After the large and loud breakfast, Loki stood to retreat somewhere and talk to Thor about his idea. Natasha had volunteered herself, Steve, and Darcy to do the dishes while Bruce, Tony, and Clint went to the workshop to draw up some ideas for an emergency arrow in case something went wrong one day and Hulk joined the party by accident. Jane and Pepper went back out to the pool area to not only tan, but clean up from the night before while doing so.
The group had about an hour and a half before they ordered lunch.
Jane & Pepper:
As the two of them walked back to the hidden oasis there subject quickly became about Clint and Darcy.
"Do you realize that they are jumping feet first into this again?" Jane looked at Pepper with a worried look on her face. "I know she won't want to hear any more concern from me, but I don't know what they were up to before we got to the pool."
"Is it our business?" Pepper grabbed some of the glasses of one table, shuffling the bowl from the pretzels onto a tray she was using.
"She's my friend!" Jane took to the offensive quickly.
"She's a friend to all of us. But, she is an adult. Plus, from my experience, maybe its best to start things quickly, look at me and Tony, I was just his assistant for 8 years before either of us ever made a move." Pepper stopped at the bar, dumping the plastic bottles and glassware into the large trash can. "Maybe its best that she not wait until she knows every detail about the man before being with him. It's hard to love someone sometimes when you do know every detail, watching them be with other people, having to wait until he finally notices you." Pepper sighed, pinching the bridge of her nose. "Come on, lets tan. I don't want to think of all that."
Jane patted Pepper on the back. "Well, I guess you're right. I'm being a hypocrite anyways. Look at me and Thor, he dropped onto the planet and I threw myself at him." Jane sighed as she leaned back, putting her legs up on the chair in front of hers. She couldn't help but smile as she looked back at the night they spent on the roof.
"Can we trust Clint?" Pepper was the one to speak up with doubt, about 15 minutes later.
They had both been sitting there, on their respective Stark Tablets, doing their work. Pepper running a multi-billion dollar company and Jane emailing complex graphs and readings back and forth between her and Eric.
"He is an agent." Jane stopped and looked out at the pool in front of them, seemingly mesmerized by the water.
Steve, Natasha & Darcy
"Gee, thanks for offering me up to clean." Darcy grumbled. She was still nursing her hangover, whereas the rest of the group seemed to recover quickly.
"Fine. Sit. Drink." Natasha pushed her into a chair and poured the last of the bloody mary pitcher into her glass. "I just really wanted to talk to you anyways. Steve and I were concerned last night."
"Gee thanks Mom." Darcy rolled her eyes. She knew this speech was going to be coming soon, but she figured it would be from Jane and not Natasha.
Steve was the one who actually reacted to the sarcastic comment. "You know Darcy, we are only concerned because we love you." He walked over and spun her chair, crouching down so they were eye level. Natasha came over and laid a small hand on Steve's shoulder, looking at Darcy, nodding to her.
Darcy whose main tactic is humor decided to deflect, "So are you two like boyfriend/girlfriend?" Mimicking Judd Nelson's character in Breakfast Club."
Both Natasha and Steve sighed. They both just walked away, grabbing the last of the dishes and pulling them to the kitchen, shutting the door and just leaving her there. They both had agreed before the conversation started that using their interrogation techniques would not get them anywhere with Darcy Lewis. So they just let her sit.
Darcy started to get a little upset when she realized that they were just going to ignore her. Picking up her glass she followed through the door. "Okay, fine. I'm sorry. You know I can't take anything seriously."
"If we tell you what's going on with us will you tell us everything that happened last night?" Steve said. Natasha actually was caught off guard with his willingness to tell someone about their relationship.
"Hell yes!" Darcy said, doing a few fist pumps. She was going to hear some dirty details of Captain America and Black Widow. Best day ever!
"I am not going into our relationship with you here, if I am telling my best friend about us you will not be present." Natasha had both hands pushed into Steve's chest, she was actually starting to slide across the floor because although this girl was strong, this is Captain America we are talking about here. He got the point though and tossed the towel in his hands into the empty sink. Smiling, he grabbed her by her upper arms and gave her a deep kiss on the lips, Natasha for all her skills could not stop the blush creeping up her neck. Darcy did a whistle and Steve blushed himself and walked out.
