The Crimson Ghost (Steve x Reader)

Chapter 10. A single tear

Steve's POV.
I knock on her door. She opens the door and a smile creeps up to her lips when she sees me. Wow, she's really beautiful. I said in my thoughts. I smile at her.

"So, Y/N. Me and the rest of the avengers are having a movie marathon, and I-we wondered if you wanted to join." "Sure, what are we watching?" "I think it's Harry Potter?" "I've only read the books. I'll join you soon." "Ok, I'm gonna save you a seat on the couch." I say.

She comes into the living room and I motion for her to come sit with me in the small couch. There's room for three, but Bucky and Tony decided to go to the lab and look at Bucky's arm. It was the only this they had in common, they were both curious about how Bucky's metal arm worked.

She sat down beside me, and Natasha started the movie first movie. I found the movie strangely familiar to my own history, how he lived a life with no purpose, and gets offered an big opportunity to be a bigger part of the world, a hero. Like when I got the chance to become Captain America.

I drift away from my thoughts when I feel Y/N leaning into my shoulder. I don't understand how she can be so comfortable with me, why she had such an positive attitude. After all she'd been through, she still had a smile on her face.

I then did something I would never normally do. I lifted my arm and put it around her and she leaned even closer to me. I felt my cheeks slightly blush, as I a turned my attention back to the movie.

After the fifth movie Natasha looked at me and nodded towards Y/N. I looked down to see that she was asleep. I didn't want to wake her up, so I carefully lifted her up in bridal style and started walking towards her room. "Steve, it's a good thing that she trusts you, just-don't let your guard down." Natasha says to me with a soft smile. I nodded in understanding and I continued walking towards her room.

After I had put her in bed I started walking towards her door. When she suddenly started mumbling words and tossing her hands around like she was fighting someone.

I walked up to her and woke her up. She looked terrified, I could see a single tear running down her left cheek.

I gave her a soft smile and gently cupped her cheek with my hand and used my thumb to wipe her tear away. She leaned into my touch with closed eyes. I pulled her into a soft hug. She was stiff at first, but I could feel her ease into the hug.

She pulled away from the hug and looked at me with a sad smile. She looked down. "Thank you, for- for not striking me. I-I haven't felt other than slaps against my cheeks in a long time." She said, and I could see her eyes filling with tears.

You took my hand under her chin and lifted her head so I could look at her. "You're safe here, so one is going to hurt you." I said and smiled at her. She returned my smile and laid back down on her pillow. "Could you stay till I fall asleep?" she whispered.

"I'll stay, just relax." I said and stroked her arm gently, comforting her.

Just a couple of minutes after, she was asleep. I hesitated about leaving, but I forced myself to get to my room.

(I didn't actually plan on making this chapter, but I really think it turned out really cute. I don't know how you guys feel about the Harry Potter and Steve parallels, but I just decided on Harry Potter and then just wrote the rest from there.

-Isabel)