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Steve puts out an arm to slow you down; you are nearing a knot of enemy agents in dark green uniforms, and by his nod, you know he’s expecting this to be where the battle begins.
The comms click and hiss, and Coulson says over them, quietly, “Keep him safe, Captain,” and you realize with a jolt that Coulson means you.
“Yes, sir. I will, sir,” Steve answers. It’s still weird to hear Captain America calling Coulson ‘sir,’ but you’ve been an Avenger for a while now - it’s not the strangest thing that happens in your day.
Come to think of it, any day where Captain Goddamn America is not the strangest thing in it has got to be a pretty fucking weird one.