With the support of Captain America and a group of agents, the out-of-control situation in the laboratory was quickly brought under control.

Throwing the other less powerful monsters to the agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. to deal with them, Jarod held Hawkeye's bow, and together with Steve and Clint, the three approached the mutated half-orc in a triangle. , After a while, it was quickly blocked in a corner of the experimental field.

"Well, there shouldn't be any problems this time, right?"

Lazy shot it in the leg, and beat back the half-orc who was about to pounce on him.Clint glanced at Captain America who was holding a shield next to him, and Garrod who was slowly pulling the bow and arrow at the other end, then shrugged: "Which one of us will come?"

"I go."

He weighed the shield in his hand, and looked at the monster in front of him who should have been slapped and hurt, and was a little afraid to go forward. Steve was very concise:

"You hang around it."

As he spoke, he gestured to Clint and glanced in Jarod's direction.The three nodded at the same time, the elf shot an arrow away, Hawkeye shot to attract attention, and the captain swung his shield to block its claws, and rushed up together in a tacit understanding.

And not long after, the mutant that had caused them a lot of trouble not long ago was knocked to the ground by the shield under Steve's final heavy blow, and soon fell silent.

At the same time, as the intensive gunfire gradually died down, the army of orcs awakened in the experimental field was also solved one by one by the agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

"...My mother, it's finally over."

Almost at the same time as the last monster fell to the ground, Hawkeye's knees gave way, and he lay on his back on the ground.After all, the mutated half-orc is really difficult to deal with, and its younger brothers are around from time to time making troubles. After this battle, it feels like its body is going to be hollowed out.On the other hand, Jarod, who was also physically and mentally exhausted, was not much better than him. Although his expression was normal, judging from the fact that he took a step back and sat down directly touching the wall, he was obviously very tired.

"So, why do you guys pile all these things together."

Rolling his eyes towards the ceiling, Mr. Elf, who never met a good thing every time he came to S.H.I.E.L.D., leaned against the wall and kept fiddling with the foldable bow buckle in his hand: "I think they really can't wake up, do you?"

"Don't look at me, I still want to ask what these lunatics in the experimental department are thinking every day, and Fury dares to let them do whatever they want."

Without hesitation, he dumped all the blame on S.H.I.E.L.D. and their bratty director. Clint lay on the ground like a dead dog, too lazy to move. They made room.

"Who the hell told me that there are preventive measures? Isn't this a joke? With preventive measures, this kind of thing can be tossed out... By the way, Jiajia, is your injury serious? You go and let them recover Check it out for you."

As he said that, thinking of it, there seemed to be some elves among them who had failed.Hawkeye sat up all of a sudden, stretched out his hand and grabbed someone casually, without even looking at him, he pushed him towards Jarod: "Quick, quick, show him if it's serious, or the captain will take the shield Slap me to death. You don't even know how painful his shield is..."

As a result, before he could finish speaking, Clint felt his shoulders being pinched.

"You don't need to say that, of course I know, Clint."

Following his strength, he took a few steps forward. Steve, who was grabbed by his teammates, turned his head and said righteously.Then, under Hawkeye's dull gaze, he squatted gently in front of Garald, pursed the corners of his mouth, and stretched out his hand to him: "Show me."

"Well, there's really nothing...well."

Instinctively wanted to shake his head, but was defeated by Captain America's persistent eyes.Garald sighed silently, untied the simple bandage on his wrist, and handed it to Steve: "I was just scratched, and with the healing ability of elves, even if I leave it alone, it will recover immediately."

"But that's not why you really leave him alone."

Speak so seriously.Steve pulled his wrist, and carefully inspected the bloody holes that were no longer bleeding, but after confirming that there was no infection and no other problems, he stood up and went to The logistics of cleaning the scene asked for a roll of bandages, then leaned over again and lifted Jarod's hand, carefully helping him wrap up the wound.

"I……"

Watching the captain's concentrated action, it's like dealing with some fragile treasure, so light that it's almost imperceptible.Mr. Elf's heart suddenly moved, he opened his mouth, but found that he couldn't say anything, his throat was a little tight, and even the wrist that Steve was staring at was subtly trembling, and he suddenly became uncomfortable .

He slowly pursed his lips.

It’s like going back not long ago, when I was gradually broken and weathered on the terrace, but was put together again by the same generous and warm embrace. The whole world is a phantom in a dream, and only each other is the only reality that is within reach. .

"what happened?"

A small knot was tied in the bandage at the end.Steve finished the work at hand, raised his head inadvertently, and met Jarod's thoughtful eyes, as if the stars of the entire universe lived in them, so bright that people couldn't help but want to look at themselves The shadow is also reflected in it.

