Cassidy just stared at him, her jaw hanging open. "I'm sorry, what?" She asked. Steve sighed. "Fury is transferring me to DC to oversee the Strike team at the Triskelion." Cassidy shook her head. "No…that's not fair. Tell them no."

"I can't Cassidy. I don't have a choice. It's an order from Alexander Pierce. He's the head of Shield now." He told her. She shivered. "Yeah, I know who he is. He's a creep."

Cassidy sighed and leaned her head against his chest. "So, what do we do now?" Steve wrapped his arms around her and rested his chin on her head. "You could come with me?" She pulled back at looked up at him with wide eyes. "You want me to move to DC with you?"

He flushed and ran a hand through his hair. "Yeah, I mean…I'm sure we could get you an apartment in the same building as me…if you wanted to that is." She smiled at his awkwardness. "It's okay Steve, I'm not asking to move in with you or anything. I'll go talk to Nick today and see about getting an apartment." She saw Steve relax and chuckled. He really was too cute when he got all flustered.

Cassidy held her breath as she knocked on Nick's office door. She didn't want to have this conversation at all. Not only was Steve being relocated, but Nat was also, as Cassidy found out on her way out of the building. She heard him grant her entrance and smiled at him when she opened the door.

"Cassidy, what are you doing here?" Nick asked her, coming around the side of his desk to hug her. "I came to talk to you Nick. To ask a favor actually." She told him, plopping down in the chair in front of his desk.

"Does this have anything to do with Rogers getting moved to DC?" He asked. She nodded and watched him take a seat at his desk. He sighed, running his hand over the top of his head. "Your job is here Cass, handler to the Avengers. I need you at Stark tower."

"For what?" Cassidy snapped. "Tony and Bruce are the only ones in the tower. Thor is on Asgard, Clint went home to Laura, and you're sending Nat and Steve to DC. I don't have any Avengers to handle." She told him, crossing her arms over her chest. Nick sighed and leaned back in his chair.

"You're really not giving me a choice here are you Cass." He asked, already knowing the answer. She smiled. "Nope. Now, can I get an apartment in the same building with Steve, preferably something with a view?" Nick rolled his eyes and laughed.

After promising that she would be on a plane back to New York or wherever she was needed if the Avengers were called, she was set to move to DC. She wouldn't have minded staying with Steve of course, but she knew he wasn't ready for that yet. Hell, at the rate they were going, it would be years.

She couldn't be upset with him though, she reasoned. She felt the hurt of not having Bucky in their life too, and she'd never even met him. She was feeling more for Steve every day, but she knew that something was missing.

Shield had given her a two-bedroom apartment, and she'd asked Nat to move in with her, and she accepted, saying it was better than staying at the rooms at the Triskelion.

"Tony, please promise me you won't do anything stupid while I'm in DC okay? Bruce, please make sure he doesn't do anything stupid." Tony gave her a shocked look, throwing his hand over his heart in mock hurt. "You would me Cass, I never do anything stupid…on purpose that is."

Cassidy threw up her hands and looked to Bruce, who held his up in surrender. "He doesn't listen to me anyway Cassidy, you're on your own." Tony snickered and winked at her and Cassidy rolled her eyes, pulling him into a hug. "Please be careful Tony." She whispered. He squeezed her and nodded. "You too Cass."

She turned to Bruce and pulled him into a hug too. "If you need anything, I'm a phone call away. I can be here in a few hours."

"We'll be okay Cassidy, just go." Bruce told her, chuckling. He smiled at the two men and nodded, turning to head back up to her apartment to finish packing, because of course she'd put it off until the last minute like a dumbass.

Once everything was packed and sent off, she grabbed her phone and purse and headed down to the garage, to see Steve leaning against her car. "Damn, isn't that a sight to see?" She said, smiling when his face flushed. "You're not taking your bike?" She asked him.

"It got sent over with my stuff, I thought I'd ride with you, if that's okay?" He asked, suddenly nervous and unsure. She smiled and leaned up for a quick kiss. "Of course it's okay, I'm just not sure you're gonna like my music choices is all." She told him, sliding into the driver's seat.

"Well…" Steve started, getting in next to her, "Maybe we'll just have to listen to something a little more my style."

Cassidy shook her head. "No can do Steve, house rules, Driver picks the music, shotgun shuts his cakehole." Steve's mouth dropped open and Cassidy couldn't help but laugh. "It's from a tv show, I'll have to show it to you sometime." She said with a smirk, pressing play on her phone, Metallica filling the car.

"Oh God, you listen to the same awful stuff Tony does. "Steve said, making a face. Cassidy pulled out of the garage and headed for the interstate. "I'm going to pretend you didn't just say that Steve, for your safety of course."

They stopped off after the first hour to get snacks and use the bathroom, Steve saying he needed a break from the rock music in his ears. Cassidy laughed at him, and when they got back in the car, she turned it off and played her list of love songs instead, turning the volume down so they could talk.

"Tell me a story about Bucky." She said.

Steve closed his eyes and smiled. "We went to Coney Island this one time. Anytime we had money saved up from odd jobs or what not, we'd always try to go there. I couldn't ride much, cause I was sick all the time, but Bucky convinced me to get on the Cyclone. Thirty seconds in a threw up. Everywhere." They both started laughing, and Cassidy could see the love in Steve's eyes when he talked about Bucky.

"Later on, when we were trying to take down Zola, we were waiting for his train to come through, and Bucky brought it back up, asking me if that was payback for the Cyclone. I said 'Why would I do that' but secretly maybe it was? I don't know." He got real quiet and she realized that Zola's train was the train that Bucky fell from.

"I'd give anything to be able to go to Coney Island with him again." He said softly. She slid her hand into his, squeezing it, the rest of the car ride going silent except for the radio.