How you meet:
You had just come home from your tour in Afghanistan and your friends were all telling you to go to a group therapy thing in D.C. They all said it really helped them adjust back to life in the states and deal with their PTSD.
After begging and begging and begging, you finally agreed and made the trip to D.C.
You walked into the room and saw people talking and sitting in chairs throughout the room.
Since you knew nobody, you sat down and went on your phone.
A man walked in and asked everyone to sit down and put your phones away.
You put your phone away and looked up at the man.
He started talking about what you're going to be talking about that day.
You stayed silent but listened intently to everything.
At the end of the session you got up and picked up your jacket.
As you were about to leave there was a tap on your shoulder.
"Hey, I'm Sam. I noticed you were new here and I make a point to meet everyone new." He said and you recognized him as the one who walked in and you smiled a little.
"Thanks, I'm Y/N." You said softly and looked at your phone.
"How many tours have you done?" He asked and you looked at him.
"I just came home from my first tour, it was really hard on me. My friends all recommended this." You explained and he smiled a little.
"How about we get a cup of coffee and talk about it?" He asked and you nodded.
"Sure." You said and he nodded.
"Let me get my coat." He said and walked out of the room.
You smiled and texted your friend. "Thank you for recommending that group therapy." You texted and looked up at him
"Okay, let's go." He said and opened the door for you.
You smiled and walked out.

He asks you out:
(He already asked you out so I'm skipping this)

First date:
You and Sam walk down to a small café and sit down at a table outside to talk and just drink coffee.
"So Y/N, tell me about yourself. Other than you being in the army." He said and you smiled a little.
"Well I have two brothers and I am very happy my friends recommended that group therapy and I think I'm going to be staying in D.C for awhile longer." You said and he raised an eyebrow as a smirk spread across his face.
"And why are you staying in D.C awhile longer? See anything you like?" He asked as his smirk grew bigger and you laughed and nodded.
"As a matter of fact I see a very fine person about two tables down." You said and his smile fell but he turned around to see that you two were the only ones outside.
You laughed as he turned around and looked at you with a pout on his face.
"And I see a sassy girl right in front of me." He said and you laughed again.
"Why thank you, but in all seriousness. I found a soldier that I would love to get to know." You said and he nodded.
"And so did I." He said and you smiled as you took a sip of your drink.

He finds out you self-harm/harmed:
When you got back from Afghanistan, you didn't know how to deal with the changes and the grief that you suffered overseas. You had watched friends die right in front of you.
You had turned to a form of coping you weren't proud of but you couldn't stop doing it. You couldn't stop self-harming.
Sam was over and you and him were just cuddling and watching a movie.
As a habit you were scratching your arms and you winced as you opened up a cut on accident.
Sam noticed and looked at you.
"You good?" He asked and you nodded.
"I'm good." You said but the blood had leaked onto your shirt and he saw it.
"No you're not, you're bleeding." He said and took your wrist but you pulled away.
"It's nothing Sam, I was just scratching a bit too hard." You explained but he looked you straight in the eyes, held out his hand, and said, "Y/n, give me your wrist."
You silently gave him your wrist and he rolled up your sleeve and he closed his eyes.
"You know I'm here for you, you know I will do anything for you. Now can you explain to me why you did this?" He asked softly and looked up at you.
"I'm sorry, it was just...I didn't know how to cope. So many of my friends died right in front of my eyes and I just didn't know how to deal with it." You said through tears and he wrapped his arms around you tightly.
"Hey it's okay, I understand that more than anybody and I hope you know that you can come to me anytime." He whispered and you nodded.
"Thank you." You whispered.
"Of course, now let's get that cleaned up." He said softly and lead you to the bathroom.

First kiss:
Sam and you had been on a couple of dates and he would always be the gentleman and walked you back to where you were staying.
"Sam you really don't have to do this." You said and he shrugged.
"It's the right thing to do after a date, plus I get to spend more time with you." He said and you blushed a little.
"Why thank you." You said and walked up to the hotel you were staying in.
He smiled but didn't let go of your hand.
"I'll see you later Sam." You said and he nodded a little but pulled you closer by your hand.
Before you knew what was happening his lips were on yours and you two were kissing.
He pulled away and winked at you as you stood there, a blushing mess.
"I'll see you soon." He said and walked away.
You giggled to yourself as you walked into the hotel.