After a pause, he stood up on his knees and reached out to the elf.

"……nothing."

Holding the captain's hand, he stood up with strength.Jarod shook his head lightly under Steve's concerned gaze, and quickly put aside the strange feeling in his heart, stretched out his feet and lifted the shield that was still on the ground, and handed it over.

And not far from them, I always felt that I was touching my head with glowing eagle eyes, and rejected the logistics agent who came to check his wound, and took out his mobile phone to send a text message to the black widow who didn't know where he was.

"Please take a leave of absence from Fury, I want to go home to see them tonight.—C"

And the widow quickly replied:

"Reason.—N"

"I'm not going to let you go home comfortably while I'm working overtime without a good reason!—N"

After thinking about it, Clint quietly turned on the camera and aimed at the unaware elderly group over there. .

"Of course I have good reasons, Nata.—C"

"The item has been sent to your mailbox, pay attention to check it.——C"

Sitting in the cab and raising her eyebrows, the widow clicked on the mailbox in the long queue of New York traffic in the evening.There is only a video of less than five seconds in it. Although the angle is not the best, you can still clearly see Garald standing facing Steve, pushing the star shield in his hand, and saying something. , which made Captain America smile, reached out and rubbed his head with a relaxed and joyful expression.

"Okay, I'll go talk to Fury.——N"

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"Are you really not planning to go back with us?"

Clean up this mess for S.H.I.E.L.D., and by the way, sternly warn Fury that he must be present next time he takes Garrod to conduct those weird experiments.Steve walked out of the door with the white eyes of the former director of S.H.I.E.L.D. about to turn out of the sky, and joined the elves and Hawkeye in the garage, but was told by the other party that he had a day off today and would not go back to the Avengers Building to live at night.

Only then did he realize that the other party seemed to be the only avenger with a family.Steve took out the Harley's key from his pocket, nodded, and didn't force it, but gave his own suggestion: "Maybe you can rest for a night first, because you have just consumed so much energy, and you can drive at night in this state." There's always something dangerous."

"It's nothing."

Shaking his head, he opened the door of the cab and sat in.Clint pulled the car out of the parking space, rolled down the window in front of the two of them, something very warm flickered in his smile: "I miss my wife and daughter, this distance is too much for me It's nothing."

"and--"

After a pause, his eyes turned twice on Steve and Jarod next to him, and Hawkeye couldn't help but chuckle:

"Today is a suitable day. No one will be in the building except Tony and the doctor. I don't want to bother you with such a good opportunity—Captain, I sincerely hope that you can get your guy out sooner."

"..."

Don't know what to say in response.Steve stood there dumbfounded for a while, then turned his head and glanced at the elf, the tips of his ears began to turn red.

"Wait, the captain also has a girlfriend?" Garald didn't notice the captain's actions.His gaze was still fixed on Hawkeye, as if he was very surprised by his words: "Why have I never heard of it?"

"I--"

"He is still in the crush stage, of course you haven't heard of it."

Interrupting Steve before he could speak, Clint winked at the captain: "Sooner or later, anyway, right."

"..."

With no way to deny it, and no way to nod, it would sound even weirder to clarify that your crush is not a girlfriend but a boyfriend.Steve stood there in silence for a long while, thinking of countless ways of wording, but finally chose not to speak.

"That's how it is."

Interpreting Steve's silence as tacit consent, Garrod nodded knowingly, and quickly patted him on the shoulder: "There is nothing to be embarrassed about. Come on, Captain. If there is anything you need to help, please feel free to ask. "

"……"Oh.

Seeing Captain America's expression as if he had swallowed a half-orc, Clint had to grab his thigh desperately to keep himself from laughing out loud on the spot.

The journey back to the mansion from S.H.I.E.L.D. is not a long one.

Since Hawkeye was going home, Garrod, who was brought by him, should take the captain's Harley back.Although Mr. Elf felt that he could also walk back on two legs, but in view of the fierce fight in the experimental field not long ago, Steve would naturally not let him waste any more effort, and he did not wait for him to propose something, so he simply walked back. He got on the motorcycle, nodded behind him, and motioned for Jarod to come up.

There was nothing unusual about his performance the whole time.

Except when the elf put his arms around his waist, his back couldn't help but stiffen.

But Steve recovered so quickly that even if Garald could feel it, he didn't have time to think about it.The two ran wildly on the streets of New York at night, casting long, long shadows against the street lights.At night, the cold wind whizzed by, blowing away the temperature on the skin in an instant, but probably because they were close to each other, unexpectedly it didn't make people feel so uncomfortable.

"Are you ok?"

