Everything has changed () Steve Rogers X OC ✓

XXV

Steve and I are sitting on the fire balcony, sharing a pizza. We find ourselves going to this place often, at least when Bucky and Sam aren't home. This place is just so calming. It feels like no one knows is exists, even though we look at it every day.

Missions have been just as fun as they used to be. I went on that first mission three weeks ago and walked out of it unharmed. Everyone from our team walked unharmed out of that mission, the men weren't prepared at all and were quite easy to take down.

I've been on more missions the past few weeks, and each of them went perfectly fine, until the one from yesterday. My head was somewhere else and I almost got shot multiple times. I walked out of that fight with only a few scratches and bruises luckily. Fury cussed me out for losing my head during the mission later that day... and I deserved it.

This week is always a tough week, it has been for years. And today is the roughest, like every year, for years. Today was the day that Yobany, the man that raised and protected me, died. He helped me escape from Ego and brought me to the Ravagers ship to give me one of their smaller ships, but got killed in the process for breaking Ravager code. He never got a Ravager funeral.

Which is still my greatest regret, not doing something to get Yobany a proper funeral.

He died for me and almost lost his life multiple times when I was growing up, and that was how I thank him.

I let out a sigh as I stuffed another piece of pizza into my mouth. The view of Yobany's dead body, covered in blood, still haunts me. The way one of his hands was holding my arm and the other was pressing some kind of amulet into my hand.

"It's okay sunshine, this way I can protect you forever. And I'll be with you forever, that sounds pretty damn good to me."

And then his eyes fell shut and his body started to cool down. I couldn't stay with him and try to save him, I had to keep going to escape my own death.

I ended up turning the amulet into a necklace, but I stopped wearing it when I lived on Xandar. It's hinding in a drawer of my closet now, which is for the better anyway.

"Vee? Are you okay?" Steve asked as he wrapped his arm around my shoulder. I just shook my head, if I would talk I would cry, and I'm not feeling like being a pussy right now. "What's wrong? Did I do something?"

"N-No! Not at all! It's just a tough week, I don't wanna talk about it." He nodded before kissing the top of my head.

"C'mon, we gotta get the tower, and pizza for breakfast isn't healthy."

I let out a sigh before standing up and climbing through the window of my room. And the first thing my eyes landed on was that damn drawer with the amulet in it. Another sigh left my lips as I opened the drawer and put the necklace on. It has been years since the first time I put it on... and it's still beautiful. It's a beautiful cyan stone with small orange specks.

The reds spots of Yobany's blood are still there too, which hurt to look at. He didn't deserve to die the way he did. He deserves to die of old age, or in another peaceful and painless way, but not this.

I walked out of my room and Steve was waiting with my coat in hand. "Here you go, and I like your necklace. Is it new?"

"N-No. No, I've had it for a while."

"Then why don't you wear it more often? It looks beautiful on you."

"It has sentimental values, I don't uhm- I don't want to talk about it."

He nodded as I put on my coat.

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Steve and I walked into the meeting room. Everyone was already here, including Stark.