~Your POV~

The car lurched to a halt, causing you to slide forward in your seat. Steve took your hand and helped you out the car.

"Steve, it smells like animals."

"Lovely isn't it?" You could hear the frown in his voice and you laughed. As Steve worked on the knot, his fingers occasionally brushed up against your hair. The blindfold fell off to reveal your horse. You squealed and jumped on Steve.

"How'd you find out I had a horse?" You raised an eyebrow.

"Your uncle." He blushed. You smiled at him and walked over to Snickers. You started baby talking to the horse. You noticed that Steve was walking away.

"Steve?" You called out to him. Steve turned around quickly, nearly knocking himself over.

"Um, yes?" He clasped his hands together to regain his composure.

"Why are you leaving?"

"Well, I thought it had been a while since you had seen your horse so I figured that maybe you wanted to spend some alone ti-"

"Stop being such a gentleman for once." You rolled your eyes at the super soldier and walked up to him. He took your hands rubbed the back of them with his thumbs.

"Its a date Steve, as spoiled as my horse is, I want to spend time with you." Steve nodded at your words and you drug him back to your horse. You brushed away a few twigs on Snickers' back and mounted him. You reached out your hand and hoisted Steve up.

~Steve's POV~

(Y/n) mounted her horse in one swift movement. It was so graceful. She held out her hand and hoisted me up. I had some trouble swinging my leg over though.

"For a man of your size," (y/n) grunted," you're a lot heavier than you look."

"You're a lot stronger than you look. Not that you don't look strong! You're just very small." I tripped over my words. (y/n) shook her head at me.

"Since we're riding bareback, it would be best if you kept your legs closer to mine and that you'd hold on to me." She threw her head up. I took heed to her advice and carefully wrapped my arms around her small waist. This is the closest I have ever been to her. I could feel my heart pounding in my chest and I hoped that she couldn't feel it. She made a soft clicking sound and her horse began walking down a trail. I smiled to myself as I noticed my plan was coming together. The original plan was for her to not notice me slip away and her horse would go down the trail which leads to a beach. There she would find me by a small campfire. Even though this wasn't the original plan, it made me happy that she wanted to spend time with me.

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~Your POV~

You had noticed that your horse was taking a different path to the beach but it didn't bother you. Steve had relaxed a bit more and had carefully leaned himself on to your back. His rhythmic breathing tickled your ears.

"Would you look at that. Another clock went out." You pointed out as you looked at your wrist. Steve stretched his neck over your shoulder and pulled up his sleeve to his jacket and held his wrist next to yours. A clock had indeed gone out and it was labelled as "Romantic touch". You had no idea what it meant.

You shrugged it off as you had arrived at the beach, but something was off. You scanned the horizon to see a small campfire going. You were too busy trying to figure out who would leave an open fire on the beach to notice that Snickers had stopped walking and Steve had gotten off until he had cleared his throat. You looked down to see that he was holding out his hand, beckoning you. You obeyed and slid off your horse.

You and Steve walked hand in hand down the shoreline until you reached the campfire. The two of you sat down next to the fire and you began to look at the stars.

"Beautiful, isn't it?" You sighed.

"The stars?" Steve answered you.

"Yes."

"Very." He scooted closer to you. You could tell that Steve was nervous, and you felt it too. You lifted Steve's arm and wrapped it around your shoulders and leaned into his body. Steve was surprised by the sudden gesture and was stiff, but eventually relaxed.

"Before the war, " Steve started, "I used to come here. It was so peaceful. After I woke up, I came back to this very spot. You can't even see most of the stars now." His voice faded as he reminisced on his pre-war life. You leaned into him more, taking in his scent. You sighed contently

~Steve's POV~

(Y/n) took a deep breath and cuddled further into me. It didn't take long before she was sleep. I went to move but (y/n) began to stir. I took my phone out of my pocket and called Bucky.

"Steve?" Bucky let out a yawn. "Its midnight. Where are you?"

"Um. I'm still at-"

"WHAT?!" I moved the phone away from my ear as Bucky yelled.

"(Y/n) fell asleep. Her horse walked back to the stable so I'm stuck. She looks so peaceful, I don't want to wake her up."

"Alright, I'll be there in a few." Bucky hung up. I hadn't realized that Bucky had actually been on his way over here.

~Your POV~

You yawned as you sat up in your bed. Wait... Your bed?! You ran your fingers through your tangled hair as you tried to recall last night's events. You looked over and saw two handwritten letters. The first one said,

"You fell asleep on Steve and Steve was too much of a chicken to wake you up himself. Your house was close so I dropped both of you off in your bed, hope you don't mind. - Bucky" He had also left a picture of you and Steve on the beach. The second letter said,

"Good Morning beautiful. Sorry, I had to sleep in your apartment without your permission, I have to go in early. Here is my number- Love Steve" You sighed happily and fell back onto your bed with the note still in your hand. He had really shown off last night.