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You try not to listen too closely while Steve makes arrangements with the Hydra operative over the radio. Just because you know you need to do this doesn’t make it any easier, and you’re afraid that if you pay too much attention, you’ll want to take back everything you said.

Instead, you let him talk, and you think about what you’re going to need to do (how to escape, how to get back in touch with Coulson and the team, how you’re going to kick the ass of every Hydra agent you encounter along the way, because they took your teammate and they’re going to fucking pay for it), and you pretend not to notice that Steve has his hand on your shoulder, clutching it tightly in his Super Soldier grip.

            You pretend you’re ready.