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WITH A SMILE SMILE, you watched as Thor helped Jane down from the ladder, revelling in the cuteness while you made your way towards the entrance to the lab. You barely set foot inside before you were tackled.
Aaron's body collided with yours in a massive hug that knocked the wind out of you, allowing you to only get the tiniest of giggles out as you hugged him back.
"I missed you, too."
"How are you, love?"
"Good," you smiled, pulling away and rubbing your hand at the back of his head affectionately. "Thor and I had a training session last night, and I think it's safe to say that I won't be shutting down any cities anytime soon."
Aaron laughed happily. "That's great!"
"What's great?" Selvig asked, shuffling into the kitchen area tiredly.
You and Aaron shared a look before you swiftly covered up; things might have been better, but you still weren't entirely comfortable with broadcasting your abilities to the world.
"Oh, that problem I left to take care of? It's all sorted."
Which technically wasn't a lie.
Selvig nodded in understanding, rubbing his eyes. "Nice to hear your great-aunt is okay."
Smiling at the older man, you sneaked a wink at Aaron - garnering a beautiful smile in response - and turned to make some coffee.
Ten minutes later, the rest of your group had joined you, and four of you were sitting at the table, sipping coffee while Thor and Jane prepared the eggs for breakfast.
Jane scooped the eggs from the hotplate and placed them on the plates, which Thor carried over and placed in front of each of you.
"Thanks," Darcy beamed.
"You're very welcome," Thor bowed his head and pulled up a seat for himself, Jane joining with a couple more plates.
The lot of you proceeded to dig in, while across the street on the roof of one of the buildings, Agents Garrett and Cale surveyed your group, bored out of their wits. Cale watched you through the lab windows with binoculars and Garrett listened to the comm.
"They want an update," he said, turning to Cale.
"Tell them he's eating eggs."
"Scrambled or fried?" Garrett asked, getting a glare from his colleague before speaking into the comm, "Target is eating eggs, sir. We'll keep you posted."
