By the Side of the Road [A LOKI FANFIC]

Green Eyes

In which we meet our main heroine, who has coffee. Oh, and there's a homeless guy, too.

The homeless man by the side of the road had the most beautiful green eyes.

Well, at least that was the thought running through Kenna's mind as she pushed her way through the throngs of people making their daily commute. She was late for work, and so she'd only had time to drop a twenty dollar note into his almost empty cup, before she was swept along by the crowd. But that had been enough time for her to notice his dazzlingly vibrant irises, when he looked up, words of thanks on his lips. But when he realised who his benefactor was, his eyes had narrowed, and he'd gotten up, and moved as far away from her as he could.

Strange.

But there wasn't time for oddities now. There was coffee to order, paperwork to sort, bosses to please. So she tried to forget about his weird reaction to her face, (she wasn't that ugly, was she?) as she expertly juggled cups of boiling caffeine with far too little hands. She was good at it, though, and she just about managed to make it into the lobby of her workplace on time. Panting slightly, she set the disposable paper cups on the desk of the (rather bored looking) secretary, and hurried upstairs.

Completely breathless by now, she burst into her employer's office, and grinned at him. A reproachful glance is her only reply.

"What," she snapped, good naturedly, "No good morning?"

"You're late," he said, not bothering to look up.

"Nah, you just got here early to infuriate me," she retorted. He stuck his tongue out at her.

A few minutes later, she stood up, stretching, and deposited a stack of files on her boss' desk.

"All done," she said, cheerfully.

"But I only gave them to you today," he stated, incredulous.

"You complaining?" she teased.

"Nope," he said, popping the p, "just remembered why I love you so much."

"I like you too."

"Oooh," he said, and added, "The great Tony Stark has been friend-zoned."

"Well, there's a first time for everything," she replied.

"In that case, come to dinner with me."

"Nah."

"C'mon," Tony whined.

"Firstly," she said, holding up a finger, "I have a life. Secondly, you have a Pepper. Thirdly, I have plans."

"What plans?"

"I'm gonna sit at home pretending I have plans."

"Ouch," he said, feigning hurt, "I have feelings, you know."

"Keep telling yourself that, if it helps you sleep at night," she said, grinning, nonetheless.

"It doesn't," he said, and when she gave no reply but the raising of one eyebrow, added, "But you know what does?"

"Should I?"

"Yes. You should."

"Oh, do tell."

"With your accent, I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not," Tony complained.

"Me? Sarcastic? Never!" she exclaimed, pretending to be shocked.

"You are legally required to come to dinner with me."

"Which law's that?"

"Same one that says it's 'cause I'm Tony Stark."

"Ah," she said, definitely being sarcastic, "That law."

"So you're coming?"

"No. Anyway, what about Pepper?"

"Pepper won't mind," he said, winking at her. She knew he was bluffing though- Tony was nothing if not faithful to his assistant.

"Right," she deadpanned.

"So is that a yes?"

"I don't think my boyfriend would approve."

"You have a boyfriend?"

"You have a company to run?" Kenna shrugged, carelessly, "Oh dear, it seems like both of us are too busy."

"You know, you could have said you had a boyfriend all along, and saved me this embarrassment."

"Why on Earth would I do that? Besides, I can put on my CV that I finally managed to embarrass Tony Stark."

And that was how her day was normally.

Except, she couldn't get the man with those gorgeous green eyes out of her head.

A/N: So... I need comments, people. Comments feed my soul. SO COMMENT, GODDAMMIT!