Ok, so it is slightly longer than 5 sentences to make it all fit, the way I had it in my brain lol
Hope you enjoy nonetheless!!! @starlightafterastorm
Steve didn’t know why Darcy’s favorite thing to say to him after he did anything for her was ‘OMG I could kiss you’...or why he liked it...or why he, like an idiot, hadn’t acted upon it, despite how much he really wanted to.
To be honest, he didn’t really think anything of it at first...granted the first time that he could recall her saying that to him was after saving her from a pretty dangerous hostage situation — he chalked it up to a phrase born out of relief and nothing more than that. At least until he got to know her...
Given her proximity to Jane Foster — and subsequently Foster’s proximity to Thor — she had gained a role at the compound, which put her in closer proximity to him...which was just close enough for him to really get acquainted, and then familiar, and to finally recognize (admittedly with some hesitation) that she was just his type.
That’s when he really started to notice her little verbal calling card - and more specifically that she didn’t really direct it towards anyone else but him.
He wasn’t sure why it was only now that he felt compelled act on her claim — maybe it was the taxing mission that he just got back from — but he didn’t even give her the chance to say anything as he set her favorite coffee on her desk before leaning down to cup her chin and place a lingering kiss on her soft lips.
But at her reaction... he couldn’t help but give her a crooked smile when shock and a bright warm flush flooded her features...which gave him the confidence (not to mention it was probably the first and smoothest moment of his entire life) to say, “you owed me a kiss.”