"Yeah, thats pretty much our relationship right there." Natasha slid up on one of the stools next to Darcy and sighed. Looking longingly at the door that Steve had just walked out.
"Dayum girl! You doing the dirty with Captain America himself?" Darcy looked at Natasha impressed.
"Oh no! I wouldn't do that to him. I know there are some things that he will draw the line about. I know he wants to have sex, real bad, I mean, come on, look at me," She gave Darcy a look from the side, and giggled, continuing, "but I know that he is a firm believer in no sex before marriage. But to be honest, I want it so bad I would marry him for it."
Darcy laughed playfully pushing Natasha, "You'd marry Steve just to have sex with him?"
"No, I'd do it cause I love him." Natasha lowered her eyes, thinking. After a moment she perked back up, looking at Darcy straight on, "Plus, haven't you seen him in his Captain America uniform? God Bless America." She wiggled her eyebrows at Darcy, and they both busted up laughing.
Thor & Loki
"So, Loki, what is it you wanted to speak about?" Thor threw himself onto the large couch, but under the Norse God it look tiny.
"Well its about me helping Dr. Banner and Lady Jane with the bridge." Loki said tentatively.
"I am so glad you offered to help. I know the three of you will have it fixed in no time." Thor looked at his brother. "Sit, please. You look like you have much much more to say."
Loki sat himself in on of the armchairs. "Well, I know that the conditions of my stay are clear, no magic, but Thor, I am suffocating."
Thor sat up, but remained calm, "You want to get your magic back in exchange for fixing the bridge?"
Loki could tell that Thor was trying his hardest to remain calm and quiet. "I just need enough to put my facade back up. It should only take the tiniest bit of magic."
"Out of the question." Thor stood and made to leave.
"Thor, please." There was a pleading in Loki's voice that Thor remembered from the top of Stark Tower, during the fleeting moment that he saw the true Loki, scared of his possible death by the Other if he switched sides.
Thor turned quickly back to Loki and stood over him as he asked, "Help Jane fix the bifrost and after it is finished I will speak to Father about getting you your Asgardian form back, but I will not allow you to hold the power of it. I will see if maybe mother can control it for you. She did when you were a young child."
Loki who had not known the details about his mother spoke up quickly saying, "If I had know there was another option brother I would have asked it first. I do not wish to jeopardize what you have done for me. This place is far better than a cell."
Thor eyed Loki, not knowing if this was just Loki's famed silver tongue or if it was Loki being truthful. It hurt him to not be able to tell.
"On a lighter note Thor, I did find a Midgardian author even you might enjoy, despite the fact you hate to read." Loki said, turning the conversation to lighter talk. The two lapsed into conversation about the pros and cons of Earth. They talked long about the art and music. Thor also took it upon himself to give Loki details about each Avenger and Jane, Darcy, and Pepper; since he was now somewhat a part of their family. Loki had many questions about Darcy, and it slightly worried Thor. He quickly changed the subject from Darcy to the afternoon's plans.
Clint, Tony, and Bruce:
"So what I'm thinking is we have maybe three emergency pods of this serum for me to hook onto an arrow," Clint walked into the lab, but turned quickly when Tony and Bruce shut the door loudly and locked it. "We aren't going to talk about the arrows are we?" Clint grimaced. He knew this had nothing to do with arrows now.
"Nope." Tony settled himself at his worktable, leaning heavily on it and looking at Clint, stone faced.
Bruce sighed heavily, "We just have to know. What happened before we got to the pool. Lets just put it this way, you guys were not in swimsuits."
"Oh please, we hadn't really thought ahead. We went for a walk since I could feel you all watching me and Darc. I decided to show her to pool. I remembered she told me ages ago that she loved to swim." Clint brushed off any assumptions they had.
"Well, we're sorry but we are a bit protective of the girl. You know Tony and I never had the pleasure of having siblings. She's kinda like our kid sister." Bruce was quick to believe Clint, since he had a feeling it was the truth. But he knew Tony was going to be a bit harder to convince. Of all people Tony and Darcy had become like sibling-best friends. Tony was already trying to make an upgraded taser for Darcy since her birthday was coming up.
