This one's a little different, but it fits with where I eventually want to take this.
Yes, the first chapter's song was Glad You Came by the Wanted. Congratulations to Every Fandom's Little Bitch for guessing correctly.
Second chapter was Bully, by Shinedown. Congrats to linoayn for this one.
SHIELD thrived on gossip. Spying, after all, is essentially gossip on an international scale. The halls of SHIELD were frequently abuzz with the latest news. No one was spared. If the Avengers weren't up to something (Captain America went out for coffee with who?!) then someone else was (Sarah, the girl from HR, has nude photos of Matt from R&D on her computer!)
The lifespan for any single tidbit of gossip was mercifully short. Two, maybe three days at most.
Jane generally didn't pay attention to the rumor mill. The newest research on quarks and advances in string theory were much more interesting than whatever Eric from accounting d in his free time (which was disgusting and she wished she'd never heard that.) But when she'd been hearing Darcy's name being tossed around in the break room for a week, even Jane had to take notice.
When Tony came into her lab to discuss one of their joint projects, she brought it up. Tony Stark always knew what everyone on the team was up to (Clint suspected the engineer had drones following all of them.)
"Darcy?" Tony paused for a second. "Oh they're all excited about who she's been sleeping with."
Jane narrowed her eyes. He was trying to hide something. Darcy's sex life couldn't be the topic of the week – it was 2 day gossip at most. "Oh? And who's that?" The astrophysicist's tone was pleasant with a hint of tell me the truth or I will be having words with Pepper.
"Loki." Tony watched Jane carefully, ready to run for cover if she lost her temper. Or reached for her phone to call his darling, lovely, and absolutely terrifying girlfriend.
Instead, Jane quietly looked at her watch (10 A.M., Darcy would be in the break room getting coffee) and walked out of the lab.
A group of secretaries were in the room with Darcy when Jane walked through the doorway. One of them (Melonie, known for creating gossip when there was none,) was talking to Darcy.
"Sleeping with him, Darcy? That's practically sleeping with the enemy." The snide tone of her voice was echoed in the expressions of the two women behind her.
A quick look at Darcy's face and Jane knew her friend was pissed off.
"Yeah, I had sex with Loki. A lot. It was great. And I love him." Darcy had made her way to the door as she spoke. Standing in the door way, she turned and faced the secretaries. "And you know what ladies? No regrets."