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"Steve" Beverly said standing up from her seat.

Steve looked her up and down before he turned to exit the room shaking his head. She quickly ran after him; tears starting to well up in her eyes as she ran after him. She grabbed his arm. Steve turned to look at her his heart near stop at the sight of her tears.

"Steve please don't walk away." Beverly said with tears in her voice.

Those words were enough to stop him in his tracts. Beverly looked down shaking her head, biting her bottom lip. Steve shook his head for a moment before turning taking her stance and her downcast face. His hand went to her delicate chin lifting it so he could look into her eyes. She looked away for a moment before looking in his baby blues.

"I didn't want you find out this way. Steve, please have dinner with me." Beverly pleaded.

Steve chuckled for a moment turning to head back toward the table. He offered her his arm.

"Like I could say no to one of my best girls" Steve said with his charming smile.

Beverly smiled linking arms with him. He looked down at her when she giggled shaking her head as they walked back to the table. Gio looked utterly confused. Steve pulled out her chair for her. She smiled again taking her seat again. Steve came to opposite side pulling out the chair and sat down.

"Giovanni, let me introduce you is Captain Steve Rogers. Steve this is Giovanni Corbonell. His is general manger of Giovanni's. And Tony's fourth no fifth cousin."

"A pleasure to meet you Captain, can I offer you glass of finest red wine."

"Is a pleasure, Giovanni" Steve said with a nod.

Gio smiled placing the menus in front of them. He turned and left he turned back and looked at Beverly. He knew in the single moment that she loved the man across from her. There was subtle smile across her face even in unconformable moments between them. Beverly eyes stayed on the menu. They fell in silence. It was nearly unbearable.

"Their chicken Marsala is always great but you also can't go wrong with their piccata." Beverly said nervously looking over her menu at Steve.

Steve sighed placing his menu down on the table beside him. He could her being nervous in her voice and genuine fear in her beautiful jade eyes. She shifted nervously in her chair. She was looking away where but at him. He reached across the table taking on of her hand in his. She met his eyes at that moment. She placed her menu down as well and gave him a small smile.

"Annie, we have to address it. I mean how it is even possible?"

"Steve the truth is I don't know. No one does. All I know is I stop aging in late September of 1943. For all I know it could have been sooner than that." Beverly answered.

"How do you know it was September of 1943?" Steve asked.

There waitress came over with Steve's wine and took their orders. She was focus on Steve flirting with him. He paid no mind to that fact. Beverly nearly giggled as the woman walked away. He still had no clue about women.

"You remember rescuing me from Hydra base?"

"Like I could forget that; you were pretty much sobbing in my or Bucky arms. You know you never told me what happened to you."

"I never told anyone…" Beverly stated. She took a deep breath looking down for a moment with sigh she ran her down her jaw line. She looked at Steve as she started to bare her soul to him. "The medical unit that I was station at was attacked by Hydra. I was working with Medic by the name of Dr. Jonathan Davis. We were working to save a man life when a grenade rolled in the operating room that we were working in. It was different from normal grenade it had blue light coming off of it. When it went off that light consumed everything. I could still hear their screams and the smell burning flesh. It killed everyone in room. An hour later they were looking for survivors. They found me alive in that room. A piece of metal was working its way out of arm. It fell to the ground when they came into the room. The wound healed near instantly leaving only blood trailing from the closed wound. The soldiers looked shocked. There was no mark on my body the rest of survivors all were injured. I remember being dragged in-front of Schmidt and Dr. Zola. They looked unimpressed until one of the soldiers shot me in the head. I fell to the ground. I remember waking up as the bullet fell to the metal floor and hole closed itself quickly. I will never forget the look on their faces. It was filled with gleeful smile. It was sickening. What happened next I don't have the stomach to relive. Just know it was torture, Steve. After you saved me went to Howard. I figured if anyone could figure it out it would have been him."

"Is that why you were always in his lab? I thought you and him…"

"God no, Howard tried believe me. But no never I always saw like brother to me."

"Like Bucky and I?"Steve asked laughed.

"Something like that" Beverly said taking a drink of her wine.

More so Bucky than you she wanted to say but he did not need to know that. Their meals arrive they started to eat their meals. Steve looked over to Beverly as she chewed a bite of her chicken.

"After the war did you ever try to figure it out? I'm sure I can talk to Fury maybe SHIELD could figure it out."

"Trust me Steve. SHIELD cannot help me."

"How are you so sure?"

Beverly sighed sitting up fully. She knew she had to tell him. She looked over around the room. Before, her eyes traveled back to Steve's baby blues.

"I'm the head of SHIELD, Steve. Colonel Phillips, Howard, Peggy and I founded it. They as the years moved on so did they. One by one they all left by death or health concerns until it was just me. I'm Fury's boss Steve at least for now."


Pepper arrived at the Tower about twenty minutes after Steve left. She walked into the pent house shocked to see Tony lounging on one of the sofa's in the room. She knew he was supposed to be at dinner with Beverly.
"Tony what are you doing here?" Pepper asked.

"I do live here Pep" Tony answered coming over to Pepper kissing her cheek.

"What about your dinner with Beverly?" Pepper asked.

"Steve's there in my stead"

Pepper eyes went wide and her temper started to rise. Did he have no clue what that could do to Beverly and Steve relationship not to mention Beverly relationship with Tony.

"You did what? Tony, do have any idea what you just did to your godmother. Let alone what you have done to Steve. That woman did everything in power to make sure you had a good life. She sacrifice so much for you and this how you repay her by put her in situation is very much like date with the one man she gave her heart to all those years ago. Who never returned her feelings. You have good as broke her heart again Tony." Pepper yelled.

"What if you're wrong what if he does return her affections? I can't sit back and let her remain behind the scene Pepper. You think I don't know. All I want is to see her happy. She deserves that much. And if Steve makes her happy I will do all in my power to it happen."

"That's not how love works"


Steve and Beverly had fallen back into their playful banter from the decades pass. After the bomb shell of her being the head of SHIELD there was moment of silence until they both looked at each other and started to laugh at each other face. To anyone else who walked into that dining room it looked like Steve and Beverly were on a date flirting back in forth. Beverly knew this was most likely the closest she would get to him. As Beverly looked down and smiled at one of his stupid jokes Steve found himself having a feeling in his heart that had not been touched since Peggy. He knew he should not think of Beverly in light she would never return his feelings after everything she had seen.