Chapter 17: Harry's Proposal to Fury
Natasha sighed as she sat down in the comfiest chair in the apartment she was staying in, her thoughts were focused primarily on one Harry Potter even though they did also occasionally go back to the man who slapped her behind during the last meeting. It had been ridiculously easy to trick him into a 'sparring session', such a shame she didn't pull her punches as much as she should have. Lovely revenge aside, her main focus was on Potter.
The man was an enigma, not just because of all the odd things about him, but also how he was acting. Firstly he was either denser than she expected or was lying when he said he thought that her shivering was due to being uncomfortable form the bike. She thought it was more likely the second one as she was very subtle in her physical actions so he was clearly smart enough to notice.
During the taxi ride he had placed his hand on her leg and left it there for a good while, he acted like he didn't notice but unless he had some condition that Shield was unaware of then Natasha didn't believe that, he knew what he was doing. Once they got out he immediately abandoned her to go shopping on her own, she didn't complain and pretended to do so while actually spying on him from a distance. He did as he said and went into a shop to browse through home security products.
He had also spent some time talking with the female shop assistant, though she suspected he was doing more flirting than talking if the blush on her face was any indication. It didn't make sense to her, not just that he would ignore her own flirting in favor of flirting with others but also because he had suddenly switched from being anti-social to flirting with random shop workers to going back to anti-social which was what he had done as soon as he had left the shop.
As far as she knew he had not gotten her number or anything, but perhaps he was planning to go back there again.
A knock on the door had brought her out of her thoughts, Natasha quickly stood up, gun in her hand in an instant. She walked towards the door and looked through the peep hole to see none other than the very person she was thinking about, Harry Potter, standing outside of her door. She quickly hid her gun before smoothing out her clothes, she opened it and smiled up at him seeing as her head just reached his chin.
"Hi Harry," She said. "what are you doing here?"
"Can I ask you to do something for me please?" Harry asked in a polite voice.
"Uh...sure." She nodded.
"Well...Miss Romanoff," Harry smirked, watching as her eyes widened and her smile dropped. "I want you to tell Fury to expect me in his office tomorrow after lunch, me and him need to talk."
"How did you..."
"That's not important right now," Harry cut her off. "the question is are you going to contact him or do I have to do that?"
Director Fury was standing on the deck of the hellicarrier with Agent Hill and Coulson standing behind him along with a group of agents including Clint Barton, Fury had no idea how this meeting was about to go down. Needless to say he was more than a bit surprised when Agent Romanoff contacted him and told him that Harry Potter had wanted to speak to him, not only that but he had also somehow known Agent Romanoff's real identity. That worried Fury beyond anything that words could describe, how did Potter know her identity? What else does he know? There were far too many questions running through his head. He didn't get long to think about these questions as a jet landed in front of them.
The jet door opened, Fury and everyone with him were ready to start shooting if needs be. The first person who came out of the jet was Natasha who walked down the ramp while wearing brown knee high shoes, black trousers and a black shirt under a brown jacket. Clint looked less tense now that he was sure that Natasha was not hurt. After she had gotten out the second person walked out and it was none other than Harry Potter. He stopped just on the ramp and looked around.
He was wearing black trainers, blue jean, a grey shirt under a black jacket. His grey eyes scanned the area around him as wind flew through his messy white hair and messed it up slightly more. Eventually his eyes stopped when they landed on Fury, he walked forward and towards Fury. The others tensed but a signal from Fury stopped them from doing anything, Harry stopped right in front of Fury who looked him in the eye.
The two looked at each other, neither willing to speak or move first. Harry felt reminded more and more of Mad-Eye Moody, Fury on the other hand felt like he was staring a dangerous predator right in the eye, everyone else around them got the sense that they were about to potentially witness two dragons fighting. No one was sure how long it lasted but eventually one of them gave in. Fury had many thoughts flying through his mind and Harry knew that because he was reading it, he briefly entertained the idea of telling Fury but decided not to. Not now at least.
"Mr Potter," Fury said, going first. "you probably already know this but I am Director Fury. It's a pleasure to meet you."
"Pleasure?" Harry softly snorted. "I'm sure. So...I understand that Shield is interested in me."
"I guess you could say that." Fury nodded. "One thing that I would like to know is how you knew about Shield."
"It's easy if you know where to look." Harry said, the corner of his lips pointing upwards slightly for about a second.
"And where would that be?"
"It is where you are supposed to look." Harry replied without missing a beat. "Now, I want to talk to you about something."
"And what is that supposed to be?"
"I want to work with you." Harry said, surprising Fury and all the others.
"You want to work for Shield?" Fury raised an eyebrow.
"No, I want to work WITH Shield." Harry corrected. "The way I see it is you could make things difficult for me, which would make me make things difficult for you. I'd rather not do that, so I am making you an offer. I help you out, you be appreciative enough to stop spying on me."
"And what exactly do you have to offer Shield?" Fury asked.
"More than you can imagine." Harry replied. "Have you asked Agent Romanoff about the gift I gave her?" Fury frowned slightly before giving Natasha a questioning look.
"Sir," Natasha walked forward to Fury. "before we got him on the jet he handed me this." She said as she slowly pulled out a gun and handed it to Fury.
"You might want to check your armoury," Harry suggested. "I think you might be missing a gun or two." He added, he still had the original gun back at his apartment, the one Fury was given was simply a magically created copy. Fury's eyes widened as he realized what Harry meant, he glanced at Coulson who nodded, letting Fury know that he would check the armoury.
"What is the point of this?" Fury asked, looking more calm than he felt.
"Impressed you enough?" Harry asked.
"How the hell did you get this?" Fury gestured to the gun.
"Let's talk in private," Harry suggested, ignoring Fury's question. "you can bring one or two trusted people with you if you want." Harry added, knowing that Fury would want to bring in at least Hill and Coulson.
"And why should I listen to you?" Fury looked at him with disbelief and a hint of anger.
"Because depending on how this meeting goes I can be your best asset or worse enemy." Harry replied. "Trust me when I say the former is better for you."
"Is that a threat?" Fury glared at him.
"If it must be." Harry said in a bored tone. "Look can we skip the foreplay? Are you capable of listening for more than a few minutes or am I just wasting my time?" Harry finished with a glare that matched Fury's, the two once again fell into silence with everyone else once again feeling like they were right next to two dangerous animals that could fight any second.
"Fine." Fury eventually said through gritted teeth. "Follow me."
.....
"Woof?" Padfoot barked in a questioning tone when Harry arrived back home.
"Well...I got a job." Harry shrugged before he sat down on the sofa next to Padfoot, Padfoot barked again so Harry decided to explain more. "I am technically just working with Shield but not for Shield, I believe the official term is 'consultant' or something like that, I'll check later. Anyway they give me a decent amount of money and leave me alone now in exchange for me helping them out."
"Woof?"
"Well Fury wants me to come in tomorrow to do some tests," Harry replied. "I think he wants to see how good I am." Harry added.
"Woof?"
"No, I don't know if you can join."
"Woof? Woof woof."
"I don't know if you get a uniform but I suppose I can make one for you."
"Woof?!"
"No I am pretty sure they won't neuter you."
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