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The Language of Silence by thepaperwitch
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Iron Man (Movies)
09 Jan 2026
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Summary
Saoirse “Shay” Quinn is a brilliant, secretive SHIELD engineer whose quiet life of blueprints, wards, and late-night equations ends the moment Maria Hill shows up on her doorstep at 3 a.m. Loki has arrived on Earth, and SHIELD needs the mind behind the Helicarrier and the Quinjet on deck now.
Dragged into a world of gods, betrayals, and impossible physics, Shay finds herself working alongside Bruce Banner, crossing verbal swords with Tony Stark, and standing far too close to Captain America—a man whose gentle hands and soft-spoken encouragement unsettle her more than any alien threat. Their connection sparks slowly, quietly, in the spaces between system checks and training drills… a feeling she refuses to name.
But Shay carries a secret even SHIELD couldn’t fully catalogue: magic in her bones, kinetic shimmer under her skin, and nightmares she can’t outrun. As she’s pulled deeper into SHIELD, and closer to a certain super soldier, her powers, her past, and her heart threaten to break open in ways she never prepared for.
Set between Avengers and Winter Soldier.
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