AN: Ever wonder why Steve seems so hostile toward Tony Stark? There are several possible reasons, but I like my idea, so here goes nothing. I'll probably make a one shot later of the "meeting" between Tony and Anna, but for now I'm sure you can all come up with something that he could do to get under her skin. My compliments to LeiraStarofTheSea, because she had the same idea about the Tony action-Steve reaction.

Chapter Five: Everyday Life/Hearing about Stark

~After paying a visit to the ever frustrating and self-absorbed playboy Tony Stark, Anna decides that she needs a break and goes in search of her ever elusive best friend, Captain America~

Anna walks into the 1940s style gym that she had helped create for Steve at S.H.I.E.L.D. HQ, having searched the rest of the building and come up empty handed. There she finds the infamous Captain America punching away in his usual spot. She takes a calming breath because sometimes just being around her best friend calmed her down. A small contented sigh escapes her as she slowly approaches, knowing that the mirrored walls prevent her from sneaking up on him.

"You know, sometimes I feel like you spend more time with that punching bag than you spend with me."

"Gotta stay in shape." Steve replies with a shrug before turning to her and starting to remove his hand wraps. Once he's done he looks up at her and tenses before looking her over after seeing her irritated facial expression.

"What's wrong?"

"Had to pay a 'visit' to Stark, he did something The Boss man didn't like and since both Black Widow and Hawkeye are on missions I had to deal with it." Anna responds her irritation clear in her tone.

"Howard used to do things like that too, always pushing his boundaries." Steve states with a small smile, remembering something from the war no doubt.

"Yes, but Howard wasn't as much of a womanizer as his son, at least he had respect for women, Tony just drops them like last week's trash. He never really had Howard around to teach him any different though. He was either building up his company or doing work for S.H.I.E.L.D. then he died when Tony was nineteen so he just…continued the way he knew."

"What did he do to get under your skin?" Steve asks with a raised eyebrow.

"The man doesn't know when to stop. I get tired of him, with his wandering eyes and wandering hands." She rants.

"His what? Did he touch you? Do you want me to hurt him 'cus I can hurt him." Steve threatens as he starts pacing, causing his best friend to watch him worriedly.

"Steve, I'm fine, you know I can handle myself," she starts as he continues pacing, "Hey! Just calm down alright. I'm fine so it doesn't matter."

"You don't understand Angel; he doesn't have the right to touch you in any…perverted way. He should respect women; you don't deserve to be treated that way!" Steve rants, his entire body tensed like a cat ready to pounce. Once again in shock at his response, like she had been so many years ago, Annabelle Barnes can do nothing but stare as her closest friend continues to pace back and forth.

"Steve just calm down alright, all this pacing isn't gonna do you any good." Steve pauses in his pacing so that he can stare at her before he sighs and moves to stand in front of her.

"I know there's nothing I can do right now, but I can't help worrying about you. Did he do anything else I need to know about?"

"He likes to call me Bells, mostly because he knows that it ticks me off." She mumbles while looking at the ground.

"Because of Bucky, right? He used to call you that when he was worried about you." Steve whispers as sadness fills his eyes.

"Stark doesn't know that, so I know I shouldn't be mad at him, but I can't help it. It's been over seventy years since he died, but it still hurts to think about him. No one ever told me the whole story either, and you never told anyone so I don't even know how he died." She whispers as tears fall from her eyes and her body shakes as she holds back sobs. Steve reaches out and gently takes her face in his large hands, tilting her head up so that he can look her in the eye and wiping away her tears with the pads of his thumbs.

"How much did they tell you?" He questions, his throat feeling tight at the thought that he would have to tell her everything that had happened to her brother. He had been avoiding talking about the war and what had happened over seas as much as he possibly could in the time since he had woken up.

"All that they told me was that he died on a mission with you and your team. I asked around, but no one would tell me." Anna whispers as she stares into his eyes pleadingly.

Steve releases her face from his hands and looks away from her, swallowing hard before looking into her eyes again, nodding slowly and taking her hand.

"We should sit down." He whispers before leading her over to the edge of the boxing ring and holding up the ropes so that she can pass under them before following after her.

"You don't have to tell me everything about the war; I just want to know what happened to Bucky." Anna whispers as she takes his hand in hers and rests her head on his shoulder. Steve pulls her closer; wrapping his arms around her and gently kisses her forehead before sighing softly and beginning to explain the mission that got one of his best friends killed.

~Time skip~

"…He died because of me." Steve says softly, having reached the end of his recount of the events causing Anna to pull away and look up into his eyes with a scowl.

"Don't you dare say that! We both know that Bucky would never blame you for his death. He died fighting for what he believed in, with you at his side. He would be proud to have fought beside you until the end." She replies causing Steve to scoff and look away. Anna just shakes her head in response and takes his hand again.

"Come on, we've been down here a while, I'll make us some lunch and we can just relax alright?"

"Yeah, alright." Steve whispers with a nod causing Anna to smile up at him and lean up to peck him on the cheek.

The rest of their day is spent relaxing and talking about all the good times that they had with Bucky. When Clint and Natasha wander by the kitchen later that night on the way to their rooms after Natasha had just saved Clint from a mission gone bad they hear laughter and peek in to find Anna leaning against Steve's chest from laughing so hard. They look at each other and Clint raises an eyebrow before they continue on toward their rooms.

"Do you think she'll tell him any time soon?" Clint asks quietly making Natasha scoff.

"Please, she's probably waiting for him to make the first move."

AN: Will Anna wait for Steve to make the first move or will she get impatient? We'll have to wait and see; I will hopefully have an update by this weekend, but I'm not sure because of school stuff so we shall see. Reviews are loved and much appreciated.