Hello everyone! Here's chapter 2 finally! I don't have much to say except please let me know what you all think by leaving a review :) P.S. In this story, Clint does not have a family
The bright light through her windows forced Maria's eyes to open. She yawned loudly and stretched before checking the time. It was finally the end of a not so great week. Her long legs swung to the side of her bed and she got up. Her feet hitting the hardwood were surprisingly loud. She made her way to the kitchen and to her coffee pot. After starting a pot, she went to get a shower. She wasn't in the shower five minutes and she could hear her phone ringing. Instead of leaping out of the shower to answer it, she decided to let it ring. When she got out of the shower she had a missed call from Natasha. Knowing she would see herat work, Maria continued getting ready for the day. Now that she usually worked in the office, rather than in the field, she felt obliged to actually put makeup on. Although it was very little, it was still a difference. After blow drying her hair, she decided to let it fall in her natural waves. She looked at herself in the mirror with satisfaction. After this hell of a week due to the discovery of Sharon and Steve's blossoming relationship, she wanted more and more to, very pettily, catch the eye of Captain Rogers. It was stupid of her to be jealous, but she was a female, no matter what the guys in accounting said about her. So she blamed it on that fact, sometimes girls get like that. A large sigh escaped her mouth as she re entered her room. She stepped over yesterday's clothes and went to her closet. A pair of form fitting black pants caught her eye. She paired them with a white blouse and a red blazer. Then she grabbed her phone and bag, went back to the kitchen and poured coffee into a travel mug. The black heels by her front door were just going to have to do. She slipped her shoes on and left her apartment. The warm sun hit her as she stepped outside. After saying hello to her neighbor, she began her walk to work. Maria started walking to work when she moved to an apartment closer to the office. It was crowded on the sidewalks, but she somewhat enjoyed it. She entered the front doors of the headquarters when her short walk came to an end. Upon reaching the elevator, she pressed the 5th floor button. Hill walked past a break room hoping to refill her coffee mug, but when she saw Steve and Sharon sitting closely together she kept on walking. In the midst of a very big eye roll, she ran into Natasha.
"Oh shit" Natasha said. "Did I spill your coffee?"
"I don't have any coffee to spill" Maria stated flatly. "But I wish I did"
Natasha furrowed her eyes at the woman, "Well you're in luck because there's a break room right there"
Natasha dragged her back towards it, however when she saw what was happening inside they kept on walking.
"Oh" Natasha said, letting go of her friend.
"Yeah" Maria said, matter of factly.
After a few moments of standing in silence, Natasha said "You're wearing your hair down"
"What?" Maria touched her hair and looked at it. "Oh..yeah I am"
"I like it" The spy told her friend. "But were you hoping someone else would like it too?"
Maria narrowed her eyes at Natasha, "That's ridiculous".
The redhead shrugged and stifled a laugh. Maria rolled her eyes at the grin forming on her friends face.
"I'm going downstairs" Maria started to walk away from Natasha. "The coffee down there is better anyway"
As the day was coming to an end, Steve made his way out of the headquarters. He turned his head to the left and noticed Tony standing with Pepper near a black car. They were talking closely and he opened the back door for her. Before climbing into the car, their lips locked. After she pulled him into an embrace, was when she noticed Steve had been standing quite a ways behind them. She waved at him with a smile on her face, before getting into the car. Tony turned his head, but told Pepper one last goodbye before walking away.
"Pepper has to go to New York for the weekend" Stark said as he approached Steve.
"I know it's not that long but it's weird when she isn't here" Tony continued. "So, I think I'm going out with Clint tonight for a few drinks"
Steve nodded as the iron man spoke.
Tony cleared his throat, "But hey what about you? Any big plans?"
"I'm taking Sharon to dinner tonight" Steve told his fellow Avenger.
"Ohh ok" Tony nodded. "So, how many dates is that?"
"This is only our third date" Steve replied.
Tony wriggled his eyebrows and nodded.
"What?" Steve asked, with a sigh.
"Are you ready?" Stark asked him.
However Steve had no idea what he was insinuating, "For what?"
"Third date is the sex date" Tony informed him.
"That's ridiculous" Steve stuttered. "You're ridiculous"
Tony was about to rebuttal, but Clint came outside.
"Hey buddy you ready for a drink?" Clint asked Tony, but then he looked at Steve. "You wanna join us?"
"Oh he can't" Tony told Clint. "He's going on his third date tonight"
Clint nodded and gave him a smirk, "You ready?"
"Oh for Godsake you two! Two people can go out for a third time and not engage in intercourse" Steve said, getting angry.
The men's eyes widened and they tried not to laugh.
"Well that's what you think" Clint said. "You don't know what she's expecting"
Once Steve really started to think about it, he got nervous. He has never done that..he had never done anything. Steve was pretty sure everyone just assumed he was a virgin, but he never actually announced it to anyone. The subject not only made him uncomfortable, which they knew, but also very anxious.
Clint could tell it was getting to him, "Hey don't worry about it man. I'm just messing with ya"
Steve nodded at his friend.
"I'm not" Stark said. "Don't forget lots and lots of condoms"
Steve rolled his eyes and stuffed his hands in his pockets.
