Chapter 48 Quantonium

Steve chuckled, "It has only been two hours and some, Peggy. Susan's really hungry.", and as to prove Steve's point, Susan gave out another hungry cry.

"Okay... okay...", Peggy sighed as she helped grab Susan and get her ready. "By the way, uh, we've shrunk.", Steve said as Peggy's eyes widened. "Don't freak out! Let's not startle Susan!".

Peggy was speechless, opening and closing her mouth before taking a deep breath as Susan latched into her third meal of the day after Peggy naturally removed the part of her upper outfit and bra.

"By the Lord...", Peggy spoke as she looked around to see the surroundings and was glad that one of the big boulders is hiding them from view, "Did we lose the Quantonium?", before feeling a hum through her body, and she then knew somehow, "No, we didn't lose it...But how?".

Steve frowned as he sat next to her, "It must have happened when we were asleep...Do you think we got the size-changing power like Susan?", and Peggy looked at him, "We could have. Try to focus, Steve. I could try myself, but I am feeding Susan right now.".

Steve nodded, getting up, and walked away far enough before closing his eyes in focus, taking a deep breath, digging for something inside him, and then he grew back up to his 50ft giant size, opening his eyes, and gave a laugh as he focused to shrink back slowly, discovering that he can do any size from 50 ft to his Amazonian size of 10 ft tall.

He walked back to Peggy as she got up, adjusting Susan slightly as she kept suckling, showing to be 9ft tall. Steve figured that if Peggy wore heels, she would be 10 ft tall then to match Steve.

Steve had to laugh for a moment as he sat back down next to her, "Wow... just... wow...", having a wide smile. "Seems like a lot of post war problems for us just got solved. Still might need a tall headroom home, but at least we could probably find one to fit it.", Peggy laughed with him.

Steve grinned, "Indeed!", before looking at Peggy with awe, looking so beautiful with Susan feeding upon her milk of life, and whispered deeply, "You're marvelously beautiful, my queen.", before remembering a bit of Peggy's earlier words, and reached to grasp Peggy's chin and kiss her on the lips passionately and reverently before pulling back slightly to face her, "This is the perfect moment...Will you be my wife forever and ever, Margaret Elizabeth Carter, and make me the happiest man on earth?".

"Steve...", Peggy blushed as she was stunned by his sudden proposal. "Well? I'm sorry, should I get on one knee to do this?", Steve asked as he did just that and grabbed her free hand. "Please, Margaret Elizabeth Carter, will you marry me?"

Susan peered up at her parents, and can sense something really important about to happen, and decided to stay silent, waiting as Peggy didn't even notice that Susan let go of the nipple for a moment, looking at Steve with a wide smile, "Oh, Steve! Yes, I will marry you, Steven Grant Rogers!", kissing him on the lips just as passionately and happily.

Susan babbled happily, clapping her hands for the first time, and after the kiss, sharing smiles, her parents looked down at her with love and happiness in their eyes, and Steve chuckled, caressing Susan's tufts of hair, "Don't worry, you will be our flower girl.".

Their daughter gurgled curiously before remembering her meal, and latched back to suckle on, and Peggy giggled, "She will be a perfect flower girl once she finds out what it means. She's smart, after all.", looking at Steve with a smile, "And I have the perfect date for it. We'll be married the day after the war ends, in the morning, so it's a sign of hope and love.".

"I was thinking the same day too.", Steve smiled as he kissed her once more. "Ahem.", Erskine could be heard clearing his throat near them before they turned to see him. "Sorry for interrupting your special moment there, but I'm glad to see you two awake.".

Peggy half shielded Susan from view while being half relaxed, knowing Erskine was a father, and he would have seen his children fed by his wife, but she's not family to him per sec, even if Susan is his goddaughter.

Steve smiled warmly, "It's alright, Dr. Erskine. Did you hear all of that?", with a proud look. He truly looked to Erskine as a father figure of sorts. Erskine smiled happily, "I indeed heard your proposal, Steven. Many congratulations, and I'd be honored to be a witness of the wedding. I suspect it will be a small one of sorts, then?".

Peggy smiled, "I only have my parents, and I know Steve would want Bucky to be there. Colonel Phillips is invited as well, and we'd love to have you there as well, doc, as someone out of you all would have to carry Susan as she's to be our flower girl.".

Erskine nodded, "Naturally. Perhaps you would ask the colonel to preside over the wedding. After all, he has the power to do so.", and Steve glanced at Peggy who nodded with a smile.

Steve smiled, "We'll do that. Did you see us shrink down to our current size during our nap?", with a curious look at Erskine.

"You catch on very quick. The Quantonium did that; thanks to the extra that I gave you two from Eris's body. It was quite strange, if I'm honest... but this stuff is very much alive, I believe.".

Peggy looked at him in surprise, "You gave us extra Quantonium from Eris's body?", and Erskine nodded, and pulled out the fragment from his pocket, "I didn't know why I brought it with me, and when I saw Eris's body, I somehow then knew, and Eris's body became ashes and blood and pieces of flesh when the Quantonium and the Super Soldier Serum was extracted. The Serum was absorbed into the earth while I received the Quantonium here.".