Chris Evans One Shots

Love of my Life - Steve Rogers

The world had changed in the last 5 years. Half the population disappeared, my family was gone, mostly everyone I knew was gone and I wasn't sure how I was supposed to move on from that.

I was a high school history teacher, and I wasn't even sure what history to even teach anymore. The basics yeah, those I can do, but this new history with everyone gone...I didn't know what to do.

The classes now a days were much smaller than I was ever used to, the halls weren't as lively as they used to be and kids were just trying to get by day to day still missing their parents, siblings, best friends, family...whoever it was. That included me. When the blip, what everyone decided to call it, happened I lost my group of friends, my parents and my older brother and sister-in-law. My now 6-year-old niece was saved, she was one when it happened and had only ever known this world.

When it first happened, I heard about the support group that Steve Rogers, Captain America himself, started, I told myself I didn't need to go, that I was fine but now with a screaming and crying baby in my house, my neighbor, Mrs. Corbin insisted I go. She was always looking out for my well-being. She even watched Olivia for me.

I stopped going after about a year and a half. Steve said I had made a lot of progress and was proud at how fast accepted the change. He had met my niece and had become a good friend of mine, even coming to talk to them about life before and after the blip. Steve and I knew each other out of therapy for a long time until he finally bucked up the courage and asked me out. I quickly accepted, I wanted to be with Steve, but I didn't know if he was interested, he never made it known.

I was going to meet Steve at his therapy group one day after school. It was being held in the community center down the street from the school I taught in.

I walked in and said hello to the few people standing around who I had seen before. They worked there in other programs. I walked to the therapy room and as I approached, I heard Steve speaking.

"...I went into the ice in 45 right after I met the love of my life..."

He sounds so sincere about this and like it was the life he missed. Steve and I had told each other we loved the other, I brought him into my life carefully unsure if I could love after everything was taken from me. Steve made me believe it would be okay. He was the love of my life, I thought I was his. Could he ever love me like he loved Peggy? I knew about Peggy he had been up front about her, I had even seen her. Her picture was still in his compass he thought I knew nothing about.

I wasn't sure how I got here but I was outside the community center, it was starting to thunder lowly, rain was coming but I didn't car. I left my car parked in the community center parking lot and just walked.

I stopped when I finally made it to the George Washington Bridge, halfway through. I leaned in the rail, and I saw a pod of whales, whales in the Hudson, something I never thought I would see.

"Are those whales?" I heard a voice asking, approaching me. I closed my eyes as tears threatened to fall.

"They are. Less boats, cleaner water." I answered not looking at him.

"Ayla, you worried me when you weren't at the community center. Everyone said you walked in and then walked out..." Steve said coming to stand beside me.

"Yeah well..." I just started fidgeting my hands that hung over the rail. "I just had to get out of there." I said and Steve sighed.

"Why? Did someone say something?" Steve asked.

I huffed a laugh, "Someone did, yeah."

"What was said?" Steve asked.

"That you went into the ice in 45 right after you met the love of your life." Steve sighed after I said it.

"Yeah in 1945 that happened, and Peggy was the love of my life then..." Steve trailed off.

"She still is. Her picture is still in your compass..." I said. Steve huffed a laugh, clearly at my expense.

"Ayla, I haven't looked at that compass since everything happened. I put it away and never cared to look at it again. If I ever need it again, her picture will be removed." Steve said. He placed his hand over mine. "You and Olivia would be in my compass." Steve added. I finally turned to look at him.

"We would?" I asked. I turned to face him.

Steve chuckled and then placed a hand on my cheek, "Of course you would. Did you not hear what I said after that?" Steve asked.

I shook my head, "No..."

"The whole speech was, 'I went into the ice in 45 right after I met the love of my life's, I woke up 70 years later. You gotta move on, gotta move on'." Steve pulled my flush against him.

"Move on?" I asked.

"Move on to you and Olivia. You are my life Ayla and Olivia is amazing. You are the new love of my life. I never knew it could happen twice until I met you." Steve said, leaning in and placing a small kiss on my lips. When we broke apart, he gave me a small smile, which I returned.

"What do you say we go get Olivia from her sitter and go home? Movie night just the 3 of us..." Steve said, "Maybe even having movie night as the soon to be Mrs. Steve Rogers..." Steve trailed off. I looked at him oddly and he got down on one knee.

"Steve, if this is because -..."

Steve shook his head, "Ayla, this isn't because of today. I was planning on proposing anyway tonight but this is perfect. You are the love of my Ayla and the one I want to spend the rest of my life with. I never thought I would be here in my life, but I always hoped to be. When I met you, I knew you would be special in my life, but I didn't know you would be this special. You are everything to me Ayla. Will you please marry me?" Steve asked.

Tears were running down my face as I answered, "Yes."

Steve jumped up, wrapped his arms around my waist, as he picked me up spinning me around. I laughed as I linked my arms around his neck. He set my feet in the ground and looked at me.

"I love you Ayla, always will." Steve said.

I smiled, "You are the love of my life Steve Rogers."

He chuckled, leaned down and passionately kissed me. "And you are mine Ayla."