A/N: Right hello everyone. Treating you today with 2 chapters. See bottom of page for other part of note... Enjoy.
Reaching the bottom floor Romanoff stood waiting.
"Ah just the fossil I was looking for." Romanoff grinned, before walking up to the soldier and giving him a hug.
Steve returned the hug and smiled happily, "Good to see you Nat."
"Busy today?" The assassin asked with a sneaky look within her eye.
"Not particularly, why does Fury need me to complete a mission?"
"Not Fury but I need you to successfully complete a mission for me."
Steve looked confused at Natasha.
"What do you need me to do?" He said forever looking to help.
"I'll brief you on the way."
They exited the building and stepped into the flashy black sports car, Steve took one last anxious look towards the floor his friends were on before closing the car door behind him. A few miles later and Romanoff stopped at a little cafe, where she said to Steve. "I'm meeting someone here, we shouldn't be long. They won't mind if you come in with me."
"That sounds fine to me."
Through the red worn door they went into the half full cafe, Natasha looked around and seeing who she was meeting led the Captain over to a small table in the corner. A young woman was sat alone reading a book; she had long blonde hair and was very dainty looking, her blue eyes sparkled as she saw Nat heading towards them.
"Natasha! Its been too long." She said laughing daintily.
"Leonie, indeed it has. But you know how it is, been busy and everything." Natasha sat down beside the woman and looked at Steve who looked slightly awed by the figure in front of him. It must have just dawned on him what the super spy had been trying to do.
"Leonie, this is Steve Rogers."
"Hello Mr Rogers." She held out her hand, waiting for Steve to shake it.
"Please its Steve. Its nice to meet you Leonie." Steve said politely shaking her hand with a firm but gentle grip.
"And you. So Nat saved the world much," She whispered softly.
"Just several times. Did you get out of New York when I told you to?"
"Of course, you sounded serious."
"Oh yes, just the end of the world. Not that important, but you had to get away. Missiles and death soldiers etc."
"Well thanks. So Steve I heard you helped save the world and everything."
"Glad to help ma'am. May I get you a drink?"
"Sure I'll have a tea please, Natasha?" Leonie asked her friend.
Natasha laughed and replied, "I would love to but I have to dash, I'll leave Steve in your good company and collect him later."
Steve looked shocked and slightly offended but lightly said, "I'm not some child to be taken care of without my own decision."
With this Leonie seriously looked Steve in the eye with such an unwavering gaze. "Steve, would you care to join me for lunch?"
The super soldier lost all train of thought and looked like a lost confused puppy. "Erm, yes?" he continued a bit more determined, "That would be nice."
"Great so that's sorted." Romanoff said happily, to herself she thought, 'You sly lady, I taught you that trick'.
Steve grumbled to himself but smiled sweetly, "I guess I will see you later then Romanoff. I'll text you when I'm ready."
"Sure thing, have fun guys!"
Flouncing out, She grinned back at her friends hoping that they'd get along well.
"Well I'll get our drinks then." Steve said almost shyly.
"Sure Steve." Leonie went back to reading her book while Steve walked up to the counter and placed their order, looking sneakily up she watched the man Romanoff had introduced her to. She was new to America and had a strong British accent, so didn't know who the man was. He was wearing a very tight white top that emphasised his extremely broad muscles and his light blonde hair was ruffled and natural looking. Her overall impression of him was a very positive one. Meanwhile Steve had done the same thing, and knew he was beginning to like her. But all he was going to do was have a good time with her, to have a break from worrying about everything and everyone. He looked around the cosy cafe, the walls were a light blue colour which reminded Steve of the midsummer sky in the summer, antique wooden furniture was arranged in clusters in the room, enough to keep up with the demand but not enough to make it look cluttered.
"Here you are Sir." The woman behind the counter said handing the soldier the drinks, he took the tray and started to turn after muttering a quick thank you.
"Enjoy" She replied and continued with her tasks.
Walking over to Leonie, Steve stuck his tongue out slightly in concentration determined not to spill the hot drinks over himself or the woman sat at the table.
"Here you go ma'am." Steve murmured as he handed her tea over to her. Steve had gone for a hot chocolate and he deliberated where to sit. There was a spare chair directly beside her or opposite her, Steve decided to go with the latter.
"So Leonie, where do you work? One of Shield? Work for Fury?"
She gave a light tinkling laugh, "Not everyone in the world has to work for those two you know. I'm a vet surgeon. Not a spy or assassin."
Steve smiled in surprise, "I just thought you knew Nat and um-" He finished lamely, "So how long have you been a vet?"
"Oh, um for about 10 years now. Sometimes it feels like forever, other times it feels like I'm completely new. Where do you work?"
"I know how that feels, well at the moment, I'm waiting for a mission but Its more like I'm having a vacation at the moment. I need it I tell you." Steve laughed shortly.
"Rough few months?"
"Unbelievably so."
"So since you're on vacation as you put it. Do you have to be back for any particular time?"
