Sharing Coffee With Captain Rogers

A/N. Hii! :D I'm back! Welcome to the 3rd installment of Sitting At A Coffee Shop With Captain America, easier known as the Coffee With You trilogy. So here's the prologue which is written in timeline form because this story takes places AFTER Iron Man 3, and the last story took place in september (sort of). So this is basically how I'm going to tell you what happened in between the last story and the beginning of this one, including what the Avengers were doing during IM3. If the descirptions don't offer up enough details for you, you can request that I add it in as a flashback somewhere and I'll see what I can do. :) Some events have snippets of story-type retelling of the events because I had those actual scenes in my head when I thought about what was happening. Also, I will NOT be making a Graham/Darcy spin-off, however I will be putting a little bit of that in here. Peter Parker will also make a triumphant return to the big screen (or not, depending on the size of your monitor :P) in a small but crucial role. And to anyone who wonders, Betty to me will always be Liv Tyler and Bruce will always be Mark Ruffalo. That might not make sense to some of you, but it does to me :) I suggest to those of you who have NOT read by previous stories to please go back and read those first as this will most likely not make sense without them. If you want to skip the timeline, I don't recommend it either as some of these events are vital to the story line. If this timeline doesn't hook you in, hang in there until the first chapter. It's going to be Bruce and Betty's wedding! So thank you for clicking on my story and I hope you enjoy :D

One last thing, I will be working on trailer scripts for this story too so keep an eye on my profile for that ;)

Disclaimer - I don't own the Avengers, I am merely using them because they are awesome XD

PROLOGUE – Timeline

September 5th – Time travel

September 6th – Morning After:

Tania and Steve yawned as they waited for the elevator to take them down to the kitchen. They hadn't gotten much sleep the night before, but neither regretted it. In fact, the only reason they were up this early at all was because they were too excited to see the Avengers again. It had been too long. Of course, for their teammates it had only been a matter of hours.

The couple had mutually decided not to reveal their time traveling quest to the others. At least not today. Today, they just wanted everything to go back to their normal.

Hands clasped, the doors opened and they strode into the kitchen. Luck must have been on their side: everyone was there at seven thirty in the morning except for Tony and Pepper. Usually, half the team didn't start trickling down until eight.

Stania stood in the doorway for a second to take it all in with giant smiles on their faces. It was good to be home. They walked further inside and sat down at the two chairs left at the table, still hand in hand.

"Good mor-" Natasha started as she walked over from the coffee machine to the table, only to drop her mug in shock. It shattered to the ground at her feet but she didn't even flinch. She stared at the couple unblinkingly as everyone now stared at her.

"Nat?" Clint called. He put a hand on her shoulder and followed her gaze to Steve and Tania. "Oh my God." Being both master assassins, they were both very observant – especially with body language and facial expressions. Steve and Tania's both said it all.

The two in question shared a worried look. Had they altered the future? Did they not remember them? Had they gone forward to the wrong point in time?

At that moment, the elevator doors opened once again to reveal Tony talking to Pepper in midsentence. "And so I said-"he turned to Steve and Tania, "Oh my God you two had sex." His voice was so shocked and under exaggerated that it had a way of making it all the more emphasizing. He pointed his index finger at the two of them and wagged it back and forth.

Tania buried her face in her hands and blushed so hard she thought she might implode. Steve sunk lower and lower into his seat as his entire body started turning a deep shade of red. This was the most embarrassed the two of them had ever been. Of course Tony would be the one to pick it up; having been a playboy he distinctly knew the smell and look of sex and lost virginity when he witnessed it.

Bruce did a spit take. Thor choked on his food. Clint and Natasha remained frozen among the broken shards of her mug. Pepper was gaping at them. Graham was glaring at Steve with daggers in his eyes. Happy looked embarrassed for them. Tony just stared in disbelief.

This was not how Tania had pictured her first morning back.

September 11th – Graham and his girlfriend Sammi break up. She met someone else in Portugal apparently.