"Look, I said it to you last night, and even though you two reconciled, I am going to repeat it. I can and will find a very amusing way to kill you if you hurt Darcy." Tony was very firm in what he was saying, because Bruce was spot on with his analysis of the Darcy/Tony relationship. Darcy was second-in-line of Tony's "Must protect at all costs" list. After Pepper of course. "Now, I will spare Bruce the details, but I must know them. Bruce you are more than welcome to go do your meditation or yoga or whatever it is you do to keep the big guy away. I also found a convenient hookup if you take me up on the offer of the big bag of weed."
"I'm good Tony. I'm just going to go and make sure my garden is all in order. Now that I'm sharing it with everyone now." Bruce shook his head humorously. "Have fun, don't kill him. She seems happy." And with that Bruce was out the door.
"Spill. And just remember Rhodey taught me many interesting ways our good country finds legal for interrogations." Tony looked slightly pissed. Like a dad whose daughter came home after curfew. This was a side not many knew about Tony, and it really surprised Clint.
"Look all that happened was we made up, decided we didn't want an audience, went to the pool, decided to swim, and then you guys showed up after we decided that having some drinks made it a date." Clint's hands were raised in an innocent gesture. "I wanna take it slow since the whole issue. I have a lot going on that I have to work through. Like we all do. I really like her Tony." Clint was being honest, baring his soul to a man most believe is just a big rich, genius goof.
"Fine." Tony wanted more info, but to get it from a top agent would be difficult. "Look, we finished your arrows." Tony tossed a black case on the table and stalked out.
Clint sat in the workshop thinking. How could he show everyone he really cares about Darcy. Hell, how could he show Darcy he really cares about her. He remembered about 3 weeks ago that her birthday was coming up. He had been in town meeting up with an old friend from his old circus when he decided he was going to take her to it. She deserved more than just a circus show. He had just over two weeks to make this amazing. He walked over to Bruce's Stark Pad and got to work.
"Alright JARVIS! order pizza please. See what everyone wants." Tony looked up from his 1932 Ford Flathead Roadster, once again pulling the entire thing apart and putting it back together for the 7th time in his life since he and his father restored the thing.
"Of course sir. What would you like?" JARVIS responded politely.
"Cheese pizza with Pasta Carbonara on top. Thank you!" Tony hoisted himself out of the front of the car and looked at his clothes. Sighing he returned through the workshop to go upstairs, noticing Clint on Bruce's tablet.
"What're you doing?" Tony asked skeptically.
"Just trying to figure something out for Darcy's birthday. There's no cheap way to do a woman's birthday is there?" Tony walked around Clint and noticed he was on his bank's website.
"What do you need? I can front you for it." Tony walked to his station and opened a drawer with a bunch of junk in it. Pulling out a random wad of cash he held it up.
"No way. I am not going to borrow money for this. I just need to talk to Hill." Clint closed his pages and stood.
"Its fine. I am not too worried. What're you planning to do for her anyways?" Tony asked him, honestly curious.
"Well, my old circus is in town. I kinda figured Darcy meeting the old family would be nice. They always said I would need to find a good one." Clint shrugged, not wanting Tony to know that this was actually huge for him.
"Can't you get FREE tickets if you used to be IN the circus?" Tony said sarcastically.
"Well, for one night only I will be performing too. Kind of a surprise for her. But I wanted to make it sort of a whole day affair. Ending up at the circus. I wanted to take her out for lunch and then go do something. Then go to the circus for the whole circus experience. You know?" Clint clearly was at a loss.
"You do go out much do you?" Tony asked him jokingly.
"No, I honestly don't." Clint said with a sad and serious face.
"Oh, man. Alright. Look, I'm sure I can help you come up with something. We can have everyone help out." Tony looked surprisingly excited to help Clint.
"Wow, uh, okay. That'd be great." Clint said.
"Come on, lets go. We can try and work on it this afternoon while Darcy is being pampered by Pepper. Ha. Pampered by Pepper, that sounds funny." Tony laughed at his lame alliteration as they walked upstairs.
"You're an idiot Tony, you know that?" Clint looked at him, clapping him on the back.
"Nuh-uh! I am an MIT grad. I have a brass rat. See?" Tony waved his hand annoyingly in front of Clint's face.
