Awakening Quake
By Misha

Disclaimer in Chapter One.

Chapter Thirteen: Melt Into You

"How's Bucky settling in?" Skye asked Steve later that night. He had stopped by her quarters to chat.

"Ok." Steve told her. "Bruce gave him something to help him sleep and says he should sleep through to morning. He also thinks he might have something to help with memory loss. Especially since it seems the programming was breaking down on its own."

"Because of you." Skye told him. "Seeing you again obviously helped him start to remember who he truly is."

Steve just nodded.

"If you'd like I can ask Pepper and Tony for new quarters?" Skye offered.

Steve shook his head. "That's ok. For now, Bucky's bunking with me." He smiled at her. "Besides, I like having you close."

She blushed.

"I owe you a huge thanks," he told her, putting a hand on her face so he could look her directly in the eye. "You were the one that cracked HYDRA's code and located Bucky and then today… Well, you were incredible out there."

Skye could feel her blusher getting deeper. "Tony would have cracked the code on his own eventually." She said with a shrug. "And I couldn't have done it today without you. I know you had my back." Natasha had been sure to inform her how Steve had kept the HYDRA agents from attacking her as she had brought down the building.

"Always." Steve told her and she couldn't doubt his sincerity. "I'll always be there for you, Skye." He looked her deep in the eye. "Would you mind if I kissed you?"

Skye thought how sweet it was of him to ask.

"I'd like that." She said shyly, stepping closer to him.

He bent down and pulled her towards him, after all he was almost a foot taller than her, and his mouth met hers in a gentle, but firm kiss.

Skye wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him back. The kiss grew deeper and before Skye knew it, Steve was lifting her off the ground and she was wrapping her legs around his waist to gain better access.

A few moments they pulled away, both a little breathless.

"I got a little carried away there," Steve apologized, his arms still wrapped around Skye, holding her up.

"So did I." Skye admitted, she laid her head on his shoulder. "It was nice."

"Very nice." Steve agreed, his eyes warm and tender and definitely a little bit lustful.

"I'd like to do it again." Skye told him softly, before moving in for another kiss.

Steve responded instantly and this time they found their way to the living room couch. He set her down gently, their lips still attached.

"I don't want to rush you." He said after a few minutes, pulling away.

Skye wanted to assure him that he wasn't rushing her, but at the same time it was moving fast. She had known him a month and she wasn't the type to just hop into bed with a guy. Even Captain America himself.

"Can I take you out?" He asked after a moment. "Somewhere we can be alone and get to know each other."

"I haven't really left the Tower much." Skye admitted. She was too afraid of being spotted by Ward or Cal, as unlikely as that was and now that she had gone into the field as Quake, she was even more worried about being spotted. And if she was seen with Captain America, someone was bound to notice and she wasn't ready to deal with the potential pitfalls.

"We can stay in." Steve assured her. "The others would be happy to give us privacy. Maybe we could see a movie?"

"I'd like that." Skye agreed.

"You pick." Steve told her. "I'm still catching up on my pop culture and I've missed a lot."

"It must be hard." Skye said quietly, laying a gentle hand on his arm.

"I'm getting used to it." Steve replied. He laughed slightly. "The parts that I'm having the hardest time with are the parts I was never really good at. Like talking to a girl I'm interested in."

"I think you're doing ok." Skye told him softly. She wanted to open to him, tell him all about her own disastrous romantic history, but at the same time she didn't want to ruin this moment with talk about Ward or Miles or any of the other mistakes in her past.

Steve leaned in and kissed her again. He might be sixty years out of practice, but he was a fantastic kisser, Skye thought, loving the feel of his lips against her. He nipped at her lower lip, causing her to moan and cling tighter to him. She ran her tongue over his lower lip then a second later, his tongue was clashing with hers, demanding entry to her mouth and his hands were running down over her body. Skye ran one hand through his thick blonde hair and the other one down his muscular back, savoring the feel of him against him. Though his muscles weren't the only thing she could feel against her.

Finally Steve pulled away and she could see from his face that he had to force himself to do so.

"I should go." He told her, standing up.

Skye just nodded. She really wanted him to stay, but if he stayed… Well, she could see the strained bulge in his pants and could feel the warmth pooled between her legs and she knew exactly where this would end up if he didn't go. Not that sex with Steve would be a bad thing, in fact she was pretty sure it would be a very, very good thing.

However, she wanted to do this right. She had made so many mistakes in the past. This time she wanted to take it slow and she knew enough about Steve to know that he wouldn't want to rush into sex.

"I'll see you tomorrow." He told her, leaning down and giving her a quick kiss on the head before hurrying out the door.

Skye watched him go and then got up and headed for her bedroom. She was definitely frustrated and since she wasn't ready for the good Captain to finish the job, well, she'd have to rely on her faithful vibrator. Though, she had a feeling it was going to be very poor imitation of the real thing.

A.N- You know how sometimes characters take over? That's what this chapter was like. I thought I knew where it was going. Steve and Skye would have their first kiss and then have a serious heart to heart talk about Ward, but Skye shut that down. She decided Ward had no part in this moment and it ended up steamier than I had intended for it to be. I'm changing the rating, not for this chapter, which is still on the high-end of Teen, but for future chapters since apparently I'm going to have to put some smut in this.