The Morning After

(Iris POV)

I stir awake thinking everything that happened last night was a dream...an amazing dream but a dream nonetheless until I feel my head laying on something hard, I open my eyes and look up and my head is on Steve's shoulder, he is awake looking down at me. I am so relieved, I smile and kiss where his shoulder and neck meet.

"Morning," he softly hums.

"Umm, morning." I sigh as the previous night keeps repeating in my head. "How long have you been awake?"

"I never really slept..." He answered, "I was afraid last night was a dream...I didn't want to wake up if it was..."

"...God I know what you mean..." I exhale.

"All I've wanted was to hold you again...to look upon your face in the morning." He ran the back of his hand down my cheek sweetly. I close my eyes loving the feeling of his gentle touch, "...me too." I kiss his fingers softly as he ran his hand over my lips and a few tears go down my cheeks, he wipes my tears away just like he always did when I cry. He smiles at me as he began gently rubbing my upper arm that's laying on him as I begin to rub his chest softly while also giving lite kisses to his chest and neck. He closes his eyes, sighs quietly and grins obviously enjoying my touch and kisses. "Iris?" He asks with his eyes closed.

"Huh?" I hum as I continue giving him lite rubs and kisses.

"What made you change your mind? I mean, you seemed so sure that you needed time and wanted a break and I was going to respect that." He asked me, I stop what I'm doing and look at him.

"I know you were...let's just say someone helped me realize I was making a big mistake...and what I was about to give up." I told him.

"Who?" He asks confused of who it could be.

"Natasha...she called to say that so far we're in the clear and I started to talk about us...and she...she told me to stop being selfish and stop thinking about myself."

"She said that? Iris...you weren't..." He starts to say not happy with Natasha at all but I cut him off by putting my fingers over his mouth.

"Yes I was...she was right...I wasn't thinking about what you've been through..." I explain firmly, "and...I wanted to be with you more then anything...but I was being stubborn and doing what I always do when I get scared...I pushed you away...please don't be mad at her, she just helped me realize that I did not want to lose you again." I finish.

"You could never lose me...and for the record I don't think you were..." He clarified with a half-smile, "Being selfish I mean."

"Thank you but...I was." I smile back and he put his hand on my face and brings my lips to his in a very sweet and gentle kiss as I stroke his cheek.

"I'm just...I'm so sorry for everything." He spoke against my lips after we parted.

"It's okay...I forgive you...your back and that's all that matters now." I softly tell him.

"No...that's not what I meant." I quietly corrected. "I'm sorry for putting you through all this...if it wasn't for me you wouldn't be in danger to begin with...I put you in danger..." He exhales, he's having a hard time getting his sentence out. "Your stuck here because me...this is all my fault."

I hold his face again, "no it's not, don't blame yourself." I very sternly state. "There's nowhere I rather be then be right here with you." I tell him with conviction. "So don't you dare think I would ever regret you coming into my life...I would never think that...I wouldn't have it any other way."

"God...I don't know what I did to deserve you..." He sweetly smiles.

"Trust me...I ask myself that same question about you every day." I exhale at the irony and smile back at him. "So, what do we do now?" I ask.

"I don't know...every time I think we might have something it turns out to be a deadend." He explains, "but the good thing is that your safe and they can't hurt you now. Sam said you can stay here as long as you need."

"You'll find something I know it...you'll take down Hydra and everyone will find out the truth." I say with conviction.

"How do you know?" He asked with a little hesitation.

"Because your Captain America, you've done it before and you can do it again."

"Iris...I am not Captain America anymore...I haven't seen I left." He informs me, he sadly looks down.

"Yes you are...you just took a little detour is all." I reply grabbing as I make him look at me in the eye, "you are an amazing man Steve Rogers and everyone will know the truth." He gives me a little smile, I give his forehead a little kiss.

"So...Nicholas Hoffman, that guy that attacked you in your apartment...were you seeing him?" He asks me very hesitantly.

"What if I was?" I answer seriously, I want to tease him a little bit.

"So, you were going out with him? How long?" He asked quickly, he's trying so hard to not look upset or jealous!

