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Steve knocked on the door with his hand while having the other one around Caroline. It takes a minute for Sam to open this blinds. At the sight of them, he slides open the door,"Hey man."
"I'm sorry about this. We need a place to lay low."
"Everyone we know is trying to kill us," Natasha says
Sam looks at them, before letting them in," Not everyone."
Steve finishes washing his hands, wiping them on a small towel. He sees Caroline sitting at the end of the bed as he puts the towel down, he walks over to her. He sat in front of Caroline, taking his hands into hers.
"You okay?"
"It's just that being targeted so much that I start to wonder what would happen if I never accepted the offer to become an immortal being. " Caroline still had her head down.
"You would still be this strong, bold, kind person that I know you are." Steve said lifting Caroline's chin.
"That's the thing. I'm this way because of what happened over the years. I grew into myself when I became a vampire. And I'm sure that if I didn't accept that offer, I wouldn't have seen you again. I mean that's the reason Fury and Coulson put me on that team. Because I'm an eternal creature that can't die."
"Ever since I turned, I was robbed of everything. I know that I love you, Steve. I know that. But our future, our lives together, those were things I was supposed to deal with as they came along. I'm supposed to grow up. Decide if I want to have kids, and start a family, grow old. I was supposed to have a lifetime of those choices. Now, it's all gone." Caroline says through her sniffles
"I love you too. I don't need those things to be happy with you." Steve cupped her cheeks but Caroline pulled them away and placed a picture into his hands.
He looked back at her with a confused stare before he caught a glimpse of who the two people were. The photo was ripped at the edges and the pigmentation of it was lost over time, but it didn't change the mood or sentiment of the photo. It was Caroline smiling at the Stork Club and holding up a beer with one hand while the other was wrapped around her sister. Steve remembered her, Kiara Kingsley. The only woman who turned Bucky down for a dance, which had Steve laughing at his failed attempt.
"How do you still have this? It was ages ago that this photo was taken." Steve said placing the photo once again in Caroline's hands.
"That's the thing, it's not mine. Back when Fury was in our home, the picture was on the counter. Someone had to place it there, in our apartment for me to find. I feel whoever left it for me, is protecting me. Or at least wants me to have a piece of my sister." Caroline rubbed Kiara's face with her thumb, knowing how many times she's done it in the past when Kiara would feel uneasy with herself.
