𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐟𝐟 [ romanogers¹ ]

eleven. fondues and helmets

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( eleven. fondues and helmets )

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"I still don't think this is a good idea."

"I heard you the first four times."

"I don't care if you're the best super-secret agent in your time but this is going way too fast and way too far."

Natasha shot him a reassuring glance. "I know what I'm doing. It's going to be fine."

Howard could only sigh in response before stepping onto the pilot's seat while she headed to the cargo area with Steve and Peggy.

It took her a while to finally convince Steve to let her come with him. He didn't say that her being a woman was one excuse (because he was a very polite person) but she knew he was thinking that. He settled on the excuse of it being too dangerous for her.

She assured him that she knew what kind of fight is waiting for them at the other side, and thus, had to remind him again that she could take down a dude's ass in less than a minute.

He still didn't warm up to the idea but she wasn't taking no for an answer, and so, he grudgingly agreed.

"The HYDRA camp is in Krausberg, tucked between these two mountain ranges. It's a factory of some kind." Peggy explained, showing them a map.

Peggy isn't too psyched about this plan as well.

Once she overheard her talking to Howard earlier about giving them a ride to the HDYRA base, she also got the benefit of telling them they must have gone completely crazy to do this.

Crazy was just one word to describe Natasha's everyday life.

"We should be able to drop you two right on the doorstep," Howard told them.

"Just get us as close as you can," Steve said, adjusting one of the straps on of the parachute on him. At least he's smart enough to use one this time. "You know you two are gonna be in a lot of trouble when you land."

"And you two won't?" Peggy shot back.

"We can handle this," Natasha assured.

"I'm still worried about you, Anne. Wouldn't you prefer to come back with us to the base?" she asked.

"I second that notion," Howard spoke from the pilot's seat.

No. She wasn't going to let this chance slip away from her fingers.

She needed to make sure that Steve was going to get back. Alive. In one piece.

And still, there was something about the way Peggy looked at her, and the way her voice sounded when she asked her. She might be overthinking things and it was ridiculous to think about, but she detected a fair amount of sharpness at the agent's words.

Sure, maybe it had meant to come off as a concern, but still, there was something more. Like she was trying to hold her back from coming with Steve.

But maybe, it's just her recently messed up mind making up things.

"I said I can handle it." She snapped, tired of repeating the same things over and over again to the same people.

Peggy was obviously taken aback by her tone but simply nodded in response.