Third person POV
Steve coughed and pointed his thumb towards the elevator of the Avengers tower, "guys, I have to go…," he said with a certain son of Hades on his mind. He didn't wait for an answer before he fast walked out of the room.
The remaining people in the room went silent and shared glaces with each other. Wanda had already left to try and teach Vision how to cook but that was expected, Steve rushing out however, was not. They all were waiting for the first person to speak about what just happened.
"Is it just me or is our capsicle acting weird?" Tony Stark, A.K.A Iron man was the first to speak.
"Yeah… it's not just you" The red headed Russian assassin replied with a curious expression on her face. And then the tension in the room disappeared.
"I didn't even know he had any friends besides us!" Tony said with a laugh, causing Natasha to shake her head and Clint to smile.
"Well... what do you guys say we stalk our favorite captain?" Clint said with a wink, scanning the room.
"No, I'm gonna have to stay out of this, I have lab work to do." Bruce said as he walked out of the room.
"My friends, I wish I could join but I have some.. asgardian business to attend to." Thor said with his booming voice but shared a glance with Bruce that went unnoticed by the rest of the team.
"So, are you guys in?" Clint said, gesturing between the three of them.
"Oh yeah." Tony said with a grin, and Natasha nodded.
"Well, are we gonna stalk our favorite Captain or what?" Tony said with his arms extended, already walking towards the elevator.
The three of them followed Steve from far away all the way to his apartment. They knew that Steve had moved not too long ago but they never knew where he moved or why. They tried to get a peak in through the window but the blinds were closed.
"What did you want for Dinner?" Steve asked.
Nico gave him a 'really you don't know?' look before saying "McDonalds."
Steve rolled his eyes and sighed to himself before getting up, "You know what, okay, let's go, get on your shoes."
Nicos eyes lit up and he scrambled to his room to put on his jacket and shoes. Since Nico started to stay there most of the time, Steve decided that he needed a room for himself, so two months ago they officially moved to a bigger apartment that was still close to where Steve used to live.
They still had to get Nico more bedroom furniture but slowly it was all coming together.
Nico ran down the hallway and out the door with Steve following him with a smile.
As they started to walk down the sidewalk, Steve was the only one who noticed his three team members stalking them.
"Why can't I just-" Nico tried to argue before getting cut off by Steve.
"No absolutely not, number 1, your boyfriend? He said no and number 2, it makes me sick." Steve said.
"He's not my boyfriend, he's my doctor," Nico grumbled with his arm crossed.
Steve laughed allowed, he DID know that the "stupid, blonde sunshine son of apollo," wasn't Nico's boyfriend he just liked to tease Nico about it because it was obvious that he had a crush.
"Hey! He's not! He's just a friend." Nico argued.
"Oh? But I thought he was just your doctor?" Steve said.
Nico blushed and punched Steve in the arm.
"Oh-oh-oh, I'm so hurt!" Steve threw his head back laughing which also got Nico laughing, they were having a fun time but their "stalkers," were just confused.
Nico grabbed Steve's arm and pulled him in the direction of the nearest McDonalds before they could take a wrong turn.
Natasha, Clint, and Tony decided to walk on the other side of the street after the duo had turned the corner. They were no longer worried about listening in to the conversation, they needed to discuss things.
"Who the hell is that kid? He punched him and cap laughed! Like full, head thrown back, laugh!" Tony said in an exasperated tone.
"I know! The kid is also ITALIAN!" Clint laughed out.
"He's Italian? How do you know?" Tony said with a playful glare.
"Dude, he's got an accent!" Clint replied and Tony scoffed.
"What do you think Nat?" Tony said, walking backwards to look at the Russian.
"I think that they are going to McDonalds." She said, pointing to the duo. The boys stared in confusion.
"What the hell, capsicle is a health nut! He would never go to McDonalds!" Tony said.
Something clicked in Clint's head when Tony said that and he replied, "I don't know… I don't like Jack in the Box but my kids always want to go so… I just kinda cooperate."
