bakerstreet | winter meme? winter meme.

winter meme? winter meme.

❄ it's quiet
and the snow's beautiful tonight → a winter open meme

snowfall;

stage i; none, streets are already blanketed in white.
stage ii; very light and intermittent.
stage iii; light - moderate. lasts longer periods.
stage iv; continuous, heavy snowfall.
stage v; the hardest of cores - blizzards, snowstorms, you name it.

scenarios;

① fuck the police, this is the best time for a walk. hope you've got a nice thick coat on.

② stranded in the buttcrack of nowheresville? weren't you watching the time? now you've gone and missed that last bus out of there. or maybe you're lost, somehow. what do?

③ literally chilling, in this weather, is quite easy to do. sitting around relaxing in it is a wee more difficult, but sometimes much more enjoyable, especially if shelter can be found. the snow is beautiful to watch, after all.

④ the weather's not going to stop you. your snow fort's packed full of ammo and ready to go. those aren't snow angels over there; they mark where the poor souls you've downed have fallen. be careful with that snowman's head!!

⑤ you're about fifty miles from civilization but there's a roof over your head, so never mind the chilly draught, right? right. you mightn't be the only one lucky enough to stumble upon this little shelter, though. remember to share the blanket.

⑥ everyone stuck outside should be jelly. you've got a fireplace and hot cocoa and damn if it isn't awesome. a heater's not quite so romantic, but it'd do. there'd better be a backup generator in case the power trips.

⑦ mix and match, or make up your own.

- from krystaliske @ memebells

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Sharon luckily made it into her apartment building just before it got too bad outside. She was dressed in nurse's scrubs to make it look like she just got off of work. Her bag had her regular clothes from when she went into the SHIELD office. Last thing she needed was to blow her cover as Steve's friendly neighbor, Kate. A nurse doesn't show up to work in business casual after all. She searched for her keys and for a moment she looked down a couple doors and wondered if she should check in on him. Just as a friendly neighbor of course. Hopefully he wasn't stuck out in this mess.

This was the worse snow storm he's seen since he 'woke up' from the ice. He shivered as he hurried along the sidewalk towards his apartment, arms full of bags of groceries. It wasn't coming down that hard when he left so he thought he'd better stock up for the next few days as the weather forecast said it'll be like this for the next several days. Life working for SHIELD was unpredictable; there will be days of back-to-back missions and sometimes a lull for a week or two at a time.

He appeared in his and Kate's shared hallway just as Kate was fishing out her keys.

"Hi. Looking to be a bad one coming down tonight."

Sharon greeted him with a smile. "Yeah, sure looks like it." When she first started this mission, she had to remind herself to act like a kind neighbor. But soon she found herself relaxed in his presence. Interacting with him made her soften a bit. She looked at his arms and before she could stop herself she asked, "Need help?" Dumb question, he's Captain America.

"Looks like you have enough to last a week," she chided him. She should've gone to the grocery store too, now that she thought about it. She was down to the bare minimum. When you're a workaholic like her, you sometimes forget about the necessities. Like eating.

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Sharon was kind and polite and had helped him get used to the apartment building and its little quirks. He smiled and shook his head at her question. "No, I'm good. Almost there." She looked like she had enough on her hands without helping him wih his.

"Ah...I've always had an big appetite." He gave a self-deprecating shrug. "And it looks like the snows here to stay for a bit so I thought I might as well stock up. I wasn't the only one either...the stores were really busy when I went." Hopefully he won't get called out for a mission in the next few days; he doesn't really want to go out in this weather either. Either way, most of the food will keep in the fridge, a modern convenience he's quite fond of.

Sharon gave him a small amused smile. "It's usually crowded before a storm. It can be a madhouse." She fished out her keys and unlocked the door to her apartment. "I'll have to see what I can put together to eat," she said as her amused smile faded. She was a workaholic and could barely take care of herself half the time. There have been days that she'll go a whole day without eating because she'd be working.

"If you need anything, let me know. I have extra flashlights if the power goes out," she offered.

Steve laughed. "Madhouse...that's a good word for it. There were lots of parents with their kids and older folk too as well. Most of my time were taken up waiting in line to check out." His eyebrows furrowed as he noted the slightly worried look on her face when she mentioned food. Maybe she didn't have a chance to go stock up earlier like he did; she had a much busier schedule than he did, being a nurse.

