A/N: so no song quotes as SoulMarks in this chapter, but I'm counting it anyway because I was inspired by a certain movie's soundtrack. Plus I couldn't get the idea out of my head.

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Once he joined the Army and became Captain America, Steve's Words made a lot more sense. He only wished he could have gone back and assured his Mother that he wasn't going to be shot in some dead-end alley by a random mugger.

Hands up, or I'll shoot! Those seemed like appropriate words to be Marked with during war time. But did that mean that his Soulmate was the enemy? Or Hydra? Or would he one day accidentally sneak up on an ally? There were too many variables to consider, and not enough time to consider them. Not when there was one last Hydra base to take down…

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Darcy Lewis, on the other hand, couldn't wait to meet her Soulmate and find out what she would say to him to make him say the words that were scrawled around her bicep. He had one heck of a sense of humor, that was for sure! And then she learned that her Words were actually a quote from a movie and she fell a little bit more in love with the idea of her Soulmate. Anyone who could quote her favorite space Princess would be well worth the effort of waiting for.

And then New Mexico and London happened, and thinking about her Soulmate took a backburner to dealing with actual aliens and Gods and superheroes. And then she and Jane were accepting positions with Stark Industries and moving into Stark Tower - Avengers Tower - whatever it was called, Darcy didn't really care in this exact moment because…

"Jane, I still can't believe this is happening! Pinch me!"

"I think I need you to pinch me. Look at this lab!"

"You're welcome!" a passing Tony called out in a sing-song voice. His tune was just close enough that Darcy threw the billionaire, and apparent Disney fan, a knowing wink.

A month later and she and Jane (and Thor when he wasn't going off Avenger-ing with the others) had settled in well enough, but they still hadn't met all of the other superheroes they now technically lived with. It was understandable - the world needed saving, after all - but Darcy really wanted to meet the people that featured so heavily in all of Thor's stories.

It was Tony who had the perfect solution.

"Laser tag?" Jane said dubiously after she finally read the tablet that Darcy had thrust in front of her face.

"Laser tag!" Darcy echoed with decidedly much more enthusiasm. "Oh come on Janie, it'll be fun! Who doesn't love laser tag?"

"Lasers and Science, that makes sense. But, laser tag? Against the Avengers? We'll be sitting ducks!"

"Not with that kind of attitude!" Darcy declared. "We'll have to be sneaky!"

"Against two spys? Right, good luck with that," Jane muttered, her focus already beginning to slip.

"Stop trying to ruin my fun, woman! I don't ruin your fun when you're so into Sciencing that you don't...even realize that I'm talking." She sighed. She loved Jane, but the woman needed to learn to have some fun! She was going to laser tag, whether she liked it or not! Luckily, she just happened to know a certain Norse Prince-God who could help her persuade Jane.

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With Tony being Tony, Darcy was not let down on the laser tag experience. He had created his own obstacle course/layout in an abandoned building; it was four stories of twisting hallways, catwalks, hidey-holes, and fun! Basically, according to Tony, the perfect laser tag set up.

Jane was there, though Darcy had a feeling that she would deliberately get herself picked off just so she could get back to the lab sooner. But Thor looked immensely happy to have her there, and that was all that mattered.

Tony relayed the rules - "There really aren't any." - though he said it wasn't fair for Clint and Natasha to be on the same team; same for Steve (Captain America! Darcy was about to play laser tag with Captain America!) and Bucky. The two pairs in question merely rolled their eyes as they faded into the dark confines of the course.

"No one listens to me!" Tony said, throwing his hands up in the air.

"Not true," Pepper argued, coming up to give him a quick kiss on the cheek.

"See, that's team building! Thank you, Pepper!"

"I listen to you twelve percent of the time!" Pepper added before grinning and winking at Darcy as she too disappeared into the course.

"I am never going to live that down," Tony muttered. "All right, everyone else in!"

Music started playing from somewhere, the dim course lights came on, and it was game time! They hadn't formed teams beforehand; Tony had said they could form or break alliances with whoever they wanted mid-game, and that suited Darcy just fine. Her first goal was to try to blend in and observe from afar. That way she could try to see who would be easiest to pick off first.

Finding a ramp that would take her up to the second level (she knew Clint would automatically head for the fourth, and she wanted to stay clear of him), she found a nice corner of a catwalk where she could observe.

She spotted Steve and Bucky right away, still down on the first floor. She hadn't gotten the chance to officially meet either of them yet. They had been out on some mission to take down a few undercover Hydra bases when she had Jane had first moved into the tower, and the two soldiers had only returned a week ago. Maybe she could form an alliance with them; they clearly knew what they were doing, if the conversation of hand signals they were having was any indication.

But then Sam slipped by her hiding spot, and her line of sight was perfect. She took great glee in shooting him in the back. She smothered a giggle as the Falcon let loose a string of curses - they had only been playing for ten minutes - and started hunting for her next target. She knew she couldn't stay tucked away in her corner for the whole game; there would be no fun in that. So when familiar music from the Star Wars movies came on over the speakers, she grinned. Who was she to deny the calling of the soundtrack of her favorite movie? It was the perfect mood music to do some "hunting."

She almost got caught by Pepper, but the redhead admitted to having it out for Tony before anyone else, so the two parted ways without firing any shots. It was then that the perfect opportunity presented itself.

She spotted Steve up ahead, back to her, and Bucky was nowhere in sight. Then the Imperial March started playing, and she knew she just had to take advantage of this perfect set up.

Using every ounce of stealth she had, she crept closer to Steve, leveled her "blaster" at him, and gently, teasingly, called out, "Hands up, or I'll shoot!" And much to her surprise, Steve actually straightened up, spine going stiff, as if she had actually managed to sneak up on him with a real…

Crap crap crappity crap. What was she thinking, sneaking up on a war vet in the semi-dark, even if it was with a fake gun? Had she triggered a flashback for him? But before she could decide what to do next, he was turning to face her and…

...and he was smiling? Then his eyes flickered up to somewhere above her head and he responded with, "I don't know where you get your delusions from, laser brain." She barely had time to process his words - her Words - when she felt the gear she was wearing vibrate; the tell-tale sign that she had been hit.

Spinning around, she spotted Bucky behind her, a smirk on his face. "Gotcha!"

"You!" She pointed a finger at him, then spun back around and leveled the same finger at Steve. "And you! You're..!"

Steve held out his wrist, where she could now see her tidy print inscribed. "And you're…?"

She fumbled with the sleeve of her shirt so he too could see her Mark. "You quoted Star Wars. You quoted Princess Leia! She's, like, my movie idol."

Steve stepped closer to her as he smoothed a hand over his Words on her arm. Darcy couldn't help but shiver at the touch. "She's an admirable woman."

"That's an understatement, but yeah." They gazed at each other for a few seconds before she came to her senses. "Right, back to business." Backing up a few steps, she grinned at Steve - at her Soulmate - before taking her shot and effectively taking him out of the game of laser tag. "Right, we have obviously have some catching up to do, so I'm calling in the Soulmate Clause to get us out of here. Bucky, do you best to get Tony for us, huh?"

Bucky grinned. "Yes ma'am!"