Day 15

She had woken up just like she had any other day. Tired, wrapped in a tangled naked mess with Steve. She had another nightmare last night, although this one was the worst of them all. It took Steve almost an hour to get her to calm down enough just to hold her. She looked up from where her head was buried in his chest. He looked so peaceful.

She felt so bad about all the nights she's kept him up. It wasn't fair to him. She knew he loved her and would do anything for her, but between being up most nights and working to help Pepper at SI, she could tell he was running himself into the ground.

She placed a small kiss on his lips, and slowly slid out of bed as to not wake him. She stopped at the bathroom door, turning to look at him. Last night would be the last night she kept him up.

She quickly changed and left the compound, not wanting to wake anyone up. She made some calls and pulled in behind her bookshop, going in through the back door. Her associate met her a little while after she arrived, and they sat in her office going over paperwork.

"So." He said. "You want everything left to this person?"

"Yes." Anna answered. "The shop, the bank accounts, everything."

"Okay, I'll get all the paperwork started and have it to you by this evening."

"Thank you so much." She told him, leading him to the door.

She walked around her shop, running her hands over the books on the shelves, remembering how she acquired each and every one. She stopped at the Avengers section, pulling out a book with Tony on the front. She smiled, turning it over in her hands. She put it back on the shelf and walked back into her office, sitting down in her chair one last time.

She unlocked the drawer in her desk, pulling out a bag. Opening it she saw her fake IDs, passports and all the money she had stashed aside. She also grabbed the bottle of bourbon, since Steve had all the other alcohol taken out of the compound days ago. She zipped up the bag, left her keys on the desk, and left, locking the door behind her. She flung the bag in the trunk of her car and headed back to the compound.

Steve was outside before she even got out of her car. "Hey, where did you go? You were gone when I woke up and nobody had seen you. I got worried." He said, wrapping his arms around her. She inhaled, taking in the memory of his scent and smiled. "Sorry, I didn't want to wake you, I just went driving around, clearing my head after last night."

He nodded against her head. "I'm sorry last night was so bad." She looked up at him. "You made it better. I'll be okay, I promise." She leaned up and kissed him, sliding her hands in his hair.

He led her inside, and made her lunch, and they settled into the couch to watch a movie. He was off today, and it seemed like nobody else was in the compound either.

After the movie was over, Steve went off to the gym and Anna retreated to the bedroom, taking out the bourbon.

A knock on the front door let her know her papers were being delivered. She greeted the FedEx driver, took the package and went back to her room, looking everything over. She put all the papers and extra keys into a manilla envelope, sealed it, and wrote 'Jules Andrews' on the front. She stuck it underneath her pillow and went to sit at her favorite spot by the window.

As she drank, she thought back to the first time she laid eyes on her soulmates. How Steve had smiled when he spun her on the dance floor, how Tony had accepted her for what she was no question. Both men had loved her unconditionally.

But she couldn't do this anymore. She accepted that Tony had gone in the snap, and she couldn't feel like this every night anymore. She couldn't keep Steve up anymore.

She was at the end of the bottle, and she looked out the window, closing her eyes. "I love you Steve. I love you Tony."

And then she felt nothing. Her eyes opened and she got up, changing into some jeans and a shirt, grabbing her leather jacket, pulling her hair down. She grabbed her duffle of clothes she hid under the bed, and exited the room, heading for the door.

"Hey Anna! I missed you all day, where have you been?" Jules asked from the kitchen. Anna ignored her. Jules came running around the island, grabbing her arm. "What are you doing?" She asked. Anna spun around to look at Jules. "I'm leaving."

"What do you mean, you're leaving?" Steve asked, entering the kitchen.

"Just like I said. Let go of my arm Jules." Anna warned.

"Oh no…" Jules said.

'What?" Steve asked. Jules started to back away from Anna. "She did it." She whispered. Steve looked at Anna, her demeanor was different, cold. She was acting like a different person.

"Oh Anna, sweetheart, tell me you didn't do it. Please." He stepped toward her, but she took a step back. "Why do you care?" She barked. "At least you won't have to hear pathetic whining in the middle of the night anymore. You should be thrilled." Anna turned to walk toward the door, but Steve grabbed her arm. She grabbed his wrist and flung him on the ground, towering over him, her face changing.

"Leave me alone." She growled. She headed for the door and opened it, scaring the pizza guy half to death.

"Uh...delivery?" The teenager said. Anna smiled. "OH, I am hungry." She said, and latched onto the boy's neck, he started screaming, but she kept drinking. After a few seconds, she let him go, pushing him to the ground. She glanced back at Steve who looked horrified, and smirked, before heading to her car and leaving.

"Oh God. What do we do?" Steve asked Jules.

"I don't know. I really don't."

A?N: Welp. There's that. She's off the deep end now.