Steve Rogers (
heroic_jawline) wrote2020-08-02 02:27 pm
Apartment Above Stark Industries, Sunday early evening
Steve had been called into work by Fury right after his and Tony's class on Friday to chase down a lead on a Hydra base alone: his Tony, Fury told him, had been sending everyone to voicemail for almost a month, Bruce was working on some kind of program in India, Thor was back on Asgard, and Natasha and Clint were on a different assignment.
Steve tried not to miss them all (especially Tony) too much. The lead turned out to be a heavily-armed fortress with lots of goons but no useful intel on either Bucky or the stash of SHIELD artifacts Hydra had stolen when SHIELD fell.
Imploded.
Was crushed under the weight of its own secrets.
Whatever it was, Steve didn't feel bad about it happening, though he did regret the loss of the weapons.
He was back home again, now: dirty, slightly banged up, and more than ready for a long, hot soak in his birthday bathtub. (Because Tony had given him a bathroom renovation for his birthday and he'd realized that was just Tony years ago.)
"JARVIS, I'm back," he said, pulling the cowl down from his face with a tired sigh. "Tell Tony I have all limbs present and accounted for."
Steve tried not to miss them all (especially Tony) too much. The lead turned out to be a heavily-armed fortress with lots of goons but no useful intel on either Bucky or the stash of SHIELD artifacts Hydra had stolen when SHIELD fell.
Imploded.
Was crushed under the weight of its own secrets.
Whatever it was, Steve didn't feel bad about it happening, though he did regret the loss of the weapons.
He was back home again, now: dirty, slightly banged up, and more than ready for a long, hot soak in his birthday bathtub. (Because Tony had given him a bathroom renovation for his birthday and he'd realized that was just Tony years ago.)
"JARVIS, I'm back," he said, pulling the cowl down from his face with a tired sigh. "Tell Tony I have all limbs present and accounted for."

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Who stumbled out of the lab, looking a little like he'd been on a bender. But a bender of science. "Hey."
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Sorry about that, motorcycle.
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He could stretch his legs out in it! It was so exciting.
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"Back in a minute," he promised. "You can tell me what you were working on."
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"Roger that," Steve murmured, sliding into the water with a slow, contented sigh. "Stay and keep me company."
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Which was hopefully soothing.
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"Think I'm not as grubby now," he finally said. "Wanna join me?"
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