Weekly Fic Rec: the way a traveler knows a traveler by thedoubteriswise

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Author’s summary:

 

She smiles. “There’s a rest stop no one maintains 15 miles ahead.”

 

He’s stopped asking how she knows things like that, which is frankly rude of him considering how much she enjoys smiling mysteriously and giving bullshit explanations that don’t bear even a passing resemblance to the truth. She retaliates by putting her feet on the dashboard. He gives her a sour look, but says nothing.

 

Steve is easy to be silent with. At first glance he looks like he should be obnoxiously friendly, but in practice he seems to approach most social interactions as though they’re an inescapable responsibility he doesn’t feel he has a right to complain about.

 

Words: 12004, Chapters: 1/1

 

Fandoms: Captain America (Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: Gen

Characters: Steve Rogers, Natasha Romanov (Marvel)

Relationships: Steve Rogers & Natasha Romanov

Additional Tags: Post-Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Canon Compliant, Road Trips, Recreational Drug Use, Steve Rogers & Natasha Romanov Friendship, Established Bucky Barnes/Steve Rogers, Up all night to get Bucky (Marvel), Natasha Romanov Has Issues, Theology, International Espionage: Friendship is Magic, the author is alive and boy is she pretentious

My notes:

 

Nat and Steve’s friendship is very dear to me, and this is a wonderful take of it; the complications that Natasha’s past puts to it as well as them getting over those as trust increases.