Do I Know You?

(Steve POV)

He sees that several Hydra soldiers are loading things from the docks and he also sees Ross for the first time. This was it, he finally found him and this close to taking him and Hydra down but as he is getting closer to them, ready to attack Ross gets into a car and drives away, "shit." He mouths. He curses to himself knowing he can't expose himself now, he can't risk Ross finding out that he's alive.

As he is hiding two men walk near him and he can hear everything that they're saying. "I'm going to New York, Ross gave me orders to kill Watson," One of the men says.

"Watson? I thought we weren't doing anything with her?" The other man asked.

"That was before we found out about Rogers sending that recording to the CIA...he didn't keep his end of the deal so neither are we...it's just too bad Rogers isn't alive to witness it." He answers with a smirk.

"Do you need back up?" He other man offers.

"Maybe, I will keep you posted." He answered, "you never know, Wilson or Romanoff could be with her, so here's the address just in case I need you." He tells him as he hands him a piece of paper. As the man is looking at it Steve raises up and can see what the paper says, he quickly memorizes it.

"Got it. She's there for sure, right?"

"Yes." The two men part ways.

Even though Steve had orders to stay in Germany he just has this strange feeling to go to New York and save this woman. He couldn't wait for approval to go, knowing he had to get there before Hydra. He doesn't even go back to his apartment, he just immediately left. He just hopes he gets there before they do!

2 Days Later

It only took Steve two days to get to New York. He followed the address he got from Hydra and before he approaches the apartment building he scouts the area to see if Hydra was there already, he couldn't find the man anywhere. He stood on the front steps and looks at all the names on all the buzzers and sees Watson, he presses it, no one answers, he hopes he's not too late. As someone was leaving the apartment building he snuck in.

He found the apartment 4 levels up and knocks on the door but with no answer, he didn't want to just go in but he doesn't want to assume this woman's okay, he picks the lock and walks into the apartment. After locking the door back up and turning on a little lamp he looks around and immediately the place looks familiar but he shrugs it off. He doesn't see anyone and the place looks fine, he sighs in relief that he got there in time. He looks around and he starts to wonder why they want to kill this person so much? Who was she? What did she do? As he is thinking all of this he hears someone unlocking the front door. "Shit," he mouths.

He doesn't know where to go, he opens the window and hides on the fire escape. He very carefully and slowly pokes his head in the window and only sees her back. He hears her sigh and take her hair out of her clip before going into the bathroom and turning on the shower. He's relieved because this gives him the opportunity he needs to come back in, he knows he can't wait too long, they could be here any minute. He had to get this woman to safety but didn't know how without scaring her, he didn't want her to think he was some perv. He climbs back through the window and hid behind her counter in the kitchen.

Soon after he heard her walk in, he slowly looks around the counter and she looks out the window and something suddenly startles her and knows she saw something...or someone. They're here, he has to act fast but how? She locks her front door and turns off the lights, yes this was the perfect moment to approach her!

He quietly but quickly goes behind her and he put his hand over her mouth and stops her from moving, not wanting Hydra to see their shadows and didn't want her to scream but she surprises him by attacking him, he had to respect her for that but there was no time. He's able to subdue her and looks her right in the eyes, wanting to assure her he wasn't here to harm her, her eyes look familiar but he snaps out of it when she reaches for his face, "Steve? Is that you?" He pulls away and grabs her hand to stop her from touching him. "Do I know you?"

Before either of them could say anything else, someone shot in the window twice. Steve covers her body with his, knowing the man is coming up to finish the job. He looks out the window and then back at her, "go." He whispers motioning her to go out the window. She doesn't hesitate, she crawls out and while they were going down the fire escape they hear gunshots, shooting open her front door. He brings her to his motorcycle which was hidden. "Get on," he whispers, again she doesn't hesitate, she hops right on and they ride off.

(Iris POV)

Everything happened so fast, I can't believe I am use to being shot at! I was surprised but didn't scream, we get to his motorcycle and I hop on and he sits in front of me, I am holding onto him so tight. I'm still speechless, I feel like everything is moving in slow motion and in shock that I'm staring and holding the man I love, Steve is alive! But...did he ask who I was? Why did he look at me like he didn't know me? Why did he pull away from my touch? What happened to him?

We get to a small motel to hide in, Steve makes sure that no one was outside and locks the windows and closes the blinds. I am watching him not knowing what to say. He turns on a side lamp, not wanting to bring in too much light in the room.

"Are you hurt?" He softly asks me.

"No...thanks to you...Steve, what's going on?"

"How do you know my name?" He asks me suspiciously.

"What are you talking about?" I'm trying not to get too upset but I can't believe he's talking to me like this. "Why are you talking to me like you don't know me?"

"Because I don't..." He said with conviction.

"It's me...Iris..." I say as I only take a few steps toward him but he steps back away from me, my heart is breaking.

"I'm sorry, I don't remember you..." He softly tells me. "We've met before? We know each other?"

"...Yeah...we know each other..." I softly answer with a few tears going down my face. "You don't remember me at all?...I'm your Iris." I repeat my name to him.

"No...I'm sorry, I don't."

