Notes: This chapter is based on a deleted scene from the movie. If you are interested you can find it on the blu-ray version of "The Avengers" or on Youtube.

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Chapter 1

Captain Steve Rogers, the renowned Captain America, watched the images in the small screen in front of him.

Advertising. That was all he had been.

Waking up 70 years in the future was not a pleasant experience. Finding out that everything he knew and fought for had just disappeared was… Actually there were no words to describe what he was feeling right now.

Knowing that he had been some sort of inspiration had been a consolation prize though, but no. Many people didn't even know he really existed, as many thought he had been nothing but war propaganda for the American government.

Steve had never felt so lost, and seeing those papers… The files on all his comrades, with the dates of their deaths, were the biggest shock he had. Some of them had died not too long ago, but so very old.

And there was Peggy… Peggy was still alive, retired in a nursing home. He could grab the phone and call her. But what would he say? Even Howard, who seemed bigger than life, was dead. Car accident, or at least it was what his file said.

Howard had one daughter - Toni Stark, known as the Iron Lady. She was listed as a consultant for SHIELD, but her profile –according to the agency, as well – was not very promising. Even her picture was drenched in arrogance. She reminded him of Howard. A lot.

Walking the streets of New York did not help either. It was all so familiar and so different at the same time. SHIELD's psychologists were always saying that he needed to see how things had changed so he could "let go of the past".

How could he just let go? What they knew as 70 years of history was in fact what he was experiencing just a few months ago, at least what he felt were few months ago. He didn't feel like all this time had gone by. For Steve, it was like he had closed his eyes for a nap and woken up a lifetime later.

"Waiting on the Lady?"

"Ma'am?" Steve raised his head, taking his eyes from his drawing, to look at the waitress talking to him.

Beth. That was what the tag on her uniform said. She wasn't what people would call pretty, but there was something so natural and clean about her that called to people.

"Iron Lady." She pointed at the huge building right behind her. The obnoxious one, with "Stark" written in big letters. "A lot of people wait here just to see her fly by."

"It must be quite a sight." Steve said, because he didn't know what else to say.

"She is amazing." Beth agreed with a smile "So beautiful and well dressed…"

Yeah, Steve heard that and a couple of other things about the socialite, but decided not to contribute them for this conversation.

"Maybe another time." He said instead, pulling money from his wallet.

"Table's yours as long as you like" she shrugged and put more coffee on his cup "Nobody is waiting on it. Plus, we've got free wireless."

"Radio?" He asked, confused.

Beth, who was already walking to the next table, looked back at him and smiled.

"Ask for her number, you moron." The old man from the table behind him said.

Better not. Steve had never been good with the dames and, it looked like that the one who was about to come into his life gave "crazy" a whole new meaning.

Notes: And here it is.

Next chapter will be on Monday, with lots of Toni being Toni.

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