The meeting finished and I collected all the papers as the people filled out of the room.

"Well done for conducting the meeting." Steve said to me, getting out of his chair.

"Well done for being able to sit through all of it." I smirked.

"Here let me help you." he said as he began to collect the rest of the papers.

"You had some good ideas you know." I said.

"Really? Not too...old fashioned?"

"Some of the old tactics are the best Cap." I smiled. He returned the smile, showing off his perfect teeth.

I reached out to grab the final sheet of paper, but my hand grazed another. The moment our hands touched, I felt my stomach drop. I pulled my hand away, he said "Sorry." and picked up the paper.

He placed it delicately onto the pile in my hands and I replied "That's alright."

We went out of the room and I asked "Stay safe, Captain."

I began to turn away, but Rogers stopped me by placing a hand on my shoulder. The warmth radiating off of his palm transferred through my clothing. It made me shiver inside, but I didn't show any emotion on the outside. No wonder I was called Agent Chill.

"Maria, I was wondering whether you had any information on the past few years of S.H.I.E.L.D? I like to know what i'm working with. Be prepared and all."

Does he even know that that's a scout saying?

"Yes, of course. They may be complicated to go through, but I can help you if you like? I just need to hand these files to Fury." It was the least I could do for a colleague.

"No, I couldn't trouble you like that. I'm sure you need to sleep."

"Captain, it's fine. You offered me help earlier and I need to return the favour. I was going to go through some of those files anyway. Remind myself of what i'm doing here." Phase 2 was a bad idea. I knew I couldn't tell Cap, but I wanted to. I felt like all the Avengers should know.

"Brilliant. Thank you."

"No problem. I will meet you in your room in 15 minutes. Is that okay?" I asked.

"Of course. No problem at all."

I turned away and headed towards Director Fury's office.

Stop smiling. You look like you have a coat hanger in your mouth.

I wiped the smirk off of my face in just enough time before I stepped into Fury's office.

"Sir." I greeted and put the files on his desk.

'Hill." he replied picking up the files and I left the room.

Well, that was a long conversation. My conversations with Fury are never that long. He was a business man. If you wanted to talk to him, then he would have to want to talk to you. He's always like that.

I went down the corridor and checked my watch. I still had a couple of minutes before I needed to meet Rogers, so I just thought that I would arrive early.

I knocked on his door. No reply.

I knocked again. Nothing.

I called "Captain Rogers, are you in there?" I had to keep up the professional side of me.

After about two minutes, I got worried. Where would he be if not in his room?

Might as well I thought as I reached down to the door handle.

I twisted it and it was open. I walked in and shut the door behind me.

"Cap?" I asked into the empty room.

Suddenly, the door next to me opened and he said "Sorry, I was in the shower."

He had a towel wrapped around his waist, but his beautiful chest was still on show. I couldn't help myself, but look down at his body. He was gorgeous. I felt my breaths get shallower and I felt a bit faint. I looked back up at his face, covered in droplets of water.

"Are you alright Maria?" he asked me.

I couldn't exactly say "Sorry Steve. I was too distracted by your beautiful abs instead of talking to you like a normal human being. It's just the problem is that you're so attractive I just can't keep my eyes off you." I shook myself out of my drooling teenager self and back into reality. "Yes, of course i'm fine. I've been feeling slightly unwell all week." I lied. Needed an excuse.

"Are you sure we should be doing this then?"

"Doing what?" I completely forgot why I was here. How come he could screw up my brain like that.

"Looking through S.H.I.E.L.D files remember."

"Sorry. Yeah, you're fine." Wait did I just say you're fine? "I mean..er...everything's fine."

"Alright, well are you going to let me out of the bathroom or are we going to discuss S.H.I.E.L.D here?"

I didn't realise that my hand was blocking his way. "Oops. Sorry." I said and quickly removed my hand from the wall. What an utter idiot. "I'll just be in the bathroom to allow you to get changed. Call me when you're done." I said, stepping into the bathroom.

I shut the door and lent against it. What the hell is happening to you Hill? You are usually so calm and collected. Why are you letting this get to you?

I went to the mirror and splashed some cold water on my face. Get it together Hill...

"Maria..I'm done." I heard a voice call, I took a breath and exited the bathroom.

"Right, lets get started."

I opened up some of the low level S.H.I.E.L.D files for him to see, nothing too discreet, but enough for him to know the basic history of S.H.I.L.E.D. Nothing about Phase 2.

We were sat on his sofa and we started talking about the leaders and how they work.

"What about Coulson? He seems..."

"Obsessed with you?"

"Well I wouldn't say obsessed...that's sounds a bit harsh."

"No obsessed is the right word for it. Did he ask you to sign his trading cards?"

"Yes, but I haven't found the time."

"He's been banging on about it for months."

"You two seem close. You known him for long?"

"He was my handler for two years before I began working with Fury directly. We became very close."

He raised his eyebrows. "Close?"

"No, no. Not like that." I didn't want him to get the wrong idea. "He is like a father to me. My actual one...my actual one wasn't exactly the kindest of people."

He placed his hand on top of mine. "I'm sorry."

I shook my head and looked at the ground. "Thank you, but it's fine. Coulson's here for me now. I've got him and he is much better. My father used to drink and...hurt me."

I just realised that I've never told anyone that, but fury and that was for procedure...

He started to stroke the back of my hand. "That shouldn't have happened to someone as pure as you."

I'm not pure.

I brought my head up to face him. "It's getting late." I smiled briefly and brought my hand away from his.

I walked towards the door, but he rushed ahead and opened it for me."thank you for doing that. I really appreciated it."

"That's alright." I replied and exited the room. I had one foot out of the doorway when he said "Maria, if I need more help, would I be able to ask you?"

I smiled and nodded. "Of course Captain."

He smiled back at me and I walked down the corridor to my room. I needed to sleep.