"Just about a month or so." I continue to fib, "...Steve, are you jealous?" I smirk.

"No, of course not. I mean you had every right to date other people, I just don't know why that guy. I mean even if he wasn't a Hydra spy he clearly didn't deserve you." He's talking really fast continuing trying to not seem upset but failing miserably, I start to giggle from his rambling, he's so cute being jealous! He looks at me confused, "what's so funny?"

"Your so cute...Steve, I'm joking." I rub his chest while chuckling. "Of course I wasn't going out with him."

"You weren't?" He asks kind of shocked.

"No, I mean he asked me out all the time and never took the hint but we were just study partners." I explain, choosing to stop with the teasing.

"...Did...did you date anyone?" He gently asks looking away, I don't think he wants to hear the answer but asked anyways, I'm assuming he just needs to know if other men have come into my life.

I want to be completely serious so I force him to look back up at me by putting one hand on his face and my other behind his neck and look at him right in the eyes, "I couldn't date anyone else Steve...because...even when I couldn't admit it...even though I was so angry...(getting emotional again) I was always yours." I gently ran my fingertips through his hair and softly stroke his face.

He doesn't say a word, he put both hands on my face kissing me, it was so soft and gentle but with so much passion, we both are holding each other's faces. I need to feel him again, I slide completely on him, sit up, run my hand down his torso and stroke his shaft a few times before inserting it in me and begin to ride him slowly and I hear him let out a low groan, God I missed that sound! We are both moaning very softly as I'm running my hands up and down his chest while he's caressing my stomach and hips and helping me ride him by bucking up into me. I arch my back and lay back a little farther, I bring my arms behind me and rest my hands on his thighs. I hear him groan louder as he gropes my hips a little more to increase the pressure. He suddenly brings my body down and kisses me while I continue ride him, his hands are on the sides of my head while I'm raking my fingers through his hair. Our kisses become more heated as we go a little faster, he puts both arms around me and hugs me tight stroking my back and we are moving slow and intimate. I'm arching my back while he is going so deep inside me, our bodies are rubbing against each other, I can feel every muscle in his body, his hands are stroking my lower back/hips pushing me into him more. We both cum and with my mouth flying open and my eyes shut tight I throw my head back while holding onto his shoulders.

He suddenly stops for a second, forces me to look at him by putting his hands behind my head, looks me right in the eyes, "I love you Iris." He breathes.

"I love you too Steve." I repeat as a few tears go down my cheeks. He wipes my tears with his thumbs and kisses me again as we continue to make love.

Afterwards we're still just laying here, loving the the feeling of holding each other, he's caressing my hand that is laying on his chest. "Are you hungry? Want some breakfast?" He asks me softly after a few minutes, I nod my head with smile, he kisses my forehead before getting out of bed. He puts on some bottoms but no top and I don't even bother, I just put the sheet around my body as I follow him into the kitchen.

While he is making breakfast I can't help but keep looking at the countertop where he had pleasured me so much. I bite my lower lip trying to contain myself, we just made love 10 minutes ago, I have got to control myself!

"Can I help?" I ask him.

"I don't know...you do have a track record for burning food..." He teases me.

"Maybe if you help me I won't."

He giggles, "come here..." He motions for me to come to him with his hand.

I'm starting to stand beside him but he moves me right in front of him at the counter and presses his body against mine and helps me pour the ingredients for the pancakes. We stirs the pancake batter with his hands over mine and I'm feeling his arms flexing, its making me really horny! I take a deep inner breath and try to calm myself down. He soon has me move a little bit while he puts the mix in the pan and starts to cook them.

"How do I know the pancakes are ready to be flipped?" I ask right beside him.

"Well a good trick is if there are bubbles coming up. " He tells me, he flips one in the air and catches it in the pan, I giggle but looking to see that it's indeed perfectly brown. "Showoff." I have to say with a smirk.

I have been trying so hard to contain myself but my body won't stop tingling from his hard, muscled body rubbing against mine and I have to feel him again. I swear, he knows what he's doing and was teasing me! While he is distracted making the pancakes I go behind him, raise onto my tiptoes as high as I can and kiss the back of his neck/back while I rub his shoulders/arms sensually.

