𝙲𝚊𝚙𝚝. 𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝙶. 𝚁𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚜.

ᅠ 𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚜 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚜 𝙸 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛, 𝙸 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚘 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝. . . ᅠ

[𝙲𝚊𝚙𝚝. 𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝙶. 𝚁𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚜. @SHIELDOFMARVEL]

'𝐼 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑𝑛'𝑡 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑚𝑦 𝑏𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑔𝑖𝑟𝑙.'

—𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚞 𝙲𝚊𝚙𝚝. 𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝙶𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚁𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚜, 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝙴𝙶. 𝚖𝚞𝚕𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚎/𝚌𝚛𝚘𝚜𝚜𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎.

'𝑁𝑜𝑡 𝑤𝘩𝑒𝑛 𝑠𝘩𝑒 𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑠 𝑚𝑒 𝑎 𝑑𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒.'

#𝓞𝔀𝓵'𝓼 𝓟𝓪𝓻𝓵𝓲𝓪𝓶𝓮𝓷𝓽

[𝙲𝚊𝚙𝚝. 𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝙶. 𝚁𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚜. @SHIELDOFMARVEL]

~buckle, he went with what he knew to do.

And that was not resist going down, but to take Juniper down in a grapple with him.

Boxing had now turned to wrestling.

[𝙲𝚊𝚙𝚝. 𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝙶. 𝚁𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚜. @SHIELDOFMARVEL]

It was a good trick; Steve had used the old ‘back of the knee’ strike to take down his own opponents. In his training, Natasha frequently used it to try to knock him down.

Juniper was pretty damn close to the Black Widow in terms of size and skill, so when he felt his leg~

[𝙹𝚄𝙽𝙸𝙿𝙴𝚁. @thyuntoldmemoir]

Training with the Captain was good.

Because it was not easy to beat him. He put up a fair fight, and did not let her win. Juniper she couldn’t necessarily put him down using only her strength. Usually she would use the environment to her advantage but their was not a lot of +

[𝙲𝚊𝚙𝚝. 𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝙶. 𝚁𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚜. @SHIELDOFMARVEL]

Steve knew how to handle a right hook.

He was quick to step back, using his own gloved have to catch the fist and divert it to the side.

“Woah—easy, there!”

[𝙹𝚄𝙽𝙸𝙿𝙴𝚁. @thyuntoldmemoir]

Her pride? Hurt.

She does not take his hand, but she does get up. And she still has some pent up anger to release.

So her fist goes flying to his jaw without a warning.

[𝙲𝚊𝚙𝚝. 𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝙶. 𝚁𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚜. @SHIELDOFMARVEL]

“Not bad. Ready for another round?”

Offers his hand to help her up.

[𝙲𝚊𝚙𝚝. 𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝙶. 𝚁𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚜. @SHIELDOFMARVEL]

“Is your new code name Itsy Bitsy, then?”

Bad joke aside, Steve went to fetch the poor kid a towel.

“Rain here is different than it is in New York, huh?”

[peter @W_EBBS]

Skittering inside like the helpless little bug he is and rapidly shaking off like a dog.

“Thank you, Mister Steve! Geez, it’s really coming down out there! The rain is really trying to wash the spider out!”

[𝙲𝚊𝚙𝚝. 𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝙶. 𝚁𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚜. @SHIELDOFMARVEL]

Steve, after jumping and spilling his coffee all over himself, looked over and saw Parker outside.

Window? Opened.

“What on earth——”

[peter @W_EBBS]

@SHIELDOFMARVEL HELP ITS RAINING OUTSIDE AND MY SUIT IS DRENCHED PLEASE OPEN THE WINDOW

[Peggy Carter •Parody• @OfNobleImpulses]

"Honey, I'm a nightmare dressed like a daydream."
Marvel\Crossover
Winter Soldier! Peggy with a Twist
Ships depending on chemistry
A remade face of #Scarfy

[𝙲𝚊𝚙𝚝. 𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝙶. 𝚁𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚜. @SHIELDOFMARVEL]

––realism. But that’s just my guess.”

Especially since Mission Space was considered to be a dangerous simulation. For normal humans.

