Didn't notice till now that there is another fic that's like this so just letting you know not copying you on this idea. Also this takes place pre Avengers
"Hey Phil!" Ariel Hudson smiled at her colleague,Phil Coulson, as he proudly strutted in with a very dazed looking Steve Rogers, who was quite the talk of the town at the moment, behind him. After discovering that he had been a bit...frozen for the past several decades a slight scene had been caused in Times Square earlier that morning. Then again she may have heard it wrong. Sometimes word spread around SHIELD like it was a game of telephone. For all she knew she could have been told that he escaped and caused a scene in Times Square when in actuality he discovered a flying machine at a fun fair, the point was you never knew. Although Ariel knew one thing for sure and that was Steve Rogers was absolutely jaw droppingly gorgeous. She had to bite her cheek to make sure you she wasn't blushing, which was always a dead giveaway to any of her emotions. Then again blushing couldn't be much worse then watching Coulson externally fanboy over the man. After a few silent seconds it took Ariel a moment to realize that both her and Phil were both looking at Steve in awe for different reasons. She had to clear her throat to bring herself back to earth and then smiled at Steve.
"Hi" she gave him a small wave which didn't really unsettle the awkwardness, but at least he had politely waved back.
"This is Ariel Hudson she works in Tech mostly with weaponry and also is great with an Iphone" Phil introduced her further as he tossed an Iphone which had slipped out of her hand quite ungracefully.
"I've got that" she smiled as she slowly bent down and climbed under her table to get the phone. It wasn't until after she had crawled back out from under the table that she realized how terribly out of shape she was from the exertion that took. Getting into shape to get into SHIELD had been easy, but after she got the job she kind of let herself go a bit since her job wasn't very action filled.
"I swear I'm not out of shape the air is just way thinner down there...under the table" she joked to the two men. Thankfully cracking a smile out of Steve.
"Anyways, Iphone?" she asked.
"As I'm sure you know Captain. Roger's here has been a bit out of the loop, I thought maybe a skilled hand could show him how to work it" Phil explained. Although I knew he wanted me to actually explain to the man how to use an Iphone ,I knew that also meant I had to put some tracking devices on the phone. It still didn't make sense though why her of all people was chosen to teach him this.
Poor guy she thought.
"Anyways I'll leave you two alone"Coulson nodded as he slowly side stepped out of the room with a smug grin on his face looking between the weapons specialist and the super soldier. Ariel then realized why she was the one for this specific job this wasn't the first time Phil and other colleagues had tried to set her up with someone, and now he was trying to set her up with his childhood hero. She laughed at the realization and then pulled out a stool as she tampered with the phone for a second to see what she was dealing with. For the most part it was a standard issue iPhone.
"Sooo" was all she could say to ease the silence, also so she could buy time to input a tracking code.
What do you say to some one who just woke up from a 70 year nap? She tried to think for a moment and then blabbed the first thing that came to mind
"Did you ever meet Clark Gable?" She asked, he gave her a confused look and she immediately regretted the question.
"It's just I heard he fought in the war and so did you so you know...sorry that was random. Ages ago I did a paper on film during the war soooo...I'm so sorry I'm rambling, and starting to sound like a valley girl and just don't know how to talk let me restart this" she apologized profusely and he kindly smiled back to her.
Damn his gorgeousness she cursed him, 70 years of being a Popsicle hadn't ruined his shiny white teeth one bit.
"I'm Ariel and I like chocolate" she reintroduced herself holding a hand out.
You already did this stupid and dude tmi she remembered
"Steve and I also like...chocolate?" he greeted her shaking her hand.
"We're best friends already" she said sarcastically and laughed earning a chuckle from him.
"Well that's better and much less awkward" she sighed as she sat down on the stool next to him.
"Ok so this doo dad here is a modern device that can be used to call people over long distances pretty much. Also it comes with some unnecessary tools like a camera for you to take pictures of your dessert with, a front camera that makes no one look flattering yet people still decide to take selfies with it,twitter so you can tell people you saw a cat on a scooter in 140 characters or less, and other thingamabobs" she summarized as she showed him.
"And yes here at SHIELD we use all sorts of technical jargon like thingamabobs and doodads and if it's spectacular we even go as far as to call it neat or nifty" she continued handing him the phone now to let him test it out a bit, he seemed to get the hang of it alright.
"See not as painful as you think it would be" she told him, he shrugged.
"Don't really have anybody to call though" he stated. Ariel was about to stupidly ask why until she remembered the obvious.
Ok girl make your move she cheered herself on as she snatched the phone out of his hand and input her number before he could say otherwise.
"There now you do, so you have two choices now SHIELD and me, not the best but it's a start" she slid his phone back to him
Score one for me, go me she said feeling proud of herself for stepping a bit out of her comfort zone.
"Got any plans on where your going next?" she asked as she leaned on her elbow brushing some blonde hair out of her face.
"You mean does SHIELD have any plans on where I am going next?" he corrected me. Well he wasn't naive about his current situation that was for sure.
"I guess so, I would tell you but I just make things that go boom with the occasional run in with potential Avenger's initiative members, so I know nothing of your current situation" she apologized honestly. They once again sat in silence.
"Don't happen to have a time machine laying around then?" he asked hopefully.
"I would not be here right now if I did" she smiled at him.
"This probably won't help much with your current situation but you could always go for the coping method that females have said is 100% effective" she advised him.
"And what's that?"
"Eat, your feelings until the pain goes away. My favorite is doughnuts and Ben and Jerry's Phish Food or Creme Brulee, wait scratch that anything is good accept the healthy stuff" she chuckled.
"Strange as that sounds, that might just work for awhile" he agreed.
"So glad that helps, listening to girl power music and watching a Jane Austen film adaption is also necessary" she further prescribed in a joking manner. An alarm on her watch beeped signaling that her lunch break was about to start.
Oh so this was Phil's big plan, force us to get acquainted with each other so I have to ask him out for lunch Ariel realized. She glanced at her watch and then at the man in front of her, gathered up her courage, and smiled at him.
"You wouldn't want to happen to start that whole eating your feelings thing now would you?" she asked as she hopped down from her stool and he followed suit.
SAY YES SAY YES SAY YES she mentally begged.
"I mean let's be honest you've been frozen seventy years I think you're a bit over due on lunch" she joked cracking a smile out of him.
"Ok then" he said following her out. As they walked through the doors they accidentally bumped into Ariel's colleague Gemma Simmons, coming back in from her break.
"Ma'am" Steve nodded his head to her.
"Simmons" Ariel repeated the gesture as she turned around she saw Gemma mouth the words to her,
"OH MY GOD" Ariel got a sly smile on her face and mouthed back
"I KNOW RIGHT!" and did a little fist pump which may have accidentally collided with Steve's face as she had been walking backwards and had no control of her limbs.
"Oh my gosh I am so sorrry" she apologized trying to hide the smile on her face as he rubbed his chin.
"It's fine, you're paying for lunch then" he stated jokingly glaring at her. She put on a mock look of surprise at the comment.
"So that's how it's going to be then? How dare...oh wait actually that makes sense you don't have a wallet" she realized smiling at him.