"You know...it's very hard to do this while your doing that!" He softly sighs.

"I can't help it...your making me horny," I breathe on his neck, "I just can't stop thinking about you fucking me right here on this counter." I suck, lick and pull on his earlobe, I hear him groan. I remove the sheet that's around me and press my breasts against his back, sensually rubbing my breasts on him and running one of my legs over his thigh, his groans grow louder. While still kissing his neck I put one arm around him and rub his chest while the other is still rubbing his shoulder/arm. I soon run it down lower and put my hand in his bottoms and stroke his shaft while running my other hand down his back with my fingertips, also putting my hand in his bottoms and stroking/squeezing his ass at the same time. He throws his head back and reaches his arm behind him and puts it in my hair rubbing the back of my head. He turns his head and I barely graze his lips before he shoves his tongue down my throat and sucks on my bottom lip, I continue to stroke his shaft. He snarls before turning around hoisting me off my feet by my ass, I wrap my legs around him and wrap my arms around his neck and we're just desperately attacking each other's mouths.

He carries and puts me on the counter and he goes between my legs and we press our bodies together. I start to pull down his bottoms as he runs his hands up my body and as he is about to touch my breasts we suddenly hear the smoke detectors go off and smell smoke. "Shit." He breathes out, he dashes to the stove as I hop off the counter and put the sheet back over me and all I can do is cough and giggle, the pancakes were burnt to a crisp! "You think this is funny?" He asks me as he turns off the smoke detector and puts the burnt pancakes in the sink.

"Yes...now you know how it feels to be distracted and burn food." I tease, he puts a little bit of the pancake batter on his finger and puts it on my nose, I just giggle.

"That was cruel..." He tries to sound serious but failing miserably with a grin, I chuckle as he once again puts some batter on my nose.

I put some on his nose and we have ourselves a little batter fight, we both are laughing so hard! "Okay, I would like to eat some of this...let's not waste all the batter." He's trying to control his laughter. He grabs a hand towel and gently wipes the batter off my face, I do the same to his face...God I really have missed him so much! These were the moments I missed the most, his soft and gentle side.

We sit at the counter finally being able to eat our breakfast, luckily we hadn't wasted the whole batter! I'm too proud of myself that I was able to distract him for once!

"You burnt the food!" I tease as I take a bite.

"Because of you." He defends.

"That's why I always burn food too...because of you."

"Um no, I have never fingered you while you were trying to cook." He points out.

"Fair enough...but you were the one that stuck your tongue down my throat and put me back on that counter...not that I'm complaining." I smirk, he couldn't argue with that one so he just shrugged his head.

It's hours later and we're still just sitting at the counter just talking, we had long ate our food and were just talking about the lost years we had...well more about mine then his. "I can't believe you're already working with kids." He says with a smile.

"Yeah...the kids are great...I don't know how I am going to let my Professor know that I can't come in..." I just realize.

"We'll work something out...don't worry," he tells me, rubbing my hand. "So, it's just the two girls you talk to?"

"Yeah, Molly and Emma...I actually just ended my sessions with Molly and Emma has...or had a few more. You would love them, they're so sweet and funny."

"I bet I would." He smiled.

"They would freak out if I told them that it was you that I was with." I'm smiling to myself just thinking about their reactions.

"I'm sure they're fine just having you be there for them." He responds sweetly.

"...It's all because of you, you know?...I was so nervous and kept doubting myself but...you always were in my head telling me that I could do this."

"No, that wasn't me...that was you." He replied sternly, "I'm so proud of you." He takes my hand and intertwines our fingers.

"Thank you." I spoke softly, Steve has been the only person in my life to tell me that they are proud of me, it always took me off guard when he did. I smile and give him a quick kiss.

"Want to go for a walk?" He asks me.

"I thought we couldn't leave?" I ask confused.

"Well we can't go too far but we're in the middle of nowhere, it won't hurt to walk a little bit." He suggests. "Okay." I excitedly reply. We change our clothes and go on a nice walk together while we hold hands the whole time


Hopefully you liked this chapter, I know not much happened but I thought they both deserved to enjoy each other for a little bit and reminisce.