It's a lazy Saturday morning and for once, everything is calm. This may have something to do with Tony and Clint being away. Tony is away with Pepper in Venice for some form of an anniversary, and Clint would only say that he was going to be neck deep in sunblock as he walked out the door three days ago.

Faith is seated at the bar in the kitchen area, plotting out events on a very confusing diagram Darcy made of the Avengers events for the next year on a complicated tablet Tony had given her the other day. She's looking at the next week, frowning at the title of one event.

Humanitarian Habitat Preservation Annual Gala

That sounds like lots of work on Faith and Darcy's part, and this is literally the first time Faith has ever heard of it.

"Jarvis?" Faith calls out to the empty room.

"Yes, Miss Owens," Jarvis says.

"Did Darcy add in this H. H. P. event?" Faith asks. It's going to be very frustrating if Darcy added an event this large and just decided to not tell Faith, because this would be the second thing Darcy did behind her back and that's not alright. They're partners, and being partners means telling each other what's going on and if there are additions or changes to their schedule. She's going to need to let Tony (or more accurately, Pepper) know, and see if Fury can tell Faith if Clint will be back in time, and make sure everyone has appropriate clothing, and arrange car services and check the guest list for security threats and concerns.

"I believe this event has been in the calendar for some time, Miss Owens," Jarvis says, and Faith has to push the tablet away from her in frustration.

Darcy and Faith are going to need to have a discussion, because this isn't professional and while they may be friends they aren't communicating well as colleagues.

Faith is busy rubbing her forehead against the cool marble of the bar when someone says her name. She knows even before she lifts her head that it's Steve, and she's both happy to see him and irritated about it. She isn't in the best mood and she doesn't want to do something rash like snap at him out of frustration.

"Hi," Faith says, pulling her messy waves away from her neck and into a loose bun. She instantly feels a little better now that she isn't being slowly suffocated by her hair.

"Is everything okay?" Steve asks, coming up to stand on the other side of the bar, facing her.

"Not totally. I'm just very frustrated at the moment," Faith says.

Steve does an adorable little pout that just wrecks Faith's heart for a second.

"Do you want to talk about it? Sometimes that helps sort things out," Steve says, moving around the bar to sit next to her. He's wearing a white button up and jeans and he looks so comfortable Faith wants to swoon.

"I guess," Faith shrugs. "I'm just kind of irritated at Darcy. I just found out that there's an event that's for the team that's pretty important and is next week, and we haven't even started all the things we'll need to for it, which is just going to make more work for us later on, and that upsets me. I wish she would have told me about this event earlier so I wasn't so blindsided by it, because that really frustrates me."

"Wow, that is frustrating. If it helps that I mention this, Jarvis may be able to help with some of the things you need to get done, he's really good at that stuff," Steve said, gesturing to the air as if to signify Jarvis.

"That does help, a little, but the problem is kind of more than just this event, I guess the event is just sort of what's triggering the stress," Faith says. Steve nods, like he personally understand that.

"I get that, I used to feel like that when Bucky would ambush me with surprise double dates. One time I was in the shower and he just opened the door and told me my date was waiting on me," Steve says, but he's smiling, like the memory is fond instead of upsetting. She guesses that's because they're best friends, or, were best friends. She knows she's going to forgive Darcy for this, because it's not exactly worth starting a full blown fight over, but it is worth confronting.

"That is kind of intense," Faith laughs, and Steve laughs too, nodding his head.

"It was. But what's this bigger picture?"

"Well, this is just the second time I've been uninformed about something. The video was the first time, which she posted behind my back. It wasn't anything bad and it was received really well, but I didn't plan on being anywhere on the Instagram account, and I had no say in the matter. I just don't want this to become a pattern where she does things and I don't know about them, because we need to be on the same page in order to help you guys the best. That's the entire reason I'm here," Faith says.

Steve nods, staying silent for a little bit.

"It seems like you've already worked it out pretty well, so I don't know what to say to help the situation, but I'm always here if you need me. Can I help with the whole Gala thing?" He asks, which is just so endearing. There's no right thing to say, but Steve gets about as close as possible, and Faith just wants to kiss him so bad right now.

"Sure, I guess the biggest issue that needs to be addressed is the guest list. I'm sure that SHIELD is going to be checking for security threats, but I need to check that there aren't any guests that don't get along with someone from the team," Faith says, trying to be delicate about who she's talking about.

