When she woke up her body was sore in all the right places, certain places complaining about not having been used it so long.
At first she didn't open her eyes but something was shining in her face making it impossible to go back to sleep so she peeled one eye open to glare at the drapes that had been closed just a few hours ago.
Something else caught her eye, Steve was sitting beside her much like he had just a few days ago in the tower, legs folded and sketch pad open on his lap.
But this time all he wore was a large pale sweater stretched out beyond belief, it looked like the one she had stolen from him a while ago, but she didn't care, her face went soft when she looked at him watched his artists hands as they moved over the paper.
A black smudge had made its home on his cheek somehow he always wound up doing that, and it was cute and funny each time.
"Baby what are you doing up?" she muttered as she stretched making him look up as she groaned and smile slightly "its two in the afternoon" she rose a brow at him then turned over blankets wrapping around her "and? That's why it's a vacation, do what you want, eat what you want and sleep as long as you want"
She loved the way his face heated up as his lips twisted into a smirk and she smiled as she sat up and laid on her stomach above the blankets "Steven G Rogers I do believe your face gave you away" he glanced at her with a smile it looked slightly evil, what had she done?
"Can't help it" he shrugged and she smiled pushing herself up on her arms she pulled away the sketch pad barely glancing at the half lined out figure that had to have been her, and flipped it closed before tossing it toured the nightstand.
By the sound it landed perfectly and he didn't fight as she reached to pull the sweater off of him.
They had worked on that last night, and she was glad for it because she loved the way he looked, he might have been small but he had muscle, kind of like a gymnast.
Either way she loved it, shifting forward she buried her face in his chest tipping him back against the mattress as she nuzzled and kissed the pale skin to her hearts content, both feeling and listening to the beating of his heart.
It wasn't the steadiest, heart erythema did that to people but it was still strong.
He was still so strong.
"Have I ever told you how much I envied your strength?" he shivered because she didn't pull away from his skin when she said that "what strength?" he muttered she could feel his confusion, the way he thought he wasn't strong like this he had no idea how wrong he was.
She kissed his collar bone "what do you mean what strength? The strength it took to face any problem head on, the strength and courage it took to fight guys twice your size and weight"
Something shoved her and she rolled to her back with him laying on top of her "that wasn't so much strength or courage, it was more being a dumb kid that didn't know when to keep his mouth shut or his head down" she snorted unladylike and pressed her face against his neck.
"say whatever you want, I know the truth" she lipped at the skin of his throat and he made a soft sound then went straight south of the border, making her slide her hands up his arms to his shoulders just barely digging her fingers in ever mindful of how strong she was and how easy it would be to hurt him.
He went pliant as she lightly sunk her teeth into the skin above his collarbone and she took the opportunity to flip him onto his back straddling his waist before moving to kiss him, slow and dirty making his hips twitch up against her.
She drew back so he could breath, she sat back on her knees careful of how much weight she put on him but he still hissed slightly s she pressed down where he really wanted her.
She chuckled softly she pressed her fingers against his middle brushing them up until they could slide into his hair her body stretching out above his own "Steve?" his eyes slightly glazed over and foggy opened and looked into her own.
Only when he looked at her did she finally sink down accepting him into her body, watching as his eyes dilated and fogged over the rest of the way.
As they sank together she finally identified the feeling it gave her, that warmth in her chest that made her entire body feel light as if she didn't weigh an ounce.
It felt like the finale piece settled into a grand puzzle a piece that had been missing, it felt like finally, finally she had come home.
She couldn't hold it in as they moved together like they'd been doing this their whole life, she pressed a kiss into his throat ran her teeth over his jaw then finally bit his ear lightly "I love you" he shivered at the words breathed against his ear hands clenching on her hips
"Love you to"
They were in the kitchen when the phone rang; Beth scowled at it as she picked it up from the counter "what?" Steve asked face propped on his hand "my brothers the only one that knows we were going here, and he's the only one with this number I turned my other phone off"
Hitting the button the answer she rubbed her eyes "someone better be dying" her face fell and Steve got concerned standing from his seat to stare at her "give us 10 minutes" she hung up
"Is something wrong?" she looked right at him "there's been an attack, we need to go" he nodded once and went to get dressed.