Hi, all! Okay, so I started writing The Angsty Chapter, but then I realized...Tina hasn't met the Avengers yet! Except for in my plot bunny-riddled head. And clearly that needed to happen, so angst shall be postponed to next chapter! But worry not, it will be there!

Tina twisted the front of her shirt in her hands to stop them from shaking. Steve's apparent relaxation and contentment was irritating. I'm about to meet the Avengers! THE FREAKING AVENGERS! She was so nervous. What if they don't like me? What if Black Widow decides to kill me? Or Thor squishes me by accident? Tina couldn't understand, why Steve wasn't-oh yeah. Steve was an Avenger. She shook her head a little. Weird. Just so weird. The artist started thinking up things to say to make herself seem less awkward. "Hi, I'm Tina. I don't scream fangirly screams of joy when people bring you up. Nuh-uh, no I do not." Tina breathed in sharply in fear. Her nerves were fraying. Steve took her hand and led her into the living room, where he plopped himself on one of the large sofas. He opened a drawer of the coffee table and pulled out a sketchpad and a pencil.

"Here," he said, offering them to her. "You need to relax a little. I promise they won't bite," he said with a smile. Tina took the art supplies with shaking hands and sat next to Steve. He threw his arm around her and watched the pencil begin to fly. The lines started out a bit crooked from her quivering, but as they went on became more confident.

Steve was a lot more nervous than he was letting on. He desperately wanted his team to like Tina. Nothing they could possibly say or do would change his opinion of her, but he still wanted her to be accepted by them. Steve hoped that everyone he loved could be together at once. Steve rubbed Tina's shoulder and wondered whether Natasha had told Clint about Tina. It wouldn't really matter, but Steve wanted to know. He was calmly contemplating exactly how furious at the Russian he was going to be. Once he finished calculating how angry he was, he would punish her. Somehow. Maybe. Well, he would hear her explanation out first.

Clint's boots stomped down the hallway.

"Heyyy Spangles! What's up, man? I'm so tired, do you wanna watch a movie or some-" the assassin cut off his words sharply as he caught sight of a second blonde head on the couch.

"Hi, Clint," Steve said somewhat awkwardly. The pair stood as Clint stared at Tina, eyes bugging. "This is Tina, Clint. Clint, Tina." Tina looked up at the still shell-shocked archer through her hair.

"Hm. Well. Hi, Tina," he said offering a hand, which she shook timidly, half-hiding behind Steve.

"Hi," she said meekly.

"You know," Clint said, plopping into an armchair, "I got the name Hawkeye for having uncannily good vision. But I did not see this coming." Steve laughed and even Tina smiled a little. She liked his offbeat sense of humor…it made him more real, less of a celebrity. Tina relaxed a tiny bit.

"That was a horrible pun." Tina tensed right back up. She recognized that voice. "It was a completely inexcusable abuse of humor. And what else didn't you see-oh! Oh that's it," Tony Stark swaggered into the living room, stopping short when he saw Tina. Steve opened his mouth to introduce her but Tony cut him off. "I owe you five dollars, Clint. Good job Spangles. I'm glad you're finally getting some," he said analyzing her. Tina blushed bright red and stared at her toes. Steve whipped a pillow at Tony hard enough to knock him off balance.

"That's Tony. He's a jerk."

"We all know he's a jerk, Steve, no need to reinforce that," Bruce said as he sat in the armchair across from Clint. "But something I think we'd all like to know is who your friend-" Bruce was cut off by a noise of some sort of electrical explosion. Tina jumped, looking around for the source of the blast.

"That'll be Thor," Steve said by way of explanation, while the others continued looking with interest at the tiny blonde. Tina breathed deeply and kept sketching frantically, trying to ignore the stares and her rapidly beating heart. Tina really did not like meeting new people. It made her extremely nervous. Especially when those people were celebrities. And The Avengers. And they were all staring at her and rushing into the room at once.

"MY FRIENDS!" Thor's booming voice carried throughout the entire building.

