whoaaaa that's so awesome!!! i mean not the part about HYDRA that's terrible like the worst but the stuff about the agent and the academy sound cool does that mean you applied?? i guess that makes sense they probably took you right away since you're like super smart
[ oh no, wow, too flattered by this random nerd child.
a pause. ]
Yeah? I mean, yeah, pretty much. My partner and I were the youngest acceptances, so.
[ KIND OF A BIG DEAL IT'S WHATEVER ]
She was top of the class, but she loves homework more than life itself, y'know. Total Hermione. But you must be up and coming, if Stark's got his eye on you. Surprised he even let you leave his building without signing something.
wooooooow that's awesome you mean dr. simmons-fitz right
[ the...the other one ]
hahaha yeah i can imagine that that's cool
[ except now fitz is complimenting him, which flusters him, but also talking about how he knows mr. stark, which DOUBLY flusters him, because. you know. spider-man. aka, as far as peter's concerned, the only reason tony stark ever noticed his existence in the first place. ]
uhhh not really lol i just won that grant contest thing not a huge deal
[ that's...incredible, actually. he tries to imagine the two of them as young as he is now, already so accomplished and smart that SHIELD noticed them. just them, no powers involved. ]
[ he softens entirely, then, thinking back to his first days with SHIELD — and with jemma, too. sixteen and achingly shy. ]
You're more outgoing than I was.
[ a beat. ]
Most of the interns know better than to take my "text this number if you need anything" as a genuine invitation. And if they pluck up the courage, they save it for brownnosing
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i mean
not the part about HYDRA
that's terrible
like
the worst
but the stuff about the agent and the academy sound cool
does that mean you applied?? i guess that makes sense
they probably took you right away since you're like super smart
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a pause. ]
Yeah?
I mean, yeah, pretty much.
My partner and I were the youngest acceptances, so.
[ KIND OF A BIG DEAL IT'S WHATEVER ]
She was top of the class, but she loves homework more than life itself, y'know. Total Hermione.
But you must be up and coming, if Stark's got his eye on you. Surprised he even let you leave his building without signing something.
[ a... compliment? ]
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that's awesome
you mean dr. simmons-fitz right
[ the...the other one ]
hahaha yeah i can imagine that
that's cool
[ except now fitz is complimenting him, which flusters him, but also talking about how he knows mr. stark, which DOUBLY flusters him, because. you know. spider-man. aka, as far as peter's concerned, the only reason tony stark ever noticed his existence in the first place. ]
uhhh not really lol
i just won that grant contest thing
not a huge deal
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[ the other one. ]
Pretty competitive, isn't it? Doubt the applications for a Stark placement dip below 100. And there was the recommendation letter from Miss Potts.
[ don't often get one she signs off on herself, now do they. ]
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yeah
she's really nice
[ ENOUGH! TALKING! ABOUT HIM! and how he mysteriously got this internship! ]
how old were you and dr. simmons-fitz when you were accepted?
since you were the youngest and all
did you already know each other back then?
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16, the both of us. She's younger by a month.
[ SENIORITY, BETCH. less than that, she'd say, if she were privy to this conversation. ]
We met there. Got into it over dielectric polarisation.
[ romance... ]
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wow
[ that's...incredible, actually. he tries to imagine the two of them as young as he is now, already so accomplished and smart that SHIELD noticed them. just them, no powers involved. ]
no subject
You're more outgoing than I was.
[ a beat. ]
Most of the interns know better than to take my "text this number if you need anything" as a genuine invitation.
And if they pluck up the courage, they save it for brownnosing
[ he's terrible. ]
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well uh
i could try some brownnosing
yk if you want
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How are you finding the work, anyway?
[ compared to the stark internship hmmmm ]