Chapter Text
Y/n pov
I wake up and see that I'm alone in bed again. Was it just a dream? No, it's not possible. He was standing right in front of me. We fell asleep together. I'm sure it was true, I can't have imagi- my thoughts were interrupted by the door opening. Steve enters the room. A sigh of relief escapes me.
"What's the problem?" Steve asked me.
"When I woke up, you weren't there, so I thought it was a dream and you hadn't come back," I answered with a sad look.
"I just went to make breakfast but it's okay I'm here now" he told me as he approached the bed.
"Did you make breakfast?" I say, with the excitement of a 6-year-old child. Steve laughs.
"Yes, but you know, it's not by staying in bed that you'll be able to eat waffles..."
"WAFFLES?!" After that I ran to the door in my pajamas and rushed into the kitchen. I could hear Steve laughing in the distance.
*little time skip*
"So, what are we going to do today?" Steve asked me before taking another sip of his coffee.
"What do you mean?" I asked him, a little confused.
"You said when I get home we'd do all the things we couldn't do on our birthday."
"Oh... but I thought you'd be tired after the mission."
"I slept under the ice for 70 years, I'm not tired anymore" I laugh.
"Okay, so maybe we could start by going to the restaurant of our first date, remember?"
"The one where I accidentally dropped my drink on you?" He smiles.
"Yes" I smile and laugh as I recall that memory.
"I was so nervous," he blushes.
"Me too, but look where we are now." I took his hand and looked at him in his beautiful blue eyes with a smile.
"And after the restaurant?" He asked me with a smile.
"We could either go for a walk in the park, visit museums or go shopping."
"Let's do all this and tonight we'll end up with the party!" He says all excited.
"The party? What party?" I say, confused.
" Crap, I forgot to tell you. The others and I wanted to have a little party for our anniversary. But if you don't want to, it's no problem! We can cancel-" I interrupted him
"No, no, no, no, no. That's a great idea."
"Okay then we have our program for the day!"
"Shall we get ready?"
"Yes!
*time skip*
Steve pov
We went to the restaurant of our first date and I must say it was really fantastic. We laughed a lot when we remembered all the memories we had here together. Then we went to see a superb art exhibition in a museum. Then we decided to go shopping... A part I didn't really like...
*flashback*
We go into the clothing store and we really didn't know where to start. I insisted that Y/n choose his clothes first. She had fallen in love with a beautiful black dress that was quite expensive. So she didn't want to take it. I still tried to dissuade her by telling her that I wanted to pay her and that it would be my gift for our anniversary (which I didn't have time to buy). She said she didn't want a gift and she dragged me into the men's clothing section of the store. But just before, I waved discreetly to one of the women in the store to keep the dress for me.
After that I started looking for clothes for myself. I had found a t-shirt so I decided to look for Y/n to show her when I noticed a man was looking at her. But not really... normally. He looked at her from top to bottom. How dare he do that to MY Y/n! He has no right to look at her that way. I saw that he was starting to get closer and closer to her so I walked faster. I came to Y/n before him and placed my arm around her as if to protect her from this guy. Then I looked at him with a menacing look and he left.
" Earth to Steve?" I heard Y/n talking to me.
"Ye-yes?"
"Is everything all right?" She asked me, concerned.
"Yes, yes, I wanted to show you this." I handed her the shirt and she examined it.
"It's very beautiful, I like the color." she says with a smile.
"And did you find something?"
"For you I found all this!" She showed her bags filled with clothes.
"All this?! I'm going to have to try everything?!" She nodded.
"Well, what do you like, of course," she added.
And of course, I had to try everything. To finally take only 2 tshirts and a sweatshirt.
At the checkout I discreetly paid for the dress that Y/n had seen so that I would offer it to her on the way home.
And then we took a little walk hand in hand to end our beautiful day. Then we went home to get ready for the party.
*end of flashback*
Y/n pov
On the way home I went straight into our bedroom to pick up Steve's gift. I heard the door open and close. It was Steve.
"Y/n?"
"I'm here" I replied by joining him with the box. I handed it to him. He looked at it attentively and then looked at me.
"Happy birthday!" I tell him. He laughed and took the box. He opened it. Inside there was a notebook. It was full of pictures and memories of both of us. And at the end there was a drawing of Steve and me. Steve took the time to look at each picture before closing the book, getting up and hugging me.
"It's wonderful thank you so much Y/n, I love you more than anything in the world," he whispered.
"I love you so much," I replied.
"I have a little gift too..." he turned back to take the bag of clothes.
"Steve..." he took out of the bag the dress you had flashed on in the store.
"I know it's not really the same as your gift, but... I saw that you loved it very much and then I felt bad for not giving you a gift so... Happy birthday?" He says.
"Thank you very much, Steve," you stood on your tiptoes and kissed him on the lips.
"Let's go get ready now the party starts in... 40 minutes."
*time skip*
Steve pov
I've never been so anxious in my life. I was walking around trying to remember my little speech for the proposal when suddenly someone knocked on the door.
"Who is this?" I say, stopping all my thoughts.
"It's me. Everything's fine in there ?" it was Y/n. She must have been worried since I'd been locked in the bathroom for 20 minutes.
"Yes, yes, don't worry sweetheart, i come" I answered and checked to see if the ring was still in my pocket. Then I went out, and ti stopped in front of Y/n. She was... beautiful.
"Woah Y/n... you are truly... gorgeous" I was at a loss for words. She blushes.
"Are you ready now?" She asks.
"Yes, ma'am," I tell her, and I make the guard sign to make her laugh. She laughed.
"Come on, dork," she took me by the arm and we went to the living room, where all the others were assembled, all very well dressed.
*time skip*
The evening went wonderfully well. Tony and Bucky signaled to me that it was time. Slowly I got up and stood in front of Y/n who was in the middle of a conversation with Natasha and Wanda. She was a little confused.
"Steve, do you have a problem?"
"No. Everything is extremely fine I would say" I took his hands in mine. No one was talking now.
"Steve?"
"Y/n. We've been sharing our lives for a year now and I've never been happier. I still remember our first date at that restaurant where we went for lunch. I love everything about you. Your smile. Your eyes. Your laugh. Your tenderness. Your humor. Everything. And today, in the presence of my friends and family, I would like to ask you for more. Y/n you are the love of my life, will you marry me?" I was now on one knee with the ring in my hand and I looked into her eyes. She was crying. But before I gave any false hope, she replied by nodding.
"Yes, a million times yes" I put the ring on her finger and then lifted up to take her in my arms and give her the most beautiful kiss she deserves.
Everyone around us was applauding. I cried tears of joy, so do all the people in this room. The evening ended perfectly, my future wife in my arms and the biggest smile on our lips
"I love you, Mr. Rogers."
"I love you too future Mrs. Rogers".