"I want your love... so much...", Peggy begged as Steve went faster. "What do you want?", Steve insisted as he kept up his hard pounding on her going.

Peggy cried out, "I want you to be part of my life forever, Steve Rogers!", before screaming out in pleasure as she finally came, "Fill me, Steve!", and not even a full second later, Steve erupted, shouting out in pleasure as Peggy squeezed him.

Loads and loads of sperm filled Peggy's womb as Steve and Peggy tiredly yet gently collapsed into the blanket, with Steve's rod milking out so much. The packs of sperm swam on and on, soon finding the egg, and incredibly, three different sperms collided into each other, becoming a big sperm. The original three was from three different sources of power; the Quantonium, the Super Soldier Serum, and the secret X-Gene that Steve doesn't know yet.

The big sperm broke through the shell, forcing itself to swim inside, and instantly, the egg of Peggy's combined powers of Quantonium, Super Soldier Serum, and the X-Gene became fertilized by the big sperm, soon becoming conceived into a fetus, a powerful one yet so innocent and secretly wanted by its parents, yet unknowingly hiding from them.

Steve kept going for a few more seconds before finally, the two of them collapsed from all their energy being expelled. Steve quickly rolled over as Peggy turned to lay on him as the two slowly breathed. "Oh, wow... that... oh, that was a lot this time...", Steve admitted.

Peggy smiled, "Knew it. I am so filled up.", sighing contentedly, "Sorry that I kept you from erupting for quite a long while there.", with a sheepish giggle. "It's alright.", Steve kissed her cheek. "After all, we were trying things today.".

"Really doesn't feel like morning... or Christmas right now, does it?", Peggy chuckled as Steve shook his head, "No, it really does not...".

Peggy kissed his lips, "All the same, we definitely did a good start, eh?", and Steve chuckled, "That's for sure...You know what? I think Bucky would understand if we slept in... especially when we needed this...", caressing her hair as he looked at her.

Peggy smiled, nodding, "Since you woke up early before dawn with that nightmare...I'd love to sleep in.", cuddling closely to him, and Steve smiled as he held her closely, "I love you, Peggy.".

Peggy looked up at him contentedly, "I love you too, Steve.", before yawning and falling asleep, resting her head over his chest, and Steve watched her for a little bit before remembering what Peggy said back when he asked her what she wanted for Christmas...He figured that it was the emotions of the moment, but somehow, wanting him to be part of her life forever...it would mean marriage...

After all, they are lovers, boyfriend and girlfriend, a power couple, partners...'Steve Carter'...He liked the sound of that, though he wonders if Peggy would consider to be a Rogers instead...And then there's children in the future.

He smiles at the thought of blonde-haired children with beautiful brown eyes or brown-haired children with deep blue eyes...Perhaps one day...After all, she would be a wonderful mother, especially after seeing Peggy interact with so many Italian children, wishing to jump off her hand into the water...

Steve himself is terrified of being a good father since his own father died when he was a baby, but if Peggy's with him, perhaps it wouldn't be so bad...Yes, one day, he will see to propose to her one day, or heck, maybe Peggy would propose to him instead...He smiles at the warm thought, and with a deep sigh, he falls asleep, unknowing of the incredible secret within Peggy right now.

Peggy was sharing the same feelings too as she tried to relax and fall back asleep, before she felt a chill and then suddenly remembered that they were naked. "Uh, Steve... clothes?", she reminded.

"Oh, right, almost forgot. Wouldn't want any locals to find us indecent. That might cause some issues with our allies.", Steve gave a nervous chuckle.

Peggy turned her fire power on to dry herself and Steve off from their sweat, and then turned it off, grabbing her shirt and trousers to put on, and Steve put on his shirt and trousers, foregoing their undergarments, putting them under their blanket which was actually crocheted old blankets altogether as one, as they were planning to put their swim clothes this afternoon in the warm waters.

Steve then cuddled Peggy, "Thank you, my queen.", kissing her on the lips with a smile before finally going to take back some of his sleep, and Peggy smiled, whispering, "Naturally, luv.", before closing her eyes as she then went back to sleep, resting on his chest once more.

They enjoyed the rest of the brief break up to New Year's Eve where Steve finally found his X-Gene power by accident. It was another beach day. Peggy is making waves for Bucky who wanted to surf somehow, and Steve was on the beach, sketching in the sand as he sat on the ridgeline when he saw a kid trying to save a sand sculpture of a dog, but failed, crying as his parents tried to reassure him in Italian.

Steve felt sad for the kid, and wished to cheer him up, as he did a good job of making that sand sculpture dog when Steve glanced down, realizing that his drawings in the sand is moving, becoming 3-D, yet still made of sand and alive.

