Next-gen Marvel muse...he is unamused.

[grandson_of_coul]

Sir?

Yes, I understand you think the name for my journal is clever, because of Thors misunderstanding of Dads last name. I understand that. And yes, you think it very funny that Dad would name me Steve. But it's not. Not really.

Look, I just want to make a name for myself in SHIELD. The Coulsons are damn well known for their ties to the Avengers. They're big shoes to fill. I don't even know if I wanted this. I'm not even that old for an Agent.

I just...*sigh* Whatever you wish, mun.

Comments

[winter_widow]

What you want and what is expected of you are often very different.

[iron_maiden]

Complaining? Look you're not stuck trying to keep an eye on the Stark prodigy children.

[grandson_of_coul]

That would be pretty problematic. Starks are notorious for being very childish.

Even well into their 50s.

[iron_maiden]

Tony's hot, for being older and completely self absorbed. But it does seem to be a common trait. Rilla isn't so bad, but Lucas.... I swear I will lock down that suit if he doesn't get his act together.

[grandson_of_coul]

That may be true, Agent Romanova, but sometimes one must have hope. Hope is always a good place to draw Conviction, after all.

[grandson_of_coul]

Well, if you do, make sure he's no more than thirty feet off the ground.

I wouldn't want to deal with the paperwork explaining *that*.

[winter_widow]

Hope is your thing, and your dad's. My family has always relied on things a bit more tangible.

[grandson_of_coul]

I'm very familiar with the way your family handles things. Not every day a dead man and a Russian ex-super-spy deal in anything. Tangibility is a must in our line of work. It's just nice to have a little extra.

[iron_maiden]

He's young, he can take it.

You know...you're not so bad for a SHIELD guy, I always heard you were uptight.

[grandson_of_coul]

I blame it on the affect heroes have. Can't be around that many hotheaded people without loosing a little bit of that uptightness.

[winter_widow]

A little extra for me means a weapons advantage, hope is rarely armor piercing.

[grandson_of_coul]

True. it's why you're the field agent and I'm the liaison. We work with what we got.

[winter_widow]

Exactly. So you stay in the comfy office and I'll do the hard part.

[iron_maiden]

What effect is that, exactly? For me it's usually the super ability to be a pain in my ass.

[grandson_of_coul]

Depends on what one considers hard, Agent Romanova.

[grandson_of_coul]

For me, it seems a supernatural attraction of super-best-friends. I don't know how that happens, but it seems the Coulson way of life: You are always the Superhero buddy.

so stealing a line here...

[iron_maiden]

You are unfamiliar with the concept of attraction? I'm shocked.

[winter_widow]

The part where I can die if I screw up.

[grandson_of_coul]

The same applies to superheroes, too. Those tied to them tend to end very messily.

Steal away!

[grandson_of_coul]

Oh I am familiar, Miss Hogan. Coulsons have a talent at attracting folks who tend to be planet breakers.

[winter_widow]

It's why there aren't those tied to them. Ever notice most of them don't stay with people or if they do it's people equally able to take care of themselves?

[iron_maiden]

Oh I'd say you attract more than just that.

[grandson_of_coul]

So it would seem, Miss Hogan.

*slight movement to her side*

Hogans and Coulsons have a bit in common. Tell me, how's Stark these days? Still a pain?

[grandson_of_coul]

True. But consider some of the more prodigious death rates among staff. Like SHIELD agents and liaisons.

It is harrowing in its own way. Just less likely death by gunshot and more death by skull crush at the hands of a space tyrant.

[iron_maiden]

The elder has calmed down...a bit. 'Rilla is actually very promising, I think she has a future ahead of her. Lucas... [sigh]

Lucas fights tooth and nail if he's asked to do anything he doesn't want to do.

[She eased back to lean against his desk] ANd you? How's life in the SHIELD echelon?