Chapter 11: The Guys in Cloaks
Recommended Listening: Dog Days are Over by Florence + the Machine
First thing Monday morning, I marched up to Fury's door and knocked loudly. Coulson stuck his head out.
"Ms. Lewis? What do you want?"
"I need to talk to Director Fury. It's urgent."
Coulson shut the door.
"Hey!" I started knocking again.
The door reopened. "If you could try to be patient, we are trying to see when you can talk to the director."
"Just let her in, Coulson."
"Yes, sir." He opened the door and I walked into Fury's office.
He looked up from a pile of papers, expression completely unreadable. "Darcy, would you mind telling me what's so important?"
"I want Loki out of the lab, permanently. You've done more than enough tests and I'm sure he'd just tell you what you want to know."
Coulson's mouth dropped open.
Fury stood up. "Darcy, I understand that you care about him, not sure why, but the agreement with his father was that we would let him stay here as long-"
"As long as you got answers." I interrupted. "Well, you got answers, now stop using him for a lab rat."
"That's enough, Ms. Lewis." Coulson took half a step toward me.
"No it's not." I turned back to Fury. "I want him out of the lab. There has to be something else."
Fury sat back down."
"Ple-"
"Darcy, I'm thinking, not dismissing you."
I closed my mouth and waited, rocking back and forth on the front of my feet and biting down on my tongue.
"I suppose we could find a spot for him on the Avengers team… The rest won't like it, but I think we could get Thor to speak for him."
I had the weirdest urge to dive around the desk and hug him. Instead, I stuck out my hand and shook his.
"This means so much to me. Thanks."
Fury raised an eyebrow. "You're welcome."
I left Fury's office and ran back to mine. Then I started attacking the daily pile of papers.
Someone knocked on my door.
"Come in?"
Natasha stepped into my office. "I wanted to talk to you for a minute. Do you have time?"
"Oh, yeah." I put down my pen. "Sit down."
Natasha dropped into the only other chair in my office. "What's going on between you and Loki? You've been rather close for the past few months."
"Oh…" I felt my face heat up. "We're kinda dating. I mean, we only actually went out once but we've been watching a lot of movies and all that…"
"I thought it was something like that." She raised her eyebrows, "Have you…"
I threw my pen in her general direction. "That is just rude. But… yeah."
"And?"
"Oh. My. God." I collapsed into giggles. "I cannot believe I'm having this conversation with you."
"I really get it. He's certainly good looking, if you like guys like that. And… well." She shrugged.
I changed the subject. "What about you and Clint?"
"What?"
"Oh come on," I roll my eyes, "Literally everybody knows about you two. I mean, even the janitors know. Actually, especially the janitors. A broom closet, really? Could you get any more clichéd?"
"I'm not the one dating the person who tried to take over Earth."
"Good point."
"So," the look on her face was positively evil, "Does he deserve his nickname?"
"Which one?"
"I've heard him called Silvertongue a few times…"
I blushed. "Yeah. Yeah, he does."
Natasha laughed. "I'll see you later."
"Bye!"
When the door shut, I dropped my head onto my desk, as red as a Shirley Temple. This, of course, sent my brain hurtling down the totally wrong train of thought.
~OoOoO~
I was skipping when I went to pick Loki up at the end of the day. The scientist looked up when I knocked on the glass then let Loki up.
He grabbed his shirt and walked out into the hall, smiling. "Why are you so excited?
"I've kinda got a big surprise for you…"
"Then tell me."
"I talked with Fury today, and you don't have to go back in the lab. Ever."
Loki picked me up, swung me in a circle, kissed me, put me down, and then picked me back up again.
"Isn't it great?" I pushed my hair out of my face.
"How did you manage it?" he laughed and hugged me again, burying his face in my hair. "You are amazing."
"Basically, Fury said he thought he could put you on Avengers and since they aren't very active anymore… and he'd get Thor to talk to everyone else for you." I explained.
Loki stopped smiling. "Darcy, you know my family and I are not on the best of terms. Why would my brother want to help me?"
"Well, he's still your brother."
"I tried to kill him multiple times."
"Your point being? He'll talk to the others and you won't really have to see them. And you won't ever have to come down here again."
Loki rubbed his forehead and sighed. "You're right. Thank you, Darcy."
I kissed his nose. "What was that?"
He laughed.
A/N: I love these two so much.
And now he's out of the lab so everything's getting better.
