Mercury // S. Rogers (Book Seven)

A Strange Guest

"Sam... How could you just give it away...?"

"Let's take the shield. Let's take the shield and do this ourselves."

"Frey... I'm so sorry... I didn't mean for any of this to happen."

"It's an honor to finally meet Cap's best girl."

"Sam!!!"

"Hello, Freya. It's so wonderful to see you, again."

"John, no!!!"

"I... am... Captain America!"

Freya awakes with a small gasp. She looks around the room, the early morning light peeking through the curtains. A rustle next to her makes her look over. Seeing Steve begin to stir. He slowly rubs his eyes before opening them and giving her a sleepy smile.

"Good morning, Doll."

"Good morning."

The tone of her voice makes him quickly wake up and fully focus on her.

"Is something wrong, Frey? Was it a nightmare?" he asks.

"No..." she hesitates. "I don't think so... It wasn't quite a dream either. There were just different voices. Some that I recognize and some that I don't."

"Like who?"

"Sam, Bucky, me." She pauses and hesitates. "And... I think Zemo."

"Zemo? Seriously? That psychopath?" Steve asks.

"Unfortunately," Freya sighs.

"What were they saying?"

"Everything was so jumbled. I can't make anything of it. It's confusing," she tells him.

"Well, it wasn't a nightmare, so it can't mean anything, then. Right?" he asks.

"I mean, you would think, yeah," she nods against her pillow. A baby babbling nonsense begins to emit through the baby monitor next to Freya's bedside. "Looks like the kiddos are up," she chuckles.

"I call Tony this morning!" Steve says excitedly as he scrambles out of bed.

"Hey, wait for me!" she laughs. Now fighting with the sheets to chase after him.

After getting the twins up and taken care of, Steve makes his coffee and Freya sits in the front room sipping hers while the twins sit in their swings. She mutes the news on the TV when her phone dings. Indicating a text message. Snagging it off the coffee table, she sees a notification with Stephen Strange's name on it. Unlocking her phone, she opens the text.

-Good morning. Are you guys up yet?

Freya smiles and quickly texts him back.

-Yep! What's up?

She almost instantly gets a response when she texts him back.

-Mind if I pop in for a little bit?

-Of course not! See you in a sec.

"Hey, Spangles! Strange is gonna stop by!" Freya yells to Steve.

"Sounds good!" he calls back to her from the kitchen.

An orange-rimmed, sparking portal suddenly appears in their front room. Standing in the opening, Stephen Strange spots Freya on the couch and smiles.

"Come in!" she tells him. Stepping through the portal, he closes it behind him and approaches her. She sets her coffee down and quickly climbs to her feet to greet him. They meet in the middle for a tight hug. "It's so good to see you again! A month has been too long!"