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Going on a road trip with the Avengers had to be the most complicated thing you’ve ever done in your life. Of course, that was after finding a car big enough to fit the lot of them and yourself. Everyone had their own patterns on these trips to the 'family' beach house in Maine, luckily at this point you were good at dealing with them. Before leaving from the Compound, you knew it would take at least an hour to load the car with luggage and people, and it started with getting Bucky and Thor into the car first. Then, some suitcases were stuffed under their seats and in their foot space. Tony always forgot something inside, so that’s why he had to sit in the middle. Steve sat in the passenger seat most of the time, he just made you feel at ease when driving the SUV full of your family. Occasionally if he saw you getting a little stressed with how loud it was, or if the GPS was being faulty, he would reach his left hand over to give your thigh a reassuring squeeze. That always put you at ease, no matter what was going on on the road, or in the back seat.
The middle row of seats in the car held Tony, Clint, and Natasha. Tony was forced to sit on the left side of the car, because when he sat in the middle during the first road trip, he pissed off Natasha by accidentally getting gum stuck in her hair. Luckily you hadn’t been driving when this happened, since you had to physically pull them apart when Natasha pulled out her pocket knife on him. Clint sat in the middle of the two, and Natasha sat behind the passenger seat by the window. She was the smartest out of the bunch with her noise cancelling headphones, which you wished you had but you were of course, driving. Thor and Bucky, the biggest (besides Steve of course) sat all the way in the back. They had 3 seats to share, but their size made it look like they were sharing only one. Bucky always felt the need to sit on the right side, so he could keep his metal arm hidden underneath a blanket from any passing by traffic. Those two in the back were either the loudest singers, or the quietest snorers.
The fuckery always started with someone accidentally doing something terrible to Natasha, then all the guys fearing for their lives. You just smiled into the rear-view mirror when she made slight eye contact to let you know, she was making a plan. Steve made sure that you stayed on the "make a pit stop every 2 hours" regimen, because who wants a car full of Avengers complaining that their bladders are full? So, the same rest stops got the same show at almost the same time every year when you all took the road trip. Despite it being 2 am, and everyone being in disguise of sweatpants and sweatshirts, somebody recognized Steve, and then they put two and two together when they saw Natasha's red hair, and Thor's massive body. Before you all knew it, people were asking for pictures, or they were sneaking them from the corners of the rest stop.
But there comes a certain point, where people have seen some of the Avengers become a little standoffish when being approached. Bucky was a teddy bear around people he was comfortable with, but having people milling around him, taking pictures, occasionally bumping into him made him really really agitated. Ever since you started dating Steve, Bucky became a part of your life as well. You were always on the look out for him, he was that older brother that you treated like a baby. Those two came as a package deal, and you had no problem with looking out for Bucky because you knew he would kill someone for you in an instant.
Many people always asked "where's Bruce" well, truth be told, you knew that putting him in a small metal container with the bunch of idiots wouldn't be such a great idea. He liked just having the compound to himself while you were all gone for a week, and he looked after everyone animals.
So after the second rest stop, Steve took over driving, and you moved to the passenger seat that was luckily in front of Natasha. She never tried to mess with you when you slept unlike if Tony or Clint sat behind you. Matter of fact, Nat even protected your snacks while you slept like the best older sister she truly was.
As much as your team was full of chaos, you loved the trips you had with them. And there were many more adventures coming with them in your future.