Rogue had honestly thought she'd never find anyone to love again. There were too many secrets she had to keep, things that normal people wouldn't understand, that if she had tried for a relationship it would have been built on a bed of lies. That wasn't any way to live, especially when there would be so many things she couldn't control or explain. Dropping into this world had given her a chance at a new life that she was so grateful for, but it was proving to be anything but easy when it came to actually living that life.

With Steve, though, everything was easy. It was easy to love him, trust him, worry about him. It was easy to imagine spending her life with him, comforting and supporting him in everything he did. And saying 'I love you' to Steve had possibly been one of the easiest things she'd ever done in her entire life.

She wrapped her arms around him, holding him tight in the hug that he seemed to badly need in that moment. Her hands smoothed along his back, rubbing small soothing circles as they swayed gently. "I love you, Steve Rogers," she told him softly, the entire world fading away because he was all that mattered. "I love you more than I can say. And I'm not going anywhere. We're going to take on this world together, you understand?"

Neither of them were going to be alone anymore, and that knowledge made her hold him even tighter. She wasn't going to be alone anymore. Meeting him was the best thing to happen to her in this new world, by far.