"Where have you been? What happened to you?" I ask after a few minutes not knowing what else to say.

"Someone tried to kill me in Germany, I was found in a hospital, this guy named Ross..." He starts to tell me, I could tell he was hesitant to tell me but he did.

"Yeah...I haven't met him personally but I know who he is." I interrupt.

"You do?"

"Yeah, he's tried to kill me for 2 years and almost did twice...you saved me, they were using me to get to you, to turn you into something your not," I told him. "What's the last thing you do remember?"

"...Talking to Peggy before crashing the plane..." He answers, again very hesitant to tell me.

"You don't remember anything since you woke up in 2011?" I sadly ask him, he just nods his head.

I can't believe what I'm hearing, that means he doesn't remember the Avengers or anything since he got unfrozen...how is he ever going to remember me? Our life together? He's so cold, it's like he doesn't trust me and I don't know how to react to him. "How did you know I was in danger if you've been in Germany?"

"I found them, I overheard them saying they were going to take someone out...I don't know something told me I had to stop it...save you." He told me.

Now that put a little grin on my face, at least that was a start. We don't know what else to say to each other, "I'll go find you something to eat." He's turning around to leave and I see blood on his side.

"Steve! Your bleeding." I suddenly blurt out, he moves up his arm to check it.

"Damn it." He sighs.

"Damn it? That's all you can say? They shot you and you didn't even know."

"They just grazed me, I'll be fine." He tries to reassure me, he turns back around, still trying to leave.

"I don't care, you're not leaving with blood running down your side." I won't let him off the hook and leave like that.

I called the front desk and asked them to bring up a first aid kit, about 5 minutes later they brought it. I have him go into the bathroom, he sits on the counter while I pull up his shirt to fix his wound, "this might sting," I warn, I begin to clean the wound with alcohol wipes, he doesn't make a sound.

"So...if I saved you twice and they were threatening you...that must mean we were pretty close." I look up at him and give him a small smile.

"Yeah...Steve...we were together, we've known and been together for 3 years." I told him, that takes him completely off guard, "...we were in love." I finish with a few tears as he continues to look at me like a stranger.

"I'm sorry I don't remember." He said softly, I just give him a sad smile as I continue to patch up his wound, "I wish I did though." Giving me a reassuring smile but I can't tell if he really means that or if he's just trying to make me feel better.

I want to kiss him so much and tell him everything about the past 3 years until he remembered me but I know he's never going to remember that way, I can't rush or push him, it would just be all overwhelming for him. All I can do is be there for him and answer any questions he might have, I need to be patient...as difficult as it is. I just hope here members me...remembers our life together! I'm so happy that he's alive but seeing Steve look at me like I was nobody to him was tearing me apart inside.

I finish patching him up and he gets off the counter. "You did a good job, thanks." He says.

"Yeah well, I'm use to patching you up." I grin up at him and he gives me one of his beautiful smiles but seconds later he realizes that we are closer than he thought, our bodies are only a few inches away from each other. I notice him looking down my body and that's when it dawns on me that I was only wearing my boy shorts and t-shirt. It makes me smile inside, he's checking me out, at least I am still attractive to him! I can almost see the old Steve when he looks at me and that reassures me a little more!

I suddenly remember Luna, I need to pick her up in the morning. "Steve, I need to find a phone." I tell him. "Luna...my dog." It saddened me that I have to tell him who Luna is, "she's at the vet, I need to pick her up in the morning."

"...I don't think that's a good idea." He worried.

"I know I can't get her but I can ask a friend to." I tell him.

"...That might work...but are you sure they aren't being tapped?" He questioned.

"...I don't know..." I replied hesitant.

He sees the worry on my face, "okay, we'll try it...come on." We leave the motel and go to a pay phone...I didn't even know there were pay phones anymore! "Keep it short, no longer then 2 minutes." He instructs.

I quickly call Amber and explain the situation as fast and as brief as I can. "The vet opens at 9 am so you can pick her up any time...no you just have to trust me...I am not sure how long...thanks for doing this for me, I really appreciate it...okay, bye." I say on the phone before I quickly hang up. I look at Steve to find out whether if I was successful with my time, he was looking at his watch the whole time.

"1 minutes 40 seconds." He informs me, I breathe in relief. "Not bad."

While we're already out we grab some food to bring back with us to the motel and we eat it there. It's starting to get late and we both stare at the bed, "you can take the bed, I'll sleep on the floor." He offers.

"You don't have to sleep on the floor, the bed is big enough for both of us." I roll my eyes, he always had to be a gentleman.

"Yeah but..." He starts to protest.

"Steve, we are both grown adults, we can share a bed," I interrupt mid sentence. "I know you don't remember but we've shared a bed several times." I finish with a little smile, "if you don't get in this bed I will just sleep on the floor too."

"...Fine." He sighs.

He lets me get in first and when he does he makes sure that he's not touching me at all. I can't tell if he's still trying to be a gentleman or if he's intentionally avoiding me but we fall asleep with a big gap between us. It's difficult to sleep, it's so empty...like I'm sleeping with a stranger. God I don't know how I am going to get through this!


Will he be able to remember her? Can she help him?