A/N: Guys!! Omg I bet y'all thought I was dead!! Lmao. No, I've just been busy with school a lot and with homework. But I am back! Back with another one-shot :) ♡ Thank y'all for being patient with dear old me !! And I'll stop writing/talking and let you read this awful written one-shot. Enjoy! Xo Brie (Remember to Comment/Message for suggestions, vote & follow {if you want to !} )
[EDITED A/N: I also changed the cover for the one-shot yasssss!! It's from the recent cacw trailer btw]
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It was the thirty-first of December, the year nineteen-ninety-nine. Every New Years, I would spend with my family. Mom, Dad, Sabrina and Me. But this year was different. I met with a couple old friends from high school. Tony Stark, who is now the youngest billionaire and CEO of Stark Industries. Thor Odinson, my best friend since elementary. And of course the rest of them, including Bucky and Sam.
My parents were in town too but Sabrina decided to spend her New Years with her ass-hat of a boyfriend in Seattle. I convinced her to spend New Years with my old pals and her girl-friends too in New York but, she told me her ass-hat boyfriend would surely propose to her tonight. I was on the verge of flying to Seattle and beating the crap out of him.
Too bad I was busy getting ready to welcome the new millennium with my friends.
Anywho, Tony Stark, the genius, billionaire, playboy and philanthropist had a special New Years party that night. At first, we thought it was only for us and our families but no, he invited every employer of Stark Industries. And well, basically everyone he knew.
He exclusively rented the most expensive hotel in New York, just for tonight's party. It had an over-view of the Hudson River on one side and on the other, Times Square so we could see the ball drop. It was magical and truly such a stunning view. Perfect for spending New Years.
For me, New Years was the only time of the year, where you can really reminisce about what happened during the whole year. Reminisce about the good times and reminisce about the bad times. New Years is the day where you can say to yourself and say 'alright, this year I'm gonna do better. Better than before' and New Years is the the time to let the past go and get ready to create something anew.
Last New Years was painful for me. I wanted to surprise my then-girlfriend of nearly four years, with a proposal. I had the ring, the restaurant booked. And I even booked us a room in one of the finest New York hotel, just so we both could see the ball drop. But, things weren't exactly going the way we planned it. She told me she got accepted into some fancy university, specifically for female lawyers, in Switzerland and never looked back on me again.
But this year was gonna be different, I told myself. Who needs girls to worry about on New Year's Eve? I had my old pals from high school with me, my family and a whole new millennium ahead of us. Sure my little sister isn't here and I'm single but, this new year is gonna be a great one.
Or so I thought it was.
It turned out all my high school friends, including your typical nerd, Bruce Banner, had girlfriends. That's right, girlfriends. Some even got married. And had children.
"So where's your girlfriend of wife, Rogers?" Clint Barton, the infamous archer in high school who was now an Olympic gold medalist asked me. Alongside was his wife, Barbara or Bobbi. They had one son, Francis who was currently running around with the other children.
"No wife and girlfriend dumped me." I say with a sad smile. I tried not to show feelings but, I just couldn't. She was the love of my love and now she left.
"Yikes." Clint said. "Ouch." Tony followed. "I'm sorry to hear that, Steve." Jane, Thor's girlfriend touched my shoulder gently for support. I thank her with a smile and nod.
"Well, I'm pretty sure Blondie will find his true soulmate one day." Tony exclaimed, while grabbing his wife's – Pepper's – waist very closely to his body.
"Thanks guys," I say with a smile. "I really appreciate all the support but, I don't want to talk about her any longer."
The girls were the first ones to say, "Oh no problem. We don't have to if you don't want to." They were all genuinely nice. I wonder how they all fell for these fellow 'idiots' I call my friends.
We had a few drinks and a few laughs. Most of the stories they told were how the two of them met or about their jobs. That made me question my life. I am a 25 year old college graduate. I have absolutely no idea what to do with my life, except to work for the man who has hated my guts since forever. And I barely have time for a love life, since the other one destroyed it.
And it got me. This New Years, I'm gonna focus on myself. I'm gonna make things better for myself. Everything that will probably haunt me for the rest of my life if I didn't do anything, will be tossed out of the way of my life. I'm gonna change. Steve Rogers, you are gonna be a changed man.
As soon as a slow song had started and all the couples have left for the dance floor, I feel myself heading towards the bar.
No I wasn't gonna drink away my sorrows. Well, maybe I felt a little left out, so what? I was a college graduate who had gotten dumped by the then love of my life, what else did I have to do? Wait for the new millennium to come through?
Plus, it wasn't till a few hours anyway. I had enough time to relax and have a couple of drinks. And maybe even talk and socialize with others, asides from my high school friends, around me.
I gestured for the bartender and he took my order. I thanked him as I turned around to watch the happy couples dancing. They all looked like they were dancing at a school ball or whatever. So young in love. Something I could never experience again. Maybe.
"Here you go, sir." The bartender passed me the beer I ordered. It wasn't strong but it did taste very good. I gulped it all down and asked for another one.
And after spending 15 minutes at the bar, my toiletry needs had needed to be taken care of. So I paid for the drinks I ordered but, the bartender declined my money. He said, 'Mr. Stark has already paid for all of you'. I roll my eyes at the smart-ass, kinder billionaire Tony was.
I sigh and head straight for the bathroom. Luckily for me, there was no line. Just a couple deciding to make-out a little bit outside but that wasn't a bother. It wasn't like they weren't noticeable. Ugh.
I get back from my business and notice that the two oddly couple who were making out beforehand were still there. I fixed my outfit up a little bit, before I was suddenly pushed into a red-headed woman by the couple who had now moved into the disabled bathroom. I shake my thoughts away from the couple and focus on the red-headed woman.
"I am so sorry, Ma'am." I say, trying to avoid eye contact, whilst helping her put her belongings in her purse.
"It's okay. It was just those two idiots who decided to make-out in the middle of the bathrooms." She chuckled.
And without thinking, I introduced myself to this woman I had just met for five seconds.
"Steve Rogers." I stick my hand out to shake hers and she accepts.
Looking up to my blue eyes with her emerald green ones, she shakes it and says, "Natasha Romanoff." And a smile forms on her face, her green eyes lighting up bright.
We both make small conversation, talking about our jobs and lives and whatnot. She apparently works for Stark Industries, hence why she was at this New Years party.
"Stark throws the biggest parties ever." She says in awe.
"It's crazy." I say after. And she chuckles, "Yeah."
We end up talking more. Having drinks together and laughing away together. We hit it off pretty quickly. It was almost as she was there to help me ease my love-life suffering.
They say that many don't move on. They say that you should give second chances. I gave my second chances and they were blown away. But this. This was a new start of a chapter in my life.
It was time to end the first and now it was time to start anew. And Natasha was part of that. And so were you. [Steve references to his children].
And that is also, How I Met Your Mother.
[Yes at a Stark New Years Party, How cheesy]