Love & War

Chapter 4

A/N: Hello again! I just wanted to let you know (cause my sister asked me this) the songs that I post in the header usually dont have much to do with the chapter, per se. Its more the song that helped me write the chapter. Music is a huge help to me, keeping me focused and centered, so Im usually listening to that or tom hiddleston reading poetry. Ok, enjoy.

Dinner was a lot of fun so far. Anna was kinda sad to see that Elsa couldn’t make it to the outing, but since she had an extra day, she decided to go see her tomorrow. It was just her and the Avengers at dinner. She was pleasantly surprised to meet Scarlett, Chris Evans, and Mark Ruffalo when they got there.

Since she was situated between Tom and Robert, Robert flirted with her half the night, and because she knew it was all in fun, she flirted back. Anna spent most of her time with guys so she was used to the gentle ribbing that happened. She found that, yet again, Chris invited her into a group of people that accepted her into the fold within minutes. It was great.

“So Belle, my lovely, tell us, what brings you to our neck of the woods today?” As Robert asked her the whole group focused on her, waiting for her answer.

She took a healthy drink of her white wine before she answered. “One of my teammates, Mark, got killed in combat last week. I was granted a one day leave to escort him home, and attend the funeral.” They all murmured their condolences to her. “It’s fine. I hate to sound jaded, but it happens. Considering that my team is one of the best, we get used a lot. We see more than our share of action.”

Robert, trying to lighten the mood asked her if they had code names. “I figure you have to have code names, so what are yours and your teams?”

This made her laugh out loud. “Yes, we have code names. But if I tell you I have to kill you,” Anna replied with a wink. That earned a round of chuckles. “Seriously, gorgeous, what are they? They’ve gotta be good if the team is Valkyrie.”

“Ok. Ok.” She laughs, “Mine is Odin. My right hand Charlie is Loki. Max is Thor. Mark was Stark. We have a new kid joining; I’m not sure what it’s going to be. Probably newbie for a while, at least until I can evaluate him.”

“So you’re either a Marvel fan, or you really like Norse Mythology,” the other Chris pipes in.

“Funny that you say that, actually, one of my degrees includes a Masters in Norse Mythology; but we are all a bit geeky over Marvel,” Anna responds with a laugh. “A Masters… wait, did you say one of your degrees? How many do you have?” Chris Evans replies. Anna informs them all of her three degrees; Masters in Norse Mythology, Masters in Business Management, and a Bachelors in General Arts.

Robert interjects, “Ok, so we now know your smart, but can we go back to the ‘being geeky over Marvel’ comment. I wanna know who your favorite is. Please let it be Stark” He fake whispers the last bit.

“Oh, no. I am definitely not answering that one! Nope, nope that’s too embarrassing, especially with the person who made me love the character is sitting here. Nope.” Her face turns a crimson red.

“I bet it’s me,” RDJ tells the group.

“You would be wrong” she chuckles. “But I do like what you’ve done with him.”

“Oh, come on sweetheart, just whisper it to me” Before Anna could reply her phone, that had been sitting on the table in front of her, went off with a notification. “I am Loki of Asgard and I-“, she slammed her palm on her phone shutting it off before it could continue.

“Well that answers that,” he joked with her as Chris Evans yells “Really?” across the table. He reaches in his pocket, pulls a 20$ bill out and throws it at Jeremy with a “you suck, dude”.