"Living room, Thor," a quiet but carrying voice instructed. Tina's eyes opened wide. She knew that voice, too. She turned and saw Natasha walking purposefully into the living room, Thor behind her. Tina glared at her, but was surprised when the assassin smiled back. Not even a scary smile. It seemed…genuine. Weird.

"FRIEND STEVE!" Thor clapped him on the shoulder affectionately. It looked like it hurt. "Oh, but who is this? Have you found yourself a maiden, Captain?" Steve smiled and rolled his eyes a little.

"Are you all paying attention now? I don't want to say this more than once," Steve said. Tony raised his hand like a child in school. "No," Steve answered him. "Questions later. Okay everyone, this is Tina. Tina, that's Natasha, Bruce, Thor, and Tony. You already met Clint."

"I met Natasha too," Tina added with raised eyebrows. Natasha's grin widened.

"I really didn't mean to come off so nastily," she offered as an apology. Tina decided to accept it, guessing that it was the best she was going to get.

"You're scary enough without the knife. That was really unnecessary," Tina asserted in her quiet voice. Steve sat up and glared at the Black Widow.

"You pulled a knife on her?!" Natasha sighed and slumped onto the couch next to Thor and Tony.

"I didn't use it. She surprised me! It's kind of a reflex I have when I'm surprised," she explained in a bored tone.

"Sorry. I didn't mean to come back to my dorm when you were searching it. I should have been more considerate," Tina mumbled. Bruce started laughing out loud.

"I like you! Not many people can get away with sassing Natasha," he said. Tina grinned a little.

"She has backbone!" Tony agreed.

"It's okay though," Tina said, "You're forgiven because you were my favorite Avenger."

"Were? Am I no longer?" Natasha asked teasingly.

"Nope, sorry. You could still earn back your spot. If you do something really cool," Tina amended. Bruce laughed again. He liked this little thing. Sure, she was scrawny and shy, but she was adorable and made Steve absolutely glow.

"So, Lady Tina," Thor began in his rumbling bass tones, "You are being courted by the Captain of the American Land, yes?" Tina giggled and nodded her assent. "Excellent!" Thor enthused, "When do you plan on bearing his children?" Everyone began laughing, to the god's great confusion. Tina and Steve blushed and Bruce flicked Thor in the forehead.

"Don't be a dope, Thor. They've only been together for, how long?" Bruce asked.

"Three months," Tina answered. Steve looked intensely confused.

"That's it?" he asked. Tina nodded. "Wow. Feels like longer." Tony rudely stole the sketchpad out from under Tina's hand.

"What's this? Oh! Guys, she drew us!" Tony examined the sketch closer. Tina felt exposed…what if he doesn't like it? "Why am I in shades? I'm not wearing…actually I look real hot! Look how cool I am! Thor, your hair is flowing in the breeze…Clint is stuck to the ceiling like a scared cat…Bruce is reading…Natasha…you're in a dress. Why on earth did you put her in a dress, woman?"

"I-I don't know. I just…like drawing her in dresses?" Tina responded cautiously. Tony freaked her out a little…the guy was just larger than life.

"Aw," Clint pouted, "Why am I on the ceiling? Oh wait! No, I'm holding a bow! I look badass!"

"Where's Steve?" Bruce asked, peering over at the drawing. Thor seized the book and flipped the page.

"Ah! I have located his portrait," he announced, pointing at a drawing of Steve. It was one of Tina's favorite moments. He was leaning against his motorcycle, smiling his wonderful smile, looking beat up but still gorgeous.

"Awww!" Tony gushed, "That's so cuuuuute!" Steve nabbed the sketchpad from Tony.

"Alright that's enough!" The team laughed and tromped into the kitchen for dinner. Steve smiled tentatively down at his little lady. "Overwhelmed yet?"

"Plenty. But in a good way." Steve took her hand and led her to the kitchen.

"They love you. I told you they would." Tina smiled and took the seat next to him.

For the most part, Steve's statement was right. The team was growing to really like Tina. But liking someone doesn't necessarily mean you trust them.

Unfortunately, someone's life was about to depend on this trust.

Dun dun DUNNNN! Not gonna lie...I love breaking hearts and making people cry...so muahaha next chapter beware!

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