I WANT FLUFF PLEASE, PURE STEVE ROGERS FLUFF
Here you bloody go, I wrote half of this whilst I was drunk and didnât bothe proof reading so bloody ENJOY.Â
âHey, are you there?â
My head snapped around from my book tocheck my radio on my bedside tableâI wasnât sure if I was hearing things or ifSteve Rogers was paging me at 3am in the morning.
âHellllooooo,â the radio crackled againâIwasnât imagining it.
âHello?â I answered quickly, my voicefilled with curiosityâwhat the hell did he want?
âI knew youâd be awake,â I couldpractically hear him smile down the lineâI didnât have to see him to know that hisstupid grin was plastered on his stupid face.
âWell yeah,â I rolled my eyes as I set downmy book, âI literally told you this morning that I havenât been able to go tosleep before 5am.â
âMeet me in the stairwell of level 12,â Hecompletely ignored the fact that Iâd outed him.
âWhat?!â Why the fuck did he want to meetin the damn stairwell? âAre you joking?â There was no way he was being serious.
âIâm being one hundred per cent serious,five minutes, I expect you there.â
âJesus,â I huffed down the line, âway to bepushy, but yeah okay whatever, see you in five.â I rolled out of bed and shovedmyself into my dressing gown, praying that whatever he had in store for me wasworth leaving the comfort of my sheets.
âYou better have a good reason for doingthis Rogers,â I said monotonously as trudged up the stair with him. Iâd met himon level 12 like heâd requested and heâd graciously let me know that weâd bewalking up two more levels because our stupid elevator was down.
âTrust me,â he stopped in front of the doorto level 14, âYouâre going to love it.â He pulled out a key from his backpocket and I wondered to myself why the door was locked in the first place.
âSo,â he turned to me as he shoved the keyin, âthis is where I come when I canât sleep and I want to share it with you.âHe opened the door slowly before standing aside so that I could make my waythrough.
âUhââ I could feel my throat run dry as Ilost all sense of how to speak. âUm, yeah okay.â I was so nervous, Iâd neverhad anyone share their safe space with me before and I didnât know how I wasgoing to cope.
My heart began to race as I made my wayinsideâI wasnât sure what Iâd been expecting, but it definitely hadnât been anindoor garden. I couldnât believe my eyes. Despite only being dimly lit bylanterns the garden was breath-taking. There were vines covering the walls,bushy ferns in the corners, garden beds filled with almost every flowerpossible and most importantly, there was a lily pond, right in the centre ofthe room.
âHoly shit Steve, this is beautiful.â Ijust couldnât understand how what I was seeing managed to exist, how had he hadthe time?
âYour favourite flowers are lilies right?âHe raised an eyebrow as he took my handâI almost jolted away, I hadnât beenexpecting it.
âYeah, wait how do you know that?â
âWhat?â he said as he sat down on a smallbench in the middle of the room right next to the lily pond. âYou think I donâtlisten to you when you ramble on in the kitchen?â
âYeah!â I laughed lightly as I sat downbeside him, âNo one ever listens to me when I ramble.â
âI listen,â he entwined his hand with mineagain and I gulped uncomfortably. âI know your favourite flowers are lilies,that youâre afraid of the dark AND the ocean. I know that your favourite bookis a tale of two cities and that you read it every night because you canâtsleep till early parts of the morning.â He used his free hand to nudge my facetowards his. âI know that when I wake up the first thing I think about is whatyour daily joke is going to be, I know I think about knocking on your doorevery night and asking you out to dinnerââ
âYou what?!â I didnât think he realisedwhat he was saying, âSteveââ
âIâm being serious,â his thumb grazed overmy knuckles. âIâm not good at this whole dating thing you know?â
I nodded sincerely, heâd complained to meabout it a few times and I truly felt bad.
âBut I want to try with you, honestly.â
âWith me?â I swallowed the lump in mythroat. Iâd never thought about Steve in that way. I mean Iâd always thought hewas good looking, but I never considered dating him. It made me giddy to thinkthat someone actually listened to all the stupid things I had to sayâeveryoneelse just seemed to brush me off, Steve never had and Iâd only just noticedthat.
âYes,â he nodded, âwith you.â He leanedover to fish out a lily from the pond. âSo will you?â He held it out to me withthe most innocent eyes and Iâd never been so mesmerised by a man before. I wasseeing someone in a whole new light and I honestly couldnât believe Iâd missedit.
I wasnât sure completely, but the way hewas presenting himself made me want to try. âI mean,â I admired the flower fora second before plucking it gently from his hand. âThereâs no harm in trying.â
âPerfect,â he grinned, âHow about I pickyou up at 7pm tomorrow?â
âThat sounds wonderful.â
Three knocks on the door let my nervousstomach know that Steve was at the door. 7pm had taken all day to arrive andIâd spent all morning feeling like I was going to be nervous.
