Ophelia's Daughter (Steve X OC)

Chapter 4 - Chinese Food

I make it to the Avengers kitchen and make myself a quick turkey sandwich. I grab a bottle of juice and a bag of chips and sit on the table. It didn't take long for someone to sit with me. He didn't say anything. He just looked at me. I didn't recognize him which only meant one thing. This guy was Clint. He had a black skin tight vest, showing off his muscular arms. He had dirty blonde hair and wrinkles evident on his forehead and edges of his eyes.

"Hi..." I say nervously.

"Who are you?" His serious tone catching me slightly off guard. I felt like I was going to be scolded for something I didn't do. His tone reminded me of HYDRA soldiers that would watch me, train me...beat the fuck out of me...

"Agent Aspen.... Tony hired me." I nervously take a bite of my sandwich. I know he won't hurt me. I trust Tony and Steve to not put me in a dangerous situation. He leans back on his chair crossing his arms glaring at me. "Okay..um...what?"

"Agents eat downstairs, I was wondering why you are eating up here?" He squints at me

"um..uh...well.....Tony said, that this, is part of my, new living quarters..My room is on the Avengers floor." I look down at my plate..he gives me anxiety. He just kept staring at me while I ate..

"Clint..oh my god, can you not do this with her, she's nice" Natasha walks in grabbing a bottle of water from the fridge and sitting next to me. I become calmer, my shoulders sink down in relaxation just knowing Natasha was here.

"What? what is he doing?" Slowly Clint started to smile and burst out laughing. I was so confused...

"I was kidding, I know who you are." He grabs a piece of my chips and crossed his arms with a smile. uh....Boundaries? 

"He does this to every new agent here. Don't mind him." Natasha reassured me. 

"I just like to mess with the new recruits by acting like a hard ass. I heard through the grape vine you disarmed Bucky's...well arm" I look at him surprised. Oh thank god, I was about to have heart palpitations.

"How? Th...that...just happened?" I take a sip of my juice.

"Good news travels fast here. And great news like that, oh, that is going to stick around for a while." Natasha said chuckling. "Was it that part on his bicep you told him he needed to fix?" I nod and she bursts into laughter. "God I wish I saw that, wait..FRIDAY did you have the training session between Agent Aspen and Steve recorded?"

"Yes Ms. Romanoff. As per Steve Rogers request" Natasha presses her eyebrows together in a question she doesn't say out loud. Just as quickly as she furrowed her brows, her face was back to normal.

"Oh yea, this is going to be good. Play it on Holo" She says excitedly. A hologram pops up on the middle of the table above my food. They watch through some training. Natasha glances at me for a second when Steve fixed my defense position. I looked away avoiding her gaze. "Blah blah boring, skip forward to when Bucky gets on the mat" She says. Once he has his arm wrapped around my neck Clint and Natasha get closer to see better. They both scream 'OH' and start cracking up. I shake my head. Boy these people are something else. "Thanks FRIDAY" The hologram turns off.

"That, was amazing!" Clint says pointing towards where the hologram was, trying to ease his laughter.

"Very hot, actually" Natasha looks at me with sultry eyes. I have to look away because I can feel myself blushing. I wasn't sure if she was calling what I did to Bucky hot, or the moment Steve lingered on my waist hot.

"What was very hot?" Sam walks in looking around. "Hey librarian."

"Aspen kicking Bucky's ass without even moving" Clint looks up at Sam with a big grin.