The Weakness

14

I flipped through files, reading about events of the last century. Hydra, Stark Industries, Gamma Radiation(which I made a mental note to look dither into), and smaller things like basic neurology and lithium dioxide.
"What is it you want me to do exactly?" I asked, looking up at who I'd been told was Agent Hill.
"Your job is to learn everything about Earth for right now. Then, I'm not sure what Fury has planned for you." She said. I nodded and read through a file about the tesseract. I remember Odin saying something when I was younger about it being in Midguard.
"So the tesseract is certainly infamous." I said. "The Red Skull, Hydra, and now you people."
"No one ever said SHIELD was-"
"It's quite obvious." I said. "Erik Selvig would be a good man for that job." I didn't say another word as I caught up on events.

The Next Day

I looked around, then put the Gamma Radiation file into a separate place.
I looked around again, just to be sure there wasn't any SHIELD agents about.
Thankfully, there wasn't.
I put the other files back into their correct places, then filled a blank file with paper and put it where Gamma Radiation should be.
I heard a door open and footsteps nearing me.
"So you're Erin." A male voice said. I turned to see a man with short clipped brown hair and blueish green eyes standing there.
"Yes." I said. "Who might you be?"
"Agent Barton." He said simply.
"Oh. Hello." I said. I half smiled at him. "You obviously know who I am."
"Yep. Sorry about that. You're kind of the subject of talk around here." Agent Barton said. I furrowed my eyebrows.
"What?" I asked, leaning against the desk.
"You're from Asgard. It's not like people aren't going to talk." Barton said.
"What sort of talk?" I ask.
"Well. Some of it is that you're with Thor...?" Barton raises his eyebrows.
"I am on his side, yes. He is my...half brother." I bite my lip, a pang slicing through me.
"Oh." Barton scratched the back of his head. "That's not what they thought." I narrowed my eyes.
"What did 'they' think? That I was in affairs with Thor?" I asked, tilting my head. Barton nodded sheepishly.
"Yeah." He said, looking down. He glanced up and raised an eyebrow. "You aren't, are you?" I laughed and shook my head.
"No." I smiled.