It's a promise

Chapter 8

Rylee's POV

The next morning I woke up in my bed and I remembered the day with Steve. Our walk in the woods, how he kissed me and how we watched the movie while cuddling. I nearly fell asleep at the end of the movie and he carried me into my bedroom. I thought about the moment when he was laying me down on the bed and stood next to it. He was looking down at me with a hunger in his eyes that I just wanted him to stay. But he just gave me a kiss on the forehead and left the room.

I couldn't really sleep after that even though I was tired. The look on his face. I haven't seen that since... I didn't think that anybody looked at me like that. I fell asleep after rolling from one side to another and I overslept a little in the morning. When I walked into the kitchen after I got up nobody was there, so I just grabbed an apple and walked through the compound to look where Steve or Nat were.

I walked into a room where Nat was talking with holo screens of different people and ... Was that a raccoon? Maybe I was still dreaming. I nearly choked on my apple when the raccoon started to talk. This was too much right now and I decided to leave. I would ask Nat about it later. I turned around and made my way to the gym. Maybe I would find Steve there. I was right. He was standing in front of the punching bag and hit it again and again. Like yesterday in the woods I was staring at his muscular back and his ass. This time he was wearing sweatpants instead of jeans and I couldn't look away.

I made a few steps into the room and nearly fell over a mat. Steve turned around immediately to look who disturbed his training. A smile appeared on his face and I instantly smiled back. 'You are finally awake.' He took the hem of his shirt to wipe off the sweat on his face and for a short time I saw his abs. Damn. My eyes nearly fell out of my head and I just wanted to touch him. He let his shirt back down and I put on a poker face.

'Yeah. I couldn't sleep at night, so I overslept a little.' He looked at me with a sly smile like he knew that he was the reason for my sleepless night. We just stared at each other for a moment then I asked him what I wanted to know and also to get the tension out of the air.

'Am I still dreaming or is there really a possibility that Nat talked with a raccoon over a holo screen a few minutes ago?'

Steve laughed. 'That wasn't a dream. That was Rocket. If you ever meet him, don't call him a raccoon.'

'But he is one. Why shouldn't I...?' I just stopped talking. It wouldn't make sense at all.

'I was also a little bit irritated when I met him and Groot.'

'Groot?'

'Groot was a tree. He could talk.'

Wtf. Steve started to laugh again because of my irritated face and I joined him. I couldn't stop laughing and I didn't remember when I really laughed that much. Nat walked into the gym behind me.

'What is so funny?'

'Nothing really. I saw you talking to a raccoon earlier and I just asked Steve if it was real or if I was still sleeping.'

Nat just gave me a smile.' Tony called. He and Pepper will arrive in a couple hours. He is still talking about the surprise he has and that we should be ready for their arrival.' Nobody knew what surprise he had for them but after what they told me it could be everything between a new quinjet or Pepper's name tattooed on his butt. I couldn't wait to meet them.

'I will get ready now and make myself presentable for the owner of this house' I joked.

'Same. Steve?'

'I will train a bit more.' He gave us a smile and took off his shirt. He threw it next to his water bottle on the bench and for the first time I saw his whole upper body. I couldn't look away. No scars, no imperfections. He looked better than I imagined. This man was perfectly built, like he was created by Michelangelo himself. My staring was interrupted by a little cough. Nat was standing at the door trying to hide a laugh. I blushed because she caught me staring again and I rushed out of the gym.