Green Beret | MCU (On Hold)

💣CHAPTER 19💣

The three Avengers were walking through a mall, disguised as normal civilians who were going shopping together but it was pretty hard to do so when Troy was close to drawing attention to them when he was trying his utmost hardest to keep his laughter in every time he looks at Steve and how paranoid he is, looking around every second and walking faster then he should.

Eventually, Natasha had gotten fed up with it, "First rile of going on the run is, don't run, walk." Natasha whispers to Steve discreetly before glancing at Troy who was trying to calm down, "And you're going to draw attention to us if you don't shut up."

"If I run in these shoes, they're gonna fall off," Steve replies, making Troy have to cover his mouth and act if he was coughing to disguise his laugh, earning an elbow in the ribs from Natasha making him grunt and pout.

They eventually made it to a Mac store that holds many computers so they could use one of them. Natasha walks up to a computer with the soldiers following behind her. She made sure to get a computer that was facing the entrance to be on the lookout for any SHIELD agents that had turned against them. Troy knew that as soon as Natasha plugs in that drive, they would know their location so what they going to do needed to be quick so they can leave and get as far as a possibility without the chance of getting caught.

"The drive has a Level Six homing program, so as soon as we boot up SHIELD will know exactly where we are," Natasha informs them as she starts typing on the MacBook Pro keyboard.

"How much time do we have?" Troy asks.

"Uh...about nine minutes from..." Natasha pops the flash drive into the computer, "Now. Fury was right about that ship, somebody's trying to hide something. This drive is protected by some sort of A.I, it keeps rewriting itself to counter my commands." Natasha muttered loud enough for the two other Avengers to hear as they watch her type fast on the keyboard, using all her hacking and computer knowledge to get this done as quickly and smoothly as possible.

"Can you override it?" Steve asked Natasha impatiently with his paranoia kicking in again as he looks around the store. Natasha didn't look back at them but Troy saw a smirk grace her beautiful features from the reflection of the computer screen.

Natasha scoffed, "The person who developed this is slightly smarter than me. Slightly." Natasha emphasizes this slightly making Troy smirk, "I'm gonna try running a tracer. This is a program that SHIELD developed to track hostile malware, so if we can't read the file, maybe we can find out where it came from?"

"Wow, look at you, Miss Smarty Pants." Troy teased before they were interrupted by an Apple employee.

"Can I help you with anything?" The Apple employee asked politely with a kind look, glasses and an oddly disturbing beard.

Troy was quick enough to answer and cover for Natasha who wasn't kept typing on the computer and Steve who would choke up and everything they are doing would turn to shit. Troy muttered a quick sorry to Natasha for what he was about to do next as he pulled her away from typing on the computer and pulled her closer to him and into his chest, "No thanks, sir. I and my fiancé are just looking for some honeymoon destinations with the help of my brother." A smile played on Troy's lips as he pointed to Steve who awkwardly smiled.

"Best fiancé ever," Natasha said with a smile as she kissed Troy's cheek making his blush slightly which caused Natasha's smile to grow. She knew what she was doing and she was enjoying it.

"Congratulations. Where are you guys thinking about going?" The employee asked as he looked between Natasha and Troy but before either one of them could answer Steve does as he peeks over at the computer behind them.

"New Jersey." Steve nods making Troy internally groan.

"Oh." Troy could practically feel his heart drop to his ass as he holds his breath at what the employee was going to say next as he kept his eyes on Steve who was cringing under his gaze, "I have the same glasses." 

Natasha had already turned back to the computer but she knew that Troy and Steve both let off a breathe, relieved, "Wow, you two are practically twins." She said sarcastically and Troy didn't know if that was a backhanded compliment to the employee or an insult to Steve. 

"Yeah, I wish. Specimen. Uh...if you guys need anything, I've been Aaron." 

"Thank you." Steve thanks the employee who walks away.

"I've been Aaron? Who in the almighty Gods say that?" Troy whispered but Steve was getting increasingly more anxious and chose to ignore him. At least he got a smirk from Natasha.

"You said nine minutes, come on," Steve said with urgency.

"Shh, relax. Got it." The three of them look at the computer to see the location of Wheaton, NJ and Troy saw the flash of recognition in Steve's eyes.

"You know it?" Troy asked Steve.

"I used to. Let's go." Steve pulls the flash drive from the computer and they walk out of the store but Steve saw SHIELD agents and went into what Troy would like to call his 'soldier mode'. He has one too, "Standard tac-team. Two behind, to across, two coming straight at us. If they make us, I'll engage, you two hit the south escalator to the metro." Steve finished his pointless anxious ramble as the agents come toward them.

"Steve shut up and put your arm around Natasha, laugh at something she said. I'll be on my phone." Troy ordered him.

"What?" Steve questioned in confusion.

"Just do it." Natasha hissed quietly as Troy quickly got his phone out of his pocket and lowered the baseball cap on his head as he saw from the corner of his eye that Steve quickly put his arm around Natasha and laughed with Natasha doing the same as the agents passed them.

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They were now going down an escalator with Natasha standing in front of Troy as Steve stood behind him. Natasha saw Rumlow coming up on the escalator next to them so she quickly turned around and faced Troy who looked down at her, "Kiss me." She blurted out.

"What?" Troy questioned as if he didn't hear what she just said but in fact, he did very, very clearly.

"Steve tie your shoelace," Natasha ordered Steve who did as he was told before she turned back to Troy, "Public displays of affection make people very uncomfortable."

"Well, it depends on some might-" Troy didn't get to finish what he was going to say as Natasha pulls down Troy's head and kisses him. Troy instantly kissed back, a hand holding onto her waist softly as the other gently cupped her cheek, brushing his thumb softly against it. They both didn't recognise Rumlow had looked away and passed them as they were too invested in the kiss to care. Natasha let out a soft gasp at the feeling of Troy's lips on hers. Despite the situation they were in, he didn't rush the kiss so it made it sweet and wasn't rough. Troy was too afraid he would have stepped out of line if he did that and he didn't want to kiss Natasha like that.

That was until Steve coughed to get their attention.

They both pulled away but both looked at each other softly, "Are you uncomfortable?" Natasha asked Troy as she turned, walking down the escalator with the soldiers following.

"Not even a little bit," Troy smirked, trying to hide how giddy he was from that kiss, not recognising Natasha was trying to do the same.

"Well, I'm uncomfortable," Steve announced making Troy laugh, not even going to ask which way.