Unexpected Visitors

(Iris POV)

The past 2 days have felt like a dream from being attacked, almost being killed, finding out that I have been spied on for 2 years and powerful people wanting me dead and lastly Steve coming back into my life. I never thought my life would turn out this way. I have no idea what's going to happen now, I don't think Steve does either. Until Sam and Natasha come we just have to lay low here in this small, cold cabin. I have not left the cabin since Steve brought me except going on a few short distance walks, he didn't want to take any chances and have someone notice me. He could disguise himself much better then I could so he has left a few times to get supplies and do who knows what else. Until he, Natasha and Sam take all of Hydra down I have to stay here, sure that sucks but after what happened at my apartment I know it's necessary and I'm going to listen to them. Not only could they find and come after me again but they were still trying to capture Steve to turn him into something he's not and that terrified me more than anything.

Tonight Steve hasn't let me leave the bedroom for almost an hour, I have no idea why, he won't tell me. He soon comes in, makes me turn around and puts something over my eyes. "What are you doing?" I ask with a smile.

"You'll see." He whispers as he leads me out of the room by my hand.

He has me sit down and takes the blindfold off and I see that he made a beautiful dinner, the only light in the cabin was the fireplace.

"Steve, what is this for?" I ask completely stunned.

"Well, I know it hasn't been easy being stuck here and I thought you deserved a good night." He explains as he's standing behind me, I turn my head to smile at him.

He then puts flowers in front of me that he obviously plucked from outside, I smell them, "they're beautiful." He sits across from me and I can't stop smiling.

"Also...I don't know...this past year..." He's trying to say, I can tell it's difficult for him, he's still feeling guilty for leaving me and I don't want him to feel like that. This is a fresh start for both of us and now we just need to get past that time and move forward.

"I know..." I softly spoke as I take his hand and smile at him, "...this looks delicious, thank you." I finish as we both lean forward to plant a small kiss, "I wish I had something better on then jeans and a t-shirt."

"No...you look beautiful just the way you are." He tells me, we smile at each other, "oh, I almost forgot." He stand up and turns on the radio, music starts to play, "much better." He sits back down, the song playing is Everything I do by Bryan Adams.

"God, I haven't heard this song forever." I sigh.

"And I've never heard it." He jokes and we both chuckle.

"This song was everywhere, a big hit at all the dances." I tell him.

"You went to dances?" He asked me looking a little shocked.

"Yes...I never went with anybody or danced..." I inform him.

"Why go then? It sounds lonely."

"I don't know...I guess inside I wanted to but...I was so guarded and...terrified." I try to explain, "I've never danced...I mean I have with my girlfriends but not a slow song with a man, every time I tell people that they can't believe it."

"I know what you mean" He quietly mumbled.

"You never danced either?" I ask.

"...No...girls didn't want to dance with the guy they could step on." He sadly tells me as I make a little pout face, I feel so bad for him! "...But I never really tried very hard either...I guess I was terrified too...it's just so..."

"Intimate..." I finish his sentence, he nods his head in agreement, "I guess we really do have a lot more in common then we thought." After a few minutes he takes my hand and has me stand up, "where are you taking me now?"

"We're going to dance for the first time." He informs me, I just smile, "I've already had quite a few firsts with you and I want this to be another one."

"What else was a first?" I ask him confused.

"Uh...making love..." He slowly confesses.

"You never had sex before me...(he shakes his head) how is that possible?" I asked VERY confused...he has never said anything about being a virgin before we met!

"Well...I barely even talked to women before the serum and after...I was fighting a war, being frozen and then immediately fought aliens." He explains.

"No, I mean your amazing! How is it that your so good?" I asked stunned.

"Because it's with you..." He softly reveals, I just look up at him. "Come on, dance with me," he offers me his hand and I gladly accept it.

He leads me right by the fireplace and puts his hand on my waist and with the other intertwines our hands and pulls me close, I put my free hand on his shoulder. I take a breath, even though we have been sexual many times we both are nervous, this was an act that both of us have never done before...but before we start to sway we hear something outside.

Steve acts quickly, he signals with his finger for me to stay quiet and leads me into the kitchen behind the counter, "stay down." He whispers as he has me duck down so I'm hidden. He takes his gun out that he had already hidden under the kitchen counter and goes to the front door and opens it slowly.

"Whoa it's just us." Natasha spoke out putting her hands up, after hearing her voice I pop out from my hiding spot, Natasha nods to me. Sam soon came in after and they look at the nice setting Steve made for us.

"Were we interrupting something?" Sam asked.

"...Sort of." Steve answers with a slight eye roll, I had to put my hand in front of my mouth from chuckling, seeing Steve get frustrated is very amusing to me. "Sorry." Natasha replies, Luna comes running in the cabin. "Luna!" I call out excited to see my girl, I missed her. She licks my face and makes me giggle.

Luna looks back and notices Steve and wags her tail as fast as she can as she goes to him and jumps on his legs. "Hey Luna, I missed you too." He spoke in a soft voice, watching him pet and massage her ears made me remember how much Luna missed Steve too the past 2 years, she was just as miserable as I was. When he went onto one knee Luna licked his face, "yuck, not the mouth." He spit, I can't help but put my hand over my mouth from laughter. "Did anyone follow you after the split up?" Steve asked both of them as he stands up.

"Yep, just like you said they would, they never even glanced at you guys." Natasha responded with a smile as Steve nods his head, happy to hear that their plan worked. "We lost them an hour later." Sam spoke out, I hear Luna kind of whimper, I think she's hungry.

