Moving
The apartment was in Manhattan, not far from the Stark Tower, which is where the foundation was ran from. Steve sat her bags down in her room and went across the hall to do the same. The rooms were huge, she even had her own bathroom. She stood in her doorway and watched Steve putting clothes into his dresser.
“Steve, this is really nice, how am I gonna pay for this?” She asked. She would get a job if she had to, of course Steve wouldn’t let her live here rent free? Steve turned around and looked at her.
“I don’t want you to worry about anything, Kat. The September Foundation owns these apartments, they let foundation workers live here all the time. It really is okay. I just want you to focus on getting better. We can go out and get some things to make your room a little more you if you want? I know the decorations and furniture in the apartments is pretty basic.” He told her. She nodded. Yeah, maybe some color would make her feel more at home.
Steve drove to the nearest Target and told Kat to get whatever she wanted. Kat wondered if Steve had his own money, or if he had one of Tony’s cards, then she remembered. SHE had one of Tony’s cards. She pulled her wallet out and sure enough, there it was, with her name on it. Pepper had given it to her not long after their shopping trip and told her she could use it whenever she wanted to. She pulled out her phone and decided to text Tony while Steve was getting something to drink from the café.
Kat: Hey Tony, so I found this credit card Pepper gave me in my wallet, is it okay if I use it to decorate my new room at Steve’s place?
She waited for a few minutes, and Steve brought her a water back. She gave her thanks and led him back to the furniture area, while he pushed the cart. She felt a buzz in her pocket and pulled it out to find that Tony answered her.
Tony: Of course, you can use it Sparkles, that’s why we gave it to you. You’re living with Steve? What’s wrong with the compound?
Kat: Nothings wrong with it Tony, Steve just offered a room at his place because being in the room I shared with Loki wasn’t doing me any good. I was constantly depressed and I need a fresh start. Thank you, Tony, for everything. I miss you and Pepper. ☹
Tony: Okay Sparkles, just know that you can call us for anything. And maybe you can come stay at the house with us sometime if you wanted to. We miss you too.
Kat: I’d really like that 😊
Kat found all kinds of things for her room. A floor length mirror, a purple and silver bed set, matching rugs and galaxy curtains. She did her bathroom in black and sunflowers, her favorite. They ventured over to the grocery side, since Steve hadn’t bought any for the apartment yet. She picked out so much junk food that Steve was throwing her a disapproving look.
“Hey, I may not look like you, but I can eat junk all day and not gain a pound.” She said jokingly. Steve rolled his eyes, and then put double of everything she had in the cart. “I eat twice as much as you do, remember that.” He said smiling at her. She laughed and nodded. He did have a point. They were going to need another cart soon if they kept up.
“Steve, can you even cook?” She asked. He blushed and turned his head. “No, not really. My ma did all the cooking, and then when Buck and I lived together, he cooked because I burned everything. He once told me I was never allowed in the kitchen unless it was to do the dishes.” He had a sad smile on his face at the mention of Bucky.
Kat placed her hand on his arm. “I’m sorry Steve.” She said. He shook his head. “No, it’s okay. It’s good to talk about him, to remember all the good times, it just sucks that I lost him, found him, then lost him again.” He told her. She nodded. She couldn’t imagine what he was going through. She knew the tale of the Winter Soldier, who didn’t?
Everyone thought he died when he fell from the train in 1945. Then Steve found him again, except he wasn’t really Bucky anymore because of everything Hydra had done to him. Steve told her that the Princess Shuri from Wakanda had helped Bucky regain some of his memories, and that he was starting to feel more like himself right before the snap.
Deciding to make light of the situation, Kat smiled at him. “Well, it’s a good thing I can cook, or else we’d starve.” Steve laughed at her as they made their way to checkout. She put all her things up there first and when they had all been scanned, she pulled the card out of her wallet.
“Kat what are you doing?” Steve asked. She shook her head. “Pepper gave me this card. Please let me do this Steve, you’ve already done so much for me.” He sighed heavily but nodded, knowing he wasn’t going to get his way. After they got everything loaded into the car, Kat couldn’t wait to get home and decorate.
Steve helped her put everything in her room. He hung the chair she got from her ceiling and got the mirror on the wall. He went to put the snacks away while she got to decorating. It took nearly two hours but when Kat was finally done, she was pretty proud of herself. It really did look better than it did before. “Wow Kat, this looks great.” Steve said from the doorway. She jumped and spun around to look at him. “Sorry, didn’t mean to scare you.” He said sheepishly. She chuckled and shook her head. “It’s okay, and thanks, I really like it. Thank you for this Steve, really, I think it’s going to be good, me living here.” He smiled at her.
“Good. Now, are you hungry? I could cook?” He joked, getting a smack in the chest from Kat as she passed him into the hallway.