New chapter! New chapter...sorry I wanted to get to over 2000 words on this chapter!

I may have underestimated how many floors are in the Avengers Tower. Tony sure does have a lot of money. There were floors for training and combat, new technology testing, a room for Stark to be Stark, which JARVIS would not let me enter and one floor dedicated to the work of AC/DC. I kind of expected the AC/DC floor though.

I went upstairs at 5:30 to double-check with Pepper what time I had to be ready for tonight and arrived at the floor to the lovely sight of her passionately kissing Stark.

"You may not have seen each other in a long time, but please keep it in the bedroom." I said sarcastically.

Pepper pushed Tony off her onto the floor, making him groan in annoyance and pain, and straightened her clothes. "Sorry about that. And speaking of bedroom, I need to show you to yours. I took the liberty of putting your bags outside your door. Follow me." she said, beckoning me down the corridor.

That's a thing I liked about Pepper. She was straight to the point and didn't over complicate thing or act like Stark. Their relationship confuses me, because I couldn't imagine her putting up with him for very long.

"Here we are." she said, arriving at the first door of a long corridor on the left. There was a white circle.

"Why the white circle?" I asked.

Pepper shook her head whilst she typed in a passcode. "Tony's idea of a joke. He thinks that nickname is funny, so he decided to make your symbol 'ice white'. Place your hand on the scanner. It's how you'll get into your room." she said, gesturing to the large electronic keypad next to the door.

I placed my hand on it and I heard the door click. Pepper picked up my bags and went into the room. I followed, weary of any booby-traps that might be set by Stark.

Pepper kept walking down the entrance until we were in the main sector of the room. "Here we are." she announced, placing my bags next to the bed. Oh. My. God.

This room is huge. On the right, there was a beautiful four poster bed with black sheets, to at least make me see part of my room, because the rest was mainly were steps leading up to it. On the left, a glass oval table on the other side of the room, which was a little higher than the rest of the room because there were some stairs leading up to it. A view of the city was straight ahead of me, allowing me to indulge my thoughts if I needed to.

"All this for me?" I asked, a bit confused. Why would Stark go to all this trouble?

"Your our friend and you deserve it." Pepper said.

I noticed that next to the table there was a door. "What's through there?" I asked her.

"Ah. This is your private training room." she said opening the door to reveal the huge sparring area/gym. "Stark freed up some of Banner's space since he doesn't need to work out and will be spending most of his time in the lab."

We shut the door and she showed me the rest of the room. There was a beautiful, again white, closet, a huge black desk with lots of drawers and the bathroom, which was ridiculously big. It had a huge white bath, a sink and a glass shower that had a strip of misty glass in the middle.

We went back into the main area and she said "Before I leave, I wanted to say that the door system can be changed. Of course your hand-print is permanent, but you can add others if you wish. I would not recommend adding Stark. The gym can be accessed from the outside as well, but yet again only by those who you give permission to."

"This is fantastic, Pep." I said, making her smile.

"I'm glad you like it." she said making her way to leave. She stopped herself and turned again. "Oh, before I forget. Meet in the living room at 7 okay?"

I nodded and she said "Do you have a party outfit or..?"

"Fury basically told me to take everything and he's always serious."

"Well..." she said with a smile. "Make sure that it is a 'party' dress. Got it?"

I smiled back and said "I have beautiful blue dress that will be perfect."

"Fantastic. See you then. Laters Maria." she said and left me to my thoughts.

This room is insane. I decided to see how I would get to my gym from the outside. I unlocked the door and stepped out. I briefly noticed, maybe not so briefly, that Steve's room was opposite mine. That was totally intentional by Stark I thought in my mind, but I wasn't going to argue.

"JARVIS, how do I access my gym from the outside?" I asked and he led me down the corridor and into the living room. Pepper was there with Tony again, but at least they weren't snogging. "On your left." Steve said, coming up from my left hand side.

"I think you will find the room is on your right, Agent Hill." JARVIS said. Did JARVIS just make a joke?

I chuckled slightly and said "JARVIS really does have a sense of humour." He laughed too and I smiled at the way his shoulder ever so slightly moved up and down as he did. I blinked and turned to my right and found a door with a keypad next to it.

I placed my hand on the scanner and the door unlocked. I put my fingers around the handle and turned around to Steve. "You coming to look?"

