God I want this

And I want it as a straight up road trip movie as they take out Hydra in the US.

I want all or all but the final battle scenes to be off-screen.

I want them to consist of Nick listening in on a headset while muffled screams and weapons fire is heard, while he eats a nice sandwich and smiles to himself about how he told those assholes not to cross Maria.

I want another one to consist of them being held up at gunpoint, and I want Nick to say “would you like to?” and Maria gesturing with her hands still up, saying “no no, sir, I know you’ve been wanting to all day,” and he nods and she drops to the floor to get out of the way of gunfire, a filing cabinet crashes to the ground next to her, and she pries it open to sift through the intel while the shadow of bodies flying through the air cross over the paperwork as she reads.

I want them to become a regular at a diner at the geographical center of the country, where they tend to come and regroup and get some rest.  And there should be a salt-of-the-earth waitress there with a midwestern accent who flirts with them both and knows how they like their eggs and coffee.  I want Nick to tell more stories about his badass Grandfather and I want more backstory about him in general.

I want them to trade off between Maria’s vehicle of choice – a black SUV that, while somewhat obvious, basically has 99% of available SHIELD tactical gear neatly stowed in the back, and Nick’s vehicle of choice – a sedan from the early 80s that makes up in sheer stopping power what it lacks in style.  Scenes of them cruising through the night with extremely classy music playing low on the radio.

I want them staying off the radar in cash-only motels, sharing a bottle of whiskey while they stitch up and plan their next move.

I want them dressed to the nines in an extremely expensive hotel – I want Nick in a straight-up tuxedo – when it’s time to infiltrate and get a high level operative out of the US government.

I want them to talk shit about the Avengers, but low-key.  Except for Natasha.  They both agree Natasha suffers fools about as well as they do.

… maybe what I really want is a Nick Fury TV series.   Hm.

also Melinda May ditches Agents of SHIELD because they don’t appreciate her, and joins this roadtrip, yes/yes?