Chapter Four
Tony Stark had to admit he kind of liked Carly, if anything it was for her vaguely veiled insults she would throw at Agent Coulson
With her long curly brown hair, green eyes, and tan skin from time in the sun or tanning bed Carly was real he could understand Cap's crush on her (even though he was pretty sure Cap wasn't aware he had crush on her).
This could be a lot of fun. There was also something about her that seem oddly familiar, like he had met her before.
"Do I know you?" Tony finally asked her
"I don't think so," she said glancing up from the information on the screen she and Coulson had been looking at for the past few hours.
"Hmm," he mused. "Are you sure because you seem vaguely familiar."
"It could be that I recieved the Stark Foundation Scholarship," she said after a few seconds.
"Scholarship Stark? Didn't know you had it in you to be a humanitarian," Coulson scoffed not bothering to look up.
"That's because I don't, it was a tactical move," he explained. "That and Pepper came up with it."
Coulson snorted and looked up at the clock. "It's getting late," he directed at Carly. "I think you should stay here for the night."
"It's not that late," Carly stated starting to place books and papers in her bag. "Besides I have classes tomorrow and I have no clothes here."
"It will be really late by the time you drive home and didn't you used to stay here with your brother?"
"Yeah, so?"
"I'm pretty sure you left some of you old clothes that may fit in your old room. If not stop by Alice's tomorrow. It's on the way."
"May fit?" Carly asked placing her hands on her hips. "Are you implying that I'm fat now? Because I'll have you know I weigh a lot less than you do."
"No, no! I wasn't implying that you were fat," Coulson backtracked. Carly surpressed a grin, while Tony laughed, and Steve chuckled slightly. "You live for moments like these when you can make me squirm, don't you." He glared at Carly.
"Yep," she grinned.
"One of these days, I will get you back," he vowed.
"That's fine, just remember I'm younger than you and a female, so I have way more dirt on you than you have on me," she warned narrowing her green eyes at him. "So unless you want me to start talking I wouldn't try anything."
Oh, yes Tony liked the girl and her could see the potential in her. And yes he was going to bug Cap until he asked her out.
And he knew exactly how to start. He extended his foot just enough to cause Carly to trip and because he knows what kind of man Steve is he knew Steve would catch her.
Maybe.
Tony decided to further investigate Hawkeye's younger sister by staying the night at the base as well.
Currently she was curled up on one end of the couch in what appeared to be a large rec room, she had legs tucked under her and her arms and head resting on the arm rest watching the latest version of Alice in Wonderland. The Captain was stoically sitting on the other end of the couch, sneaking glances at her when he thought no one was looking and then turning his head back to the movie.
From his position in the recliner to the left of Carly he could see the two, it was almost cute if he believed in that sort of thing, sidelong glances, he almost wanted to laugh.
The annoying catepillar came back on the screen he had spent most of the movie trying to figure out who voiced the character.
"That's Severus Snape!" He exclaimed finally figuring it out.
"Well duh," Carly snorted and rolled her eyes. "What other condescending actor were they going to get to play an equally condescending character that makes the chosen one feel like dirt?" Tony glared at her.
Carly turned her head back to the screen and watched the remainder of the movie. When the credits began to roll, Carly stood up and began to walk away from the two heroes.
"Where are you going?" Tony asked. "There's no alcohol, or at least any you can drink. I've already checked."
Carly rolled her eyes and continued on her path. "I'm going to go get a blanket. Feel free to pick out another movie."
"Askherout," Tony coughed into his hand.
"What?" Steve asked turning his head to look at his comrade.
"Ask. Her. Out."
Before Steve could reply they heard a door shut.
"So, Steve and I were wondering how long has this base been here?" Tony called out.
"A while it used to be the main base of operation," Carly explained coming back into the room. "It wasn't until I was eighteen or so that the work on the Helicarrier was completed."
"Interesting, interesting, right Cap?" Tony asked.
"You know your voice carries, right?" Carly asked sitting back down.
"So you heard all of our conversation?"
"Mhmm," she nodded pursing her lips.
"Well then, I believe the honorable thing for you to do Steve is to ask her out," Tony stated with a straight face.
"With that being said I'm going to bed. To bed I said," he joked rising from him his chair. "Don't do anything I wouldn't do."
The two sat in silence, Carly inspected her nails.
"It's not that I don't find you attractive," Steve spoke up.
"Excuse me," Carly turned narrowing her eyes.
"The reason I'm not asking you out," he clarified. "Because you're very pretty, it's just that if I'm going to ask a girl out I want to do it on my own terms."
"How would you?" Carly asked turning around and sitting cross legged with her back to the arm rest.
"How would I what?"
"How would you ask a girl out?"
"I would introduce myself, talk to her for a little while, and then I would ask her out."
"And how would you ask me out? If you hadn't met me already."
"I would walk up to you, introduce myself, try to flirt with you-"
"Try?"
"Try because you're a special girl and you wouldn't fall for anything I threw at you, and then I would ask you out,"
"And if that didn't work?"
"I would ask if I could kiss you," he said meeting her eyes.
"Steve," she whispered leaning closer to him.
"Yeah."
"You can kiss me."
* So I am aware this isn't the best chapter in the world, but I was trying to get it out of the way.
Coming up soon: Hawkeye