meme #004 | slow-dancing ( think outside the boxstep )

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slow dancing ┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈ a meme → COMMENT WITH YOUR CHARACTER'S NAME, FANDOM, AND PREFERENCE. → PICK A CHARACTER YOU WANT TO TAG AND GO FOR IT. → PLAY NICE; NO WANK, FLAMES, OR GENERAL HUMBUGGERY. ┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈ the deal FORMAL OR INFORMAL, WITH MUSIC OR WITHOUT, YOU COULD BE AT A GLAMOUROUS GALA WHILE A SINGER CROONS SOFTLY OR IN THE SILENCE OF YOUR OWN LIVING ROOM. WHEREVER YOU ARE, YOU HAVE THE URGE TO DANCE. DID YOU ASK YOUR PARTNER OR DID THEY ASK YOU? HAVE YOU GOT TWO LEFT FEET OR IS THE VIENNESE WALTZ YOUR JAM? IT COULD BE AWKWARD, IT COULD BE ROMANTIC. EITHER WAY IT'S CUTE AS HELL.

Comments

[theagent]

You do realise that there's talk of holding the Avengers financially accountable for all property damage caused, right?

[fe_male]

I hope there's at least talk of also itemizing that responsibility, because I'm not paying for all the things Clint breaks - and that's just around the house.

[theagent]

Do I even want to know?

[fe_male]

Tell you what, he's a SHIELD agent, I'll send you a copy of the list at the end of the month and you can reserve judgement until then.

[theagent]

Will the list come with all the reports you still owe me?

[fe_male]

[ Ooh. ] Doubt it. Although I think... one of them may be finished already and I just forgot to send it over. [ He's either serious or being-- well, no it's probably mildly annoying either way. ]

[theagent]

I'm not sure whether that's better or worse than not doing them, really.

[ Definitely mildly annoying. ]

[fe_male]

Well it can't be much worse than actually getting the ones I send along.

[theagent]

What's so hard about filling out those reports, really?

[fe_male]

Interest? I don't understand how you do them all the time.

[theagent]

Necessity, mostly. There aren't many people with my clearance level. [ Which means she can't push her paperwork off on anyone. ]

[fe_male]

That sounds exhausting. I always thought that was the beauty in being at the top. Delegating.

[theagent]

I delegate other things.

[fe_male]

You have strange and twisted priorities then.

[theagent]

My priorities are actually very simple.

[fe_male]

You'll have to elaborate there.

[theagent]

Get the job done, keep everyone as safe as possible. Easy.

[fe_male]

... In what way does that conflict with delegating report writing to junior agents?

[theagent]

Junior agents handling classified information endangers operations and people.

[fe_male]

Oh, well see when you put it like that, I just sound like an idiot. [ beat. ] Don't. Okay so you have to write the reports yourself. And attend things like this yourself. What are the junior agents for? Are you guys just waiting on them to grow?

[theagent]

Recon, research, preparing preliminary reports, stuff that isn't quite as classified. They have their uses.

[fe_male]

Wow, that's even more boring. Okay, good on the delegation. Do you guys make them do reports by hand when they've misbehaved?

[theagent]

Triple copies, too. [ completely dry. ]

[fe_male]

[ He narrows his eyes a little bit at her, because it's almost impossible to tell if she's being serious or not, and that's vaguely worrisome sometimes. ]

I'm glad I just consult for you people sometimes.

[theagent]

[ Perfectly serious. Really. She smiles serenely up at him, aware of the difficulty and not giving anything away at all. ]

We're actually very pleasant to work with most of the time.