Avengers Training Center, Upstate-ish New York

[heroic_jawline]

The other team's mission had been successful and Tony had insisted they all fly back to the training center upstate to use the extensive decontamination systems he'd installed there. Steve, knowing an olive branch when it was tossed out in a too-casual to actually be casual way, thanked Tony and didn't push it further.

Steve had taken an extensive trip through the exceedingly cold shower and then an even longer nap, and now he was dressed in borrowed Stark Industries sweats and sitting in a conference room for a debriefing with the entire team.

"It's very good to see you again, Colonel Rhodes," he said with a genuine smile.

[NFB and for allll the SP!]

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[hailhailgangsallhere]

"Then we keep an eye on him," Natasha suggested. "And have a plan if it goes bad."

You know. Again.

[heroic_jawline]

"When it goes bad," Steve said softly.

He was earnest, but he wasn't naive.

"My husband's fought something called SuperSkrulls, enhanced with that kind of DNA," he said. "It gets bad."

[upthereistheendgame]

"First off, ridiculous name," Tony said, scribbling down notes that were mostly just things to make Rhodey roll his eyes at him. "Second off... Nat on the inside there is a good idea. While we look into the paper trail of this lab. I'm certain Fury has a better idea of where to start looking than us. And probably more access still. Old spy habits dying hard."

[heroic_jawline]

Steve smiled at Tony. "Gonna take a peek too?"

Tonys were gonna Tony, after all.

[upthereistheendgame]

"Nothing wrong with a group project," Tony replied with a little sniff.

[heroic_jawline]

Steve laughed. "Exactly. I'd feel better with your input, too."

[hailhailgangsallhere]

"Mom and dad getting back together is all well and good, but what does that mean for the whole fugitives from the law thing?" Sam asked.

Since that was sort of a pressing matter for him at least.

[hailhailgangsallhere]

"Well, we found a secret government lab where a bioweapon killed dozens of tourists."

Never let it be said Natasha wasn't practical.

[hailhailgangsallhere]

"Are you implying we blackmail the US government?" Rhodey asked incredulously.

Mostly because he didn't really think something like that would even work.

[heroic_jawline]

"I wouldn't call it blackmail," Steve said. "Just a reminder that we're still out here doing the right thing."

With or without their permission, Ross.

[hailhailgangsallhere]

Steve gotta Steve. That much was consistent.

"It's a plan, then."

Which was more than they had before now.

[heroic_jawline]

"We might have more leverage--" for the thing he's not calling blackmail, "--if we find out who gave the orders to weaponized the virus," Steve added.