Earned Trust

chapter 1

"Who wants the first plate?" Natasha asked while she was placing her homemade lasagna on the plate in the kitchen.
"I do, obviously." Clint said and rushed to get his plate. Everybody loved Nat's lasagna. Without a doubt it was the most delicious food in the house, if you didn't include pizza of course.

"What about you, Y/N?" Nat bid you with the other plate in her hands. You walked over her and grabbed the plate from her with a kind smile.
"Wouldn't trade it even for pizza." you chuckled and it even earned a laugh from Nat.

"Hey, don't underestimate pizza's power." Clint snarled at you while you sat down across from him. Nat gave him a glare from the kitchen and Clint already regretted his words. You laughed from aside.
"Did someone say pizza?" Tony asked curiously as he walked in with Steve and Bruce behind him. You laughed and shook your head at those hopeless pizza lovers.
"No, but I have lasagna in here, if you'd like." Nat laughed and took few plates and handed them to Tony.

They all were more than happy to accept the plate and eat one of their favorite dishes. And the whole team gathered together around the table to enjoy this delicious meal.

"When's Thor coming back?" Nat asked while she shoved lasagna into her mouth. Thor had been in Asgard for couple of days and he was supposed to come home today.
"I assume that any minute now, there was one last delay before he could've return." Steve replied.

"What delay?" Clint wondered, which made you all turn your eyes at Steve curiously, wondering as well.
Steve finished his last bite and then cleared his throat with water before he spoke.
"Odin, Thor's father, had asked him for a favor." he explained. But it was a way too short to be a good explanation, so the team wanted more answers.

"Was it something very important?" Tony spoke up and stood up to take more lasagna from the kitchen.
"Yes it was, and that's why he contacted me yesterday." Steve replied.

"We're getting a new avenger."

"Excuse me, what?" Bruce asked in little shock. He didn't like surprises at all and you all were aware of it.
You instead, listened this conversation from aside, curiously surveying like usual.
"Who?" Clint was more excited than shocked, he always loved new challenges.
"I assume you all know Thor's brother, Loki." Steve started, but then Tony walked back and sat down, interrupting him. "Don't say that he is joining us?" he grumbled with pungent look in his eyes.

Steve nodded.

"Why didn't you tell us first?" Nat asked, sounding little upset about the fact that Steve had made this decision on his own. You were a team after all.
"Just because I knew you would act like that." Steve protested while pointing them with his fork. Tony rolled his eyes.
"Of course we would, he might be dangerous and..." Tony started, but Steve lifted his hand up as a sign to be silent.
"And we should give him a chance." he added and looked at Tony.

You saw that Steve really was serious with this, and maybe all of you really should trust him for once. He wasn't the Captain America for nothing.

While the others kept arguing, you noticed a new scent. Or it wasn't that new, you knew well whose it was. It was Thor's scent in the elevator.
You had learned through the year to recognize your team member's scents, pretty well actually.
But there was also a new scent you didn't recognize, and it also came from the elevator. You assumed that the new scent was his brother's, and now they were heading up in here.

You felt your inner wolf, wanting to get out and defend you from this new stranger. So you stood up and immediately got Nat's attention.
"What's wrong?" she asked with concern in her voice. She had stood up as well and were now standing right next to you.
"Thor, he's coming." you told her.