"I once saw him break a man's hand for doing that." Natasha watched the two walk into the room.
"Where's Darcy?" Clint ignored Tony's comments about being whipped, as Clint looked around the room.
"Steve is showing her the roof. She love's watching the stars with Jane. She didn't know we had a whole setup up there now." Natasha smiled. She loves the stars too, in fact their first night here her and Steve slipped up there.
"Oh cool. Can you help me do something for her birthday?" Clint said quickly. Sighing as Natasha's eyebrows raised.
"I have been your partner for 4 years now and you don't even know MY birthday." Natasha said laughing in disbelief. Clint looked embarrassed as Tony looked at him with a "really" look on his face.
"Please?" Clint said to the floor.
"Fine. What're you planning on doing?" Natasha asked.
"I'll tell you later." Clint said quickly as they heard Darcy's laugh coming toward the door.
"You really don't like peppers on your pizza? You're a weirdo Steve." Darcy laughed again. Stopping quickly as she looked at the silent room, all eyes on her. It made her nervous.
"Is something wrong?" Darcy asked worried.
"Nope. Just getting ready for lunch. I gotta shower." Tony walked past Darcy and Steve and out the door.
"Ew. He smells like motor oil and sweat. For a bajillionaire he should be cleaner." Darcy looked at Clint with a smile. "What do you like on your pizza?"
"Pickles." Clint said with a goofy smile.
"Ew. Thats even grosser than Tony. I hate pickles." Darcy scrunched her nose in disgust. Clint thought she couldn't look any cuter.
"Well, what do you like on yours?" Clint asked, crossing his arms in defense of his pickles.
"Mushrooms!" Darcy said smacking her lips.
"Thats disgusting." Clint made a mock face.
"Is not!"
"Is too!"
"Wow. I am so out of here. Steve?" Natasha avoided the argument in the middle of the room and grabbed Steve by the arm, leading him upstairs.
"Now that they're gone." Darcy sauntered over to Clint and slipped her arms around him.
"Look, Darc, I think we should back up. Lets throw it in reverse and start over." Clint looked at her with a serious face.
"But- we-...I liked where we were." Darcy looked at him confused.
"I did too, but I need to be better than that. I don't want to just be the one screwing you, I want to actually care about each other." Clint looked at her slightly sad expression.
Her face quickly changed into a mischievous grin. "Is there any way I can convince you otherwise?" Darcy asked in a sultry voice. She started to press herself onto him and he couldn't help but get hard with that body on his.
"Darc, you're gonna be the death of me. Everyone is saying I HAVE to take it slow or they'll kill me." Clint started to pull away.
"They aren't in control of this Clint. Unless you let them be." Darcy pulled away pouting.
"Fine. Is this what you want?" Clint said huskily, pulling her back to him. She felt him against her stomach as she looked up to catch his mouth with hers.
They were in the process of getting each other's shirts off when they heard someone clear their throat.
They looked up to see Bruce "I'd appreciate it if you two kept your hands to yourselves while in the rest of the house. What you do in the privacy of your bedrooms I don't care, but out here, keep it limited please."
Darcy turned bright red and looked down ashamed they got caught. Clint just grabbed her hand and pulled her to his room, stopping every so often to rub himself against this gorgeous woman.
"Clint. Do we have tim-" Darcy was pushed against the back of the door they'd just entered. Clint was kissing his way down Darcy's neck and prying open buttons as he made his way south.
He caught her hands trying to push him away as he settled on his knees. Just as his tongue began to work its way to her core there was a pounding on the door. Darcy pounded back with an "We are busy. Go the fuck away."
Whoever it was decided to just leave it at that, as Clint decided to pull her to the floor. He straddle her sides while he began to work his fingers through her delicate folds, his pants becoming unbelievably tight on his hardening cock. Darcy looked up at the bulge and began to pull at his pants. He helped her get them off of him and then went back to paying attention to her. He loved the feeling of her hands on him, but as soon as her lips closed around his head, he stopped his attention to her wet pussy to look up between the two of them at her.
She noticed his absence and looked at him, popping his head out of her lips she said, "I thought this was a reciprocating deal." He quickly ducked his head, moaning into her core as her tongue hit just the right spots.