"Clint, you aren't saying what I think you're saying are you?" Tony said, face straight but glancing at Clint with his eyes.
"I don't know, unless our cap is secretly dating a child then it's the best thing I can come up with, and kids like McDonalds." Clint replied with a shrug.
"He's right, I don't know how it's possible, but it's a reasonable answer. He always leaves earlier than the rest of us, and I know it isn't to train." Natasha said, eyes on Steve and Nico.
"Should we walk in, order a coffee then sit behind the ketchup stands?" Tony asked, looking straight ahead.
"Screw that, I want an ice cream." Clint said before running towards the doors. Tony ran after him, laughing and beckoning Natahsa to come with.
Natasha crossed her arms and shook her head, sighing to herself before following the boys.
"I will have salad," Steve tried to order before Nico interrupted.
"He will have a double quarter pounder with everything but onion on it and fries, I will have a chicken nugget happy meal." Nico said while glaring at Steve.
"Ni-" Steve tried.
"You're at McDonalds." Nico said as he intensified his glare.
"Okay, yes, what the kid said." Steve said with a grin while shaking his head.
"Okay, and what will you have to drink?" The cashier said.
"A medium Coke and a medium lemonade." Steve said.
"Okay, and is that for inside?" She said.
"Yes," Nico cut in.
"Okay, your total will be 11.98." She said as she handed Steve the receipt. They nodded at her before heading to an empty table.
Steve noticed the trio walk over to a table in the corner with ice cream cones and coffees. "Nico, I meant to say this but I didn't want them hearing… we were followed." Steve said, leaning over the table to whisper at Nico.
Panic filled Nicos eyes as he scanned the room, gripping his sword and getting ready to jump out and fight. "Hey, it's okay, they most likely won't hurt us, it's some of my team." Steve said, trying to reassure Nico. "They are at your 11 o'clock." Nico locked eyes with Clint and the latter was then smacked by Natasha.
"The idiot, the red head, and the person with the goatee?" Nico questioned, focusing his gaze back on Steve.
"Yeah, just… pretend you don't see them, it's Clint, Natasha, and Tony." Steve said.
"That's Hawkeye, Black Widow, and Iron man?" Nico asked.
"Yeah! Have you been keeping up in the world?" Steve asked with a small grin on his face. Nico blushed before looking down.
"Yeah, i've been catching up on everything i've missed… W- Will said it would be good for me…" Nico said.
"Oh? Does Will happen to be your 'doctor'?" Steve asked.
Nico glared but Steve couldn't take it seriously because of how red the boy was. Steve laughed at his face, causing Nico to throw a fry at him.
"So, I never got the story, what got you into McDonalds? I don't remember them being around in the 40s?" Steve asked quietly.
"I- I tried to summon ghosts and skeletons." Nico said, and Steve gave him a deadpan stare.
"Really? The only reason I know about this place is because Tony dragged me here when we first formed the Avengers." Steve said. Nico grinned at that while sipping his Coke.
"Okay, what the hell, that kid made EYE CONTACT with us." Tony said.
"Yeah, that means that at least one of them knew we were following them." Clint said.
"Well yeah, no shit." Tony replied.
"The kid, Steve trusts him, his guard is down almost completely, same with the kid." Natasha said as they heard Steve laugh again.
"Wait, they're leaving!" Clint said as Nico and Steve walked out, Steve making direct eye contact with them.
"Come on!" Tony said before getting up, throwing out his trash, and walking towards the door. Clint and Natasha hurried up and followed him.
"Did you like your food?" Steve asked and Nico gave him a look. "Okayy, i'm going to guess that's a yes?" Steve guessed and Nico nodded and yawned. "Wow, are you tired? When's the last time you slept?"
"Two days ago… Will has been making me sleep." Nico said.
Nico goes back and forth between the apartment and his camp often, he came back that morning.
