In the Silence (Steve Rogers x Reader)

Nosey Neighbor

You and Steve arrive at the house and begin unpacking the boxes that had been delivered. The house was already furnished and both of you had studied the floor plan. You roll your eyes as you put away the clothes that were packed for you, seeing lingerie and tiny dresses. A few hours later everything is set up.

Steve finds you in the bedroom sitting on the bed reading a book, he glances around before sitting down next to you. You glance up and see him sitting there awkwardly.

"You okay?" You ask

"There's a woman across the road staring at us, don't look, it will be suspicious," he says

You smile setting your book to the side and moving closer to him.

"Play along okay?" You ask

He gives a slight nod.

"I'm going to pretend to start something, you're going to stop me and close the curtains" You instruct.

"Okay" He whispers staring at your lips

You lean in more and brush your lips against his, bringing your hands to the buttons on his shirt. He grabs your hands and smirks before getting up and closing the curtains. He turns to look at you.

"You think it worked?" he asks

"It always does," You say picking up your book again.

Your lips tingle where they skimmed his, your hands are buzzing from when he grabbed them.

"Did you do that often? You know, back when you used to go on undercover missions." He asks

"A fair amount, depends what role I was playing. I mean I'm 26, my last undercover mission was when I was 20 so I've never had a marriage cover. I've done dating covers though, obviously."

"And you had to do stuff like that a lot?"

"A fair amount"

"Lucky guys"

"Not just guys" you mumble with a smirk.

"Girls too?"

You nod

"Are you...?"

"No" You say. "It was just a cover"

He nods. Suddenly you hear a knock on the door, you set your book down.

"You think it's our nosey neighbor?" You ask

"Not sure" He says

He goes to leave but you stop him.

"Wait" you say

You go up to him and unbutton his shirt a little, mixing and matching a few of the lower ones before messing up his hair.

"Better" you say

"Not quite" He replies before messing up your hair.

He proceeds to run his thumb over your lip, rubbing off some of your lipstick and smearing a little. You part your lips a bit as you stare up at him.

"Perfect" he whispers. His intense gaze holding yours.

Suddenly you hear a knock again, shaking you both out of your trance. You rush out of the room and stand in front of the door. Steve stands behind you and puts his arms around your waist as you open the door to see the woman from across the road.

"Hi" She says. "I'm Margret, I live across the street. I saw you moving in and thought I should come introduce myself."

"Hi Margret" You say "I'm Wren and this is my husband Ryan"

Her eyes roam up and down as she checks Steve out and you can't help but feel jealous.

"I wanted to invite you two over for dinner with my husband and I. How does tomorrow at six sound?" She asks

"That sounds perfect" you reply. "That is so nice of you to offer."

"Well I'll let you two get back to whatever you were doing before." She says backing away.

"alright" you say "Well have a nice night"

"You too" She says

"Thanks again" Steve adds.

You close the door and press your back to it. You laugh.

"She was totally checking you out, even after I introduced you as my husband." You say

"She was not" Steve says.

you shake your head "You're oblivious."

"Why would it matter, are you jealous?"

"No." You say quickly.

Steve feels disappointed by your answer.

"It actually might come in handy" You shrug before heading back to the room.

A.N: Alright, I need your help. Should I continue with a slow burn or start picking up the pace a bit. Also, smut or implied smut? LMK. Thanks for reading.