Chapter One:

After Darcy Lewis experienced less than traumatic events during her research assistance with Jane Foster, she decided to keep working for her. Most would simply think they had gone insane; witnessing some homeless-looking buff guy obsessed with a hammer save Earth. Not only once, but twice. Now everybody knew about Thor and all his little hero buddies. During that time, Jane and Darcy were put under S.H.I.E.L.D. custody while the threat of being brain-washed by the bad guys was still evident. But now of course, Jane resided in the Stark Tower; now called the Avengers Tower, with her esteemed god of a boyfriend.

Working in the tower was supposed to be a good thing; in Tony Stark's lab Jane would have endless modern technology to advance her research in astrophysics. Being a lab assistant wasn't exactly thrilling, so the change of scenery would be quite entertaining to Darcy. Also meeting 'Earth's mightiest heroes' had some appeal to it.

As she entered the building, she tried to find the floor dedicated to labs. Everything in the tower was shiny and immaculate, looking like it was always freshly polished. As she turned down to get her cellphone out of her pocket and call Jane she was interrupted by none other than the Tony Stark.

"Can I help you?" he asked.

"Uh, hi... I'm uh, Jane Foster's assistant. She's expecting me." Darcy said, looking the famed man over.

"Ah, Darcy. We're expecting you. I hear you're quite the useful lab assistant. Might have to steal you myself." Tony said, tilting his head to the side to examine Darcy.

"Um. I guess that's me." she said, nodding her head and tucking a piece of hair behind her ear.

"Jane is upstairs with Blondie. I'll take you up there and show you around." he said.

Darcy proceeded to follow him to the elevator riding up to the top floor in a somewhat awkward silence. Being in a small closed space with one of America's most brilliant engineers was only kind of intimidating. As soon as she saw Jane's face her whole body instantly relaxed, happy to see a familiar face. Jane grinned at her, turning to the rest of the people in the room.

"Everybody, this is my research assistant Darcy. She's going to be working in the lab with all of us now." Jane said, smiling ear to ear. Excuse me? All of us? Darcy thought.

"Lady Darcy, it is of utmost pleasure to see you again." Thor's voice boomed. A curvy redheaded woman got up and walked out of the room. Real friendly thought Darcy.

"That was Natasha," Jane said with a sigh. "This is Clint," she said pointing at the man who was sitting at a table writing something down. He looked up for a moment and gave a quick nod. "Bruce is down in the lab, and I don't know where Steve is. I guess we'll introduce you later. Now, come with me and I'll help you find your way around." She whisked Darcy away.

Once Darcy was in the swing of things and working for a few hours, she was sent up to the kitchen to get some water for Jane. It was very easy to get lost in the tower, but Darcy now had the help of JARVIS if she got lost. In the kitchen, she was surprised to find Captain America, reading the newspaper with a cup of coffee. Who reads the newspaper? she thought. Ever since Darcy had been a little girl she only dreamed about this moment, seeing Captain America in person. Her father and grandfather were both veterans from different eras who idolized the captain and claimed he was the hero of our world. Darcy's grandfather had even fought behind him in the war.

"Hey, you must be Darcy. I'm Steve." he said, extending his hand out to her. She took it and felt his strength even through a weak handshake.

"Oh. Wow. Uh yeah I know who you are." she said, laughing nervously. You sound like an idiot she told herself. "It's really an honor to uh, meet you. I kind of had a major crush on you when I was little." Darcy laughed softly, feeling the heat rush to her face. "I had this action figure, and I would have like, weddings where I was Mrs. Captain America."

"Great to meet a fan," Steve said politely, nodding his head. I'm probably beyond creeping him out, shit she thought.

"Uh, just forget what I said. It's just an honor to meet you." Darcy said, smiling. He made an amused face and looked at her.

"It's fine. It's flattering if anything. I'd be proud to have you as my Mrs." he said with a smile. This is actually happening Darcy thought. Suddenly, JARVIS spoke.

"Dr. Foster requires your presence in the lab, Ms. Lewis." the AI said.

"Um, that's my queue. I'll see you around." she said, quickly exiting the room. And just like that, she was acquainted with the Steve Rogers. Once she got back down to the lab she found Tony and Bruce had left, leaving only Jane and her.

"So, JARVIS said you were 'conversing with Mr. Rogers'" Jane said with a laugh. Darcy grinned, shaking her head.

"I mean it's not every day you get to meet the hero of World War II." she said with a shrug. "Did all guys from that time look that good?"

"I think you're forgetting that he's a super soldier." Jane said with a laugh.

This is my first fic ever. Darcy/Steve story inspired by a random gif manip set I saw on tumblr. Spun it into my own story. Right now I'm struggling on the tense of the writing but it's coming along for further chapters, I promise. This story will not be as bad and cheesy as it seems right now. Please keep reading, reviews are appreciated!

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