September 15th – Clint's birthday: they played laser tag most of the day. He won (obviously) closely followed by Natasha, Steve, Tony, Happy, Bruce, Tania, Graham, and Thor in that order.

September 20th – Group mission: they came across a school shooting by accident and dove in to help. Tania was with them and therefore came along. The press caught word of her "singing powers" and has been also trying to come up with a superhero name ever since.

September 21st – The Avengers attend an assembly for the students, staff, and parents of the school and give speeches. It is part funeral for all those who died the day before, all those they couldn't save.

September 22nd – Return to NYC after the Malibu vacation. Tony and Pepper elect to stay in the mansion for SI duties. Betty moves into the Tower with the others.

September 24th – Peter Parker joins SHIELD.

October 2nd – Graham's birthday: As a present, Tony offers him Tania's old floor (she no longer uses it and has "moved in" onto Steve's floor). He accepts but continued to attend University across town. Tony hires Happy take him there every morning and back every afternoon.

October 10th – Tania travels back to Malibu with Graham in tow for the book signing of Tony's biography on its publish date. Peter and the author tag along as well to make up the panel. To her surprise, people want Tania's autograph too because of her place in the Avengers.

October 12th – Tania, Graham, and Peter return to NYC.

October 19th – Steve and Natasha go on a mission from SHIELD.

October 20th – Thor leaves for Asgard.

October 26th – Steve and Natasha return from mission. Both are somewhat depressed. Tania cheers him up by pulling out Les Misérables (which they finished reading the forties) and the two cuddle up and read it together. Natasha, also depressed, spends time in the gym. Tania goes to see if she can give her a pep talk. It kind of works but after her spiel, Nat reveals that Clint has already made her feel better and that it wasn't necessary. However she also confessed that she is grateful for her efforts.

October 31st – Tony and Pepper organize a Halloween charity party on the lobby floor of the Tower for homeless children, although they themselves could not attend, seeing as they are in Malibu. The other Avengers (mainly Tania and Rhodey) host the costume party. Tania dressed up as her rumoured Super Hero counterpart for the fun of it but stands by her decision to NOT become a super hero or sidekick. The press decides that her name will be Sonata, despite her not wanting a name at all. Pepper is given the name Rescue.

November 12th – Both Pepper and Tony return to NYC for Pepper's birthday. The girls spend the day wedding dress shopping for Betty (which she assures everyone is what she wanted).

November 13th – Pepperony return to Malibu to finish up more business.

November 16th - The Avengers have a group interview (minus Thor and Tony) with a magazine reporter.

November 20th – Thor returns from Asgard.

November 22nd – Thanksgiving is celebrated together – Clint makes dinner and the Avengers video chat with Tony and Pepper.

November 23rd – Clint and Natasha go to the helicarrier to receive briefing for mission. Fury seems extra grumpy so the two agents use JARVIS to hack into the systems and find out why. Turns out it's Fury's birthday. They share a smile but he swears that if they ever reveal anything he will kill them both on the spot. They nod. A cake manages to somehow sneak its way into his office later that day.

November 30th – Bruce proposes for REAL to Betty on top of the Tower on the balcony. He gives her a real ring.

December 5th – Thor's birthday: he decides that they should all go to the amusement park (which Jane told him about) and they spend the day there. It's awesome according to everyone.

December 11th – Steve is given a solo mission in California. It doesn't take long and he decides to visit Tony while he's there. The two of them go x-mas shopping.

"… and it's just so frustrating! And I mean… Steve?" Tony stopped walking and turned around, realizing that the super soldier was no longer beside him or listening. A few meters back, standing in the hallway of the mall, was Steve. He was staring into the window of a jewellry store so hard that Tony thought the glass would shatter.

He slowly made his way towards the display Steve was looking at: engagement rings. A sly grin crept onto his face as he stepped over to his friend. He threw a lazy arm around the Captain's shoulders and started leading him into the store.

"Wha-? Tony, what are you-?"

"Don't question it, Cap. We're going in."

December 12th – Steve returns to NYC.

