Dark Arrow

Chapter Twenty Four

Steve passed me his shirt that still sat on top of my dresser. I shrugged into it as he came and climbed into bed beside me.
"What's going on in that head of yours Rain?"

"We still need to talk about that fight." I told him, knowing that if I didn't get it out now, it would eat away at me. As much as I didn't want to ruin the atmosphere between us, I knew it needed talking about no matter how much both of us wanted to avoid it.

"I know." He sighed, rolling onto his back. "I just don't like seeing you in danger." He admitted before turning his head to look at me. He was clearly worried about how I'd react. The thing was that when he is honest, it doesn't anger me it makes me happy.

"I appreciate that. I really do, but I won't stop doing my job."

He smirked. "I know that, and I don't doubt that you're able to get the job done."

I couldn't hide the shock on my face even if I wanted to. My heart swelled at having him tell me he believed in me. It was something I hadn't realised I had wanted for a long time. A lot of our arguments and hatred in the past stemmed from him constantly undermining and underestimating me. To hear him admit he believed in me, soothed me right down to my very soul.

"Y-you don't?" I stuttered out, searching his face for any hint of a lie.

He pulled my head down to lay on his chest, drawing patterns across my back. "I've seen what you can do. I've never doubted what you're capable of."

"Then why did you want me to stop?" I sighed, realising this probably all could've been avoided if we had just had a rational conversation.

"It was selfish really. I just wanted you to be away from the fighting." He admitted, giving me his complete honesty.

I lifted my head up to look at him. "Wanted? So you don't feel that way anymore?" I had to be sure that this wasn't going to become an issue again further down the line.

"I'll always want that." I tried to move away from him, if that's how he truly felt then this wouldn't work. No matter how much we wanted it to. I wouldn't change a fundamental part of who I was. He rolled me underneath him, giving me no choice but to look up at him. "But I want you more. I know that being a SHIELD agent is part of who you are."

I knew it was hard for him to accept me putting myself in danger. It was in his blood to protect those he cared about, the fact he was willing to put that need aside, to accept that SHIELD was in my blood, he couldn't of made me happier if he'd tried.

"Look at us talking like adults and not shouting." I teased, leaning up to press a kiss to his cheek. His slight stubble scratched across my lips.

Steve chuckled, brushing some hair out of my face as I laid back down with my head on his shoulder.
"How long do you think it'll last?"

"Not long." I laughed before climbing onto his lap, his hands rested on my hips. "But I promise to try. To fight every day for what we have, because you're worth fighting for." I didn't care how cheesy I sounded because it was true, I'd had to fight for everything in my life. The difference this time was that I was choosing to fight for something that I knew was one of the best things to happen to me.

He beamed up at me, his hands slipping under my shirt as he pulled me down to kiss him. He poured all his love into that kiss, gone was the demanding and dominant Steve. He was gentle and tender as he slipped his tongue into my mouth, holding me against him.
I could feel him hardening beneath me. It didn't take long for my panties to become damp as he rolled me over his length. I knew he'd be desperate to make me cum before he'd bury himself inside me like he always did. I didn't need that.