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She was always the “happy-go-lucky” kinda girl; never had a care in the world except living her life to the fullest. That was what was great and admirable about Darcy Lewis. But it was also quite an annoying trait of hers as well, especially to one Jane Foster. Erik Selvig on the other hand, didn’t really mind now that he doesn’t have to deal with Darcy and Jane so often.
“Lucky bastard.” Jane huffed as Darcy once again ruffled her feathers with her antics.
Jane didn't really mind that Darcy was mostly “all play and no work”. Most of the time, she more than welcomed it. But not today, though. Today, Jane was so not in the mood for anything but science and all science related science business. She had a lot on her plate what with S.H.I.E.L.D. constantly hovering over her back, and Thor hovering nowhere near. Trying as hard as she can to not to throw a fit (Darcy didn't really deserve it anyway), she told Darcy to get lost. As politely as she could muster, by the way.
So Darcy strode out of the lab, eyebrow raised at Jane, but a smile on her lips as she can probably head off over to Stark Tower in hopes of catching a glimpse of her favorite Avenger – Iron Man. And no, she will never in a million years make that admission. Tony has already a huge ego to boot and she wasn't about to let her admission cause his ego to further inflate than it already has. Though she has a sinking feeling Tony already knows as much. Dammit.
Plugging in her iPod and humming along to Another Sad Love Song, she walked across the street to Stark Towet and to the lower floors of Stark Tower to where Tony’s lab was situated. His lab is farther away from all the other labs because, well, Tony being Tony, chances of something going 'kaboom' is quite high. So best to keep everyone else safe and as far away from him as possible.
No one knows much about Darcy, but one thing Jane knows for sure, is that Darcy isn't so fond of going out on dates. She might not be the drop dead gorgeous that is Jane and Natasha Romanov, nor possesses the sophisticated elegance of Pepper Potts, but Darcy can def hold her own thank you very much. So Jane’s been trying to hook Darcy up with S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, and lab techs and anyone in between but it was always a no go. Darcy just wasn't interested in any of them.
She humored her boss as much by going out for drinks or movies with the guys Jane hooks her up with. But that was it. There were no second dates. No bringing them back to her place or theirs. And she didn't want any of that. They were good guys, some really good-looking guys, but there was just nothing more than surface attraction to Darcy.
Darcy prided herself on being an independent woman. She made her own money. Well, she didn't make that much money, not as a lab assistant anyway, but enough to survive on nonetheless. She bought her own clothes, paid her own rent, paid for her own favorite caffeinated beverage every morning ... Suffice to say, she didn't need a man to make her life complete. Plus she felt that she had her whole life ahead of her to be worried about this kind of thing.
That was how life was for Darcy, until she met Steve.