The captain's sister

birthday

Stark Industries:

Alison relaxed at her desk, sipping on a cup of coffee.

"Hi Miss Stark." Ali said as Pepper entered the office.

  "Just Pepper.' She corrected, walking past.

A delivery man walked into Alison's work space.

  "A delivery for a Miss Rogers?" He asked

"That's me." She said

  He placed a bouquet of flowers and small box on the desk.

"Sign here." He said, showing her the electronic pad.

He smiled at her pretty signature and looked up.

"Happy birthday by the way." He said

She gave him a confused look.

"It's on the card." He said, pointing to the flowers.

She smiled.

"Thank you."

He waved as he left.

Alison picked up the card and read it out loud for Pepper who was standing in the doorway.

   "To My favorite girl. Happy birthday. Hope you like your gift."

"Who's it from?" Pepper asked

Alison shrugged as she opened the box.

"No name."

She gasped as she lifted the gift out of the box.

"No way." She said "I thought this was discontinued!"

She showed pepper the bottle of perfume.

"It was.." Pepper replied, walking over. "years ago."

"This was my favorite perfume in the 40s." She said "They must know Steve."

Pepper nodded.

"Or it was your brother."

Alison spent the rest of the work day thinking about the gift. Sunflowers and her favorite perfume. Who would send that?

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Avengers Compound:

Steve and Bucky were on opposite sides of the kitchen, seemingly avoiding one another.

"Hey!" Alison said, running in and only acknowledging her brother.

"Hey." Steve said before taking a deep breath "I know that smell. What is that?"

Alison pulled the bottle from her purse. She didn't see Bucky's little smirk.

"I got it for my birthday."

"Who's it from?" Steve asked

"Dunno. They didn't sign the card." She shrugged "This wasn't even my favorite part of it."

"What was?"

"The sunflowers sitting on my desk." She said "They're not even blooming now and the nearest greenhouse that grown them out of season is in queens!"

"Wow." Steve said "Someone must really like you."

"Wish I knew who so I could thank them." Alison said.

Nat went to speak and Bucky put a finger up before walking down the hall. A quiet banging noise was heard from the direction he'd went. Tony chuckled, wrapping an arm around Alison's shoulders.

"Happy Birthday." He said quietly, giving her friendly kiss on the cheek before following Bucky down the hall.

"Just as clueless as her brother." Bucky mumbled, hitting his head on the wall.

  "You sent the flowers and perfume didn't you?" Tony asked as he got closer.

Bucky nodded.

  "I called her my favorite girl when I wrote the card and she still didn't realize it was me." He sighed

"Try signing it next time." Tony chuckled.

He hated the man but he knew what it was like to royally fuck up with the girl you love. He was going to do his best to make Bucky feel better.

"Come on. Let's go get a drink." He suggested

"I cant get drunk." Bucky reminded. Him

"Do it for the taste." Tony sighed, pulling him out the door.