Chapter Two: Be Careful, Okay?

Steve knocked on the door to the small townhouse that Bucky and Anna shared. The door slowly opened, revealing a relieved looking Anna, but the relief was quickly replaced by shock. She stared up at his now tall and muscular form, startled at the change in his appearance.

"It's really me Angel, I promise." He whispered softly.

"How did you... When did you… Wow, you're so…"

"Different?" Steve asked in a cautious tone.

'I was gonna go with insanely attractive, but…' Anna thought to herself before responding in a breathless tone, "Sure, let's go with that."

"I know you're probably freaked out right now, but I had to see you before I went on my tour." He informed in a soft tone before reaching out to cradle her cheek in his hand and tilting her head up so that he could look her in the eye. As they stared into each other's eyes, their faces slowly moved closer to each other. When they were inches away from a lip lock a car horn sounded and they quickly pulled away. Anna's eyes became distant which caused Steve to grow slightly worried and nervous, as he always did when she got that sad, far off look in her eyes.

"Where are you going?"

"Promoting bonds, I can get you a ticket to my first show if you want?"

"And after that?"

"Europe, but it's just to raise troop morale, not to fight." Steve answered in a miserable tone.

"Oh…listen Steve you know I will always support you, but if I go to your show I don't think I'll be able to handle it. It's hard enough not being able to contact Bucky, but now you'll just up and leave me too? I just..."

"Angel stop. You know that I would never abandon you and neither would Bucky. I hate that I'm leaving you behind but I have to do this. I would never hurt you, you know that."

Anna looked away from him for a moment before looking up at him again, sighing sadly before responding with tears in her eyes. "I know, but I'm scared Steve, for you and Bucky and all the others out there who have to fight. I just need you to promise me that you'll be careful, okay?"

"Annabelle Barnes, I promise you that I will take care of myself and I will come back to you." He swore to her before wiping away her tears and pulling her into a tight hug, but was soon interrupted when the same car horn sounds.

Anna pulled away and smiled at him through her tears, "You gotta go huh?"

"I do, but you know I'm coming back for you." Steve stated before pressing his lips to her forehead and releasing her from his strong arms. Anna watched as Steve hurried down the front steps and got in the car, sighing sadly as it drove away and watched it until it turned the corner and disappeared from her sight before going back inside her apartment.

Meanwhile, inside the car, Peggy turned to Steve with a smirk and asked "Longest conversation with a woman, hm?"

Steve blushed in response.