It was a few days later and Steve and Chris were getting married. Natasha had found a lake not too far away and decided that it would be perfect for their short ceremony and then Fury had promised them some leave while Tash whipped those new recruits into shape.
Chris was looking in the mirror in the tent she was getting ready in. Tash walked in in a dress and some flats not wanting any heals to get stuck in the ground.
"Wow, Chris, you look amazing." Tash said.
"Thanks, I'm hoping Steve likes it."
"You could walk out there in a trash bag and Steve would love it. As long as you walk down that aisle he'll be happy."
"Thanks, Tash." Chris said and hugged her.
"Well, come on. There's one really hot soldier in a suit waiting for you at the end."
Chris laughed and nodded scared that she would cry if she spoke.
Tash walked out and she stood there pacing back and forth outside the door. Chris had no one to walk her down the aisle. With both parents gone and my grandmother's extreme Alzheimer she was left to do this herself. Her dad would have wanted to be here, it would have been the only time she probably would have ever seen him cry.
The bridal song began to play and Chris looked in the mirror one more time to make sure that her makeup hadn't smeared with her tears. Chris smiled at herself and then the doors opened to let her out. The second she saw Steve all thoughts of her parents were pushed to the back of her mind. Chris smiled at him and walked down the aisle towards him.
He was smiling at her, but she could see the tears in his eyes. Chris stood across from him and he grabbed her hands.
"We are gathered here today..." The priest said and Chris tuned him out and was just smiling at Steve.
"You look gorgeous." He mouthed to her.
"You look handsome." She mouthed back.
"I love you."
"I love you too."
"I know you two have some words you would like to say to each other. Steve, would you go first?" The priest said catching their attention.
"Yeah." Steve said pulling out a piece of paper from his pocket. "Chris, I know that I am the luckiest guy alive to call you mine. And after today the whole world will know that we love each other, but they will never know how much. Chris, the first time I saw you I knew that you were going to mean something to me, I just never knew you'd mean everything to me. You bring light into this world of darkness. No matter what happens I know you'll have my back. I love you up to the stars and beyond."
"Chris." The priest said looking at her.
"Steve, my grandmother's stories could never amount to how amazing you really are. The stories of you saving those men always made me want to meet you. But I never imagined I would. The day I walked into my grandmother's house and found you I was so star struck. I've always felt like I could tell you everything and I have always told you everything. You make me a better person, and for that I will always love you. You are my everything and nothing will change that."
"Steve, will you repeat after me?"
"I, Steve Rogers, take you, Chris Carter, to be my wife, my partner in life and my one true love. I will cherish our friendship and love you today, tomorrow, and forever. I will trust you and honor you. I will laugh with you and cry with you. I will love you faithfully. Through the best and the worst, through the difficult and the easy. What may come, I will always be there. As I have given you my hand to hold so I give you my life to keep so help me God." Steve said smiling at her.
"Chris."
"I, Chris Carter, take you, Steve Rogers, to be my husband, my partner in life and my one true love. I will cherish our friendship and love you today, tomorrow, and forever. I will trust you and honor you. I will laugh with you and cry with you. I will love you faithfully. Through the best and the worst, through the difficult and the easy. What may come, I will always be there. As I have given you my hand to hold so I give you my life to keep so help me God." Chris smiled at him.
"I now pronounce you husband and wife, you may kiss your lovely bride."
Steve's smile got even wider and then he leaned down to kiss her. He placed his hand on the back of her neck and the other on her waist.
"I now pronounce you man and wife." The priest said and people started clapping.
They pulled apart and smiled at each other.
Steve grabbed her hand and they walked down the walkway.
The next day they were on their way to Finland.
"Of all the places to go you pick Finland in the winter." Steve said sitting in the airplane seat next to her.
"Oh, come on. Glass igloo in Saariselka, Finland. Lying together at night watching the northern lights dance above us. What could be better?"
"A room on the water in the Maldives."
"But no northern lights. All my years as an agent traveling the world and I've never seen the northern lights. For our five year we can go to the Maldives."
"I'll hold you to that." Steve smiled and kissed her.
"I love you, Mrs. Rogers." Steve said still looking at her.
"I love you too, Mr. Rogers." Chris said and squeezed his hand.
Steve had gone out on a mission and Chris was left at "home" to make sure the "kids" kept up with their training. One of the perimeter sensors was triggered and Chris sent Sam to check it out.
"What's going on, Sam?" She asked over the comms.
"I don't see anything, Chris." He said back to her.
"Maybe it was just a fly." She said and shrugged looking at Natasha.
"Wait. I can see you!" He yelled to whoever it was.
"Who the hell would be stupid enough to try to break into the Avenger's base?" Chris asked Tash.
"Someone really stupid or desperate."
"I've located the breach and I'm bringing him in." Sam said.
"We'll prepare containment." Chris confirmed and Tash walked away.
"Breach is an adult white male with some sort of shrinking tech." Sam said obviously not catching him yet.
"Shrinking tech? I should work on something like that." Chris said kinda to herself not realizing the comms were on.
"Chris, focus." Sam said.
Chris was watching Sam fight a man that was constantly shrinking and growing.
Sam was heading for one of the bay doors that closed behind him.
"Falcon, report? Have you caught the breach?" She asked.
"Negative, but he's here somewhere." Falcon responded.
Suddenly Sam came crashing out of the door flying around like crazy.
"He's inside my pack." Sam yelled over the comms.
Chris sighed and shook her head before dropping it into her hands.
Chris looked up and Sam was standing there with his goggles off and looking around confused.
"It's really important that the captain never finds out about this." Sam said to her.
"You know he will." She sighed.
Sam came in and placed the pack down on the table for Chris to look at.
"Can you try not to tell Cap?" Sam asked her again.
"You know we tell each other everything and even then, he'd want to know why I was complaining about fixing the internal wiring of your pack and why it's broken in the first place." Chris said with a smile.
"He's gonna give me so much crap and make me do more exercises."
"Well, I'll beat him to the punch. Five miles then meet me in the sparing room. You get an hour of training with me."
"You know I'm going to want payback on this Scott, right?"
"You know you're down to 29 minutes and 43 seconds until sparing. If you're late I'm tripling everything."
Sam shook his head with a smile and then ran off to go run his miles.