When you meet the Avengers:
Sam had told you he had a surprise planned and that you had to meet him at the park and dressed casual.
You were all ready to go and were on your way when you got a call from him with multiple voices in the background.
"Hey, you almost here." He asked as you heard him push people away.
"Yeah, almost there. I'll be there in less than five minutes." You said smiling as you heard him tell people to back the fuck off.
"Hey silly man? You good over there?" You asked and laughed a little.
"Yeah I'm good, your surprise is very anxious to see you though." He said and someone yelled "Yeah we are!" And you laughed.
"I'll see you soon." You said and hung but but not before you heard another voice yell, "When is she going to be here?"
You shook your head and walked to the park but froze when you saw Sam surrounded by people you recognized.
The Avengers.
Sam saw you and motioned for them to stay where they were. He jogged over to you and smiled a little. "Surprise, they would not shut up about meeting you. Apparently Steve isn't good at keeping secrets." He said and you nodded a little.
"Um, wow Sam this is awesome." You said and kissed his cheek before walking over to them.
"So boys and girls, this is Y/n." Sam said and they were all smiling weirdly at you.
"You can say something to her." He added on and Stark was the first one to say something.
"My names Tony Stark, call me Tony, but I bet you already knew who I was." He said and winked at you and you felt Sam's grip on your hand tighten and you leaned against him to reassure him.
"You have to be Steve Rogers, Bruce Banner it's amazing to meet you I love your work with gamma radiation, um....and I don't know anyone else..." You said sheepishly.
"I'm Natasha or the black widow, that's Clint or Hawkeye, Wanda or Scarlett witch. That's Bucky over there being the silent type. And then there's Thor the Norse God." Natasha said and you nodded a little.
"It's good to meet all of you." You said and they smiled.
"Sam told us you're a soldier." Steve said and you nodded.
"Yeah, I am. I just got back from my first tour. 120th." You said and Sam nodded along.
"Well sorry to cut this visit short but Y/n and I are going to go to a movie. I'll see you later Cap. See you everyone else, have fun in New York." He said and walked away and you waved and followed.
"They all seem nice." You said and he laughed a little.
"They're interesting." He said and walked to the theater.

When you make it official:
You and Sam were at his house just watching a movie, cuddling on the couch and he had his arm around you.
"You know, I just realized we never talked about something." You said as you looked up at him.
He kept looking at the TV. "Talked about what?" He asked.
"What we are, like a couple or friends." You said and he looked at you.
"I wouldn't be sitting here with my arm around you of I didn't want you to be my girlfriend. I guess I should probably ask you if you wanted to be my girlfriend though." He said and you laughed a little.
"I would be honored to be your girlfriend." You said and he smiled.
"I mean of course you would be honored, I'm amazing." He said and turned back towards the tv.
You laughed and shook your head while returning to watch the movie and laugh about how weird your boyfriend was.

First I love you:
Sam had told you he was going to be out of town for awhile and you were just chilling at you new rented apartment you had recently bought instead of staying in a hotel.
You were still unpacking and watching the local news and you saw Captain America fighting with a new superhero named Falcon. This peaked your interest and you watched and saw a picture of Falcon come up on the screen and you dropped the book you were holding right on your foot.
You swore loudly and rubbed your foot as you saw your boyfriends face on the tv screen.
As soon as you could, you were driving over to Sam's house, knowing it would be the first place he would go when the battle was over.
Hours later he came through the door and you ran up and hugged him.
He looked down at you and hugged back. "What's going on? Am I dying?" He asked and you shook your head.
"I just wanted to let you know that I think you being the falcon is incredibly brave and amazing." You said and he smiled softly.
"Thanks honey, I love you." He whispered as he bent down and hugged me tightly.
"I love you too bird boy." You said and he just laughed a little.