"Thanks. I've got some candles and matches so I should be fine. I...I was thinking of making a meatloaf and throwing together a salad. I always make too much so would you be interested in sharing?"

If she let her stomach speak for her, she would answer with a 'hell yes'. But her mind always won out with her professionalism. She was assigned to protect Captain America, not to date him. Although, she wouldn't really count a snowed in dinner as a date. She gave him a gentle smile. "I don't want to intrude. After a hard day of saving the world, you probably want to relax." Sharon couldn't remember the last time she relaxed at the end of the day.

"There's not much world saving in paperwork which is what I've mostly been doing today. You on the other hand, are saving lives. That's far more meaningful then what I've been doing with my time lately." He admired that about doctors and nurses. Healing instead of fighting, even if they put it down as 'saving the world'. "But you're right...YOU must be tired after all day at the hospital and I'm keeping you from your well-earned rest. If you change your mind about dinner, just knock on my door."

It was when he said incredibly modest things like that, she would feel guilty about lying about who she was. She wasn't a real nurse. Like him, she spent most of her day doing paperwork. She gave him a kind smile, "Thank you, I appreciate the offer." She opened the door to her apartment. Before entering she said over her shoulder, "Try and stay warm." With that she disappeared into her apartment.

"You're welcome" He called back as she stepped through her door and sighed. Well, at least he tried and no one can say he didn't, especially Natasha. Shifting the bags of groceries in his arms, he got his own door open and stepped in as well, kicking it shut behind him before locking it as he always did.

Meatloaf for dinner and a good book for the rest of night it is.

After a few moments, Sharon changed into comfortable clothes of a button down shirt and a pair of jeans. Sharon then went to the kitchen, and just like she suspected, there weren't many items in her pantry or fridge. She sighed as she looked at the single piece of bread on her shelf.

She went back to the living room and stared at the door as she pondered Steve's offer. Her stomach gave a small growl, which reminded her that she ate a light lunch in order to continue working. With that, she admitted defeat and headed to the door.

Once she was in front of his door, she gave a hesitant knock. Sharon kept her interactions with him strictly as a friendly neighbor. Many female members of SHIELD probably wished they could interact with Captain America outside of work like her. But her mind never allowed her to consider pursuing a personal relationship with Steve. He was her assignment, and she was very dedicated to her job

Steve had changed into a pair of comfortable pair of pants and sweatshirt, not expecting to go out again or visitors for the rest of the night. Putting everything he bought away doesn't take him too long and meatloaf is one of the easiest things to prepare so it wasn't long before the smell of meatloaf is spreading throughout the apartment.

A knock on his apartment had him looking up and frowning from where he was just about to take the meatloaf out from the oven. If SHIELD needed him they'd have texted him first. The neighbours for the most part were polite but generally left him alone. Natasha was a possibility as she had a habit of dropping by whenever she wanted but last he'd heard she was out on another missions and shouldn't be back for another week yet. A quick check of the peephole in his front door had him opening the door immediately.

"Hey. Did you need something?"

"I was hoping that offer was still good...seems that I've neglected to grocery shop," she said with a somber smile. She could smell the meatloaf and her stomach gave an impatient pang. "If not, I could make do at my place." She didn't think Steve would turn her away but she felt self conscious about putting him on the spot like that.

"Of course. Come on in." Steve invited her in immediately, smiling, a little bit happy that she did take up his invitation in the end. "There's no need to 'make do' when I've got dinner pretty much cooked already." He lead the way to the kitchen, just a corner and a few steps away.

"You've got pretty good timing actually; food's almost ready. Something to drink first? I'm afraid it's only milk, juice, water or beer."

"Water is fine," she replied as she followed him. She couldn't help but let her eyes wander. It was interesting to see how Captain America kept his personal space. She gave a small smile, "Thank you for letting me crash your dinner." It was almost torture being closer to the food. "It smells good. Didn't know Captain America was a chef," she chided him.

The apartment was mostly bare, not many personal things or decorations kept out. It wasn't really 'home' to him no matter how he tried to think of it. Natasha had given him disapproving looks but hasn't said anything.

