Dark Side
Chapter 12 - Rumours
"Everybody's got a dark side
Do you love me?
Can you love mine?"
It was one of those rare times Natasha would dare step foot in the godforsaken SHIELD cafeteria. If you thought high school hallways were a breeding ground for rumours you haven't met SHIELD'S large base of junior shield agents. Their favourite pass time?
Mooning over hot unattainable SHIELD men.
Natasha bought a sandwich and sat down at a table near the back of the room as far away from the rest of the shield population as possible. However it wasn't far enough.
"Apparently SHIELD recruitment standards have dropped in recent months," one of the junior agents said sitting at a table 10 feet away from Natasha. She sighed and took out her mission reports- here we go again.
"What do you mean Mendel?" one of the other agents asked.
"As in we're accepting the whole damn circus now! From double agents, to mutants, to ex-assassins - nothing is sacred anymore," the obnoxious agent said gesturing to several new agents who didn't exactly sign up to be here.
"Forget sacred - you know the system is messed up when one of the best agents in SHIELD gets partnered with an ex-Russian assassin right off the field," a dark haired girl said sourly.
The tip of Natasha's pencil broke against her page. She took out another one and continued her work - however her writing was suddenly very sloppy.
"Crystal that ship has sailed," her partner said quietly beside her. She gave him a dirty look.
"I didn't ask you James," she said crossly. He sighed - people never change.
Clint walked in the cafeteria right in the middle of the scalding comments flying across the room.
"He's just too nice to say no. It's not like anyone else is jumping to be her partner," the girl said with confident shrug. The rest of them nodded.
"Are you sure they're not together?" one of the quieter agents asked. They all gave the tiny girl an look of disbelief.
"Are you kidding me Jess? That girl has crazy written all over her. He could do so much better," one of the older agents said with a snort.
Clint narrowed his eyes at the gossiping agents. It was people like them that really pissed him off.
Time to give them a show and possibly a slap in the face.
"Hey Natasha. What are you doing tonight?" someone suddenly asked from behind her. The pencil in her hand paused on the paper as she recognized the voice instantly. She turned around and came face to face with a devious looking Clint Barton. The conversation instantly went silent around them.
"Weren't we supposed to work-" Natasha started to say but he beat her to it.
"-watch that new action movie together? We're still on for that right?" Clint asked swiftly cutting off her original statement. She gave him a suspicious look - that's not what they had originally planned.
"Okay...if that's what you want..." she said slowly.
"Great, it's a date! See you then," he said leaning forward and giving her a quick kiss on a cheek. Natasha sat stock still in her seat utterly in shock. He sent her a wink before he shoved his hands in his pockets and walked out of the cafeteria leaving behind a hundred jaws littered all over the floor.
"H-h-h-e- her- they- HOW?" Crystal shrieked.
"5 years that man has been single! 5 years!" one of the older agents exclaimed.
Natasha shook herself out of her momentary shock and went back to reading her reports. If she kept her hopes up it would only hurt more when they came crashing down.
BEEP. She curiously glanced down at her phone and noticed the single text message from her partner.
'I meant it,
8 pm - don't be late.'
- C
The slight twitch of the corner of her lips was the only thing gave her mood away.
A/N: Wow...almost everyone is saying this story is super cute...i had intended it to be more angst/hurt/comfort but...lol apparently I failed. XD
