AN: Finally, I get to post the scene I've had written forever! I hope you like this chapter, sorry for its shortness, and thanks for the reviews as always!
After that, Jarvis soon began to frequently go to the little bar with Coulson nearly every time he came to his office and afterwards they would commonly go to the gazebo as Coulson helped Jarvis fix the place. Also, Virreena had now gotten completely use to Jarvis and soon she wanted Jarvis to hold her instead of the agent. It was moments like these that Coulson had to remind himself, not for the first time, that Jarvis wasn't human. However, Jarvis was obviously becoming happier and seemed to be enjoying himself more and more.
A few days later, Coulson was deeply involved in reading the reports of individuals that had claimed to see a spider man when his door opened. He expected it to either be Jarvis or Fury; the two main people to now frequently come to his office, but was instead surprised to see Tony standing in front of him.
"Stark," Coulson said simply, "what are you doing here?"
"I've heard you're getting friendly with Jarvis," replied Tony.
"I know you don't like to share but really Stark," Coulson joked as he wondered where this was going.
"No I didn't mean to sound rude," said Tony quickly as he plopped down in the seat that was in front of his desk. "I just want you to confirm that you have been hanging out with Jarvis a lot."
"I have," replied Coulson simply. "Why do you ask?"
"It's just that, I've been worrying about him," admitted Tony. "And, I know this might sound weird, but I think of him sort of like a little brother. He is brilliant but when it comes to emotions, even his own, he has trouble understanding them."
"How does this have to do with us hanging out?" questioned Coulson as he cocked his head to the side. I'm normally able to see where a conversation is going but I don't understand what Stark's trying to get at, at all, he thought to himself.
"Recently, he's been home a lot less. At first he would simply say he was going out," said Tony. "However, I asked him where he was going a few weeks back and he said he was hanging out with you while you were babysitting Virreena."
He paused to see if Coulson wanted to say anything. He didn't so Tony continued with, "Now, ever since then whenever I ask where he's going he always says 'Coulson.' When I ask him what he's been up to its 'Coulson said this' and 'Coulson did that,' 'Oh me and Coulson did this today.' You're practically all he talks about."
"What are you getting at Stark?" questioned Coulson as he gave a slight frown.
"Like I said, Jarvis doesn't understand his feelings or other's feelings and I just don't . . ." Tony paused as if he wasn't sure he should say the words or not. Coulson waited for an explanation and finally Tony said, "I don't want you taking advantage of him."
Coulson got happy, sad, mad, but he never showed those emotions beside maybe a raised eyebrow here or a small half smile or frown. Until now that is.
Coulson's hands slammed down on the table as he stood up and shouted, "How could you even think I'd do something like that?"
"I know and I seem silly even saying it," Tony quickly said, obviously surprised by the outburst. "I don't mean to be rude but I'm just looking out for Jarvis."
Coulson turned around so that Tony couldn't see his face as it seemed like his whole body shook. Tony remained silent until he finally asked, "Coulson . . . are you all right?" When he didn't answer, Tony finally got up and said, "I'm sorry to have bothered you."
Coulson remained in the same position until finally the door to his office opened again. This time it was Director Fury and he asked Coulson if anything was wrong. Coulson turned around and with an easy smile replied, "I'm fine Director. What is it that you need?"
However, on the inside his stomach was churning and his mind was racing at what seemed a million miles an hour.