He nodded and said "Yeah, sure. I can do a comparison to mine." I smiled and we both went through the door.

He shut the door behind him and said "Same layout. Different view." he said looking down at the streets and cars below. Most of the city was prepared, thanks to Stark's funding and S.H.I.E.L.D's employees, but some places were still damaged. I looked at him as he watched intently at the different modes of transport. Everything was different to him. So much has changed and he had to adjust so quickly to it.

"How did you do it?" I asked, causing him to snap out of what I guessed was a daydream.

"Do what?" he asked.

"Adjust to the world."

He shrugged and said "I don't think I fully have yet, but I'm trying to. The uniform doesn't exactly fit in with the new day and age."

I looked down at his grey shirt and casual jeans. "Well, you're not wearing the uniform now and you look like a normal twenty first century guy." apart from the ridiculous muscles I finished in my head.

He did a small smile and replied "There's more than just clothes though. There's iPads and iPhones and iPacs." I laughed slightly and said "You mean iMacs?"

He sighed and shook his head, looking down at the ground. "See...sometimes I just think there is too much now."

I placed a hand on his shoulder and he looked up at me. "You'll get there. Trust me."

He looked straight at me, as if I was the only thing that mattered. "I do." he replied. His voice was so deep and masculine and made me forget about everything. I blinked a couple of times and moved my hand down his arms until it disengaged from him completely. "Want to see my new room? You can compare it to yours too if you want?"

He went red slightly, how adorable, and said "Is that appropriate, Maria?"

"Cap, it's fine. Your just looking round." I said, as if it were the most obvious thing in the world. I grabbed his hand and led him to the door leading to my room. It felt good to touch him again. Unfortunately, I had to pull my hand away for JARVIS to scan my hand.

The door unlocked and I pushed it open to reveal my new room. Steve's mouth dropped. Was this better or worse than his? Had he forgotten how to speak? Or move?

"Cap." I said, nudging him on the shoulder lightly. His shoulder felt like a rock. He shook his head and said "Wow."

He walked into the room and observed everything. He was a bit cautious around my bed, which freaked me out a bit, but I didn't let it bother me. He probably hasn't even had much experience about that in his life. I've seen the photos pre and post serum. Before - well...After - no time...apart from Peggy Carter.

"This is incredible." he said, bringing me back to the situation as he walked back over to where I was positioned, next to the glass table.

"So, is it better or worse than yours?" I asked, with a little smirk on my lips.

"It's..." he struggled to find the right word. "Different." he finally came out with.

"Good different or bad different."

"Just...different."

"What do you mean?"

"Well...yours is a different design to mine. You have glass tables and really white wall, whereas Stark gave me a mix of blue, red and white. The format is different. My bed doesn't have the weird...column...things..."

"You mean posts?"

"Yeah. Posts. And mine is all on one flat level. Yours has a raised bed and table."

We talked about the design of our rooms for a while, then the changes of the city and went onto the topic of our favourite foods until I looked at the glass clock on the wall. 6:30.

"Cap, I'm really sorry to do this, but I need to get ready for Pepper's party tonight."

He glanced up at the clock as well. "Ah, yes. The clubbing. I googled it. I'm quite nervous about it."

I put my hand on his shoulder as we rose from our chairs that we decided to sit on when we got on to the conversation of food. "Don't be. You'll be fine okay." Yeah, you'll be fine having girls climb all over you.

"It's just...I don't really want to go." he said, feebly.

"Cap, you can't stay with us." I argued and he just nodded.

We stood in silence for a few moments until, on instinct, I pulled him into a hug. My eyes widened. What the hell are you doing? I thought I had made a wrong move, until he put his arms around me waist. He held me tight with his strong arms, but allowing me space to breath, and he was so comfortable. I could feel his muscles move underneath my palms and my chin rested perfectly in the gap between his shoulder and his neck...even though I had to go on tiptoes slightly.

"Look, you're going to be fine. Your super-soldier serum prevents you from being drunk, so you won't do anything stupid." I explained and he nodded against me. We hugged for a couple more seconds until he pulled away and pulled his hands away from my waist. I missed the warmth of his arms around me, but I knew we couldn't stay there all day and he probably didn't want to hug anyway. I initiated the hug anyway.

"I will see you later Maria." he said.

"Bye Steve." I said. He gave a little nervous wave as he opened the door and left to get ready for his new clubbing experience.

Now...where's that blue dress?

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