Parked the car back in the garage of the Avengers Building, walked into the elevator with Jarod in a chill.Steve squeezed his hand, which was blown unconscious by the wind, and turned his gaze to the elf.After hesitating for a while, he still didn't test the temperature on his body with such cold fingertips: "Is it cold?"

"It's okay." Because he was sitting behind Steve, most of the cold wind was blocked by him, Garrod quickly shook his head, indicating that he was fine.

However, judging from the captain's expression, he didn't quite believe it.

"Then you rest first, I'll make some coffee."

With a 'ding' sound, the elevator controlled by Jarvis directly sent the two of them into the warm common room.Steve took off his coat and signaled Mr. Elf to sit on the sofa, while he walked towards the bar non-stop, rummaging through the refrigerator, planning to get something for the two who had missed dinner for a long time to fill their stomachs.

"Looks like Tony left us pizza and some takeaways, how about this?"

"I have no opinion."

Only when you return to a familiar place, can you feel the exhaustion rushing towards you like waves.Garald responded, and then threw himself into the soft sofa and buried himself in the pillow, he didn't even want to move half of his fingers.

Behind the bar, there was the slight sound of the microwave oven operating, mixed with the sound of spoons colliding with teacups.Even when no one spoke, the air did not seem silent.

After thinking about it, he took out his phone from his pocket.Garald opened the LEX interface, and found that the profile picture of "Star-Spangled Banner" was still offline gray, so he could only leave a sentence in the dialog box, "Are you busy today?", turned over, and sighed silently.Then he clicked on his own space, turned to the photo of him and Captain America, and stared at the only comment below in a daze.

"My favorite is only you."

This sentence is like a magic power, which can make the mood, no matter how dull and tired, become happy in an instant.Jialuode stared at the screen for a long time, until his eyes were sore, but he couldn't hide the curvature of his mouth.

This is his and the "Star-Spangled Banner" secret.

Whether it's dynamics, group photos, or messages that are almost confessions.

Just like looking at the treasures that only belong to him, Mr. Elf doesn't want to share any of them with others.

"Ding dong ding—"

And just as Garrod flicked the screen unconsciously, lost in thought.In the huge lounge, a crisp bell sounded from nowhere, interrupting his thoughts.Getting up from the sofa, Garrod looked around, and quickly determined the direction of the sound. He reached out and Steve took off the coat that was on the sofa, and took out the vibrating mobile phone from the inner pocket. .

"team leader--"

Glancing at the caller ID on the screen, Jarod raised his head and shouted behind the bar: "Your phone number! Natasha is looking for you!"

"coming."

Still holding the teacup in his hand, Steve poked his head out, walked to the sofa, and took out his mobile phone from his hand: "Natasha?"

The widow on the other end of the phone didn't know what to say, and Garrod could clearly see that the captain's face became strange.Before he could prick up his ears to listen, Steve had already removed the phone from his ear and handed it to the elf with a confused expression on his face: "She's looking for you."

...Looking for me?

With a dazed look on his face, he really wanted to ask what the black widow did when she called Steve's cell phone when she was looking for him.Garrod raised the receiver to his ear and answered.And Steve turned back to the bar to make his coffee, leaving the lounge to the elves again.

"Going back, right? I guess you should have gone back."

Following the current, Natasha's cheerful voice soon came over: "Did you find anyone missing from the building?"

"You? Sam? Saul?"

After thinking about it, he felt that the widow must not be asking him such a question for no reason. Garrod thought about it again, recalling what Clint said before he took him to S.H.I.E.L.D., and suddenly realized: "It's Merlin."

"Yes, I just put him on the plane back to England."

Natasha nodded on the phone: "He asked me to tell you that he still has something to do, so he went back first and asked you to contact online... He said you know which online."

"I know, thanks for telling me."

It was absolutely certain that the "Royal Magician" was Merlin himself, and Jarod nodded in agreement.And the widow was driving, and she didn't plan to talk to him for too long, so they chatted a little more, and the two said goodbye to each other quickly, and Jarrod waited for the other party to hang up the phone in a very gentlemanly way, and then took Steve's The phone moves away from the ear.

LEX is indeed a good thing.

Anyone who matches with anyone is known by himself.

Thinking of this, Garrod curled his lips and held Steve's phone in front of him.Just about to lock the screen for the captain, he suddenly found that the other party's mobile phone had returned to the original operation interface after hanging up the communication, and his and Steve's faces were still inside at the same time, as the only background, being captured Surrounded by a row of colorful icons.

It was a photo that he was very familiar with, and he had looked at it repeatedly in the space just now. It was a photo of himself and Captain America.

A group photo that was only sent to "Star-Spangled Banner" by "Fried Golden Flower".

Garrod: ...

His eyes widened suddenly.

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