Stargazing • MCU/S. Rogers Fanfic•

2-26: Giant Stuffed Bunny

Malibu, California

December 19, 2012

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"Some people call me a terrorist." The Mandarin spoke through the tv. The sound of shots were heard and men fell on the floor, dead. "I consider myself a teacher. America, ready for another lesson? In 1864 in Sancreek, Colorado the US Military waited until the friendly Cheyenne braves had all gone hunting. Waiting to attack and slaughter the families left behind and claim their land. 39 hours ago the Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait was attacked. I... I... I did that. A quaint military church filled with wives and children, of course. The soldiers were out on maneuvers. The braves were away. President Ellis. You continue to resist my attempt to educate you, sir. And now you've missed me again" There are screams and gunshots though the tv. "You know who I am. You don't know where I am. And you'll never see me coming."

*****

"I'm telling you it's sketchy." Astra claimed while walking with Chase though the city.

"The fact that the dude said 'gnarly' a lot does not make me sketchy." He denied while smiling at how cute she was being.

"No one says that!" She waved her hands in the air to prove her point.

"He does." He laughed then grabbed ahold of her hand and pulled her into a Starbuck. "So let it go." He spoke softly while standing right above she, there noses barely touching.

"But-"

"Babe." He cut her off. "It has been twenty minutes. New conversation."

"Fine." She accepted, raising her eyebrows and hand up in surrender. "What do you want to talk about?"

"You've seen the Mandarin threats, right?" He asked her.

"Wish I hadn't." She groaned. "It's terrifying."

"Yea, I know. But we have heroes to fight."

"And how many lives will be lost?" She knit her eyebrows together. "Look I don't want to talk about this, right now. Like, lets talk about... Sugar!" She came up with a topic. "Why is there sugar in everything? I've been cutting back and do you know how much food I've had to cut from my daily diet!?" He laughed at his girlfriends reaction. "It's horrible. Like can someone please come up with a substitute for it?"

"You are so cute." He chuckled with his perfect white teeth showing. "Hey, do you want to-" Before he could suggest something, he was interrupted by Astra's phone ringing.

She pulled it out and looked at the caller id. "Sorry, its Rhodey." She apologized while holding her phone to her chest. "And you know that I never know what to expect."

"I understand." He told her with a disappointed look on his face.

She gave him a sweet smile and walked to a place that was a little more reserved. She clicked 'Answer' and held it up to her ear. "Hey, Rhodey. What's up?"

"I don't know." He replied on the other end, sounding worried. "Tony and I were having lunch and he kinda freaked out."

"On a scale from 1-10-" She knew Tony better than anyone. He's either a dramatic child or there really is something wrong. And when there's something wrong, he keeps to himself. Rating his reactions is one of they easiest was for people to explain to her if it's serious.