So This Is Love...

Chapter 2 || Super Serum & Secret Affairs

I smiled as soon as I had saw him walk in, he steps down the stairs walking up to Erskine along with me behind him, "good morning."

The photographer had taken a picture as both of them had shaken hands, Erskine didn't look pleased which made me hold back a laugh, "please not now."

I chuckled, "what's wrong doctor? Afraid to show the world who's really behind the procedure?"

"It's not the fame I'm looking for Anderson, it's more of how this procedure was ever been done," he says with a calm smile as he turns to Steve, "are you ready?"

Steve nods shakily as he looks at both of us, I smiled to him, "good, take off your shirt, your tie, and your hat."

As I was about to walk away I felt Steve grab a hold of my hand, "you're staying right?"

"Of course I am Steve, what makes you say that?" I asked with a smile.

He softly chuckled, "I'm just nervous."

"Well don't be, it'll be as if I'm standing right next to you," I tell him.

He smiled as he was walking over to the pod to get settled in, I stood next to Peggy as we watched on feeling nervous about what'll happen, Erskine went up to Steve talking to him.

Then he looks over at Howard, "Mr. Stark, how are your levels?"

"Levels at a hundred percent."

"Good."

"We may dim half the lights in Brooklyn, but we're ready as we'll ever be," Howard responds.

As we stood on by talking Erskine clears his throat, "Agent Carter, Anderson? Don't you think you two would be more comfortable in the booth?"

"Oh yes of course," Peggy says.

I felt embarrassed, "sorry."

As both of us reached the chamber where the senator and Phillips were seated, we sat next to one another looking down at them watching from above, my heart began to pound feeling like drums were taking beat.

I haven't managed to get much sleep last night as I had kept thinking about Steve, and come to think of it I had slept with Howard last night as he was sober enough. I felt insanely guilty for doing so, but I did find him attractive just for a little while.

With me being confused on where my feelings lie with Steve, I can't help but notice the way Peggy has been staring at him, smiling at him and getting some what close to him. I felt a little jealous of her, she's got the gorgeous face that every man adores, she's beautiful and most importantly she's getting Steve to fall head over heels for her.

Abraham had tapped on the mic getting the men and us his attention, "do you hear me? Is this on? Ladies and gentlemen, today we take not another step towards annihilation, but the first step on the path to peace. We begin with a series of micro injections into the subjects major muscle groups, the serum infusion will cause immediate cellular change. And then to stimulate growth, the subject will be saturated with vita-rays."

During the injections Steve winced at the pain shutting his eyes a bit, then opened them, "that wasn't so bad."

"That was the penicillin," Erskine said causing us to chuckle as I grew more nervous for Steve than I already am, "serum infusion beginning in five, four, three, two, one. Now, Mr. Stark."

As I see Howard lower down a lever, the pod begins to go upright enclosing Steve in the capsule, after letting go of the lever Howard looks up at me and smiles. I shakily smile back but looked at the capsule, Erskine approaches the pod knocking on it.