They sat around the kitchen table, and Anna was very confused. "Elijah, I still don't understand why two of the Avengers are here, why there is a ring on my finger, and where the hell Nik and Bekah are." Anna said. Her head hurt. What the hell was going on?
"What's the last think you remember before today?" Vincent asked. Anna thought for a second. "Uh, I remember being at the shop, going home, and getting ready for a party with Jules? Although I don't know how I got here though." She said. Tony and Steve shared a nervous look.
"Anna, that was six years ago." Tony told her. Her eyes widened and she stood, pacing. "What the hell do you mean six years ago! How is that possible?"
"We messed with some dark magic last night Anna, and this is the consequence. The other side doesn't like it when we use dark magic." Vincent said.
Anna looked over at him. "Then why did we?"
"So that you and I could have a baby." Steve said. Anna whipped her head around so fast she was sure it would snap off. "So, we could what?" She asked.
"A baby. So, you, me and Tony could start a family." He said. You looked down at the ring on your finger. "Are we…are we married? Are you my soulmate?" She asked warily.
"We're not married yet. We proposed to you. And we're both your soulmates Anna. You don't remember any of this?" Tony asked. You shook your head, tears starting to form in your eyes.
"You met us both the night you went to that party. You and I didn't find out we were also soulmates until much later." Steve told her. This was too much. Anna put her head in her hands and leaned against the table.
"How do we fix this Vincent? How do I remember?" Anna asked him.
"I'm not sure Anna, I'm a little out of my depth here. Maybe the memories will just come back on their own in time? Just try spending time together, maybe something will spark a memory." He told her. She nodded and looked over that the two men she was engaged to. They looked so sad, and hear heart felt heavy. She felt bad that this had happened.
"Elijah. Compel me to remember." She said. They all looked at her. "You're the only one that can compel a vampire, so compel me. Make me remember." She told him. He nodded and turned her to face him. He placed his hands on her shoulders and looked into her eyes.
"Your soulmates are Steve and Tony. They asked you to marry them. You said yes. You came here to do a spell so that you and Steve could have a baby. You've been with them for six years. Remember them." He told her. She blinked a few times and looked around.
"Did it work?" Tony asked. Tears formed in Anna's eyes as she shook her head. "No, I'm sorry." She said, putting her head on Elijah's chest. He wrapped his arms around her while she sobbed and gave a solemn look to Steve and Tony.
We shouldn't have done this. Steve thought to himself. They were being selfish; they didn't know what they were getting themselves into with the magic. Steve would have rather adopted then have them what they were going through right now. He stood suddenly and left the room, walking outside for some air. It felt like he couldn't breathe. The last six years, gone. She didn't remember their dance at the tower, she didn't remember meeting Tony. She didn't remember going with to Peggy's funeral and their first kiss. He placed his hands on the railing and hung his head.
Steve heard the door open and Tony came out, slipping in between Steve and the railing. He leaned his forehead against Steve's. "We shouldn't have done this. We were messing with things we had no idea about." Steve told him. Tony nodded in agreement. He rested his hands on Steve's hips and pulled him close, tucking his head under Steve's chin. He felt Steve warp his arms around him and sigh. "What if she never remembers Tony?" He said softly.
There was silence for a few minutes before Tony spoke. "Then we'll make new memories. She's still our soulmate Steve, so if she doesn't remember, we'll just have to make her fall in love with us again." He told Steve, pulling back.
Steve looked down at him and smiled, leaning and kissing him softly. It was short and sweet, Tony and Steve were still testing the waters with each other, while Tony may not be new to being with a man, Steve was, and Tony thought it was adorable how timid he was being.
They heard the door open again and they both looked to see Anna coming out. "Elijah told me everything that happened with Thanos. That Nik and Bekah are gone. This is just all too much. Can you…can you please take me home?" She asked quietly.
"Of course we can sweetheart." Steve told her. They thanked Elijah and Vincent for everything and took the jet back to the compound. "Do we live here?" Anna asked, stepping off the jet.
"No, our house is just a few miles down the road, this is just the Avengers compound. Jules does live here though, if you'd like to go see her." Anna shook her head. "No, I don't think I want to tell her what happened just yet, there's just a lot going on in my head right now, I really just want to sleep."
The boys nodded and they got into Tony's car and drove back to their house. They led her inside and upstairs to the bedroom. "So, we all sleep in here together?" She asked. They both nodded to her and she blushed. "We don't have to tonight though, if you don't want to. We can sleep in the guest room and you can sleep in here. Up to you." Tony told her.
"No, I can sleep in the guest room, you guys sleep in here, this is your bed too." She told them.
"Are you sure?" Steve asked. She nodded. "Yeah, it will give me some time to clear my head anyway. Um...where do I keep my clothes?" She asked. Tony pulled something to sleep in out of the drawer for her.
"I'll uh, see you guys in the morning?" She asked. They nodded, sad looks on their faces as she walked out of the room and down the hall to the guest room. She changed and got into the bed, rolling over to her side. She inhaled the scent from the sheets and it had a woodsy smell to it. Like Steve did. Had he slept in here? She noticed a sketchbook sitting on the end table and picked it up, flipping it open to the first page. It was a drawing of her. It was beautiful. Did Steve draw? There were dozens of sketches of her, some of Tony, some of another man, with shoulder length black hair. She recognized that face. That was the Winter Soldier. She flipped through the sketchbook, feeling guilty about snooping, then sat it back down on the table. She turned the light off and drifted off to sleep a few minutes later.
Anna was tossing and turning, she couldn't sleep. She laid there for what felt like hours before throwing the blanket off and getting up, slowly creeping over to the other bedroom. The door had been left open, so she slid in and looked at Tony and Steve. They were facing each other, but there was a small space between them, probably where she slept. She shrugged her shoulders and carefully crawled into bed, lying with her back against Steve. His hand immediately ran over her hip and settled on her stomach, and Tony's hand snuck in between her and Steve and rested on her back.
This felt normal, like she'd done this every day for her entire life. She was immediately calmed and was able to get back to sleep.
