It was not Steve's size which had made him Captain America, sure that had helped him be stronger; but was his heart that that made him the super soldier. She had believed that from the day she met him. Erskine's faith was well put, and her own had soon followed.

"Marriage." The word was almost a whisper, it had been something she'd never even had the time to consider. Missions and briefings and so much work to be done. And then Steve was gone and all she had was time to think. What might have been, for him it was even more of a loss because he'd been closer to it. She felt greedy for her own heartache when he was greater. "I'm sure she would have said yes."

The stammering was what broke her, it was something Steve had when he spoke with her. Never in the field or with the men, but when he was being honest and emotional with her his tongue betrayed him every time. That hesitation drew the tear from the corner of her eye and a sad smile. "I was lucky for knowing him, we all were."

"It's alright, neither of us was quite what the other might have expected. Even so, I'm glad you're here. Because you may not be the Steve I knew, but you are still Steve Rogers. Knowing that he lives somewhere, that means a great deal to me."