Ezra POV

"Well...I don't know if I should tell you it is classified." I smiled slyly.

"Classified really? Since when has that ever stopped you?" Rachel retorted with a raised eyebrow.

"Since it can get people killed, plus it annoys people," I replied with a smirk, I'll make her work for the answer to her question.

"If you must be so secretive," Rachel laid her palm flat on the table, "Then I will just have to charm it out of you." Rachel raised her hand slightly, a red shimmer flowing from it and right into my head.

"Now, now that was naughty," I tutted, a smirk forming on my face. Rachel looked at me in surprise then down to her hands and back at me again, my smirk grew wider. Oh this was so much fun.

"Oh, it must be incredibly embarrassing," Her near black eyes sparkled, "Especially as you are so reluctant to tell me." Her smirk was incredibly alike Loki's.

"I don't know, I'd be embarrassed about my performance issues if I was you. I heard Loki has the same problem as one in every five men, so what's your excuse?" I grinned. Check and mate.

Rachel had taken a mouthful of tea as I spoke, and she spat it out with a gasp. She looked at me, speechless and unsure of what exactly to say. "I would not say he has performance issues," she said slyly. There was a look in her eye.

"Hmm, not what I heard." I continue, "But believe what makes you happy." I smile at her innocently, taking a sip from my hot chocolate.

She just shakes her head at me, smiling softly, though I noticed her hand stray to the silver snowflake around her neck. "Please can you just tell me?"

Sighing at the loss of my fun, I take pity on her. "Ok, ok but it is not very exciting or romantic, pretty boring actually."

She laughed, "You never were very romantic." She waved her hand at me as she took another sip of her tea. "Go on then, you're just dying to tell me."

"Hmph, I'm very romantic thank you very much," I couldn't resist one last tease, "we meet through a mutual friend."

"Unbelievable," she shook her head at me in disbelief, "Go on already, I have a long life span but not this long." She jested.

Laughing I decide to relent, I had teased her enough already. I began my epic tale of epicness.

I was just a normal day at SHIELD, Fury was yelling at the new recruits, Maria Hill was standing on the bridge over seeing operations and I was newly returned from assignment only two days ago, already bored and spying on people.

During my spying, I overhead two Agents conversing about a subject that would leave them bruised, broken and out of the job in the near future.

"Did you hear that that traitorous bastard is back from his last mission?" The red haired one asked the other.

"Hawkeye?" The other replied "Yeah, I don't know why they keep him around, he betrayed us once so he'll do it again."

"If it was up to me, he would be either dead or in the deepest, darkest place that I can find."

"You're too nice, I would have him tortured to within an inch of his life and then heal him only to torture him again and then repeat until he died."

Laughing, the red head agreed that that was a better idea and the second man joined in. I was furious by this point, and decided to give them part of their wish, by beating them to within an inch of their lives. If they were lucky that would be all I'd do for insulting my best friend. They weren't.

After I finished dealing with the ingrates, I had a sudden need to see Hawkeye, so informed Maria of the two now ex-agents that would have to be dealt with and was on my way.

For a bit of pay back I decided to take the vents and drop out of them, and on to Clint. But first I had to find out where he was, accessing the system and finding his whereabouts was a simply enough task. With this knowledge I climbed into the closest vent access point and made my way toward him.

Now it must be mentioned that I am an excellent agent and spy, but at this particularly moment I was too excited to pay attention to my surroundings as I hadn't seen Clint in a long long time. He lived with the Avengers now and went on most of his assignments with them, few by himself and fewer still that would require him to report in person to SHIELD. That should have been my first clue.

Sneaking as quietly as possible to the edge of the vent opening, spying Clint sitting directly below. I smirked, he should have known better than to stand there but as he usually is the only one to prowl around in the vents. As quick as a cheetah I removed the grating and jumped into Clint's lap, giving him a huge kiss on his cheek laughing and hugging him.

Quickly recovering from his shock he smiled and hugged me back. It was then I heard snickering coming from another area in the room, I turned my head to see all of the other Avengers sitting around the table. Nat was looking unimpressed, as usual, but the glint in her eyes expressed her amusement, Cap was staring shocked at us mouth gaping like a fish, Bruce was the one who snickered and his amusement was easily read on his face and Tony he was smiling his most charming smile with a glint in his eyes that I could not read.

It was at this moment that Fury decided to make his appearance in the form of slamming the doors open while shouting. "Shadow Fox! What the Hell are you doing? And what's this I hear about you almost beating two of our agents to death?"

Dead silence followed.

"Hm? Me? I don't know what you are talking about, it must have been the other Shadow Fox." I could see the vein pulsing on his forehead by this point. "Anyway I'm sure they deserved whatever they got."

Before anyone had the chance to reply I kissed Clint on the check again saying, "Sorry but I got to go, you know things to do and stuff to steal, don't be a stranger now Gwador." I then jumped off him and made a quick exit before Fury blew his top.

It was later that week when I received a call from Clint to come visit the Avengers tower.

"And so I visited and never left." I finished. "Not that they would let me, they even have a tracking device on me so if I go too far way or leave for too long, they can get me and drag me back." I said deadly seriously.

Little did Rachel know that I was joking, and with the look of utter horror on her face I think she will be having words with the Avengers, soon. Oh this is gonna be fun!