From across the hallway

Part 43

Missy had spent the last two days thoroughly trying to avoid Steve Rogers.

It wasn't as if she didn't want to see him, it was just that avoiding him definitely seemed better than giving him an answer.

It was a Thursday afternoon, and Missy brushed herself off as she emerged from the stationary closet on the third floor.

She had just spend the last twenty minutes hiding in there, having spotted the suited and booted Captain America walking down the hallway towards her. Luckily for her, he hadn't seen her, which had been a relief. But after sitting in the closet on an upturned bucket for a third of an hour, Missy was very much doubting her life choices.

Jeez...was going on a date with Steve really that bad?

Most of the women in her office would have jumped at the chance of an offer of a chilly-cheese dog with the superhero.

He was super sweet, and he had even offered to invite Emily too, which Missy knew that most men would have run a mile before doing.

But there was something that was holding her back.

Wade Wilson.

Wade stupid Wilson.

The man who she had fallen totally and utterly in love with, who had disappeared from her life, just like that. 

But unlike Scott her awful ex, Wade had genuinely loved her back.

She had of course understood why he had left. Cancer was a brutal end for someone as full of life as Wade Wilson has been. Though it was distressing to know that he had spent his last few weeks on this earth, god knows where, instead of at home with her and Emily.

Now Missy only had photographs and memories.

She didn't even have a grave over which to mourn. That was the part that killed her the most.

The sense that he was never quite gone.

Missy gave a sigh, brushing more dust from her ass, as she strutted down the long third floor corridor on high heels.

But turning the corner she walked slap bang into-

"Steve!" she breathed as his hand slipped around her waist whilst she wobbled, catching her step.

"Whoah there," he said flashing her a grin. "You ought to be careful who you try and bowl over."

His tone was friendly and kind.

Missy peeled herself away from him and stared up into his blonde handsome face, as her heart began to pound.

Fuck.

"Hi Steve, s-sorry," she uttered, avoiding his eye. "I wasn't looking where I was going."

But the Captain merely smiled.

"It's fine," he said shaking his head and pausing slightly. "Can I...errrr...walk you to your desk?"

Missy gave a gulp.

"I...uhhh...sure," she murmured, flushing, not really knowing what else to say.

And so, she fell into step with Steve as they turned the corner and headed across the wide-open plan office.

Missy could feel heads turning towards them as they went, her face flushing scarlet.

She could just imagine what Wade would say if he could have seen her now. Walking, practically arm-in-arm with Captain America. She could almost picture his face and it took all her effort not to laugh.