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The fluorescent lights hummed a flat, sterile note in the pediatrician's office, the air carrying the sharp scent of antiseptic. A bright mural of cartoon sea creatures stretched across one wall—a starfish wearing oversized sunglasses seemed to leer at the room's occupants. Steve Rogers sat on the crinkling paper of the examination table, a purple plastic dinosaur held aloft in his hand. He pitched his voice into a silly, cartoonish growl, coaxing a quiet giggle from you. Natasha Romanoff leaned against the doorframe, her arms tightly folded, her vivid green eyes fixed on the clock as the minute hand dragged past the twenty-six minute mark. She pulled her phone from her pocket, checked the blank screen, and exhaled a short, frustrated sigh. 'We've been stuck in this room for an eternity…