What was wrong with him.......he was in a meeting that he really should be listening to; yet as soon as she had walked through the door and took a seat next to Fury, he was sure that he hadn't heard a single word that had been said. His eyes permanently fixed on the agent that was supposed to be there to inform them, of the latest goings on with Hydra. And as much as he had done his best to take it all in, the only thing that he could hear, were the romantic old songs that his mother used to sing when he was young. The songs that would allow a young man to hold his date close at the end of a night. A sudden nudge from Bucky's elbow, the only thing that had startled him from his thoughts. Steve just smiling at his confused looking friend, before turning back to look at Fury and the female agent.

"Beautiful, isn't she..........?" Tony whispered, as he leaned closer to Steve.

"She......who is she.........?" Steve replied. Doing his best to not get drawn back into his previous dreamlike state.

"She, is agent (Y/f/n) (Y/l/n). Otherwise known around S.H.E.I.L.D headquarters, as little miss hard to get......." A smile coming to the billionaire's lips as the captain turned to look at him with a quizzical stare.

"What..........?"

"Little miss hard to get..........(Y/n) has been at S.H.E.I.L.D for over a year and no matter who has tried to ask her out, she has always said no. She even turned me down.........."

"Well, maybe she's already with someone......maybe she's married........"

"Nope......she's single........" Tony replied. Steve brows now furrowing.

"And how do you know that.........?"

"I made it my business to find out..........." The billionaire answered with a shrug.

"Well then, perhaps she just has standard and neither you nor anyone else here meets them........"

"Ahem..............." The attention getting cough forcing Steve and Tony to turn, before Tony could retort to the comment. The two men looking up at a rather unamused Fury.

"Is our little meeting getting in the way of your conversation, gentlemen........" The director enquired. Steve able to feel his cheeks begin to glow brightly, as the exquisite female agent looked at him; all of a sudden feeling like the young man he had been before the super soldier serum, and he was trying to ask out the prettiest girl in Brooklyn.

"No...er, my apologies director, agent (Y/l/n)........"

"And what about you, Stark.........?"

"Oh, I'm all ears, Fury.........." Tony retorted, winking at the agent, before leaning back in his chair.

"Well, thank you for that. I am sure agent (Y/l/n) will do her best to not keep you two, too much longer........" Fury bit back. Steve sending her an apologetic nod, before the meeting began again. New images of suspected Hydra bases appearing above the table.

Steve could recall hearing Clint and Nat talking about an agent that had been causing quite a stir at headquarters, some time back; but he had never thought anything of it. The captain now presuming that it must have been agent (Y/l/n); and after seeing her, he could well understand why she caused a stir. Though he did have to say that he wasn't happy about the moniker the other agents had given her. Steve not thinking that there was anything wrong with a woman having standards; nothing wrong with not saying yes to invitations for a date, if she didn't feel comfortable or wasn't interested. It striking Steve that she might just be a little old fashioned. That she was more the kind of girl that liked to get to know a guy, before rushing into things, and he liked that......he liked her. It not since Peggy that he had felt such a pull to a woman. A little part of him feeling guilty for it; but he knew that he could not live in the past forever. Peggy was gone, but he still had his life ahead of him; and he was sure that she wouldn't want him to spend the rest of his days, alone.

"Ok, ladies and gentlemen, that's it. Agent (Y/l/n) will be joining you at the compound on Monday morning to go over anything more that may come up over the next couple of days. She has done a lot of groundwork on these possible new facilities, so she will also be tagging along when Captain Rogers, Sargent Barnes, and agents Barton and Romanoff go out on their reconnaissance missions. If there are no more questions..........?" Fury looking around the team, before he and the agent got to their feet and left the room.

"Steve........?" Bucky called out, as Steve jumped to his feet and made his way to the door.

"I have to do something, Bucky.........." Came the reply, before he quickly made his way out of the conference room and ran down the corridor to catch up the agent that had just walked away from the director.

"Agent (Y/l/n)..........." The captain smiling as she stopped and turned to look at him.

"Oh, Captain Rogers, is there anything I can help you with ........?"

"Er....no. It's not........." Steve rubbing at the back of his neck, as he felt his cheeks flush again.

"I....I just wanted to apologise for earlier....I didn't mean........."

"That is quite alright, Captain. I am aware of the fact that Mister Stark thinks the world revolves around him. And if all attention is not on him, he will find a way to make it about him......." Steve finding himself chuckling at her reply. It obvious that the beautiful agent had quickly got the measure of Tony.

"Still......I didn't want you to think I was being rude. And......its Steve, please........"

"(Y/n). And again, there is nothing to apologise for. But thank you anyway. Now, if you will excuse me..........." (Y/n) smiling at the man in front of her, before turning to leave.

"Wait.............!" Steve once more catching up to her.

"I, um.......I was thinking about going out for a coffee; and I was just wondering, if you're free, whether you would.........whether you would like to join me......?" The old soldier asked. Steve waiting for the moment of rejection, but.......

"I........I'd love to. I know this great little place not far from here, if you would like. They make the best Caffè americano, this side of Italy, in my opinion....." She replied. Steve feeling a broad smile make its way across his face.

"That......that sounds perfect. Um.......shall we.........?" The captain offering her his arm. His smile getting even wider as she placed her hand in the crook of his elbow and allowed him to lead her down the rest of the long corridor. Steve more than happy to know that everyone else had found her hard to get.