[𝙲𝚊𝚙𝚝. 𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝙶. 𝚁𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚜. @SHIELDOFMARVEL]

“I take it you have research on the subject?”

Steve has had very little space travel experience, but he knew not to take the word of the Guardians too seriously about it. Or Thor.

“Devil’s advocate here, but I feel like they’re going more for ‘space fantasy,’ rather than––

[𝙲𝚊𝚙𝚝. 𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝙶. 𝚁𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚜. @SHIELDOFMARVEL]

––the next question wasn’t nearly as… political.

“What all have you done here so far? Like which parks? I’m personally fond of Epcot and the Studios the most.”

[𝙲𝚊𝚙𝚝. 𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝙶. 𝚁𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚜. @SHIELDOFMARVEL]

“I’ll have to look up your work.”

Steve says as if he’s suddenly become computer-literate.

“I guess I’m just an old soul who still likes a newspaper over his morning coffee. But I’m heavily aware of the biases on both sides… Sad, really.”

Another sip of coke.

Thankfully––

[𝙲𝚊𝚙𝚝. 𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝙶. 𝚁𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚜. @SHIELDOFMARVEL]

Sounded an awful lot like Tony, except that man ate up press attention like it was some new diet food.

“I like your thinking, Kent.” Referring to people by their last names is habit, just roll with it.

“Do you publish online or on good old fashioned paper?”

[𝙲𝚊𝚙𝚝. 𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝙶. 𝚁𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚜. @SHIELDOFMARVEL]

@metromarvel || Steve Gets It™️

[𝙲𝚊𝚙𝚝. 𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝙶. 𝚁𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚜. @SHIELDOFMARVEL]

—good reason behind it, probably.

“Honestly, good reporting is probably just as important as law enforcement. If people are being lied to by those in power? Well, then we gotta be the ones to do something about it.”

[𝙲𝚊𝚙𝚝. 𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝙶. 𝚁𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚜. @SHIELDOFMARVEL]

Steve was not stupid. He gave Clark a nod of understanding.

“Never liked the press much. Mostly cause they’re like the folks you’re talking about.”

Steve may not have had the full story, but he knew a cover job when he heard one.

And if Clark needed cover?

There was a—

[𝙲𝚊𝚙𝚝. 𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝙶. 𝚁𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚜. @SHIELDOFMARVEL]

“I’m the same way… I couldn’t stand some of ‘em at first but they’ve grown on me.”

Cap took another sip. Time for… a careful question.

“What line of work are you in? Law enforcement?”

[𝙲𝚊𝚙𝚝. 𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝙶. 𝚁𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚜. @SHIELDOFMARVEL]

Oh yes.

Steve could understand.

He was just too polite to pry further.

“Yeah. I’ve always got some sort of fancy gadget so the team can call me if something happens. But thankfully it’s been quiet enough that I haven’t needed to jump into action.”

[𝙲𝚊𝚙𝚝. 𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝙶. 𝚁𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚜. @SHIELDOFMARVEL]

––where the families were making s’mores. Crickets were sounding off in the distance.

He felt relaxed.

“You here for a while?”

[𝙲𝚊𝚙𝚝. 𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝙶. 𝚁𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚜. @SHIELDOFMARVEL]

“Sort of. I’ve got a brownstone up there I use as a base, but I get stationed around still.”

Usually between Florida and California now. He had to be discreet in Florida, though. For reasons.

Steve took a sip of his drink and leaned back. He could hear music playing over by––

[𝙲𝚊𝚙𝚝. 𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝙶. 𝚁𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚜. @SHIELDOFMARVEL]

—as well include a cold drink.

He sat back down, handing one of the bottles to Clark.

“You local or did you come pretty far to get here?”

[𝙲𝚊𝚙𝚝. 𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝙶. 𝚁𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚜. @SHIELDOFMARVEL]

“It’s all we can do for the people in our life, right?”

… oh heck with it. Steve stood up from his seat.

“Wait here just a moment, will ya?”

A quick trip inside Meadow Snack Bar later, Steve returned with two ice cold cokes.

If he was going to make a new friend, it might—