|Redemption|➾|Marvel|➾|The Avengers|

07

After Steve took Talia to visit Peggy, he then decided to go visit the man he had went running with yesterday.

Talia personally didn't wanna go but he was her ride, and she didn't wanna run by her self. They arrived at a building sorta looked like a church but then again it wasn't.

Talia followed behind Steve hearing somebody talk. Looking inside the open room she saw the man from yesterday conversing with others.

One woman was speaking. She was telling her experiences she had with a cop thinking she was drunk, and how it was an accident.

"Some stuff you gotta leave there, other stuff you bring back. It's our job to figure out how to carry it. It's either gonna be in a big suitcase, or a little man purse. It's up to you." His words flowed to his small audience. They took his words turning them into wisdom which caused Talia to smile.

• • • •

Once their meeting was over and his group of people left, he spotted Steve in the background.

"Look who it is, the running man." He told Steve.

"Caught the last few minutes. Your speech was pretty intense." Steve said.

"Those were some inspirational words...Sam." Talia said grabbing his hand learning his name. Sam gave her a strange look but decided not to question it off of the current topic.

"We all got the same problems. Guilt...regret."

"You lost someone?" Talia wondered curiously.

"My close friend and wingman, Riley. We were flying a night mission. Everything was going good till a uh RPG shot him down, there was nothing I could do." Sam told his story.

"You're right there was nothing you could do. So don't beat yourself up over it. You know if there was something you could have done, you'd have done it." Talia told him patting his shoulder.

"Thank's kid."

"Don't mention it. But trust me, I understand."

• • • • •

After their long day of hanging out, Steve offered to let Talia stay at his place instead of going back to the headquarters, which Talia happily excepted.

Once arriving she followed Steve to his apartment. When they were near the door, she noticed a woman walking to her apartment next to Steve. Instead of opening the door Steve stopped to look at the woman curiously.

"What are you doi-"

"Hey, if you want, only if you want, you can use my machine. Might be cheaper than the one in the basement."

"What's it cost?" She smiled at him making Talia eye the two as she awkwardly stood in the background.

"Cup of coffee?" Steve offered nervously, not to mention awkwardly.

"Smooth." Talia whispered turning away towards the door as they continued their convo.

"Thanks, but I already have a load downstairs, and I don't wanna put my scrubs in your machine after just coming out the infectious disease ward so..."

"Well I'll keep my distance." Steve joked.

"Hopefully not to far...oh and I think you left your stereo on." She told him.

"Oh thanks." He said as she opened the door. Once she was gone as Talia was waiting for Steve to open the door she began to talk.

"Next time just drop me off back at headquarters." She said wandering why they were still standing there.