Here is a short one! Another will be posted at some point today. I hope you're enjoying it as much as I am!
Dedicated to Kyla, who's love for Captain America is flawless and awesome.
CHAPTER FIVE
The next morning Sharon found herself at her desk in the Tesseract lab with Angela circling the Tesseract and looking at it critically, occasionally jotting a note down on her notepad.
The door opened to the lab and the girls looked up to see Steve enter. He smiled and nodded cordially to Sharon before walking over to Angel. Sharon maintained her sloth pose while surreptitiously watching the two interact.
"Good Morning Captain, how can we help you?" Angel asked with a smile.
"Nothing really, I was just checking in to see if there was anything I could help you ladies with," He said, "Mind you I'm no scientist." He chuckled.
Sharon snorted, "Neither are we." Angel threw a glare over at Sharon. Steve looked momentarily confused at the comment. Angel turned to him with a smile, "Actually you can help."
"She walked over to her desk and pulled out a file, "I read your file and the file concerning Hydra's use of the Tesseract, I was wondering if we may be able to sit down and talk about the experience and what you might remember? Unless it would be too painful for you, I know you're still adjusting…" Angel said tentatively, wincing internally that she might have said something to anger the Captain.
Steve smiled, "It would be a pleasure, maybe there is something useful in my head that we don't know about."
"That's not all that's useful about you Captain…" Sharon muttered again, fighting to keep a chuckle from escaping. Angel through a disbelieving look in her friend's direction.
"Why don't we find somewhere else to speak Captain? We can make ourselves comfortable, I don't know how long this will take." She asked, trying to use her natural charm to her best advantage.
"I have some time, how about we talk over breakfast?" He suggested.
"It's a date." Angel said with a smile.
"You bet your ass it's a date." Sharon muttered again and smirked. Angel's eyes widened while Captain looked over at her friend confusedly, "Let's go now!" She grabbed what she needed and guided Captain to the door, throwing a look over her shoulder at Sharon.
As soon as the door closed, Sharon let out an amused giggle and shook her head: her friend had it bad.
"You seem to like teasing your friend." A voice said from behind her. Sharon whirled around to find Barton leaning on the wall looking at her.
"I wasn't aware that I was going to have SHEILD agents sneaking up and spying on me," She said, sizing him up with her eyes.
"Just observing your work, I'm sure your game of tetris is detrimental to the Tesseract and needs a great mind like yours."
Sharon raised an eyebrow and leaned back in her chair, "I'm not allowed my amusements?"
Barton held his hands up in a peace gesture, "Just making an observation."
"An observation that questions my intellect and character." Sharon said, narrowing her eyes, "Do you have a problem with me Agent Barton?"
"I'm curious, how to two fine arts students become the heads of a science based mission." Clint said, meandering around Sharon's desk.
Sharon didn't answer, she followed him with her eyes and watched his every move, "I see, so you have a problem with being kept out of the loop. Seems like you and Tony have a lot of issues with control."
Barton leaned over her desk, placing his hands palms down on the surface and looked her straight in the eye, "I don't know what you're hiding or why you're here. For some reason Director Fury trusts you enough to head this. I'm going to tell you now that I'm going to find out why and what it is that you are hiding from the rest of us."
Sharon leaned forward in her chair, bringing her face close to Clint's until they were only a few inches away, "Bring it on cupcake."
With that she stood and walked out with a smirk on her face, leaving a dumbstruck Clint in the same spot. He smiled and chuckled, mystery or not, the girl was affecting him in more than one way…
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Alasiel