The puppy yapped, the horse burred, and the bird chirped, all kid-size, attracting the Italians' attention at once, and the sand animals happily came down, playing and hopping around, licking kids' faces and nuzzling kids' faces.

"Steve, what's the matter?", Peggy asked as she called out from the water as he looked back to her. "Uh, you might want to check this out... I think I took 'bringing art to life' to a literal way.", Steve called back as she made her way back to the shore because she had to see this. Once she got close, she could see what Steve had done.

"You weren't kidding...", Peggy admitted as Steve chuckled. "I think my power is different from yours... you get fire powers, and I can simply make a drawing breath.", he chuckled as he felt a bit jealous at her amazing gift.

Peggy replied, "Maybe it's more attributes. Try the water. Sketch something in the water.", and Steve looked at her, and blinked thoughtfully before reaching into the water, sketching an animal with his finger, but nothing.

"Nothing.", Steve shook his head, and Peggy looked thoughtfully, "Try the boulder next to you.", and Steve glanced at the boulder, and dipped his finger in the water before going to touch the boulder, making a water outline, sketching a cat, and then the cat came to life, but this time, made of boulder, alive as it's meowing as it is kid-size, sunbathing next to kids who is petting it.

Peggy widened her eyes, "Whoa. I think it is earth based. I mean, back then, you sketched on paper which came from trees, and trees are part of earth. So, I bet besides sand and rock, you could possibly do wood and all kinds of ground.".

"Well, that's certainly interesting... but I'm a little confused on how exactly this does work. I mean, in terms of powers and all. Do you think it has something to do with the Qua-... you know what?", Steve was quick to watch his tongue there as he didn't want to slip classified information.

Peggy shrugged lightly, "Well, it turns on when you have an intent to do it, but it's off the rest of the time. So, if you practice, then maybe, with careful planning, we might just give Eris more wounds to worry about, with both of our powers. After all, stone animals, like maybe a rhino or something, that would perhaps really injury her if she falls to tiplines again, and perhaps I could do like fire swords or something... And yeah, it's possible that those powers of ours are related to the you know what.", with a wink.

Steve nodded, "Especially when we're heading back to work within the new year, taking on missions once more.". Peggy grinned, "This will be interesting, and if I know Colonel Phillips and the others, we will be quite busy.".

"Maybe... if I could... I don't know yet, but this might be another little thing we might use against, Eris.", Steve smirked as Peggy nodded, "Good point; if you could be able to do it, a huge gun suddenly in our hands might actually give us that edge against her.".

Steve hummed, "A stone gun would be efficient...Still, looks like it's gonna be days of practice while on missions.", and Peggy kissed him on the lips, "Don't worry, you will do brilliant.".

Steve smiled gratefully, "Thanks, Peggy.", and the couple went back to relaxing and having fun for their last day of break here on New Year's Eve with children asking Steve to make stuff.

And so, 1944 came, and after hearing the news of Steve's new powers, the COs sent the couple off to break the German lines through Italy, with Peggy using fireballs and fire spears, and Steve discovering that the sand animals and such didn't last beyond 3 hours while stone animals didn't last beyond 6 hours, with wood animals only lasting for 2 hours, and the ground animals lasting up to 4 hours, and finding out with specific orders, the animals went into army mode, destroying equipment and all, working together for the next two months, with several missions.

With the war, Steve and Peggy knew that they would use a lot of energy fighting, so lots of food when they could, and Steve didn't bat an eye at Peggy wanting to sleep in on weekends after missions, figuring that she's tired like he is, unknowing that their baby is growing quickly already to the development of 4 months yet staying small, and on missions, the Super Soldier Serum, the Quantonium, and the X-Gene of Peggy, and the baby altogether is working together to protect the baby fiercely while Peggy is fighting.

And being developed quickly, the baby's gender is discovered to be female, and the combined power of Peggy loves the baby already, determined to help it grow to full health, and much to their joy, the baby is powerful already, discovering that she can change size willingly, but only enough where Peggy is not noticing or suspicious, and that she found her X-Gene which is invisibility and force fields, and she is strong enough to kick and move around, disguising them as stomachaches or gas for Peggy's sake.

Meanwhile, at the same time, the efforts of them and the combined Allied armies soon bore great fruit. On the 22nd of January, Clark launched Operation Shingle that landed several divisions of the 5th Army at Anzio, behind the remaining German lines while Steve and Peggy helped punch the final holes and a breakthrough was achieved. The defense buckled and the Allies ran fast to link up with the Anzio bridgehead and by the 4th of February, Rome had been liberated.

Peggy and Steve would help with a few more tasks as the US 5th and British 8th were now dashing northwards with the Germans unable to mount any true solid defenses, it was deemed that Peggy and Steve's time in Italy was at an end and the armies would have to breach the Po Valley without them: which they would by April 1st.

