bruce." She said.

"Nat."

They moved into the common room, Steve's hand never leaving hers. She sat in the corner of the couch, her feet tucked under Steve's legs. His hand was wrapped around hers in her lap. Bruce told them everything he could remember about Thanos and the stones.

"So we gotta assume they're coming back right?" Rhodey asked, Bruce pacing behind him.

"And they can clearly find us." Wanda added.

"We need all hands on deck." Bruce said. "Where's Clint?"

Nat spoke up. "After the whole accords situation, he and Scott took a deal. It was too tough on their families. They're on house arrest."

"I have friends we can call. Vampires. I just need to tell them where to go and send a jet for them." Anna said. She could at least count on Nik, Elijah and Rebekah. Maybe Marcel too.

Anna started to zone out again, thinking about Tony. Was this some twisted fate? Did she have to lose Tony to get Steve back? Her eyes glossed over and she was staring at Steve's hand in hers. She came back around when she felt Steve's thumb move over her hand. She looked up at him and smiled. "No word from Tony?" Sam asked. Anna shook her head. "Friday lost signal when they got too far up in to the atmosphere, we're not even sure they're on the same planet anymore." She told them.

"We have to protect Vision." Nat said.

"No we have to destroy it." Vision said. "I've been giving a good deal of though to this entity in my head. About it's nature. But also it's composition. I think if it were exposed to a sufficiently powerful energy source, something very similar to it's own signature, perhaps..it's molecular integrity could fail." He said, walking over to Wanda.

"Yeah, and you with it." She said softly. "We're not having this conversation."

"We don't trade lives Vision." Steve told him.

"Captain, 70 years ago, you laid down your life to save how many millions of people? Tell me, why is this any different?" Vision reasoned.

"Because you have a choice." Anna said. They all looked to her.

"She's right." Bruce added. "Your mind is made up of a complex construct of overlays, Jarvis, Ultron, Tony, me, the stone. All of them mixed together, all of them learning from one another."

"You're saying Vision isn't just the stone?" Wanda asked.

"I'm saying that, if we take out the stone, there's still a whole lot of Vision left. Perhaps the best parts."

"Can we do that?" Nat asked.

"Not me, not here." Bruce said.

Anna could see the gears turning in Steve's head as Rhodey was saying they needed to find someone who could. "I know where we can go."

Anna was reluctant to let go of Steve, but she needed to change. She put on her suit and gloves, and stood in front of the mirror. He was back, she had him back, but Tony was missing. She hung her head and placed her hands on the counter for the second time that day. She let out a shaky breath when she felt strong hands on her hips. She smiled as Steve turned her around to face him. She was still looking down, too afraid she was dreaming.

"Hey. Look at me sweetheart." Steve's soft voice called out to her. She took a big breath and opened her eyes, looking up at his beautiful blue ones.

"I wasn't sure I'd ever see you again." She told him. "I've missed you so much. I don't sleep, and when I do all I see is you." Tears were streaming down her face and her hands started to shake. Steve put his hands on either side of her face. She shuddered at the contact and sobbed harder. She was touched starved. Steve was too. It was something that happened when soulmates were away from each other for too long.

He put his forehead on hers. "I'm never leaving you again sweetheart I promise." He leaned down and kissed her softly, and she whimpered, her hands grabbing onto any part of him they could. He picked her up and sat her on the counter, smiling remembering the last time he kissed her, in this exact position. She pulled him to her, deepening the kiss, tangling her hands in his hair. She pulled back and smiled up at him, running her hands through his long hair, and his beard. "I like this." She whispered, pulling him back to her. She slid her tongue in his mouth and he moaned into her.

He started unzipping her suit, kissing down her neck until something caught his eye. He wouldn't have noticed it if he hadn't been unzipping her suit. "What is that?" He said. She looked down at the ring hanging on the necklace. "Oh, um.."

"He proposed to you didn't he?" Steve whispered. When she didn't answer, he stepped back, her hands falling. Her face fell at the loss of contact. "Anna, did he?" She looked up at him and nodded.

"Jesus Christ, I bet that was his plan all along wasn't it? Wait long enough for me to be gone, and he'd have you all to himself!" He said, raising his voice. She winced and zipped her suit back up, wrapping her arms around her middle. "It's not like that Steve." She told him.

He noticed how she was acting and immediately felt bad. He grabbed her arms and took her hands in his, kneeling down in front of her. "Then tell me how it is. Because from here it looks like he took the next step to get your mind off of me."

"No Steve, He knows I'm not just his. He's up with me every night when I wake up crying because you're not there. He's helped me through every nightmare, every panic attack. He knows what you mean to me. He asked me to marry him a year ago today. I didn't say yes."

He raised an eyebrow. "You didn't?"

"Of course not. I told him that it wasn't a decision that just he and I could make anymore. That it wasn't fair to you." She pulled his hands so he would stand up, and she put her hands on his face. "I want you both. I need you both." She said, kissing him.

"I have something for you." She told him, pulling away, he whined at the loss of contact, making her smile. She hopped off the counter and led him to her closet, all the way to the back. She dug around in a bag before pulling out a small black pouch. "I went to New Orleans this time last year, to see some old friends, the ones we're asking to help. I met with a witch and got some answers about what happened to us. Anyways I went shopping and I got you this. I wasn't sure when I'd even get to give it to you, but I think now is the perfect time." She handed him the pouch and he pulled the bracelet out, his eyes watering when he flipped it over and saw the inscription.

"Do you like it?" She asked. He looked up at her, tears falling down his face. Damn he was beautiful even when he was crying. "I love it. I love you Anna, now and forever."

A/N: Ah! They're back together! Ugh so much cuteness.