Marvel Imagines

Jemma Simmons

Real Life Hermione:

*Set at S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy.* 

It was the first day of the semester and you were excited as you stepped into your sixth class of the day. It was a lab, which was your favorite type of class and you were already having a good day. The reason? The girl you had a crush on was in two of your previous five classes. The first thing you did when stepping into the lab was look around for her and there she was. Standing with rest of the students against the back wall was Jemma Simmons having a quiet conversation with her best friend Leo Fitz. You made your way through the lab stations to stand with the rest of class at the back, not too close to the girl that had your attention, but not too far away either. You stood in silence observing the students around you for a few minutes until the professor stepped into the room.

"Good afternoon class. As you may have noticed there are papers at each of the lab stations, these contain this semester's syllabus which we will be going over today. We will also be discussing preparations for next week's lab, but all that after I assign your lab partners..." Then he began listing off lab station numbers and two last names to go with each one. Eventually he made his way to yours. "...Lab Station 8, (Y/L/N) and Simmons." Oh No! You thought, you liked being in the same classes as her so that you could appreciate her from afar, but you had no idea how to talk to her. You took in a big breath and shuffled over to you lab station to stand next to Jemma. She smiled at you and you tried your best to smile back at her. Then she held out her hand to you.

"I'm Jemma!" You nervously took her hand an shook it.

"Hi, I'm (Y/N)." You answered quietly. She continued to smile at you, there was something in her eyes though that you couldn't identify.

"Your in my Advanced Molecular Bio class, right?" She noticed me. You couldn't believe that she actually recognized you, and it gave you a bit of confidence.

"Yeah, and New Theories in Quantum Mechanics." You responded while fiddling with your pen.

"Oh yes, that's right, you sit in the back?" You nodded and that's when the Professor called the class back to attention. He gave a quick introduction to the lab and syllabus, then began discussing what you needed to do to prepare for next week. Once he finished you were released early, before you left though Jemma turned back to speak to you again.

"I don't know about you, but I'm all for getting work done early. So, would you mind getting together after dinner to work on the lab?" Youshook your head. God, she was like the real life Hermione, and that accent was to die for.  

"I wouldn't mind at all. Where do you want to meet?" She smiled.

"Common room 304?" You nodded and gave her a smile.

"See you there." With that the two of you exited the lab and waved goodbye to each other.

*later that evening*

As you slowly finished your meal you had to keep reminding yourself to breathe. You were going to meet Jemma soon and you were freaking out about it. Jemma was really sweet and kind, but that was part of the problem. She was perfect, sweet, incredibly intelligent, and absolutely gorgeous. She intimidated you and you couldn't believe that you were going to be spending time with her tonight. Eventually you realized that you were just stalling and left the dining hall to go meet Simmons. As you made you way down the hall to Common Room 304, you kept clenching and unclenching your left fist and fiddling with the strap of your messenger bag with your other hand. Eventually you turned the corner and you spotted Jemma through the glass wall of the room. She caught a glimpse of you and waved at you with a smile. You smiled and waved back before opening the door and stepping through.

"Hey, (Y/N)!" She greeted. Her voice is so lovely.

"Hey, sorry I'm late." You said while putting your bag down and sitting down at the table across from her. 

"No worries, it gave me time to do some more studying for Molecular Bio." She seemed genuinely happy to have been doing homework.

"You seem to really enjoy your enjoy your homework." She giggled at this. Her laugh is adorable.

"Well, it gives me a sense of accomplishment, and when I love learning knew things." You smiled at her response.

"You sound like Hermione."She laughed.

"Is that a good or a bad thing?"

"It's definitely a good thing." Her smile widened even more and you could swear she was blushing a little. After this the two of you started to work on your lab. It turned out to be easier than either of you thought that it would be and you were done pretty quickly.

"Wow, I can't believe that we're already done." Jemma said while staring at the paper in front of her.

"Well, you did say you liked to get things done early." You responded and she looked back up at you.

"Um, yeah but..." She trailed off and looked back down at the paper

"'But' What?" You asked and she looked back up at you.

"Um...it's just that..." She paused for a minute then let out a quiet, frustrated groan. "It's nothing." She quickly shoved her paper and pencil in her bag, before getting up from the table. A burst of courage suddenly hit you and you reached for her hand, stopping her.

"What is it Jemma?" You looked up at her and tried to catch her eye. Eventually you did, causing her to sigh and it down.

"I...I'm really bad at flirting." You gave her a confused look and she bit her lip. Your heart was already beating incredibly fast as you waited for her to continued. "You're cute, you're incredibly smart which is saying something especially considering where we are, and I'm really glad that we now have an excuse to spend time together. I was also hoping that it would last longer so that I could figure out an excuse for us to hang out again." After her ramble was done you stared at her in awe. Oh my god, oh my god, this is happening. Holy mother of...what is happening?Did she just ask me out? Stop it (Y/N) she's staring at you. Answer her dammit! You're thoughts were a blur as you tried to put together a reasonable response.

"Yes." It was the only word you could get out.

"What?" She looked back at you in confusion.

"I mean...I...I suck at this whole flirting thing too and...do you..I don't know um." You paused, because this response was a train-wreck, then suddenly you burst out. "Do you want to hang out at the boiler room Saturday night?" She just stared at you for a second, then suddenly she smiled.

"I would love to." This made you smile in return. 

"Great." How you got here was kind of a mess, but now you had a date with the most beautiful girl at the academy and you couldn't be happier. Tonight was the start of something amazing. Points to the awkward nerd.