He quickly got up and she looked at him wildly. He pushed himself between her knees and he looked at her for confirmation. She nodded and he plunged himself into her. Quickly and swiftly he began to move. He was right when he had said he goes pretty hard, but she clearly enjoyed it.
As he pounded into her Darcy felt the sensation she had only just been introduced to working its way through her body. Clint felt her pulsing around him as she moaned his name loudly. Decided he would prefer they come together next he flipped her over onto her knees. She looked back at him and he could feel pleasure through her gaze. He pushed himself into her again, his fingers digging into the porcelain skin, pulling her onto him.
The tension between them pulled taut like a bow string and Clint felt her walls clenching him as he pumped his cum into her tight pussy. He pulled out and looked at her pussy dripping wet with both hers and his. He lowered his lips to her ass and bit it, leaving a deep red mark. The squeak she made almost brought him back to full arousal, but he realized that by now the food should be there and they would be leaving soon.
Standing, Clint went to the wall and opened the bathroom, "Darling, lets clean up."
Darcy had sat up and looked at him with a tired expression. Clint went to her and gathered her in his arms. He stood her in the shower as the steam from the hot water surrounded them. He lathered her after convincing her that it was okay. She was so self-conscious she would have gotten her way for a private shower if he was not so determined to have her once more.
As his fingers travelled through the silky hair at her pussy, she twitched as he hit her clit with a rough callused finger. She moaned, being so aroused and as he cleaned the mix of cum from her he knelt in front of her. Once again driving his tongue between her folds, he revelled in the taste of her orgasm. She shook, screaming against him and she settled against the wall. Clint stood and guided her hand to his once again hard cock. She gripped him tightly and began to work his member. He pushed himself up against her and slid his hard dick between her legs, teasing her clit with himself. She moaned and he grabbed her by her backside, picking her up to impale her on him. She squealed loud, so loud he was frightened the house would hear her. As she bounced on him they heard the pounding on the door once more. Ignoring the shouts that they could not comprehend Darcy ran her fingers through his hair. The kiss deepened, and with Darcy's teeth pulling at his bottom lip he came inside her again. The sound of her name on his lips brought Darcy around for a fourth orgasm and Darcy was sure her legs turned to jelly.
"Wo-...I-..." Darcy struggled to find words.
"I think I know what you mean." Clint's hand rested just under her left breast, feeling her heartbeat slowly returning to normal. He nuzzled into her neck, sighing deeply.
After a few more moments under the hot water, the began to separate from each other, reluctantly. They re-rinsed and stepped out, Clint quickly wrapping Darcy up in a fluffy towel.
"I'm going to go back to my room and change. Meet me there?" Darcy questioned.
Clint nodded. "I'll make two cups of coffee. After all that I'm exhausted." Darcy grinned.
"Please tell me one is for me." Darcy looked at him with a smile.
"Of course, Baby." Clint leaned forward and kissed her. Then he quickly turned and scaled his wall. "I think we're late."
"Haha. Okay, I'm going." Just as Darcy stepped out his door she ran into a very hard body.
"OOf! Sorry, I wasn't paying attention to where I was going." She backed up and looked into Loki's face. She kept backing away and Loki reached out and grabbed her, and her face filled with fear.
"Please! Be careful." Loki pulled her away from the edge of the step, accidentally knocking the towel beneath her breasts. Averting his eyes, Loki politely said, "Milady, it would be best if you would put on some proper clothing."
Darcy looked down and was horrified, she was flashing a God! "Wow," she adjusted her towel "Thanks from preventing my fall down the stairs." He nodded and she walked past him, brushing against him unintentionally.
Loki breathed deeply and sighed. He found that mortal girl attractive yes, but no one needed to know it. He was glad his peripherals worked well, but felt ashamed that he had looked.
Loki came quietly down the stairs, the rest of the group looked at him from their pizza. He had gone upstairs to get a book and came down too quickly, and empty handed.
"Forgot your book?" Tony said skeptically.
"I accidentally ran into Lady Lewis." Loki said awkwardly.
"Oh." Jane said not understanding why that prevented him from having his book.
They all made a mental note that Loki was being weird but ignored it because they were getting excited for the first family outing.
