Round 5

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Second Fill: Seriously, why did I write this? (2/5)

[lunik_the_bard]

Jane was having a problem. Of course, all her hard work these past months, years, had been for the sake of scientific advancement. Jane was a professional, and a scientist, and she wasn't the kind who would elevate humankind's understanding of the universe for a boy.

But the boy was part of it. Which was why Jane was... not angry, but at least a little disgruntled that SHIELD had locked her boyfriend away in a facility to be vetted and retrained as a superhero. "It's from way up top." She said, in a voice that definitely wasn't whining. "Apparently, Director Fury himself is insisting that he needs to be properly schooled."

"That is so mean of him." Darcy was still completely focused on her iPod, but she sounded sympathetic. Even with the ghost of a smirk floating around her lips that Jane chose to ignore.

"Well," she said regretfully, "at least he won't keep smashing coffee cups this way."

That was definitely a smirk, and Jane was definitely ignoring it. She was just turning back to her work when there was a knock at the open door of the office. Darcy looked up, and gasped. "Bro!"

Surprised, Jane looked over. In the door was a young man, couldn't have been older than about eighteen, maybe nineteen, with a look on his face that was halfway between sheepish and mulish. Some kind of four-legged animal, thought Jane, but she couldn't think why she thought that. He was tall, the kind of spindly looking tall that made him feel like he'd grown too fast for his body to keep up, with dark curly hair and long delicate features. If Jane looked close enough, she could see a very definite family resemblance with Darcy.

"I thought I told you to wait outside the complex?" Darcy was saying. "How did you get in here anyway?"

The boy shrugged. "I'm quicker than anyone who was watching. And you said you'd be out half an hour ago. I'm rubbish at waiting." His accent was strange, but Jane couldn't place it. It was like he was aiming to match Darcy's accent, but concentrating too closely on the words. Curious, Jane looked back and forth between the two of them. Two years, she'd known Darcy now, and she'd had no idea she had a brother. He jerked his chin towards Jane. "Who is this?"

"This is my boss," Darcy said with an odd inflection in her voice. "Jane, this is my little brother Simon."

Simon looked uncertain, and Jane smiled reassuringly. "Hi, Simon. It's a pleasure to meet you." She held out her hand to shake.

Simon regarded it uneasily for a second, but at Darcy's meaningful nod he took hold of Jane's fingers for the briefest moment possible before releasing them. "Is she a mortal like the rest of them?" he asked Darcy.

Darcy gave a theatrical eye-roll. "Yes, we're all peons around here. Geez, wear more eyeliner, dork boy."

Jane tried to smile understandingly. Great. Darcy's brother was a goth boy who broke into government facilities like it wasn't hard to do. Well, Jane could sort of relate -- everyone had a little rebellious phase in their teenage years. Jane herself had spent an entire year threatening her parents that she would specialise in Steady State theory instead of Chaotic Inflation.

Simon narrowed his eyes. "If she's only mortal, why is she your boss?" Jane grit her teeth and carried right on smiling. Darcy smacked her brother upside the back of his head.

"She's my boss because I like her, dumbass. And she works for SHIELD these days, so that's all kinds of awesome."

"Fine, okay! Geez." Simon rubbed his head resentfully. "When I've conquered this realm, you can be your own boss again, anyway."

"O-kay!" said Darcy brightly, and a little too quickly. "We need to get you a caramel macchiato. Listen, boss, I gotta bounce." She grabbed Simon by the shoulders, spun him around and started shoving him out the door. Jane nodded and waved them both goodbye.

As they left, Simon poked his head back around the door frame. "It was nice meeting you, Jane. When I rule this place with an iron hoof, I'll make sure you're treated well." Darcy clapped a hand over his mouth and dragged him out of view.

Jane chuckled as she returned to her work. Simon seemed like a sweet kid. Hopefully next time they met he wouldn't be hell bent on world domination.