King of Hearts (A Steve Rogers x Reader Fic)

Chapter Twelve

**I wrote this partially drunk so if it's shit im sorry lololol

Sam knocked on YN's door the next day, it was midafternoon and no one had heard from YN since she'd slipped from Steve's covers and disappeared into her own room that morning.

"Hey, YN? Can I come in." He called, tapping his foot as he waited for an answer.

"Yeah!" YN replied, her voice clear, making Sam frown. He opened the door, expecting to see YN bundled up in a bunch of blankets, upset and angry at the world, much like she was when Riley died. Instead, he saw her sitting on the edge of her bed, lifting her leg and tying the laces on her combat boots.

"What are you doing?" Sam asked, watching her stand move to grab her weapons case.

"What do you think I'm doing?" YN replied, raising an eyebrow at Sam as she slid on her leather jacket. "I'm going after that murderous bastard Rumlow." She sneered, picking her case back up and grabbing her ruck sack, moving toward Sam.

"YN, you will be arrested the second you land in New York." YN stopped in front of him as he was still standing in the doorway, preventing her from walking through it.

"They can try, I don't care. All I want is to take Rumlow down, he needs to pay for..." YN coughed, rolling her shoulders. "For what he's done. They can lock me up for the rest of my life when I'm done. Now move."

"You don't mean that. You can't go to prison, YN. What about me?" Sam asked, trying to get through to the stubborn girl.

"Well, you didn't seem to care about me when you broke the law, Sammy. Oh, how the tables have turned." Sam clenched his teeth, staring down at YN in disapproval. "Sam, move." Sam shook his head, making YN sigh and place down her case and bag, squaring her shoulders. "Don't make me force you."

Sam scoffed, looking to the sky. "You know, you can be really mean when you're upset." Sam bit his lip, trying to force down his emotions. "I know I don't have the right to be as upset as I am, she wasn't my mother, but she was close enough. I lost her too, YN. I lost both of them." Sam choked out a breath, lowering his head to look at his feet.

YN swallowed harshly, feeling tears well in her eyes. "I know, Sam. That's why we have to do something." Sam shook his head, finally looking up to meet YN's glassy eyes with his own shiny brown ones.

"Please, I can't lose you too." YN closed her eyes, nodding her head. Sam walked closer to her, encasing her face in his hands. "Thank you." He whispered, kissing her forehead and bringing her into an embrace. YN was still, not responding to Sam's action for a moment.

Biting her lip, YN forced back the tears in her eyes, finally wrapping her arms around Sam's middle. "Come on, let's have a nap. Like old times." She said, dragging Sam to her bed with a sigh. Sam climbed in, turning his back to YN, who chuckled. "Always liked to be the little spoon, hey Sammy."

"Shut up." Sam grumbled wiggling himself back into YN as slid into bed behind him, wrapping him up in her embrace.

"Sleep. Love you." She whispered, kissing the back of Sam's head.

"Love you." Sam mumbled, slipping into slumber easily.

YN waited an hour for Sam to be completely out to it, before she slipped out of the bed, placing a pillow where she was so it remained warm enough for Sam to think she was still there. She smiled down at the sleeping man, a tear sliding down her face as she looked away. Grabbing a piece of paper and a pen, YN wrote a note for Sam for when he awoke and noticed she'd disappeared.

I couldn't just sit here and do nothing. Don't be mad at me. Love you, Sammy. - YN x

YN hurried down the halls to Shuri's lab, sneaking behind the door and tip toeing into the room. The lights came on suddenly, making YN freeze as she neared the exit to the ships. "Going somewhere, Miss King?" A deep, authoritative voice asked, two figures coming into view.