Title: Before They Even Knew it

Rating: K+

Characters: Sydney 'Iron Maiden' Stark, James 'Captain America' Rogers, Francis 'Hawkeye' Barton, Torunn, Azari 'Black Storm', Henry 'Hornet' Pym Jr., and Keisha 'Silverstar' Rhodes.

Pairings: Sydney X James

Warnings: none

Summary:It was so painfully obvious to everyone that Sydney and James were in love… Well, everyone except Sydney and James.

Disclaimer: I don't own Marvel or any of its characters, but I do own Sydney 'Iron Maiden' Stark and Keisha 'Silverstar' Rhodes.

-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-

It was so very obvious they were attracted to one another.

Anyone could see it in the way they smiled at each other, the way they talked to each other, and even the way they fought together. Their chemistry together was undeniable; they completed each other in ways no one else ever could.

Sydney was the calm in James' storm; the only one that could diffuse the bomb he became at times. James was the one constant in Sydney's world of variables; the one who kept her sane when her life got too hectic or bizarre. They were each other's sanctuary and reality check.

Everyone seemed to be holding their breath, waiting for the day the two of them came to their senses became an official couple; after all, it was painfully obvious to everyone that Sydney and James were in love.

Everyone except Sydney and James.