It was early in the morning, it was cold downstairs and no one was awake yet, I was in the training room by myself punching the bags and kicking them to warm myself up again after not training for a while.
whilst moving my whole life and career I didn't have time to train, so I'm getting used to it again. my arms flexed with every punch or movement. Their training room was unbelievable, it was amazing.
I snapped out of my thoughts and focused on the bag in front of me only to be distracted by Steve strolling in "good morning" he greeted in a surprisingly cheerful tone for how early it was
"good morning, what's got you so happy?" I asked with an intrigued smirk on my face
"I wanted to ask you something"
"ask away soldier" I respond
"do you want to go out for lunch... like a date?" Steve spoke sweetly, looking around the room
"of course, even though you have already confessed your love for me" I dramatically sighed and put a hand up to my forehead
"you did to ma'am" he reminded me whilst chuckling slightly, causing me to blush at the thought of it.
The session continued as normal, we didn't do any combat but we did our separate workouts and shared comments throughout it, making jokes here and there. I was getting tired and exhausted the more I went on lifting the weights, occasionally looking over at Steve and admiring his physique.
I checked my watch to see the time or to see if I should start getting ready and it was '10:30'. I knew it wouldn't take that long to get ready but I wanted to make sure I looked nice and that everything ran smoothly "hey I'm gonna shower and change" I announce, my small voice echoed through the large room
"okay, does 11:30 sound good?" Steve asked, taking a sip from his water bottle
"sounds great see you in a bit my love," I say whilst walking out of the room, smiling over my shoulder. I entered my bedroom that I was still getting used to and headed towards the bathroom, the warm steam filled the room as soon as I turned the shower on. I left my clothes in a pile on the floor and let the water embrace me "hey FRIDAY play music please" I asked loudly so that she could hear "of course miss Maximoff" I heard the robotic yet realistic voice respond, the music starts playing and I hum along whilst getting on with my shower routine...
I ran my fingers through my hair trying to figure out how to style it as I looked in the long mirror in the corner of my room, I chose to wear a cream oversized jumper with jeans, "ponytail or down" I debated to myself quietly, I pulled my hair up to see how it would look "ponytail it is" I agreed and began to tie my hair and pull out baby hairs around my face. I looked down at my watch to see how long I had left, it was '11:25', it's a good thing that I decided to get ready early then. I stretched towards my bed and picked up my small, over the shoulder bag. I swung open my door to see Steve with a hand outstretched as if he was about to knock, I laughed slightly at his confused expression "you're 5 minutes early Rogers" I tease him playfully
"you're ready though?" He cocks one of his eyebrows
"fair enough" I respond "should we go then?" I add on whilst shutting my door behind me
"let's go" Steve agrees and takes my hand in his, we already act like a couple in some aspects and it makes my heart flutter.
The streets of New York were cold and gusty but I was used to it now and it never really affected me, "so where are we going, Steve?" I ask with curiosity, I only just realised that I had no clue where we were going
"you'll see, Adeline" he mimicked the way I said his name, I try to think of different places that could be possible lunch places but nothing is a secure answer in my mind.
our conversation carries on developing into different topics that I have no clue how we get onto. I was more than happy. "okay we're here" I heard Steve say as we came to a stop in front of a quaint sandwich shop facing the park, I went here regularly and it was one of my favourite places in the city,
"how'd you know?" I ask as we walked in and joined the queue
"I remember when you went on about how good of a place it was one night when we stayed at your house" Steve answered, turning to face me, that was a fun night.
"it's nice to know you listen and don't just stare at me" I joke and swipe a piece of hair out of his face "do you remember that time when I couldn't sleep so we just sat downstairs and spoke about anything?" I add on
"how could I not, you fell over nothing when you tried getting up" Steve reminded me, horribly
"we said we wouldn't speak about that" I whined back. We ordered our sandwiches and drinks after debating who was paying, Steve won in the end but I made him promise to let me pay next time.
We found a bench in the park to sit on, it was surrounded by the trees and it was near to the pond, quiet but with some sound, "thank you" I speak up then take a bite of the warm panini
"it's been a while since I've done all of this and I'm doing it with the right person" the blonde with pink cheeks from the cold responded
"I've never had time for relationships or dates, I've never found the right person" I add onto the conversation
"well what would you call us?," He asks catching me off guard a bit, I manage to not choke on my food at the question, it's not that it was bad, I just didn't expect him to say 'us'
"well... we've said I love you to each other, we hold hands, we hug, we-we act like a couple would but I guess we haven't given us a title" I respond trying to make sure it's how I wanted it to sound
"so would you like to give us a title?" the more Steve said us the more I fell in love with him
"I would" I answer the daunting question, dragging out the last letter, looking at him with my head tilted and a cheeky grin on my lips
"this may be a bit rusty so forgive me" Steve prepares himself for what he was about to say, setting his food and drink down on his lap, it made me giggle nervousness for the coming question "Adeline Maximoff will you be my girlfriend?" Steve asked and rested his hand on top of my knee whilst waiting for words from my mouth, I was beyond happy, this was perfect. The use of my full name made me blush and the shyness made butterflies come alive in my stomach, I couldn't ask for anything better if I tried
"of course I will" I finally manage to form a string of words, I felt myself smiling from cheek to cheek with pure joy, my heart felt so full and like it could explode at any moment.