"No problem at all. I usually cook extra anyway." The table was a already set for one so he added another set of utensils to the table before dividing up the meatloaf and baked veggies onto two plates. "Captain America is used to eating in rather than out and that means learning to cook. I'm not really a chef, I just don't want to starve."

Sharon noticed how bare it was, and she felt bad for him. He must feel so out of place in this modern day. Everyone that he knew was dead, and his new companions were SHIELD agents. She couldn't imagine Steve going out for a couple drinks with some of the SHIELD agents after work.

Sharon took a seat at one of the places set on the table. She gave him a joking smile. "Must make you popular with the ladies," she said amused. She heard everything that the female agents at SHIELD said about Steve. They were definitely smitten with him. He just had to invite one of them to his place, and she suspected she would see a woman leaving his place early the next morning.

There had been few offers to go out for drinks and he'd even accepted one or two but he could tell his presence made everything awkward for everyone else so he's stopped. There's no reason he should go out and ruin everyone else's down time.

He shrugged, self-deprecatingly as he served each of them a plate of dinner. "Maybe, I wouldn't know." Steve knew there was plenty of gossip about him it was only just that gossip. Everyone seemed to be intensively interested in Captain America but not too much about Steve Rogers.

"Thank you," she said with a smile. She didn't think meatloaf could smell this good but it did. Either Steve was a good cook or she was really hungry. She picked up her fork and cut the meatloaf into smaller pieces. She looked up at him, "You don't really go out, do you?" she asked.

Sharon had work too but she at least made time to visit her aunt and sometimes go out with other female agents. The list of agents she would interact with were very small. She'd taken a liking to Maria Hill. It seemed like Steve lead a lonelier life then she did. And that was saying something. "D.C. is suppose to have a great club scene," she said, refraining from laughing at the mental image in her head of Captain America at a club.

Meatloaf was something he made often. It was an easy recipe, required no special ingredients and easily kept for leftover for up to a few days. He speared a broccoli with his forked and popped it into his mouth, considering Sharon's question.

"Not really. D.C. has some nice galleries and museums. And there's the local library as well." He didn't mention the national monuments which Natasha had dragged him to the first week he'd moved to D.C., the two of them playing 'tourist'. All of the places he listed were easily visited as a single person. "People don't really dance like the way I remember." The entire hug-and-sway way of dancing as he'd heard it described wasn't what he preferred.

Sharon poked a piece of broccoli with her fork, and put it in her mouth. After swallowing she said, "Those things sound like something you do by yourself. What do you do for socializing? Don't tell me I'm the only person you talk to outside of work." If he knew the truth, he'd realize SHIELD basically was in his life 24/7.

She is starting to think the elderly have more of a social life then Steve. Every time she visits her aunt the dining hall is filled with seniors playing Bingo. "I'll tell you one place you'll have to try, and that's Georgetown Cupcakes. Best cupcakes you'll find in DC."

He took a bite out of the meatloaf next. It didn't turn out too bad at all, though it could probably use a bit more spices. Steve shrugged again, letting his eyes drop down to the dinner plate. Social life? It was pretty much non-existent. Steve Rogers has never been good with talking to people and seventy years in the ice did not help with that at all.

"I'll have to remember that one. Thanks." He likes cupcakes. The decorations were more wildly varied now with all colours of the rainbow used but for the most part they haven't changed. "If you have a chance to visit Brooklyn I can recommend a really good cafe."

Sharon smiled in response to him. "If I ever go to Brooklyn, I'll make sure to ask you what places I should go to." She had to admit she felt very comfortable eating dinner with him. Most of the time she just thought of him as Captain America, her assignment. He was someone she found herself being at ease with, and she couldn't determine if she liked that or not.

"So what have you seen since you moved to D.C.?" she asked him as she took another bite of her meatloaf.

This impromptu dinner hasn't been quite as awkward as he'd been afraid of. Despite propaganda about his speech making he's always been rather socially awkward with people. Or perhaps it's because this was impromptu that things were going light and easy so far. And it helped that she as treating him rather normally than as only Captain America.

"The usual tourist things like the Lincoln Memorial, the Smithsonian, and all the art museums I can find." He doesn't get to do as much sketching as he likes nowadays but at least he can still look at other people's art.

Steve Rogers | MCU

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