Stones and Glass Houses (Book 1)

🕷(82) Fighting for New Allies

Brooklyn POV-

This little 'internship' of sorts was starting to feel a lot like school. The week was almost over, and Brooklyn was already swarmed with paperwork that felt very much like homework.

It was a relief not to have to deal with someone like Lex Jr at times like these, in fact, Brooklyn and her three friends tended to keep to themselves, and the other teens or young adults were so busy trying to keep up with the meetings that they rarely noticed a Wayne and Stark were not trying to kill one another.

The Stark was beginning to grow used to being here, enjoying the music, the clashes in harmony of modern and traditional elements that could be found everywhere and seemed to give this country a special kind of charm.

Brook had even gone with Wanda and Steve to visit Bucky during the week a few times. They often shared more stories of their past, about the kills, the torture, even the occasional nightmares. Brooklyn was still not able to be as open as she was with Damian about that sort of stuff, but Grandpa Steve said it was good for Bucky to have someone to talk to, so she continued her visits as often as possible.

She'd even been able to see Bucky smile twice now, and they both had quite the time teasing Steve about Natasha that time she called to make sure he was doing alright.

Bucky was right, Steve was still stuck in the 40s and needed some severe help where flirting was concerned, unfortunately Brooklyn had no idea how to do that, Bucky was also stuck in the 40s, and Wanda was in her first relationship with a machine.

Still, Brook knew what Wanda and Bucky did not know, that Steve must've been doing something right for sestra to like him already. It was just fun to watch the old man blush.

She was also really staring to see Wakanda's vision for the future, of being able to use this technology for the betterment of the world. In a lot of ways, it was the opposite of what the Red Room had wanted her to do, a future to heal not to harm. 

This little trip, through soon coming to and end in a few days, was like a comforting push to the future Brooklyn was working towards...

Damian had been a little quiet today, but even he had taken the time after a meeting on ecological projects to say that perhaps this country would be the one that would save humanity from global warming.

While Yelena and Jon excused themselves to go to explore the city (per Jon's whining request), Brook and Damian were burdened with having to review actual paperwork, study propositions and try to make changes to them that would benefit both Wakanda and their companies.

The two had spent the last four days going to a little nook in the royal library, isolated from any other company heirs who took to doing their work there.

 In any case, if they were discovered together, they had a perfect excuse for such an arrangement. 

With each lesson they were given, it was often that the Wakandan representatives asked for the teens to pair up. Most chose to do so with whom they invited as their guest, but Jon had pleaded to be paired with Yelena since day one. 

That left the Stark and Wayne paired more often than not.

Teens had long since stopped staring their way waiting for a fight, and though the two still kept an act of looking bothered, they were both silently pleased to be working together.