In the meantime, the order came through... they would be heading back to England for the upcoming invasion.

Steve smiled as he saw Peggy almost skipping on her feet, wearing their casual outfits while holding their war outfits, blanket in a handy bag that was meshed up from fish nets and old tarps, the goodbye-gift from Italy.

"You have been homesick, huh?", Steve replied warmly, and Peggy nodded, "Oh, yes, more than you'd ever believe! Oh, I can't wait to step back into good, old British soil, and oh, I have to show you everything...Maybe we can clean up London...And oh, I have to introduce you to my parents!".

"I think we'll certainly have time for your parents... but I get the honest feeling that clean up in London might not be what they have in mind for us.", Steve chuckled.

"I know, I know, probably drills and all, preparing us for whatever the big plan is. But I very much am looking forward to seeing Mum and Dad again and letting them meet you.", Peggy smiled.

"I look forward to that for sure.", Steve then sighed. "Shame that Bucky's probably staying here though, I liked it knowing most of the time where he was."

Peggy squeezed his other hand, kissing his cheek, "You literally knew him all your life, and so, you know that he can take care of himself just fine. After all, he 'rescued' you from getting beat up in those alleys, hmm?".

Steve nodded softly, "That's true. I will miss him, that's all.", with a smile, and Peggy smiled, reassuring him, "We will see him again when he's done with his missions here in Italy. After all, transfers in regiments happen often.".

"I certainly hope so; at least they're moving again. I hear that despite what reinforcements the Germans are scrambling, it won't be enough if our forces reach the Po Valley. Then it's heading on towards the French border in the northwest and the Ljubljana gap in the northeast. I think Alexander and by extension, Churchill think we can sneak into Vienna through that route.", Steve smirked.

"Hopefully they can pull it off. Tricky terrain still once they reach the old Yugoslavia borders. And at least Eris isn't with them; the Russians are once more trying to push so she's in the east again.", Peggy said.

"Next time we see her, Peggy, we'll get her. I promise. We deal with her, then we'll probably be mostly safe from much of what the Germans can throw at us.", Steve replied firmly.

Peggy smiled as Steve kissed her on the cheek, reassuring her of that fact, and Peggy then noticed the Thunderbolt coming up from the horizon, "There's our ride.".

Steve smiled, "Good timing. Luckily, the journey is shorter, though we have to fly the long way around than the straight way.", and Peggy nodded, "Yep, 12 hours if I am not mistaken about Colonel Phillips' math, so we will be in England by daylight.", for it's an hour after sunset right now, and in the dark, the Thunderbolt can fly without being seen by German patrols in France and such, yet they will be slightly more slower and careful than the first time overseas.

"Honestly surprised we're taking the Thunderbolt, would've expected a transport ship this time at least.", Steve said. "The U-Boats have really been taking the beating lately.", with a hum of thought. "Doesn't mean they're still not around though. We should be fine though.", Peggy kissed his cheek.

Steve smiled, "I see your point, my queen.", before seeing the Thunderbolt stop at a reasonable distance from the cliff point that they're standing on, and Steve leaned down, sketching a stone ramp, and the ramp formed, stretching out to the edge of the Thunderbolt, and smiled, "Ladies first.", with a bow.

Peggy giggled, "Why, thank you, sir.", walking on the ramp, with Steve following her, and soon, under a minute, they made it to the platform of the Thunderbolt, taking their old spots, and with signals and such, the Thunderbolt revved on, with the stone ramp slipping off, soon to vanish back into its former shape within six hours.

And with careful navigation, the Thunderbolt then turned into the horizon, turning on the special engines to go up into the air, heading deep and high above the seas, far away from the mainland, yet still close enough in case if they see U-boats so they can report by radio to the naval ships about locations and such.

"Portugal looks nice...", Steve said as he and Peggy were looking out towards the east as the Thunderbolt was going north around the Iberian Peninsula. "Hard to believe this is one of the few places untouched by war for all these years.".

"Portugal sent some troops to the Entente in the last war but was never attacked. Meanwhile Spain sits out both of them, though they're still devastated by the civil war.", Peggy explained. "And now ruled by another one of those fascist thugs.".

"Franco certainly is playing it smart... probably waiting for sure to see who comes out on top.", Steve replied with a smirk.

Peggy nodded, "Especially when it's next door to England with the Channel in between...", squeezing Steve's hand, and Steve smiled wryly, "But for now, we are going to your home, and I don't know how long we'll be there, but I am glad we're together for it.".

"Probably won't have too long, but we'll certainly try to make up as much time as we possibly can for each other. At least we're not on the frontline for a bit. Fairly safe in England.", Steve chuckled as he leaned over to kiss her.

Peggy kissed him back, smiling as she rested her head then on his shoulder as they laid in their former spot, and cuddling, they fell asleep.