RISING (Steve Rogers/Peter Parker fanfic) • COMPLETED

XXV - Agent

  I would call Fitz, but I didn't have my phone with me so that wasn't an option to begin with. The only possible way to speak with him would be to go to S.H.I.E.L.D., but that seemed risky too.

  This was all far from the life I've always dreamed to have and couldn't continue to do it this way.

"What are you thinking about?" Steve asked me realising I was too focused on planning something in my head.

"That I got no chance"

"What do you mean?"

"That maybe I should do what they want and become a great agent of S.H.I.E.L.D."

"You're going to give in like that?"

"There is nothing else I can do, Steve. This is a lost battle"

"You have no idea of how mad I am at them for this"

  Part of this was good since it was clear that he didn't hate me like I thought he did. And we kissed. I was only hoping that he wasn't regretting it.

"They only want me to be prepared for the worst. They have good intentions" I said upset.

"They shouldn't be forcing someone to become what they want. You're valid, you deserve to make the choice. It's ridiculous how they're more worried about this than-"

"What?"

"So this is why you had that crazy couple after you?"

"Yes. I guess they're inhumans too or at least had a way to know I was one. I think they wanted to kill me only because of it"

"Everything makes sense now"

"What happened to them?"

"That is a great question we should ask Coulson"

"Right. I'm going there"

"You're going where?"

"To S.H.I.E.L.D."

"No, Riley. I can't let you do that. They might hurt you"

"It started with being their decision, but it became mine"

"Are you sure about this?"

"Yes, let's get trained" I said confident.

"I will take you there"

  Steve grabbed two helmets and took me on his motorcycle to S.H.I.E.L.D. I didn't know how much I missed this comfort and feeling of being so close to him.

He gave me the confidence I needed to do this and see things differently even though he didn't actually agree with what I was doing. He still supported me.

  We stopped at my place so I could change my clothes and grab some things. Steve really ruined my door when he broke in the other day which he promised to fix. Nice of him, I guess.

I did all I had to do in my apartment and surprisingly no one showed up and nothing strange happened, so we went to S.H.I.E.L.D.

Believe it or not, my boss, Coulson, and Daisy were in the office working like a regular day of the past, as if nothing had happened between them and I. That was very suspicious to me.

"Hi" I said.

"Hi Riley" Coulson said smiling.

Everyone in the office was looking at me.

"Hi Riley, I hope you feel better now! Daisy told us about the food poisoning. I had the same not long ago, I know how bad it is" A colleague of ours said to me.