A/N: SPOILERS FOR AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON. This is not a romance. It's four short (very short) missing scenes from AOU regarding Tony's reaction to finding out that Fury is alive and Hill is working for him. I decided to start them on Memorial Day as holiday surprise. I'll finish on my usual Saturday posting. I'll post the other two sometime during the week.
Tony Stark and Maria Hill: Not a Romance
After Nick Fury left the Barton's farm, departing as mysteriously as he had arrived, Tony Stark fumed about Maria Hill keeping secrets from him.
"After I took her in, poor lost little spy left on Stark Industries' doorstep. All the time she was working for that one-eyed zombie … What?" he demanded, seeing Natasha Romanoff's smirk.
"You adopt a spy, you have to expect her to spy," Natasha said with a shrug. "It's our nature."
"So you knew," Tony said. He focused on Steve Rogers, calmly polishing his shield. Steve had been a little put out by Clint hiding that he had a family, but he wasn't at all fazed by Fury's resurrection. "And you knew!" Tony accused Cap.
Steve sighed. "I knew Fury wasn't dead. All of us who conspired to bring down SHIELD and Hydra knew — me, Maria, Natasha, Sam and a few more of Fury's people."
"Sometimes my teammates don't tell me things," Tony said darkly, throwing Steve's words back at him.
Steve sighed. He pointed at himself, Natasha and Barton in order. "Soldier, spy, soldier/spy. Keeping secrets is part of the job description, Tony. I knew about Fury. I didn't know that Maria was still working for Fury, because I didn't ask, but I'm not surprised."
Bruce waved his hand as if in a schoolroom. "I was surprised, if that helps," he offered Tony.
Tony tilted his head in acknowledgment, then rounded on Barton. "How about you? You weren't there, but you don't look surprised either. Who told you?"
"I did," Laura Barton said unexpectedly. Everyone but Nat and Clint stared at her.
"He called me," Laura explained. "He didn't want the kids to worry about Uncle Nick."
Tony hadn't thought his flabber could get more gasted, but he had been wrong. "Uncle Nick! That sly secretive bastard!"
Thinking of the children in the next room, Cap and the other Avengers all said in unison, "Language!"