Shadow of Pain With My Love

by superherointraining17

Gina Morris is a soldier in Afghanistan, but is sent home because of her "attacks." Gina is not done with fighting for her country, though. So she decides to work for SHIELD. There she will make new friends who do not judge her. She also meets Bruce Banner, a man she will bond with because of what they suffer from. (Takes place outside of The Avengers movies)

1. Chapter 1

I walk down the street absolutely exhausted from a long day of work. I just got back from a mission this morning and had to spend the whole day doing paperwork. It was not fun. All I wanted was to go home and go to bed.

But of course Director Fury had to drill me for the last three hours on everything I had seen, heard, and done. Then I got lectured on the fact that I had left my teammate by himself to fend off a bunch of guys. In my defense, it was not my fault that Agent Ward told me to go. He hated working with me, but Fury made us work together. I had to run out of that meeting, though, so I could avoid my S.O. who I knew would drill me for hours.

I had no desire to listen to Jasper Sitwell telling me what to do. That guy annoyed the hell out of me. I spent most of my days wanting to punch him instead of the punching bag. I don't know how he would get out of a fight. I was convinced he belonged in the science division not the operations, but apparently nobody else thought that.

However, running out so quickly to avoid Sitwell meant that I didn't get to see Steve Rogers, my best friend. He had actually helped me get real training. We met one time when I was training late so I could improve. Sitwell had just given me a long lecture on how I was a terrible fighter and a shame to the name of SHIELD. I was so angry and determined to prove myself that I had stayed late. Steve saw me and noticed that I was not really doing too well at improving. So he stepped in and helped me. We ended up talking a lot and he introduced me to Natasha Romanoff and Clint Barton. Pretty soon I had the three of them training me behind Sitwell's back because none of them liked him.

I got really good with them teaching me. Agent Hill was impressed and pretty soon Director Fury even noticed that I was doing really well. So I finally got sent on a mission with, guess who, Clint Barton. It was great cause he and I were friends and worked well together. The mission went really well and we both came back a success. Clint made sure I got the credit that I was do and then he, Natasha, and Steve took me out for a celebratory dinner. When people tried to give Sitwell all the credit, though, I hacked into SHIELD's network without any help and made sure that it was written everywhere what a shitty S.O. Sitwell was and that it was really Steve, Natasha, and Clint who had taught me well. That was just my way of thanking them. We all had a good laugh about it when we saw Sitwell's face.

After that I started getting sent on missions with Agent Grant Ward. Whenever I came back I always talked to Steve. Ward was good, but he and I did not get along well. Steve and I would just talk about other stuff like the military cause I had served for a few years before entering SHIELD. We would swap war stories and what not until we got too tired. I really regretted missing out on this today, but I knew Steve would understand. I'd see him tomorrow. Or he would just come knocking on my door at 2am in the morning with Natasha in tow as back up. I didn't care. I would probably sleep right through it. As I chuckled to myself, I heard a sound coming from down the alley I was walking toward.