Adrian had been sleeping a lot since he got home from the last big fight, taking it hard that he'd actually had to arrest Steve and though the Avengers didn't hate him for what happened he couldn't look his friends and colleagues in the eyes and say he was a hero so he'd taken a month off from both the Avengers and SHIELD to go back home to Maine and just be Adrian, not Sentinel or Agent 15.
Bruce and Betty were both missing and their puppy traveled over a hundred miles to reach the small coastal town of New Liberty before reaching the old Steel homestead as the townspeople had called it for decades. Adrian wanted to help the little guy and would take him and Fluffy outside to play between his long periods of sleep.
He woke up to find Aria had gotten up so he showered, put on boxers and shorts and went downstairs holding a sketch artists kit for identifying people. Similar to police kits but better because SHIELD issued it. He smiled at Aria and moved to sit beside her with a sweet little kiss before scooting closer.
"Thor said these guys are smart. Let's see if we can figure out what happened. I'll draw a number of different types of people and see how Einstein reacts to them. Sound like a plan Ein?" He moved slowly to let the puppy smell and lick his hand before slowly moving his hand to pet the nervous little guy, of course paying equal attention to the little moose who was pawing at him for affection. "Yes I see you Fluffster, settle down buddy."