They chose B-rated horror films from the early forties a few of them he remembered going to see, she was quite comfortable laying against Steve's chest as he sat leaned back against the arm of the couch.

She fit perfectly between his legs and his collar bones made a nice pillow, a few times as she laid there watching the movie she felt him nudging the top of her head with his cheek or nose smelling her vanilla and lavender shampoo or randomly kissing the top of her head.

She felt his hands resting large and hot against her spine randomly stroking her as her arms stayed draped around his waist.

She didn't comment on the petting or nudges she knew the man was affectionate and more than likely making up for lost time.

He'd blushed tomato red the first time shed lain on him like this, had buried his face in her hair to hide it which really had just made him blush harder.

Truth be told it was a first for her and she kind of enjoyed it, letting someone hold her like this knowing nothing was expected from it, in the time they had been dating the most they had done was kiss and cuddle but they were just fine with that.

She herd someone approaching and glanced up at her brother who made a disgusted face "EW, pepper their all touchy feely again" he complained she looked at for mentioned woman who was smiling and shaking her head.

"hi pep" she greeted not moving the woman smiled at her then swatted at tony pulling him over to a love seat where she promptly curled up against him she snickered to herself as someone fake screamed on the TV and Steve nudged her again she felt him kissing no wait, he was saying something.

"Be nice" she snorted into his chest but smiled when he swatted her shoulder lightly instead balancing her chin on his chest to pout at him.

He glanced down with a smile then bent to give her a quick kiss.

Tony spoke up from across the room "eeeewwwwwwwwwww" the only reason she didn't throw a pillow at his face was because pepper was cuddled up to him and she looked tired.

That and pepper smacked him, did she ever mention she loved that woman?

That night she was up until three AM trying to figure out what the hell that machine did and what it could have possibly done to Steve, she fell asleep in the cot shoved in the corner as she was running diagnostics again this time the machine sealed in into own box so if it did go off no one would get hit.

She was waken early the next day by a beeping on the computer she had plugged into the machine and rubbing her eyes she got up and went to it kicking the machine when it seemed to try and make that whirring sound again.

"Don't even think about it" the fact she was talking to inanimate objects was less concerning then what was on the screen of the computer.

It was all encoded.

She sighed rubbing the bridge of her nose "hey JARVIS? Can you start trying to decode this?"

"Yes ma'am" there was a moment of silence then the AI spoke again "it appears the code is damaged ma'am, it will a little while to decipher it" she sighed "that's ok jarv, just do the best you can"
With a yawn she turned from the machine and went upstairs in search of coffee before she was half way down the hall she herd raised voices and went to investigate.

"What happened?"

"I don't know!"

"How did you end up like that?"

"I woke up like this!"

She heard the yelling before she even got to where the voices were coming from, one of them was Steve the other sounded like tony.

Rubbing at one of her eyes she walked into the main room she could hear laughing defiantly her brothers it sounded almost hysterical "who knew you were suck a pipsqueak!"

She sighed rubbing her eyes as she entered the room "tony what the hell -"

She stopped when she opened her eyes and saw a young man looking at her, he was small and thin, but blond with blue eyes and wearing oversized sleeping clothes

She stuttered and tripped over her tongue "st-Steve?" his mouth twisted slightly and she immediately knew it was him.

"kind of ridicules isn't it Lizzy, who knew he was so small" Steve glared best he could at her brother clenching his jaw "shut the hell up stark!" he said "oh captain America cursing what's the world come to?!"

Her brother was still laughing "tony now isn't the time, we need to figure out what happened to me I can't be of any use like this and what if something happens and-"

He suddenly stopped face reddening just a little and not in the way Beth liked to tease him about one of his hands covered by a sleeve rose to his mouth and he started coughing unable to catch his breath.

Tony had stopped laughing and she was moving toured the man without even releasing it "n-not again" he huffed to himself then nearly jumped when her hand landed on his shoulder.

He stared at her eyes wide and gasping for breath she moved her hand to his back rubbing softly "easy babe" she soothed quietly tony was staring she knew he was "damn I forgot you had ever desires known to man when you were. Well. You know before"

Steve nodded once jerkily being careful he didn't give himself a worst asthma attack comforted by Beth's hand rubbing soothingly across his back "get Bruce" Steve said.

"Doctor Banner has already been alerted and is on his was captain Rogers" Jarvis said she glanced up "thanks jarv"

Just then Bruce came around the corner "what seems to be the problem?" he asked and she shifted away just enough he could see Steve but not enough to remove her hand from his back.

"Oh"

That was what she thought at first to.