Patchwork Road
By Rey
Chapter summary: Difficulties in procuring supplies means the dreaded, hated journey is postponed. Loki likes it.
34. Difficult
Procuring Antarctic-level gear while unseen enemies and would-be capturers haunt one's steps wherever and whenever is like pulling a firmly lodged tooth from someone's jaw. Without the benefit of anesthetics. While subjecting the poor victim to electric stimulation just on this side of deathly and wacking their shins with gusto with a spiky mallet.
Tony's online purchases are usually tracked down and get tampered with despite the secure line that JARVIS guarantees while ordering those. More often than not, there are also very, very undesirable stowaways in the delivery vans when the orders arrive.
Buying the supplies in person only serves to nearly get Natasha and Clint caught; but, well, at least the two former SHIELD employees manage to get this band of misfits each a set of clean, complete gear and its various accompaniments for replication and improvement.
Loki is highly amused with it all, and his housemates very, very deliberately ignore it, for the sake of their sanity and his continuing health.