okaaaay, here's chapter one!
Captive
by: penandpathways
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Triskelion
96 hours earlier...
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"You just can't stop yourself from lying, can you?" Steve couldn't help but snap at him while walking in his office.
Director Fury was leaning back casually in his seat. "I didn't lie. Agent Romanoff had a different mission than yours."
"Which you didn't feel obliged to share." he retorted, stopping in front of his desk.
"I'm not obliged to do anything."
Steve looked at him in annoyance, his eyebrows furrowed together, "Those hostages could have died, Nick."
"I sent the greatest soldier in history to make sure that didn't happen." Fury pointed out.
"Soldiers trust each other. That's what makes it an army. Not a bunch of guys running around shooting guns." Steve chastised.
Fury slowly stood up, his hands rested on his desk, saying exasperatedly, "Last time I trusted someone, I lost an eye."
Steve kept quiet.
"Look," The director started in a softer tone, "I didn't want you doing anything you weren't comfortable with. Agent Romanoff is comfortable with everything."
"I can't lead a mission when the people I'm leading have missions of their own." Steve argued.
"It's called compartmentalization." he reasoned, cocking an eyebrow at him, "Nobody spills the secrets because nobody knows them all."
Steve gave a sardonic smile, pointing at Fury's chest, "Except you."
Fury looked taken aback but he didn't let his guard down. "You're wrong about me." He retorted. "I do share. I'm nice like that."
"Care to tell me one?" Steve crossed his arms.
"Well, first off—" he sighed, leaning forward to prop his elbows on his desk, "I know about you and Romanoff."
"What?" shock was evident in his tone.
"You didn't think I would notice?"
"Since when?"
"Since the day I caught her batting her eyelashes at you when I gave your team the mission."
"You mean when you gave me my mission, and Natasha, her mission." he corrected quite bitterly.
Fury looked at him exasperatedly, "Look, I'm telling you this because I care about none of you ending up as a corpse. If I know about you two— then it wouldn't be long enough for the others to find out."
"And that's why I'm asking you to keep it as it is. Another one of your secrets."
"Captain," he stood up from his chair, "You know the reason why I'm telling you this. It isn't just about the image or both your reputations to the public's eye, but the conflict with work! Never in my part would I expect one of my deadliest spies and America's greatest hero to end up together."
Steve furrowed his eyebrows, not exactly understanding where he was getting at. "And your point is, director?"
"Make sure that your relationship's not going to get in the way once you're out there in the field." he stated.
The captain sighed, "We know. We talked about this long before we decided to be together."
"I just hope you two know what you're doing." Fury said with a hint of concern, "There are threats out there, and there are enemies. I'm sure that they'll use either one of you as their bait to lure you in. The worst, yet likely case of scenario, is them using her to get to you."
"They can't touch her." Steve's eyes darkened, "I'm not going to let that happen."
"I'm counting on you, Cap. Not that I don't know what she's capable of but better safe than sorry." The director remarked, "She's one of the best agents in SHIELD. We can't afford to lose her."
"Don't worry," Steve answered back, "I can protect her. I can protect the one thing I can't live without."
Fury sighed, brushing past him, "Be careful, Captain." He stopped just before the doorframe to look over his shoulder, "This is war."
Yeah, this was a little bit short.
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