"Some one's looking peppy this morning." Natasha remarked when Steve came in from his run.

"What do you mean?" Steve opened the fridge and pulled out a water bottle.

"Don't try lying to me, Rogers." Natasha grinned as she sat on the counter top. "I can read you like a book."

Steve shut the fridge and leaned against it.

"So, what happened with Felicity?" Natasha prompted.

Steve raised an eyebrow. "Well seeing as you've been plotting with Rhodey and Sam I figured you already knew." He felt a sense of satisfaction at Natasha's surprised look. "How clueless do you think I am? I may be a bit behind, but I'm not naïve."

Natasha tilted her head. "You didn't go all in, did you." It wasn't meant as a question, but Steve answered it anyways.

"No." he admitted.

"Go all into what?" Pietro asked as he zipped in. Opening the fridge he grabbed a box of waffles. "I hope no one was planning on having waffles, because they are mine now."

Felicity walked in. "Good morning"

"How did you sleep?" Steve asked. Felicity went next to him and Steve put his hand on her waist. There was a thud as Pietro dropped the waffles.

"Better." Felicity said, a small smile playing on her lips.

Pietro looked from one to the other.

"Oh no." He growled

"Greetings Avengers." Tony's face popped up on the screen in the kitchen. "I need a word with your charismatic leader."

"Go ahead Tony." Steve said. Tony looked over at Steve and Felicity. "Well, there's someone else here who wants to be included in the conversation and something tells me he's not going to be too happy about certain developments." He looked pointedly at Steve's hand on Felicity's waist

Steve looked at Felicity, she coughed nervously.

"I'm talking about the Arrow, just in case you didn't guess." Tony said. Steve glared at him.

"Do you want to be here?" Steve asked. Felicity shook her head. "Okay, I'll take this to the briefing room." He got up and went to the briefing room. Shutting the door behind him, he gave Tony an exasperated look. "Next time you plan on making me a criminal a warning might be nice."

"I needed them to know I was all in." Tony said. "It's not easy getting bad guys to trust you."

"Sure." Steve said. "So what do you want to talk about?"

"The endgame." Tony said. "We have a plan and Queen wants to be included in strategizing." He turned around. "OLLIE OLLIE OXEN FREE." He shouted.

Oliver Queen walked into the room. "You know, you could have just said, come in Oliver." He rolled his eyes. Sitting next to Tony he squinted at the screen as if he were trying to see the rest of the room Steve was in.

"She's not here." Steve said.

Oliver glared. Tony shook his head.

"How about we go over the plan before playing who's got the stronger jaw line." He said. "Afterwards you can whip out the rulers and go crazy."

Steve nodded. "What have you got Tony?"

"Well the easiest way to take down the squad is draw them out into the open." Tony explained. "and I sort of, kind of, implied to Waller and co that the best way to get to you was to use Felicity."

"Why do I get the feeling I'm not going to like where this is going?" Steve asked.

"We need a secure location where we can trick them into looking for you." Tony said. "That way when they go there, we trap them. Boom, down they go."

"And what do we do once Waller notices she's been had?" Steve said. "Faustus and Sin aren't going to protect their assets. They're much more likely to detonate the squad and run."

"That's where I come in." Tony said. "As you know I've been doing some digging in ARGUS's systems and I'm pretty sure I found a way to hijack the control of the bombs. I just need Vision and the bombshell to double check."

"That's not her codename." Steve said.

"As long as I don't have a new one, that's what I'm using." Tony retorted. "Any who, we get control of the Suicide Squad, Lawton leads them into a rebellion, they turn on Faustus and Sin and we save the day."

Steve frowned. "How do we draw them out?"

"The two of you," Tony said, "and by two I mean you and Blondie dearest, are going to lead a trail of bread crumbs. A gas station here, a motel there which will culminate with Felicity attempting to hack Stark Tower. I'll tell Waller, and the game begins."

"This is going to be a long op." Steve said. "Waller needs to believe it's accidental."

"Which is where your bomb happy friend comes in." Tony said. "It would make sense for you to try and investigate the Hydra bombings." He grinned. "AVENGERS ROAD TRIP. Wait…I don't get to go." He pouted.

Steve sighed. "The plan has merit. And I know the perfect covert place for the confrontation. There's this old SHIELD safe house that I stayed at after I woke up."

"I was wondering where they put you after you were defrosted." Tony said.

"I'll have to check with Felicity, then I'll brief the others." Steve said, moving to shut off the transmission.

"WAIT." Tony said. Steve froze.

"Yes?"

"Oliver wants to express his feelings." Tony said, pulling out a bowl of popcorn. "Don't mind me, pretend I'm not here."

