Chapter 9

Andy woke up in the recovery room, feeling off. It took her a moment to figure out where she was. Dr. Strange was standing at the foot of her bed.

"The surgery was successful, it should be much easier for you to control your powers along with your ability to make cognitive moral decisions." He told her. "Your father and Steve are just outside, if you'd like to see them." He added.

"Who is Steve?" She asked in confusion.

"Steve Rogers, your fiance." He said, but there was no look of recognition on her face. Strange went out into the hall and explained the situation to Steve and Tony.

"I'm sorry, but I thought you were the top surgeon in the country. How did this happen?" Tony fumed.

"I'm not sure what went wrong, or if it even has anything to do with the surgery. I'll run some tests and try to figure this out, her memory could come back on it's on, maybe showing her something familiar will help." He suggested. "Other things have been known to spark a person's memory, such as familiar scents, foods, phrases, and sex." He said.

"She just had surgery and has no clue who I am, sex is definitely off the table." Steve huffed. Tony went into the room to check on Andy, Steve hung back in the doorway.

"Hey, sweetheart." Tony greeted. "How are you feeling?"

"M' head hurts." She whimpered. Tony shot Strange a look and he went to up her morphine dosage.

"Hey Andy, I'd like you to meet someone." Tony said and motioned for Steve to walk over. Steve sat down beside of her and took her engagement ring out of his pocket.

"Andy, I'm Steve, I know you don't remember me, but you told me to keep this safe for you this morning." He handed her the ring, she looked at it, and slipped it on.

"Well, Steve, I can't wait to get to know you again." She smiled. He was surprised how calm she was, but he was even more surprised to find her digging around in his head again.

After Andy left the hospital, Tony and Steve took her to find a wig to wear until her hair grew back.

"How about purple?" Tony suggested, holding up a pixie cut, indigo wig.

"Dad, I'm a diplomat, that is hardly becoming." She scoffed.

"Sweetheart, you haven't had an assignment in months, and it will probably be a while before you have one again."

"Right." She sighed. Tony knew she loved her job, and sometimes it was the only thing that kept her going.

"How about this one?" Steve said and showed her a long brunette wig with a small blue streak.

"I love it." She smiled. As they left the wig shop Tony pulled Steve off to the side and handed him his credit card.

"What's this for?" Steve asked.

"Take her to dinner at Le Bernardin, I'm going to head back to the tower to work." He told him. Steve and Andy went to the restaurant and started talking about how they met.

"Well, Fury sent you washington to introduce a bill on stopping mutant registration, which unfortunately didn't pass. I was assigned as your bodyguard, I knew I was in love with you the first time I saw you, but I pushed it down until we ended up on the island." He informed her.

"What happened on the island, that made your feelings surface?" She wondered and his face redded as he thought back to that time.

"We were both pretty on edge and…. well we took the edge off." He chuckled nervously. Andy looked around and leaned in close to him.

"You know, I'm feeling a little edgy right now, what do you say we get out of here?" She giggled.

"Are you sure? You don't even remember me."

"I may not remember you, but I know you love me." The couple left and used Tony's card to get a hotel room. They entered the room while making out and made their way to the bed.

"Are you sure?" He asked for the third time since they left the restaurant.

"Steve how many times do I have to say yes? Take me or I'll start without you." She threatened.

"I wouldn't mind seeing that." He teased and a mischievous grin spread across her face. Steve wanted this to feel like her first time, or maybe even better. He took his time and navigated his every move based on her gasps and moans, until he hit the right spot and drove home.

"St-St-Steve! S-S-So close" She panted as her nails lightly raked his back. She came apart in his arms just seconds before he let himself go. Andy laid on Steve's chest and fervently started kissing his neck.

"Are you ready to go again?" Steve asked as he caught his breath.

"No, I just, I want to kiss you… taste you." She licked at nipped at his neck, causing him to let out a low moan.

"So did that jog your memory?" He questioned as she started to calm down a bit.

"No, but I take it that this is pretty vanilla for us." She observed.

"Well we can be pretty adventurous at times, but we do this a lot too. Most the time our thing is the shower, but that will have to wait till those stitches are out. We probably shouldn't have even done this, considering you just had surgery." Steve sighed.

"Yeah well, things are more fun when they're dangerous." She mused and kissed the valley between his pecs. "Now, how about round two?" She wiggled her eyebrows and climbed onto his lap. Though she could feel his excitement pressed against her, he declined.

"How about I change your bandages, you get some rest, some water, and then maybe we'll talk about a very gentle round two." He offered.

They left the hotel the next morning and went back to the tower, only to find Professor Xavier in the common room.

"Professor?" She questioned.

"Andrea, it's good to see you. I have a favor to ask."