âHi,â I smiled as I opened the door to anervous looking Captainâwho to my surprise was holding a bouquet of peonies.
âHi,â he replied as he cracked his knucklesnervously. âIâumâgot these for you.â He held out the flowers to me and Igraciously accepted them before planting a kiss to his cheek.
âThank youâI might start my own garden atthis rate.â I motioned for him to come inside as I trudged towards my shelvesso that I could locate a vase.
He let out a small laugh as he shoved hishands into the pockets of his black jeans. âDonât think Iâm helping, Iâve got awhole one of my own to look after and barely any time.â
I laughedâreally laughed and I had no ideawhy, because his joke hadnât been that funny. It was clear that things were changingand I wasnât complaining, because I knew it was for the better.
âItâs okay I might just get Bucky to helpout,â I teased knowing he would hate it.
He scrunched up his face âI mean sure, goahead.â
âStop it,â it was my turn to place anencouraging hand on his shoulder, usually that was his job.
âI wonât lie,â he smirked, âthat made meslightly jealous.â
I laughed lightly âI could tell.â
âYou know what,â he looked towards my TV,âhow about we forget the dinner reservations, weâll order some take away and wecan watch any show you want to.â
âYouâre kidding, I would fucking lovethat.â Iâd never felt so relieved in my lifeâI hated dates, the thought of themmade me nervous to the point where I was almost sickâI was surprised that Ihadnât already vomited.
âPerfect,â he grinned as he walked towardsmy sofa. It was times like these I was thankful that Tony had given me a masterbedroom.
âDo you mind if I change?â I asked, alreadyunzipping my dress, not waiting for his answer.
I smiled to myself as I flung the dress Iwas wearing back into my cupboardâI knew he was watching me.
I pulled on an oversized t-shirt and mademy way over to the sofa.
âSo,â I said as I plopped myself downbeside him âhave you watched stranger things?â
âNo,â he shook his head, âbut people keeptelling me itâs good.â
âWonderful,â I grabbed the remote frombeside me, âyouâre about to be shown a masterpiece Rogers.â
Iâd fallen asleep at about episode 5 ofseason 1âI assumed that all the wriggling Steve was doing was because he wastrying to regain feeling in his arm.
âShit,â I recoiled, âIâm so sorry.â Trustme to have fallen asleep on my date.
âNo!â he quickly stopped me, âitâs okay!â
âAre you enjoying it?â I smiled as I lookedtowards the TV. Iâd already seen season 1 which was probably why Iâd fallenasleepâthat and the fact that I hadnât had a good nights sleep, despite beingshown Steveâs beautiful garden.
âItâs goodâbut,â he placed his knuckleunder my chin and I felt a shiver run through my body. âI think I would ratherbe spending my time doing thisââ before I could gather what he meant, he wasalready crashing his lips against mine and boy I wasnât complaining.
Everything about him was gentle and I justcouldnât handle itâI grabbed the collar of his shirt and pulled him closer,eliciting a groan from him as his threaded his fingers through my hair.
âShit,â I moaned against his mouth as hedecided to act with more urgency. We were like hungry animalsâSteve Rogers wassomething that had been in front of me for so long and I hadnât known Iâdneeded him until he was shoving his tongue down my throat.
âPlease donât rip my shirt off,â he jokedâIreally was tugging hard, my brain clearly didnât understand he was already asclose as he could be.
âIâm so tempted to,â I tugged hard again, justto show him I meant it.
âI donât have expendable funds to buy moreshirts to take you on datesââ he breathed before placing a trail of kisses downmy neck.
âOh my god,â I sucked in a breath, âdo notfucking do that again or Iâll literally rip all your damn clothes off.â
âOh?â he had the audacity to do it again,but ten times slower.
âThatâs itââ suddenly I was struggling hisbelt buckle, but he was pushing me away.
âNo,â he scolded as he pulled away. âNo,no.â
âWhy not?â I really didnât see why it was aproblem.
âI justââ he turned away, âIâm sorryâshit,this is gonna sound so stupid, but Iâd really just like to wait, I want this tomean more.â
I grabbed his hand, âstop it Steve, itâsnot stupid at all, I get it I promise.â
âYeah?â he turned back towards me.
âYes.â I wrapped my pinky around his,âlook, why donât you sleepâwe can finish the series tomorrow.â
âThat sounds like a plan.â He pulled myhead towards him and planted a kiss against my forehead, âgoodnight.â
âGoodnight Steven.â I stole a quick kissfrom his lips, my head feeling somewhat giddy at the fact that I was seeing himthe next day.
âOh wait,â he fished for something in hispocket and finally picked out a key. âThis is for you,â he held it out to me, âyourpersonal key to the garden for when you canât sleep.â
Attached to the key was a small lily keyring and I swear I felt like crying.
âGet out,â I scolded as I grabbed the key, âhurrybefore I kiss you again.â
He let out a loud laugh, âgoodnight, Iâllsee you tomorrow.â