Oliver closed his eyes and shook his head. Looking back at Steve, he asked. "Can I speak to Felicity?"

"That's not up to me." Steve said. "I'm sorry, I understand that this is difficult, but –"

"You don't understand." Oliver said. He was clearly trying to reign in his anger, but Steve could see a vein in his neck jumping.

"Mr. Queen," Steve said. "Felicity's safe, and until she's ready to see you, I'm not going to force her."

"Why should I trust you?" Oliver growled. "You lied to me and my team when you told us you knew nothing and she was actually helping you bring down Ultron."

"I did that to protect her." Steve hissed.

"This is better than TV." Tony grinned, "I wonder what would happen if Queen knew how chummy you two were this morning."

"What?" Oliver said. Steve glared at Tony.

"Seriously?"

"Hey." Tony grinned. "I'm not here."

Oliver crossed his arms and appeared to be waiting for Steve to explain.

"I care about Felicity and –" Steve began before Tony cut him off.

"Is that why Rhodey saw you standing in front of her bedroom at 4 am?" Tony smirked. "Rogers and Felicity sittin' in a tree."

"STARK." Steve cut off Tony's mocking song. Oliver looked murderous.

"If you're taking advantage of her…" he growled.

There was a dinging noise.

"Oooo my pop tarts." Tony moved to grab his snacks. "Pause this. I'll be right back. Don't let anything good happen without me."

Steve closed his eyes and took a deep breath. "Mr. Queen." He said. "What's going on between Felicity and me is –"

"False alarm." Tony said, coming back, "It wasn't my pop tarts, it was some lab results. Apparently the Mirakuru cure doesn't work on either you or Felicity and by extension Barnes." He pulled out his phone. "I'm texting Waller now. That should shake up some of the villain dynamics." He looked back at Oliver and Steve. "Now where were we?"

"I was explaining to Oliver that "

"Yawn." Tony said. "When's the caveman fight starting?"

"What happened to pretend I'm not here?" Steve said. "I need to brief the other Avengers. Mr. Queen, Felicity's state of mind is more important than your feelings. She comes first. I promise that the second she asks for you, I'll tell you." He cut the transmission. Standing he walked over to the door. "Felicity." He said, "Can I talk to you?"

Felicity, who was wrestling Pietro for a waffle, looked up. "Sure." She said. Coming into the briefing room, she gave him a smile.

"Tony came up with a plan to get rid of the Suicide Squad, but I need to clear it with you before I tell the others." He said, explaining Tony's plan.

"The Hydra base that Barnes blew up, is it far?" Felicity said.

"Not really, it's only a 2 day drive. The safe house is another matter. It's in Canada." Steve explained. "If we're going with Tony's kidnap story, it would make sense for me to sneak across the Canadian border. If Waller attacks us there, she'll lose all political backing when she gets caught. An unsanctioned attack on foreign land would definitely raise a few eyebrows in congress." He frowned. "At which point I'm hoping Tony explains that the whole Captain America is a crazy sadist story is fake."

"Who's going to go with us?" Felicity asked.

"Well." Steve flushed. "It will be easier the less people are involved. So the rest of the team is going to be on stand-by, but I was thinking it might just be you and me."

Felicity gaped at him, then she started laughing. "You know." she said. "When you said you'd come up with a creative dating idea, I didn't expect a mission."

Steve chuckled. "I am just full of surprises." He cleared his throat. "This opp could take a while. We have to make it believable which means the two of us will be on the run together. It's not going to be easy."

Felicity nodded. "I can handle it." She bit her lip. "What did…did Oliver ask about me?"

"Yes." Steve said. "I told him that you weren't ready."

Felicity ducked her head. Steve frowned, replaying their conversation from the night before in his head. "Felicity, do you not want to see your team because you're afraid of how they might react?" he said. "Because I know you were nervous about your mom knowing, but…"

Felicity crossed her arms. "I'm not ready." She said, defiantly. Steve raised an eyebrow.

"If you're sure." He said. She nodded. "You'll tell me when you're ready."

"Yes." She said.

Steve nodded. "Okay, I'll bring in the others to explain the plan."

"I'll go pack." She went on tip toe and gave him a quick kiss on the cheek. Pulling back she flushed, insecurity apparent on her face. "Is it okay that I did that? I …I just wanted to and."

"More than okay, doll." Steve said. "Definitely more than okay."

She beamed at him and left. As the other team members entered the room Steve began to worry that the difficulty of this mission wouldn't be facing the Suicide Squad.

"Okay Avengers." Steve turned to the team. "First thing's first. What happens at 4 am on this base does not get reported back to Tony."