Natasha is teaching Steve about the 21st Century, and she sets him up on a blind date.
A/N: In case you don't watch AoS, the new character, Victoria Hand, is actually a real character, played by Saffron Burrows.
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2012 ( After the battle of New York ), 7:47 PM.
Steve has finally found an apartment to live in. It was in a quiet neighbourhood in Brooklyn, not too far from The Triskelion, where he often does missions. But he agreed to do these missions mostly because he wanted to be closer to Natasha Romanoff.
The redhead agent had sparked quite an interest in him. She was beautiful, not even he can deny it, but it was her rather cold façade, that had caught the attention of our dear Captain America.
All is life, he got into back alley fights, even agreed to be part of a suicidal experiment. But, if he was being honest, which he always was, the strangest thing he has ever been in is watching the whole marathon of Star Wars, in another woman's apartment, while getting quizzed on "popular culture references".
He found his attention always going towards Natasha, staring at her most minute actions, smiling inwardly at them.
'Steve, hello?' Natasha said, knocking on his head, halfway through Return of the Jedi. 'Is somebody there?'
'After watching these movies for nearly 4 hours, I'm not quite sure if anything is left in my brain,' he replied snarkily.
'Never say that to George Lucas,' she replied, shutting the TV down, facing him on the couch. 'I'm setting up on a blind dat--' 'No,' he said, shaking his head. 'I don't want to be set up with a stranger. I don't even know this person's name.'
'Her name's Victoria Hand,' she said firmly. 'She's a Level-8 agent. I've talked with her a couple times. She's great.'
'No,' 'I'm not taking no for an answer,' 'Fine, never in a million years,' 'No objections,'
'What will I get?' 'Finally, some action,' 'Gross, do better,'
'I'll go on a date with you, and you have complete control over my wardrobe, the location. And also have to call you a sickening nickname, of your choice. Only if you stay for 10 minutes, max. '
Face it Tiger, you just hit the jackpot.
( Only tASM comic readers will get that iconic reference. Hint: another redhead said this to Peter Parker. )
'You promise?' Steve said, trying very hard to suppress the happiness inside him of him, making it seem like he was constipated.
'You can smile, you loser,' she said, amused. 'I know that behind your shyness, you're a mastermind, planning my misery. Or you're just a pushover kiss-ass and can't even make me miserable.'
