Ipod shuffle challenge
Drabble Shuffle Challenge
1. Pick your fandom/couple/crossover
2. Turn on your music player and put it on shuffle (random)
3. Write a drabble inspired by the track playing.
4. Write ten drabbles for ten songs.
Author: Merigirl
Fandom: Avengers, Thor
Pairing: Darcy x Steve
Rating: Pg-13
Summary: the drabbles are connected and tell the story of Darcy being accidentally sent back in time by the tesseract and meeting Steve.
Disclaimer: Don't own Steve, Darcy, Bucky, Phil or anyone in the Marvel Movie Universe. I'm just playing about trying to get my writing muse back. This took two days to get done but hey I wrote something.I’d blame fanmixes for my musical taste but really it’s always been eclectic. I played the song through before playing again to start writing. I wanted to get the feel of the song to pull story threads from my head to write down.
1. Mockingbird- Anias Mitchell
If anyone had told her a year ago that she would be working for a super secret organisation before she finished college Darcy would have laughed and told them to stop watching Men in Black because it wouldn’t happen. But then an alien god fell from the sky and a giant fire breathing decepticon six months ago and she found herself under the watchful eye of Son of Coul.
Which lead her here on Agent Coulson’s orders to act as Dr. Selvig mother bird lab assistant working on the Tessaract project. It wasn’t difficult unless Selvig was in a mood like today. Darcy huffed and popped her ipod ear buds in, selected Coulson’s American Heroes playlist and began picking up paperwork in the blue glow of the tessaract. She had been hanging around with Coulson far too much lately as she thought over the documentary on Captain America and the Howling Commandos she watched the night before.
That’s when her world fell apart and rearranged itself again. A light brighter than she could look at emanated from the cube as she got close and the world began to spin as she fell.
2. Kiss With a Fist; Florence + the Machine
Darcy fell to her knees in a puddle of rain water in a dark alley, vomiting and wiping her face on her lab coat as she stripped it off. A newspaper stuck to the ground reads Monday the 23, 1943. ‘What?’
“Hey there doll.” Shouted a slurred voice as Darcy clambered to her feet.
“I don’t want anything to do with you. Leave me alone and I won’t hurt you.”
“Give us a kiss darling.” The slurred voice sad as the man stepped nearer reeking of booze and cigarettes and grabbed Darcy’s arm.
“Goddamn it.” Darcy swore at the same time a voice down the alley shouted. “Hey leave the lady alone!”
Darcy had had enough though twisting her body to throw her knee into her attacker’s groin and dropping him like a sack of potatoes. She kicked him in the head as he whimpered on the ground. “Asshole.” She muttered as two shapes materialized from the dark, one whistling low and grinning the other looking blond and worried.
3. Girl From the North Country- The Lions
“Are you alright ma’am?” Blond and worried asked as Darcy narrowed her eyes at him, taking in the dress uniform he wore. “Can we walk you home? It’s not safe at night.” He smiled tentatively.
“I think the dame can take care of herself.” The shorter darker man leered.
“Bucky!”
“Look I’m fine. Just tell me where I am and I will be on my way.”
“Um . It’s It’s not...”
“What my friend here is trying to say is that the streets of London are no place for a damn, even one who can take care of herself. I’m Sergeant James Barnes but you can call me Bucky. This here is Captain Steve Rogers.”
Oh....Captain Roger... oh shit. “Captain America?” Darcy thought scrambled for something to say as Barnes held out his hand and Captain Rogers’ cheeks coloured slightly.
“Yes ma’am. Pleasure to meet you Miss?”
“Oh Darcy....Louise Darcy.”
“Nice to meet you Lulu.” Barnes smiled what Darcy assumed was his most charming smile. Darcy just rolled her eyes.
4. Live to Rise- Soundgarden
The lies were starting to spin Darcy’s head but it was 1943, she was lost in time and terrified of the consequences of stepping on butterflies and changing history. Her history. If she was indeed back in time, and not in some parallel universe, jet lagged by seven decades. “Fuck.” Darcy was smart and resourceful. If something was there to be found she would find it. She was a master at paperwork, that’s why Coulson hired her.
“Red Skull, tessaract and Captain America.” Darcy muttered as she shuffled through letters and maps on the makeshift desk of the tent she had occupied.
“What are you doing here Miss Darcy? Louise?” Was bitten out roughly as Darcy looked up pen dangling from her lips and her fingertips brushed at the pistol at her hip.
“Jesus Cap! You shouldn’t startle a girl like that. It’ll get you shot one day.”
“It already has.” Steve muttered
“I told you. I have to be here.”
“It’s a war. It’s no place for a lady.”
“Yeah well I don’t see you telling your Agent Carter to go knit some lace. I’m here and I’m staying here.” Darcy glared at Steve.
“It’s not safe. You shouldn’t be here Lu.”
“Tell me about it.” Darcy groused tilting her head back to glare at Steve. “I’m not your problem Rogers. “ Darcy stepped around Steve and stomped out of the tent. Steve dropped down onto his cot and rubbing his dirt smeared face.
5. Jolene (cover)- Ellie Goulding
Darcy watched from a dark corner as Agent Carter spoke quietly with Captain Rogers, it should have been sweet and romantic and sad but it just made Darcy feel irrationally angry. Darcy bit her lip and looked away catching Bucky’s eye as her finger tips traced the grooves in the rough tabletop.
“Hey Lulu.”
“Shut it Bucky.”
“Come on doll, what’s wrong? Tell your ol’ pal Bucky.”
“Nothing’s wrong. Everything is shiny Sarg.” Darcy replied avoiding Bucky’s gaze but unable to keep her lips from quirking slightly.
“Come on Lulu. Or should I guess?” Bucky leaned forward slightly eyes dancing wickedly. “It’s Steve isn’t it? You’re in love with my best friend. My heart is broken.”
“No..no no no. I’m not. I can’t be. I just can’t be. No.” Darcy spluttered, cheeks burning red as she glance around to see if anyone heard fingers wrapping around the mug of coffee like substance in front of her. “God I’m so stupid. He belongs with Agent Carter. He needs to be happy.” ‘while it lasts’ went unsaid, and if she choked on her words Bucky didn’t remark. “Don’t you dare say anything to him Bucky or I will kill you slowly with a rusty spoon.” She threatened eyes darting from Bucky’s grinning face to Steve and Peggy.