Stargazing • MCU/S. Rogers Fanfic•

3-34: Public Displays of Affection

Mall

April 2, 2014

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"First rule of going on a run is don't run, walk." Astra advised the WW2 veteran while they walked through the mall. While he wore a baseball hat, she wore my black sunglasses. She had bangs a few months before, since then they're grown and framed her face.

"If I run in these shoes, they're gonna fall off." He replied back.

They walked into the Apple store and to the first suited device. "The drive has a Level Six homing program, so as soon as we boot up S.H.I.E.L.D will know exactly where we are." The brunette told him as she typed into the laptop.

"How much time will he have?" He wanted to plan ahead.

"About nine minutes from..." She held the word out as she plugged in the drive. "Now." She continued to type, her eyes never leaving the screen. "Fury was right about that ship. Somebody's trying to hide something. This drive is protected by some sort of AI. It keeps rewriting itself to counter my command."

"Can you override it?" He asked her.

"The person who developed this is slightly smarter than me." She knit her eyebrows together then quickly adding. "Slightly ." While she typed, Steve got very impatient, tapping his foot nervously. "I'm gonna try running a tracer. This is a program that S.H.I.E.L.D developed to track hostile malware, so if we can't real the file, maybe we can find out where it came from."

"Can I help you gets with anything?" An employee asked the two.

It was a good thing Astra was a pro at get people off their trail. "Oh, no. My fiancé was just helping me with some honeymoon destinations." She hung on Steve's shoulder to make it look like they were an actual couple, and smiled brightly.

"Right. We're getting married." Steve played along as the brunette got back to work.

"Congratulations." The employee said. "Where you guys thinking about going?"

Steve looked at the scene. "New Jersey."

The employee seemed to notice something about Steve as he got a bit nervous. "I have the exact same glasses."

"Wow, you two are practically twins." Astra said sarcastically.

"Yeah, I wish." The employee chuckled. "Specimen. If you guys need anything, I've been Aaron."

"Thank you." Steve said and the employee left.

"You said nine minutes, come on." Steve looked at his watch.

"Relax." She shushed, then smirked. "Got it." The location became clearer and the female looked at Steve victoriously, but he looked at the screen closer. "You know it?"

"I used to. Lets go." He removed the drive and they rushed out the store. "Standard tac team. Two behind, two across, two coming straight at us." He spoke discreetly. "If they make us, I'll engage, you hit the south elevator to the metro."

"Shut up and put your arm around me. Laugh at something I said." She ordered him. "What" he didn't seem to understand. "Do it." She told him quickly and clearly. He put his arm around her and laughed awkwardly, then looked back to makes sure they were gone. "Yeah, we gotta work on you're fake laugh." She joked.