"Well, I think i'm starting to like Will more and more." Steve said with a smile and Nico yawned again. They were about 5 minutes from the apartment and Nico was practically sleepwalking . "Here," Steve said before leaning down infront of Nico, beckoning him to get on his back. Nico was tired so he cooperated.
"Okay, what the hell was that." Tony asked as he saw Steve give Nico a piggy back ride.
"I have no explanation," Clint replied.
"They are closer than I expected." Natasha
said while glaring. She doesn't like not knowing things.
"What I said earlier is starting to make more sense." Clint said.
Natasha nodded.
From that point on they walked in silence, and even followed him into the complex to see what number he was.
"Are you guys going to come in or what?" Steve asked, standing in his doorway looking straight at the trio.
They awkwardly stood there before Steve moved to the side and opened up his door more. They all made their way inside.
"Hey Nico, we're here, wake up." Steve said softly to the boy on his back. He groaned before dropping his legs and landing on the floor. He rubbed his eyes before looking up and noticing the other people in the room. He stood up straight and gripped his sword, glaring at them.
"Hey, calm down, it's okay." Steve reassured him.
"Who are you?" Natasha asked.
Nico looked at Steve and Steve sent him a nod. Nico figured that they could somewhat see through the mist because of their godly team member, so he extended his hand.
"Nico di Angelo, son of Hades."
"What." Tony said, all three of them staring blankly at Nico
"Well, I'm going to sleep, night Steve." Nico said as he yawned and trudged down the hall.
"Steve, what the hell?"
"Okay, so I guess I have some explaining to do." Steve said.
"Yeah no shit, who is that, are you… are you dating a child?" Tony asked, his face full of faux horror.
Steve's eyes got super wide in real horror, "NO! Oh no, not at all, it's not like that… Nico is my kid? Kind of? He stays here when he wants to and I buy him clothes and feed him."
"Is that why you moved?" Tony asked.
"Yeah, I thought that a teenager needed his own room instead of a couch," Steve replied, rubbing the back of his neck.
"So you're a dad." Clint stated.
"What? No, no, I'm not a dad, I just take care of him!" Steve said.
"Dude, you sound like Tony whenever Harley comes to the tower." Clint deadpanned.
"Hey!" Tony said, lightly smacking Clint.
Natasha has been silent the entire time, so Steve looked at her and said, "are you going to ask me questions also?"
"What did he mean by son of Hades?" Natasha asked, staring into Steve's eyes, subtly challenging him.
"I think that he should explain this again later but, Thor, he's a god right, well according to Nico the other gods also exist, like Greek and Roman gods." Steve explained.
"How old is he?" Clint asked.
"He's 13 almost 14." Steve replied.
"Damn Steve, you became a dad to a full teenager." He said, clapping Steve on the shoulder.
"Hey, I did not!" Steve tried to say.
"Well, can we come back tomorrow?" Clint asked, already heading out the door.
"Yeah… I guess."
"Awesome." Tony said as he followed Clint, Natasha walked out slowly, giving Steve a nod on the way out."
Steve sighed to himself and sat down on the couch, putting his head in his hands. He knew they would find out eventually but he didn't think it would be this soon. Steve decided to head to bed, he needed to wake up earlier tomorrow to make extra food.
Steve was making pancakes when he heard the knock on his door. "Come in!" He yelled, and three adults walked through the door, Clint and Tony pushing each other around. Steve smiled at the sight.
"Hey guys, breakfast will be done soon."
"Wow Cap, that smells nice!" Tony said.
"Yeah, didn't know you could cook." Clint said laughing.
Steve ignored both of them, "Hello Nat." He said with a smile.
She smiled back, "Hi Steve."
"You guys are loud." Nico said, walking out of a shadow glaring at everyone in the room.
"Hey! Don't do that Nico." Steve said, irritated.
Nico rolled his eyes at him and shrugged before waking over and sitting on the couch. Natasha, Clint, and Tony were all staring at him as he turned on the T.V. and surfed through the channels.