What he thinks when he first sees you:
Oh it's a new member, okay don't embarrass yourself.
Now you go up to her and talk to her, and just be cool.
Not too sensitive.
Okay it's y/n, she's so pretty, okay now coffee.
Ask her to coffee, there you go.
It's a date!
I'm Sam Wilson, of course she would go on a date with me.

Avenger he's jealous of:
Steve Rogers
He's another soldier but he seems to have everything together, as Sam still has panic attacks.
A lot of the time he holds your hand tighter when Steve's in the room and keeps you closer than normal.

He sees you topless/naked:
You and Sam were at the beach playing in the water and you were splashing around and laughing.
The next thing you knew Sam stopped splashing and just stared at you.
"You might want to catch that." He said and pointed to the water.
You turned and your eyes widened as you saw the top of your swimming suit.
"Oh my god Sam close your eyes!" You said and started to swim towards your top.
You couldn't reach it but you saw Sam grab it and give it to you.
He gave it back to you and you blushed brightly, you turned around, tied the tie around your neck and you felt Sam tie the one around your back.
"I like you without this." He whispered and kissed your shoulder.
You blushed and turned around and splashed him, causing him to splash you back and another splash war was on.

He sees you cry:
Sam had told you to get ready and you were about to go on another when you had a flashback back from war.
You started to hyperventilate and you dropped down to your knees as you saw your friends being blasted out of the sky.
There was a knock on the door and you screamed and covered your ears.
Sam walked in slowly and saw you curled up in a ball crying, trying to get the memory out of your head.
He walked over to you and kneeled in front of you. "Y/n, hey I'm here." He said softly and you jumped and looked up at him.
"S-Sam?" You asked and he nodded.
"Yeah, I'm here. You're here. You're back here, safe in your rented apartment in Washington D.C. I'm Sam Wilson and we've been going out in dates for the past months." He whispered and kept telling you things about the time after you got back and you slowly started to calm down.
"Thank you." You whispered and he nodded a little
"I'm always here for you." He whispered and kissed your head.

You see him cry:
It was the 4th of July and you and Sam were walking along the beach, it was your favorite thing to do.
You two were holding hands, holding your shoes, and just talking.
All of a sudden a firework went off, you smiled but Sam's hand tightened around yours.
You looked at him and saw his panicked face as he sunk to the ground.
"Sam, hey look at me." You said and knelt down and made him look at you.
You saw him start crying, he never cried.
He was shaking, crying, and trying not to vomit.
"Hey Sam, look at me. You're home, you're safe. My name is Y/n y/l/n, we've been dating for five months now. You're home, and you are safe." You said and he looked at you.
"Riley." He whispered and you kissed his head.
"Hey, there's nothing you can do about it now. It's done now, and I'm so sorry Sam." You whispered and he hugged your waist as he continued to cry.
You held him close and just held him until he calmed down.
"Thank you." He whispered.
"Of course bird boy." You whispered.

He gets jealous:
He wraps your arms around your waist tightly and casually mentions he's tight with Captain America. He then continues to get very involved with PDA. With kisses on your cheek, shoulder, neck, back, forehead, all over your face and anywhere he could.

He doesn't think he's good enough for you:
Sam had been silent for hours and you were starting to worry.  He usually is full of commentary when you go see a movie, especially when he wants to see the movie.
You look at him and whisper, "What's wrong?"
He shook his head and didn't look at you.
You sighed, turned his head and pecked his lips.
"I love you but please don't be a dumbass and tell me what's wrong." You said and he nodded a little.
"I...you're so perfect, beautiful, kind, caring, understating, and just to good for me." He whispered and you took a deep breath.
"Honey, you think I'm perfect? I think you're perfect. You are the best thing that happened to me." You said and he smiled a little and kissed you.
"Thank you." He whispered and held you close through the rest of the movie.