"Not that I know of..."
"Good. Would you like to come to the dance later?"
"Dance? What dance?"
"Its up near Louis street at Wensley Hall."
"I would love to but I-"
"What? You've already said your free and you sound as if you need some time off from being Mr Secret Agent. So Mr Rogers, would you like to accompany me to the ball?" Leonie pushed cheekily with a smile on her face and her blue eyes sparkling like ice. Steve looked at her in wonder, she was a determined little woman and yet the super soldier was more and more curious about her.
"I would like that Miss..."
"Evans, the names Leonie Evans."
"Then Miss Evans, I would gladly accompany you to the ball this evening." Then he had a sudden thought, "But there's one problem."
"What's that Steve?"
Slightly embarrassed he answered, "I cant dance."
Steve's face looked so upset that she reached out and held his firm forearm, "Don't worry about it, I can be good enough for us both and I'm a very good teacher." She smiled kindly.
Drinking their beverages they sat in companionable silence for a few minutes. "So Steve what's your favourite animal?"
"Haha, I guess that's an important question. I would have to say a cheetah."
"That's adorable, why?"
"Well they are beautiful animals, they're independent but also love their family and they are the fastest animals in the world."
"That's all the facts about the animal yes, but why do you like them?"
"I suppose they remind me of my mum or my best friend. They both did what ever they wanted but were always there for me. My mam was a nurse which was good cause I was ill an awful lot as a kid, then when me and Bucky were together we were tearaways. You should have seen Bucky when he was younger, he was the fastest person I knew. Especially when I was in trouble..." Steve saw Leonie looking at him with curiosity in her eyes.
"You seem to be really close. I'd love to meet your mum. She sounds a brilliant woman to be able to keep you and this Bucky in line."
"Unfortunately that won't be able to happen, she died a very long time ago." Steve replied with sadness and ghosts of memories in his eyes and in the wrinkles of his brow.
"I'm so sorry Steve." Leonie reached over and continued to hold his forearm in sadness. After a minute in silence she tried to lighten the mood, "So what do you want to do today?"
Looking slightly freaked out at being but on the spot, Steve replied. "I don't mind ma'am, you can decide."
"Well, I haven't been to the cinema in a while, is that okay?"
"Yea great. What movies are out at the moment?"
She listed off several, all of which Steve didn't know. "I have no idea what any of them are, you can chose. I'll watch anything."
"Oh anything?"
"Yup..."
"Then I accept that challenge Mr Rogers"
Minutes later they had left the comfortable coffee shop and went into the bitter air outside. Leonie shivered slightly and within microseconds Steve had shrugged off his coat and placed it on her shoulders. Leonie looked across to him with a warm smile on her face, "Thank you."
Walking next to him, Leonie only reached his shoulder height and Steve was continuously looking down at the smaller woman beside him and all the while wondering how he had gotten dragged into a date when he should be at home with Bucky. A short walk through the almost empty park and they were at the large cinema, soon they had their tickets and popcorn but Steve wasn't paying much attention.
They sat into seats directly in the middle of the room and started to get comfortable before the endless trailers began, Leonie sat on his right side and was leaning close to him to whisper into his ear so that no one would get disturbed.
"So I chose a random movie that people have been saying is quite good, but that both you and I haven't even heard of, so there will be equal confusion and stuff." She whispered delicately. Steve turned his head slightly and looked at her in awe, that was surprisingly thoughtful especially as she didn't know his story yet.
...
After the movie had finished, Steve had texted Romanoff to pick him up and promised to see Leonie later. As they were driving off Steve waved at her before turning and seeing an "I told you so" look on Natasha's face.
"Tasha, just don't!"
"Have a good time Steve?" She smirked knowingly.
"It was good." He replied slowly, slightly shy.
"Meeting up with her again?"
"Yes, tonight actually."
"Where you going?"
"To a ball, what should I wear?"
"Your white suit, that looks good on you." She replied. Cap gave her an odd look and she hastily defended. "Hey, a girl is allowed to notice these things."
"I never said anything."
They glanced at one another and burst out laughing uncontrollably.
"How are you going to take her?"
"I'm not sure, I was thinking of borrowing a car from Stark. Or its my motorbike..."
"Borrow the car, her dress would get ruined on the bike."
"Damn I forgot about that. I'll ask Stark." He said with a frown, he hated asking Tony for even more then he had already done for him.
They soon pulled into Stark garage and had moved from the sporty black car into the wide space. Natasha remained in the car and Steve walked over to her side of the car, "Thanks for today, apart from the blatant lying and sneakery. You do realise you could've just asked."
Natasha laughed knowing that he would never have agreed, "Spy remember and if I did ask you, you would've just made an excuse to why you couldn't go."
"True, very true. You know me too well, anyways I gotta run. See you later."
"Till next time fossil."
A/N: What does everyone think of Leonie? Is she the right type of person for the Captain? Is Cap too Out of character?... Would love to hear your thoughts so please review, hope your enjoying the story so far! :)