𝙰𝚗𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝚁𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚜

Tony and the Loyal Agent

Summary:

Maria Hill does not like Tony Stark.

But she'll put up with him for the sake of her agents.

She'll put up with him because Fury told her too.

She'll put up with him through the Data Dump aftermath, through Ultron, through the Civil War...

At some point, she stops just 'putting up' with him...

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Maria Hill: Part 1

Maria didn't like Tony Stark. She'd never liked Tony Stark. But she'd agreed to take the job under him so that she could continue to protect the now vulnerable agents of SHIELD. Fury had also asked her to keep an eye on Stark but honestly, her priority was the burned agents they were desperately trying to rescue.

So no, Maria Hill didn't like Tony Stark.

He was loud and arrogant, he thought he was God's gift to women, he had an ego the size of his skyscraper and in general, she just couldn't stand him.

At all.

But she'd suck it up for the agents.

However...

She didn't expect this.

"What's the percentage of extracted agents?" Stark barked, walking fast enough that she almost had to run to keep up. Potts walked beside him like she was perfectly used to this, head bent over her tablet.

"Currently at fifty-two percent Sir," the AI answered.

"Rhodey what's the situation with the military?" Stark switched to the conversation on his comm unit before cursing. "Make it happen Rhodey! We need to get those agents out before they get captured! I don't care what you have to promise. As long as it's not weapons do it so we can get the green light. Pepper-"

"I've opened up a total of one hundred and five positions in the Tower, another two hundred and fifty-four in California, three hundred and ninety-two at various sites around the country and we have an estimated four hundred open in other countries."

Stark nodded sharply. "Families extracted JARVIS?" he demanded.

"Eighty-five percent."

"Fuck we need to get the rest out," he muttered. "We can't have much more time. Have you grabbed what you can off the internet?"

"I have Sir but most of the information was accessed before I could scrub the files."

Stark cursed again and made a sharp turn into his lab.

"Tony, you're on bed rest, you just had heart surgery," Potts' tone was sharp.

Maria's eyes widened slightly at the information. They'd known that Stark had been to the hospital following the Mandarin debacle, but she hadn't known it was that serious.

"I'm fine Pepper. Fine enough for this at least." He settled himself at the computer, the screens lighting up. "Let's get hacking J. We need to get as much of that information out of dangerous hands as possible."

"Of course Sir."

With that, Stark ignored them, diving into his work.

Maria glanced at Potts who inclined her head to the side. "We've got people to place in the company Miss Hill," she ordered. "We can't help with the computer side of things."

Maria nodded and fell into step behind the redhead.

She glanced back at Stark once.

It was certainly unexpected. She still didn't like Stark, but she'd admit that he was a lot more effective than she thought.