"Nico, you can at least say hi." Steve said, his arm crossed as he looked at the son of Hades.
Nico looked over, "Hi." He deadpanned.
Steve sighed before turning back to the stove to finish cooking.
Natasha was on high alert, this kid had just appeared out of nowhere, he could be dangerous. She glared at him as he chose a channel and relaxed into the couch.
"Are you going to keep staring at me or are you going to ask me questions I don't want to answer?" Nico said, throwing his head back against the couch.
"Oo, I've got a question kid, who the hell are you?" Tony said.
"I thought I told you this last night? I'm Nico di Angelo, son of Hades." Nico replied, rolling his eyes.
"I think he means, what are you." Natahsa said, her voice ice cold.
Nico sighed and sat up before walking over to the table and taking his seat. "Your teammate Thor, he is a norse god right? Well, the other gods exist, like the greek and roman gods. I am a demi-god, my father is Hades. Any more questions?" Nico said.
"Nico, don't be rude." Steve said as he set the table and loaded the plates with food.
"I'm not-" Nico tried to argue.
"Go get extra chairs." Steve said to get Nico to stop talking. Nico got the chairs without arguing.
"I'm sorry about him, we're working on his people skills." Steve said to his teammates.
"Wow Steve, you went full dad mode." Tony said with a smile. Steve paused what he was doing and looked at Tony, slightly glaring.
Nico was glaring when he set up all of the chairs around the extra space of the table and sat back in his own.
Everyone started to eat when Nico leaned over to Steve, "I can't eat yet." He whispered.
"Oh shoot, im sorry, give me a moment." Steve said as he got up and walked over to the small fireplace. It took a bit to light it and everyone but Nico was staring at Steve like he was crazy. "Okay, it's all good now!" Steve said as he walked back over to the table. Nico nodded and gave a quick thank you before taking his plate over to the fireplace and burning the best portion of his food, praying to his father.
"What the hell." Clint said when Nico got back to the table.
Nico shrugged and Steve gave him a look when Nico didn't say anything else. "Fine, I have to burn food for the gods, or in my case, my father." Nico said while rolling his eyes at Steve.
"You said your father's name was Hades?" Natasha said while glaring at Nico.
Nico glared right back, "Yes, Hades, god of the dead and lord of the underworld."
"How do I know you're not going to try and take over the world, murder a ton of people, or become a threat to S.H.I.E.L.D and the Avengers?" Natasha said, glaring harder at Nico.
"Natasha d-" Steve tried to say but Nico cut him off.
"No Steve, it's fine. Listen here Black Widow if I were to cause problems in the real world, I would be putting my entire camp in danger, my cousins and my sister, everyone, now why. Would. I. Want. To. Do. That?" Nico said, he was now standing up and leaning over the table to glare at Natasha, the room had gotten colder and darker.
"Nico, sit back down." Steve said, gripping Nicos shoulder. Nico's face softened and the room returned to normal and he sat back down.
From that point on they all ate in awkward silence until they were all finished.
"Well Steve, the food was very good, I think our questions are cleared, bring him to the tower sometime?" Tony said with a smile.
"Yeah I will, and uh, can you not say anything about the gods to anyone? Not even Thor." Steve said.
"I won't, don't worry." Tony assured Steve.
Clint and Tony walked out the door but Natasha stayed back.
"Hey, Steve, he seems like an okay kid, I'm going to come over more often I hope you know." She said with a smirk as she followed the boys out the door.
Steve smiled to himself and sat down on the couch with Nico.
"When do you have to go back?" He asked.
"Not until tomorrow, I have to take the bus." Nico said the last word with disgust and Steve laughed.
"They liked you ya know." Steve said when they had both fallen into a comfortable silence.
Nico didn't respond.
"Natasha wants to come over more, I think she wants to get to know you." Steve said while looking at Nico and he saw a small smile on his face and his eyes were watery. Steve didn't say anything else and continued to watch T.V. but this time with a small smile on his face.