Darcy was working in Jane's laboratory at Stark Towers. She sat at her desk with a cup of coffee by her side, supposedly typing up another one of Jane's reports from her experiments. However, Darcy thought it was time for a much-needed break and opened up a new web page for her favourite 'wasting-time-at-work' activity. Pictures of cats filled the screen as she scrolled through the Tumblr pages.

Suddenly, the glass door to the lab opened and Darcy quickly exited the page and opened up the report again, feigning obliviousness to her past activities. Jane quickly walked in and stopped beside Darcy's desk, looking down at her.

Darcy had a moment of dread as she saw Jane's face. Jane was totally going to fire her for all the Tumblr surfing!

Darcy spluttered out, "Jane, just so you know, I am an extremely hard worker and I only take extra breaks because I'm super loyal to you and I want to make sure I'm doing a good job on your research because a tired Darcy equals a non-productive Darcy so really-"

Jane cut her speech off. "Darcy. Fury and I have a...a project for you."

"Oh. Okay", Darcy timidly answered as Jane sat on the edge of her desk.

"We thought it would be beneficial for Loki to have some human company at SHIELD, while Thor is on Asgard sorting things out with Odin. " Jane held an expression on her face that was a mix between nervousness and hope. "And you would be the perfect person for that job."

Darcy simply stared at Jane, wide-eyed through her dark glasses, and her crimson lips slightly parted from each other.

"I'm sorry. I think I misheard you. What?" Darcy said with a pleading, hopeful look on her face. She could not have heard that correctly at all.

Jane cautiously replied, "Er...keep Loki company. Fury said that you would keep Loki some human company, maybe an hour a day in his room until Thor returns to bring him back to Asgard. He had to leave Loki here for the time being because of...well...Asgardian politics."

Darcy paused for a moment before she responded.

"Are we forgetting that this is the guy that tried to kill us all in New Mexico using a super-alien-robot guy? Oh, and not to mention, the fact that he also tried to take over New York with...what'dya know, multiple super-alien-robot guys!"

Darcy looked at her. "Jane, why am I- some random assistant that doesn't even have enough security clearance at SHIELD to open the lunchroom fridge- being asked to entertain this...this God-villain?"

Jane made an attempt to skew the question. "Darcy, Agent Coulson will be with you on this. He likes you and he wouldn't put you in harm's way" Jane pointed out in her attempt to persuade Darcy. She added, "And...well...Thor thought it would be a good idea. And I agreed with him."

Darcy looked back at Jane with a surprised look on her face. "You agreed? Why?" Darcy questioned.

"We all know about Loki's...er...issues, Darcy. He was always in Thor's shadow, even when they were children. And that terrible fight with his father...there's only so much that Thor can do and I think it might be beneficial, with your personality, to just show him some normal human company." Jane looked at Darcy with pleading eyes. "Please, Darcy, Thor just seems so lost. He really does love his brother and he's tried everything to get Loki to talk to him again. Maybe a different voice would help."

Darcy felt the plea within Jane's voice. Jane really cares for Thor and his family. How could she say no?

"Geez Louise, Jane. I hate it when I cave."

Darcy slumped back in her chair and Jane broke a smile on her face. Jane rose from the desk and embraced Darcy.

"Thank you, Darcy! Thank you, thank you, this means so much!"

"How long, Jane."

Jane looked back at Darcy. "Two or three days, tops, until Thor said he would be back."

Darcy looked back at Jane. Two or three days? What was she supposed to do with him anyways? Play cards? Bake cookies? She didn't even know the guy at all, aside from the fact he had almost killed her!

"You owe me big time, Jane."

Darcy had no idea of what she had gotten herself into.

A/N: Thanks for reading! This will be a shorter multi-chapter story. Hopefully I can update at least once a week, preferably more often. Please comment or PM me any kinds of things you would like to happen (I've got a couple of ideas already!)