"We're gonna go now" Clint drug a laughing Tony away. "Have a nice night Steve!"
Steve watched the men walk away, anxiety filling the pit of his stomach.
Later that evening, Steve sat nervously at a table in a dimly lit restaurant. His leg bounced up and down, as he checked his watch. Suddenly, he looked up and saw Sharon enter the room. She caught his eyes and smiled. Steve let out a nervous sigh and stood up as she approached the table.
"Hello Steve" She said, with a smile on her face.
Steve pulled Sharon's chair out for her, "Good evening Sharon".
She gave him a smile as a thank you for pushing her chair in. She eyed him curiously as he looked around the room.
"What's got you so nervous?" Sharon asked him.
"Who said I was nervous?" Steve asked, with a chuckle.
"Well you haven't been able to look me in the eye" She started. "Plus, you won't stop shaking the table"
He looked at her and his leg stopped moving, "Oh."
She laughed softly and watched him in amusement. As the night went on, Steve continued to act in a nervous manor. Finally, as she watched his hand shake while reaching for the door, she questioned him again.
"Ok seriously what's wrong?" She asked as the walked outside.
He rubbed the back of his neck and chuckled awkwardly.
"Nothing is wrong...I guess I was just a little nervous-" Steve started.
"Really?" Sharon interrupted with a smirk.
"For this date" He finished and avoided eye contact.
"You haven't been nervous for any of our other dates" Sharon pointed out. "What's got you so worked up about this one?"
He finally looked at her with bright blue eyes, "It's nothing...just something Tony said to me. It's stupid"
She raised an eyebrow at him in confusion.
Steve said and began to tell his embarrassing story, "He told me because it's our third date we-"
"Oh" Sharon said, softly. "Oh!" She repeated more loudly, with widened eyes.
Steve only nodded and looked at the blonde standing in front of him. Instead of saying anything to him, she took a step forward and planted her lips onto his. He was surprised, but accepted the gesture with open arms. As the kiss slowed, he pulled his arms from around her waist and looked at her with a smile.
"Don't let Stark make you feel like you have to do something you aren't comfortable with because of some 'rule'" Sharon stated.
Steve sighed a sigh of relief.
"However..." She said and took a step closer to him. "If it's something you think you want, I'd be more than happy to invite you inside"
Steve's face turned a bright shade of red, as she looked at him with lust in her eyes.
"Uh" Steve chuckled as he looked at the woman. "I don't think I'm what you want in that department. I don't exactly know what I'm doing"
Sharon shrugged, "You'll have to learn sooner or later"
She began to walk away. Steve gulped, but walked to catch up with his date.
On the other side of town, Tony and Clint sat at a bar. The men were laughing loudly and as Clint eyed the brunette that walked by he felt he a smack to his arm. He turned around and caught eyes with a certain redhead.
She have him a smirk, "She's way out of your league anyway"
The archer rolled his eyes and took a swig of his beer.
"Where's Steve?" Natasha asked. "I thought you were gonna invite him"
"Oh Steven is otherwise occupied" Clint replied.
"With what?" She asked.
Tony looked at his watch, "Well he's probably attempting to bang Carter right about now. The poor kid doesn't even know what goes where"
Clint nearly spit out his beer from laughter and Natasha rolled her eyes.
"That's exactly what I wanna hear" Maria Hill appeared behind the group and ordered herself something to drink. She took a seat at the bar and took a large drink of her scotch.
Clint cleared his throat, "You know I'm proud of the lad. 95 years old and he's going at it"
Maria rolled her eyes and Natasha watched her friend closely.
"Sharon should feel honored" Stark added. "Taking something like that from Capsicle."
"I'm guessing once Steve finally saw the female body naked he was very obliged to give her his virginity. No taking necessary." Clint said, causing Tony to laugh and nod in agreement.
"Seriously guys?" Natasha warned them.
The two were completely oblivious to the thoughts brewing in Maria's head and Natasha could only imagine what was going on up there.
Maria stirred her drink with the skinny red straw. She tried as hard as she could to block out what those two apes where going on about. Sure they were excited, well that might not be the best word, that their friend finally made it into manhood or whatever. However that was the last thing she wanted to hear about, considering she always secretly hoped she would be the first woman Steve would lay with. The thought alone of his large hands running down her back was enough to make her shiver. His face, with the stubble she hopped he had, between her-
"Maria?" Natasha questioned.
'Shit was she saying any of that out loud?'
"Are you alright?" Her friend asked her.
"Oh yeah...I'm fine" Maria answered, still a little dazed with Steve on her mind.
"Are you sure?" The redhead urged her to say something.
"Totally" She downed the rest of her scotch before standing up. "I'm just gonna head home."
Maria stepped away from the group. Natasha noticed, and thanked God, that there was no trace of sadness on her face. However, the amount of anger shown on her face was enough to scare anyone off. Before she turned around, the last thing the group saw was a new and quite larger amount of icy darkness in her grey eyes. Her dark hair bounced as she walked quickly and fierce fully out of the bar. As soon as the door shut, Natasha looked at the two men sitting at the bar.