"Hey, do you have her food?" I ask Sam. "Yeah, it's in the car." He tells me. "Okay, I'll grab it." I said, this gave me an excuse to leave, I have a feeling they need to talk in private.

When I walk back in the cabin Steve steps out from the bedroom wearing his suit, he looks like he's ready for a fight. God he looks amazing in his suit! "Did you bring it?" He asked as Sam handed him a box, I am not sure what's going on, I'm a bit confused. Steve brings me into the bedroom so we can have some alone time, he shuts the door. "Iris we have to go to France, I'm sorry to ruin our special night.

"Oh...it's okay..." I reply trying to sound understanding as possible but inside I'm really disappointed but I also know he has to go, he had already warned me about this.

"I'm not sure how long we'll be gone. You'll be safer here, I am not taking the chance for someone to see you so please stay here and don't go into town, okay?" He begged taking my hand, "I got you plenty of supplies, you should be all set until I get back."

"Yeah...but..."

"You'll be fine, I would stay but sometimes these places can have a lot of men and are heavily guarded." He explains, "I'm going to give you this." He hands me a phone, "It's a burn phone. If you need anything, if your in trouble you just press 1 and it will call me and if you press 2 it will call Maria and she said she's ready to be on stand by. Now if you do need to call either of us only have the line go for 10 seconds, press the #4 button 3 times then hang up and don't say anything."

"Okay...are you sure we're safe here?" I ask getting a little worried.

"Yes, no one knows about this place." He answered me, I look at him and give him a smile. "So, I shouldn't use this phone for anything else?" I ask him.

"No, especially don't call the girls, they most likely have them tracked already too."

"God, I didn't even think of that...do you think Amber and Renee are in danger? What if they come after them?" I realize and start to get scared for them.

"Don't worry they're fine."

"How do you know?" I ask confused.

"Because I've checked on them a few times, they are living their lives as normal." He reassures me.

"Wait...you checked on them? Is that what your doing when you leave?" I asked him.

"Well...I don't only do just that but yes." He answers, "I mean I hated the thought of them in danger too because of me."

I don't even know what to say, the fact that he would be concerned about my friends...and even before I did. He just keeps surprising me over and over again! All I can do is rise up on my tiptoes, put my arms around his neck and give him a passionate kiss. He wraps his arms around me and lifts me up so my feet aren't touching the floor. I am trying to stall him as much as I can, I don't want to him to go. I'm so worried that something bad will happen to him in France, I hate the thought of him getting hurt just to protect me.

We hear a knock at the door, he sets me down and we put our foreheads together. "I don't want you to go." I confess as I close my eyes.

"I know...you'll be fine." He reassures me.

"No, I'm worried about you...what if something happens to you." I reply trying not to get upset too much, I don't want him to feel guilty but I can't help it.

"Everything will be fine." He speaks softly. "Just remember...I will always come back for you." He kisses my forehead then puts his hands on my face and to bring my lips to his for a sweet kiss, I put my arms back around his neck.

"I love you." I whisper as a few tears go down my cheek.

"I love you too." He wipes my tears with his thumbs, "we'll get through this and hopefully soon this will be all over and we won't have to hide...and I promise we will finish that dance."

"I know." I'm going to kiss him again but the door knocks again.

"Steve, quit making out, we gotta get moving." Natasha spoke outside the door as Steve rolls his eyes, it makes me giggle. "We better head out there before they get mad." He let's out a little giggle of his own.

We walk out and the guys take a few things to the car. I walk up next to Natasha, "hey, I didn't get a chance to say thank you...for helping me come to my sense about Steve." I softly smiled.

"Your welcome...I know I was a bit harsh but..." She starts to explain.

"No, that's exactly what I needed...you were right about everything you said about me."

"Well good. I am glad everything worked out." She said with a smile.

"Please watch out for him...I mean you guys are probably going to have to leave a lot until you find something...just make sure he doesn't do anything stupid...I mean we both know when he's passionate about something he tends to sometimes not think straight." I plead.

"You got it." She replies with a very understanding smile, like she knew exact what I was talking about.

The guys walk back in and Sam signals to Natasha to leave the cabin with him, they both leave to go to the car, I walk up to Steve who was at the doorway. He leans down and pets Luna, "Protect her." He tells her before he stands back up and looks down at me, "I also want you to have this." He pulls out a gun behind his back, "do you know how to use it?" He asks me.

"No." I'm a little intimidated.

"Well, it's simple you just focus on your target and keep your hand still. Make sure you put it somewhere you can easily get it but also well hidden." He instructs, I shake my head to let him know I understand. "This releases the safety, there's already 6 bullets in it."

"Okay." I take it from him and gently set it down on a little end table in the living room.

"Now, I've got one more request. Please don't go anywhere."

"I can't go anywhere?" I ask gently.

"Obviously don't go into town at all. If you want to take a walk with Luna that's fine but stay on the paths that we have already gone on. Don't go any further then that and if you do run into someone don't talk to them, don't trust anyone." He sternly demands.

"Okay, I promise." I assure him.

"I just don't want anything to happen to you." I just smile understandingly, "I'll be back and hopefully we're successful this time."

"I know you will." I confidently whisper and kiss him again, as we kiss I put my hand on his face and stroke his cheek with my thumb and as we part our lips I just look at him for a few seconds before I step away from him.

He walks out and goes to the car where they are all driving together. Before he gets in he turns and waves at me one last time before driving off. I watch them and don't close the door until I can no longer see the car from the street, I look down and pet Luna. "He'll be back."


Hopefully they don't sound too dramatic but I wanted to show the danger that they both are still in and that they know anything could happen and Iris especially is not going to take that lightly.