December 19th – The Avengers watch news broadcasts of strings of terrorist attacks by someone called, the Mandarin. SHIELD is investigating but so far they have no important intel. Pepper calls later that day to tell them about Happy's condition from the explosion. Fury tells them almost immediately after that they cannot interfere unless given explicit orders from himself to do so. They grumble and are not happy.

December 20th – The Avengers watch Tony's televised threat to the Mandarin as well as reveal his home address. The all agree he's stupid. They also all agree that they are worried as hell and decide to call him – he doesn't answer. During the evening, they figure out why as they watch the mansion fall into the ocean from someone's grainy cell phone video on the news.

December 21st – Fury assures them that Pepper is alive and well but that she is incognito and cannot contact them no matter what.

December 22nd – Tony is presumed dead. The Avengers refuse to believe so.

December 23rd – Pepper is kidnapped. The Avengers panic but listen to Fury when told that is being handled, hinting that Tony is alive without actually saying it.

December 24th – Rhodey is also captured. The Avengers panic some more. The passengers of the plane of the President fall from the sky, claiming that Iron Man saved their lives. Avengers gain hope.

December 25th – Christmas: In the morning, the Avengers exchange presents although it is tense because of Tony, Pepper, and Rhodey's disappearances.

Tania reached for another gift from under the makeshift plastic tree (because SOMEONE *cough* Bruce *cough* was allergic to pine). It was a long rectangular box wrapped in yellow paper with a purple ribbon. It was small, like a jewellery box. She peeled off the wrapping and opened it. She gasped.

It was a sterling silver pocket-watch with a circle clock and cover, on which it was engraved, "The Right Partner". She opened it slowly. On the bottom of the cover for the clock was a picture of his shield.

Steve then brandished his own golden pocket watch that he clicked open to reveal a picture of a coffee mug and a music note. He told her that he still had the pocket watch with Peggy's picture in it, but he didn't use it. So he got a new one. He brought it closer to hers and they clicked together magnetically. She could not have been happier.

She threw her arms around his neck and thanked him a million times over. She couldn't believe how thoughtful the present was. It was so incredibly sweet. She vaguely overheard Pepper jokingly complain that her gift wasn't nearly as thoughtful as Tania's, but she ignored them and remained cuddled into Steve's side for the rest of the morning and sipping her coffee.

Her gift to him had been equally as thoughtful, although less useful. She gave him copies of all the movies based on books that they had both read: The Three Musketeers, Les Misérables, The Count of Monte Cristo, etc. They opted to watch it together another time and Tania offered to sing him all the songs from Les Mis once they'd watched the movie. It was always harder shopping for man. There was nothing you could get any man that would be accepted by all. However with women, jewellery almost ALWAYS put you in the good books. With men it was different. Tania hoped he didn't mind that she had only gotten him movies but he simply kissed her head and reassured her that it was the thought that counted. She smiled.

That evening, SHIELD monitors the fight between Tony and Killian but doesn't interfere. The Avengers watch via JARVIS but are too far away to come to Tony's aid.

December 26th – President thanks Tony and Rhodey personally at a press conference that is aired on TV – therefore, the Avengers watch. Tony calls said Avengers and says that he will explain everything later.

December 27th – Tony undergoes surgery to remove the arc reactor from his chest.

December 28th – Tony and pepper return to NYC. Tony tells the entire story to Bruce and the others.

"We're sorry. I'm not that kind of doctor. I'm not a therapist. It's not in my training. I- I don't have the-"

"What? The time?"

"The temperament."

"None of us do," Clint piped up as the other Avengers slowly started to wake up too. Tony rolled his eyes.

December 30th– Bruce/ Betty Bachelor/Bachelorette parties(s). Girls = Vegas. Guys = New Orleans

December 31st – Bruce and Betty's wedding.

A/N. If I seem to be focusing a lot on birthdays it's because I gave them all b-days before I wrote HCWSR and as time passes, I feel they should all be celebrated. So anyway, this is what happened between HCWSR and SCWCR so stay tuned for the wedding of the year :D And I'm not just saying that because it's on December 31st xP