You're on your period:
The pain was overcoming you but as usual you were carrying on like nothing happened.
You were helping paint Sam's room but you had a stabbing pain in your abdomen and you held your stomach and winced.
"Hey, what's wrong?" He asked and walked over to you.
"What? Yeah, I'm fine." You said and continued to paint his wall but you winced again.
"Hey y/n, sit down. What's wrong? Please tell me." He said and you sat down.
"Get me Aleve and a hot water bottle." You said and he nodded.
He ran out and got everything you wanted and ran into the room again.
"Okay, what's wrong?" He asked, still oblivious and you looked at him.
"You're an idiot Sam, I'm on my period and on a lot of pain." You said and took the Aleve and put the hot water bottle on your abdomen.
"Ohhhhhhhh." He said and nodded.
"You sit for a bit and then you can join in when you're ready okay?" He said and you nodded.
"Okay, thanks." You said and kissed his cheek.
He smiled and nodded as he went back to painting.

You get in a fight:
Sam had been gone a lot with Steve, or Captain America. He didn't tell you why, all he told you was it would be awhile.
The next week you saw him on tv, fighting another fight and you sighed.
"Of course he would be doing that." You whispered to yourself and turned off the news and turned on your favorite movie.
After that day, you didn't see or hear from him for about a month.
You were taking a nap on the couch and you were awoken by the door of your apartment opening and you grabbed your gun from under the coffee table and pointed it by the door.
"Hey, it's me. It's Sam." He said and you threw your gun on the couch, walked over to him and crossed your arms.
"Where the hell have you been?! You disappeared for a month!" You yelled and he sighed.
"It's really complicated, I wish I could tell you but-" He stared but you sighed.
"It's classified. I mean if Captain America needs your help you just drop everything and leave to help him. Not even telling me or your family where you are." You said and he sighed and started to talk but you stopped him.
"No I mean you disappeared for a month and your excuse is, it's classified. Come back when you can give me an actual excuse and till then, you figure out what your going to do." You said and walked away from him and to the kitchen.

Make up:
You were eating ice cream right out of the carton when there was a knock on the door.
Thinking it was the landlord, you got up and walked to the door, bringing your ice cream.
You open the door and see Steve Rogers.
"What?" You ask and take another bite of ice cream.
"Sam wanted me to come and talk to you about what he was doing." He said and you rolled your eyes.
"Then why doesn't he just tell me?" You asked and he sighed
"Because it was my fault. It was my battle to fight and I brought him in on it. I shouldn't have done that and I'm sorry." He said and you looked at him.
"He still went. That was his choice." You said and pointed the spoon at him.
"But I love you and I can't stand being away from you." Sam said walking up to you and you sighed. "I'm sorry I left without telling you and then just disappearing. You deserve better and I hope I can get another chance." He said and you handed Steve your ice cream and hugged Sam's middle.
He smiled a little, hugged you back and kissed your head.
"One more chance bird boy." You said and he smiled.
"Thank you." He said and you nodded and pulled away and took back your ice cream from Steve.
"Well I'm gonna go." Steve said.
"Good, you wont want to see this." Sam said and kisses you.
You laughs a little and kissed back as Steve left quickly.

Pet names:
Honey bun/cutie
You were both on a run and you stopped to take a breath.
He stopped next to you and looked at you. "Come on honey bun, you too tired?" He asked with a smirk on his face.
"Honey bun?" You asked and laughed a little.
"What? I like it." He said and you laughed a little.
"Okay, I like it too. Now come on bird boy." You said and he laughed and slapped your butt and he started running again.
You laughed and followed.

He teaches you how to fight:
Since you knew how to fight, you and Sam would train together. You two would constantly be at the gym, tying to beat each other.
So far you were down one fight and he was beating your ass.
"Oh come on honey bun, I'm beating your ass." He said and you smirked. When he gets cocky, he makes mistakes.
He swung at you and you grabbed his arm, flipped you over your shoulder, sat on his stomach, and pinned his arms down with your hands.
"What's that about you beating my ass?" You asked and smirked.
He pouted and you tapped his nose a little. "You get so cocky sometimes." You said and laughed a little.
You got off of him and offered your hand but he pulled you down and pinned you down.
"And so do you." He said and you laughed a little.
You started to tickle him and you fell on his side and you laughed.
Your training ended with a tickle fight and you and him left happy with your training day.