"You can just say Tony," Steve laughs.

"I was trying to be nice, he gave me an apartment," Faith says, but she's laughing too.

"That's fair, that's fair," Steve says, nodding. He gives her a speculative look as Faith unlocks the tablet, and Faith doesn't know what that's about but she doesn't mind it at all.

That night, most of the team still hasn't shown themselves throughout the day. Nat came by Faith's place for lunch, which was great, because Faith has been feeling like they were drifting. She talked to Nat about how she was feeling and Nat gave her very helpful and direct advice.

"Darcy is pretty absent minded and she can get caught up in things pretty quickly. The faster you talk to her the faster this will all be done, she's not going to be upset at you for feeling this way." Faith shouldn't be surprised Nat gives perfect advice, but she is anyways.

She spends the rest of the day making a list of things that she's going to need to do before Friday night. It's not actually as much as she thought, and she gets two or three of them done that afternoon, which feels pretty good.

High on a productive streak she heads into her darkroom to process a roll of film she's had for about a year. She's not totally sure about what's on the roll but she finds that she doesn't really mind what the pictures turn out like. The whole process of rolling the film onto the reel and putting it through the processing motions is extremely relaxing.

She's gotten pretty out of touch with her photography lately. She decides that she's going to make more of an effort to include it in her new job. Maybe she'll do a photo series about the Avengers or something.

An hour later she's got her film hanging to dry, a load of laundry started, and is digging through Netflix when there's a knock at the door.

When she opens it, she's sort of surprised to find Steve. She had texted Darcy, asking her to drop by some time tonight, so that's who she was expecting. Faith was wearing sweatpants and an old shirt, which wasn't exactly a flattering or stylish outfit.

"Hey, Steve. What's up?" Faith asks, stepping aside to let him in. He's changed from the button up to a plain blue shirt, and it looks incredibly soft. There's an urge to run her hands up his chest and Faith has to internally chastise herself.

"I actually wanted to ask you something," Steve said, and looked around the room. His eyes darted everywhere, taking her living room in. It's a weird thing to do considering the fact that he helped her put the room together and whatnot.

"Sure, what can I do for you?" She asks, closing the door and gesturing for him to take a seat on the couch with her.

Steve turns a shade of red but sits down on the couch. She sits a foot away from him, sitting on her foot and facing towards him.

"I…" He trails off, and then shakes his head, like he's trying to work up to something.

"You…" Faith prompts.

"I'd really like to take you out on a date," Steve says, eyes flashing between his hands and Faith's eyes, like he wants to hear her answer but also doesn't.

It's an absolutely a shock, but Faith's got the biggest smile on her face. She feels so happy all of a sudden.

"Steve, I would absolutely love that," She says, smiling. He looks at her and smiles back, and it's literally adorable.

"Can I cook you dinner?" He asks, motioning behind him, and Faith realized he means right now.

She shakes her head, watching his shoulders deflate slightly. She realizes how that must look, and hurries to clarify why she said no.

"I can't tonight, but tomorrow I would love that. I'm waiting for Darcy to come by so that we can talk, and I want to get it over with as soon as possible. However, if you want to hang out and watch some Disney until she gets here, that would be a lot of fun," Faith says.

Steve smiles, relieved looking, and nods, "I understand, no worries. What are we watching, then?" He asks, picking the remote up and pulling up the categories option. His arm is resting on the back arm of the couch and on an impulse, Faith scoots over to lean up against him. He looks at her and smiles, and Faith smiles back, unable to keep herself from it.

Hello everyone! So I have news for you! (I missed you guys!)

If anyone was wondering why this update took a little while, I had the absolute worst trip possible, and I spent about a week mentally recovering from that. I also just got on some new anxiety medicine which I'm hoping is going to help long term without as many side effects, but it hasn't kicked in yet so my anxiety is sort of all over the place, which has made it really hard to do much of anything.

Butttt! I move in to my new apartment on the 24th, and since I know myself and I know I can't publish on any sort of schedule during my semester, I'm going to try to get this fic done by the end of the month! Yaay! We're actually pretty close to the end, maybe two or thre chapters to go!

I won't have my computer for a few days sporadically throughout the month as my screen is cracked and I'm trying to get that fixed before I move, so, fingers crossed it doesn't take too long.

Thank you for all the follows and favorites, I love you all!