(Im) perfect

Chapter 3

I am so so sorry, I have had this finished for about a month but haven't posted it here yet cause I forgot.

Yalls, I want you guys to know that this takes place in a time/au that I pretty much created for the sake of the story, everything happens the same way but most of it isn't addressed.  We get more of a 2012 vibe with the avengers though because I love that theme.

Nico looked in the mirror one last time before rolling his eyes and walking to the living room where Steve Rogers was. 

"Hey Nico, you ready?"  Steve asked Nico as the latter walked into the room, dressed in skinny jeans and a Ramones T-Shirt.

"Nope," he said quietly.

Steve sensed that something was wrong with the boy and turns to face him, 'Hey what's wrong?  He asked.

"I'm just nervous I guess,  I don't have that great of experience with gods," Nico said with a shrug while putting on and tying his shoes.  

"Thor is loud but he's a good guy, he won't hurt you."  Steve said with a smile.

Nico scoffed and turned his head to the side, tongue pushing against his cheek. 

"Hey, I'm serious, now come on, you ready now?"  Steve asked Nico with a smile and Nico looked up and nodded with a tiny smirk on his face.   

They walked to the new motorcycle that Steve had recently gotten that sat proudly in the parking lot of the apartment complex. 

"Hey can't I just-"  Nico tried to ask but Steve cut him off.  

"Nope, come on!  It's fun!"  Steve said with a laugh.

"No, No it's not," Nico grumbled as he followed Steve to the bike.  Steve quickly straddled the front and Nico climbed up onto the Bitch Seat.  They put their helmets on and Nico held his breath.   

"You ready?!"  Steve yelled while looking back at Nico and Nico gave a weak nod before Steve started up the engine and took off.

The air was cold and harsh and Nico winced as it blew full force into his face.  Nico hated the bike.  He found shadow travelling to be much better and in his opinion, better for his health.  When he told Will that, the blonde scoffed, laughed and told him that it "wasn't so bad," and that his uncle had one.  When Nico heard that he shivered at the thought of it, which was impressive considering he was a child of Hades.   

The ice that used to cover the roads was starting to melt and Nico was glad, the first time he went on the bike the roads were dangerously slippery and Nico almost had a heart attack.  Will had told him that he was being dramatic but that did not stop him from giving Nico a full checkup to make sure he was okay like the good "doctor," he was.     

For Nico, the cold air whipped his face for hours before they finally pulled up to the Avengers tower, but in reality it was only 20 minutes.   

Nico was shaking when he got off the bike, he told himself that it wasnt from fear because he was a child of Hades and NOT afraid of a bike but instead he told himself that it was 'anxiety' that Natasha had told him that he had. 

"Hey, Nico, it will be fine!  Nat, Tony, and Clint won't stop bothering me about bringing you to the tower and Nat calls you her Nipote!"  Steve said while bending down to Nico's height to look him in the eyes.  Nico blushed remembering the nickname Natasha gave him as soon as she learned he was fluent in Italian.  Before she called him племянник but Nico had no idea what that meant and was confused whenever she called him that.  Nico understood what it meant when she started speaking Italian and turned into a spluttering mess.