3rd Person's POV

"Sammie?"

Sammie looks at Steve Rogers in pure shock. Never did she think he was so close that they would accidentally run into each other. For this long she never had this problem, but yet today was the one time had her walls down and she was no longer in hiding.

"Steve? What are you doing here?"

Steve frowns, "You've been gone for a while and the first thing you say is what am I doing here? What are you doing here? What are you doing in general?"

Sammie stands in shock still. She hadn't seen Steve this upset before, well Bucky was bad but this... this was worse..

"Wow this is awkward I'm just gonna be over.." Before Sam can finish his sentence he runs out the room.

"Traitor!" Sammie turns to yell at Sam who is already gone. Sighing she turns back to a furious looking Steve and grimaces, "Hi..."

"Hi?" Steve repeats in anger. He shakes his head and walks past her.

"Steve!" Sammie runs after Steve as he jets out of the building, "Steve wait!"

Steve gets on his motorcycle and rides off quickly disappearing from view. Sammie sighs in sadness as she stands on the sidewalk. Shaking her head she looks up at the sky and says to herself.

"Ugh you did it this time Todd."

As Steve is walking to his apartment, he hears his neighbor talking on the phone as she goes to do her laundry.

Kate smiles as she speaks to someone on the phone, "That's so sweet. That is so nice. Hey. I gotta go, though. Okay, bye."

She turns to Steve and smiles, "My aunt, she's kind of an insomniac."

Steve smiles and nods.

"Hey, if you want... if you want, you're welcome to use my machine. Might be cheaper than the one in the basement."

"What's it cost?"

"A cup of coffee?"

Kate thinks about it for a second then smiles and shakes her head, "Thank you, but um... I already have a load in downstairs, and, uh... you really don't want my scrubs in your machine. I'm just finished orientation in the infectious diseases ward, so..."

Steve nods, "Ah, well, I'll keep my distance."

"Well hopefully not too far." Kate smiles lightly.

"Wow well you move on quick don't you?"

Steve turns around to see Sammie leaning on the wall by his apartment door. He glances over at Kate who is looking confused then stomps over to Sammie.

"What are you doing here? How did you get here?"

Sammie frowns while crossing her arms, "You drive slow, I drive fast. I've been here before. I came in through the window."

Steve frowns while looking surprised, "You broke into my house?"

"No! I came in through that window."

Steve glances over at the window beside Sammie, which is now open and showing a perfect view of her car beside his motorcycle.

"Why are you here Sammie?" Steve sighs while holding his head.

"I wanted to talk to you. But I see now that it probably wasn't the best idea. Who's this?"

Kate looks over at the two in confusion then smiles holding her hand out, "I'm Kate, nice to meet you."

"Sammie... Likewise."

An awkward minute passes by. Sammie, Steve, and Kate stand just looking at each other.

Kate points to the two, "Are you two..."

"No." Steve answers quickly making Sammie's head turn to him within a second.

"Oh uh okay. Well it was nice to meet you Sammie. See you later Steve." Kate turns to leave but then stops and hits her head lightly, "Oh, I forgot to tell you, I think you left your stereo on."

Steve smiles, "Oh. Right, thank you."

He watches her go down the stairs before turning in suspicion to his door. Sammie frowns looking back and forth between Kate and Steve then Steve and the door.

"It's a door... why are you looking at it like that? You just open it and walk in."

She goes to touch the doorknob but is stopped by Steve holding her hand. Sparks shoot through their hands making them both look down then let go.

"It's not that... I didn't leave my stereo on."

Steve quietly makes his way to the fire exit with Sammie in tow. He hears music as he cautiously enters his apartment though the window. Grabbing his shield for protection, he pulls Sammie close to him not even noticing the tinge of pink on her face. As the two walk more into the apartment, they find Fury sitting on his couch in the dark.

Steve frowns, "I don't remember giving you a key."

"You really think I'd need one? My wife kicked me out."

Sammie frowns stepping out from behind Steve's shield, "Didn't know you were married Nick."

Nick shrugs, "A lot of things you don't about me."

"I know, Nick. That's the problem."

As Steve turns on the light he notices Fury's injuries for the first time, but Fury indicates for him to be silent. Fury turns off the light and writes something on his phone and shows it to Steve; "ears everywhere".

"I'm sorry to have to do this, but I had no place else to crash."

He writes another text and shows it to Steve; "SHIELD compromised".

"Who else knows about your wife?" Steve grips hard onto his shield.

Fury shows him another text; "You two and me"

"Just... my friends." Fury stands up and takes a step towards the two.

"Is that what we are?" Steve frowns.

"That's up to you."

Suddenly, Fury is shot three times from through the wall and collapses, Steve pushes Sammie to the side away from the window. He looks out the window for the shooter then he quickly drags Fury to the next room, before he leaves Fury hands him the flash drive.

"Don't... trust anyone."

Fury passes out just as someone breaks into his apartment. He turns to see his neighbor calling out to him.

"Captain Rogers? Captain, I'm Agent 13 of SHIELD Special Service."

Steve looks over at her confused, "Kate?"

"I'm assigned to protect you."

Sammie steps into the room holding a gun, "Woah woah woah... On whose order?"

Kate notices Fury lying injured on the ground, "His."

She goes to Fury then contacts SHIELD through her radio, "Foxtrot is down, he's unresponsive. I need EMTs."

SHIELD Agent, "Do you have a twenty on the shooter?"

Steve notices the shooter though the window, "Tell him I'm in pursuit."

Sammie frowns, "Steve wait!"

Before she can say anything, Steve smashes through his window and runs after the assassin, who is the same mysterious man that had exploded Fury's car.

Sammie looks down at Kate and groans, "Ugh men."

She follows Steve quickly hoping to be there if he needs help. Steve chases him through an office building smashing through the walls, when he finally catches up with him on the roof he throws his shield at the assassin, but the assassin catches it with one swift move, then throws it back to Steve and then jumps down the building and disappears.

"Who was that?"

Steve turns around to see Sammie staring down at where the assassin disappeared in awe.

"I don't know."