bettercallit | (no subject)

You shower with those things on, too, don't you?

No, Clint. I do not.

Prove it.

I'm not letting you watch me shower to satisfy your sense of curiosity.

I'll get Stark to install cameras. [ He's still convince he sleeps in them too. ]

Don't you dare.

What's in it for me?

You won't have to deal with the consequences of doing it.

That's the best part.

No, I don't think you'd want to in this case.

If this were to happen, hypothetically, what'd the consequences come close to?

That'd be telling. I'm not making it so easy on you, Agent.

'Course not, what was I thinking.

[ Dry. ] you probably weren't.

That's what I want people to think.

Your plan is working.

You'd be amazed at the things you hear when no one thinks you're listening, sir.

I think I might have an idea. [ After all, he blends into the background well as well, lets himself be underestimated. Same technique, different application, perhaps. ]

How do you think I perfected the art? You're a good role model.

Glad to hear it. [ And he honestly is. ]

There's a reason why I refuse to work with anyone but you, Coulson. [ Or, more accurately, that everyone else complains about working with him to the point of passing him on. ] And who said being underestimated was a bad thing.

It has its advantages. [ He's always a little stumped at that. He gets that he's competent and good at what he does, but he's not that special, honestly. Other handlers are competent as well, else they wouldn't have been hired. ]

Like knowing every piece of gossip there is to know? [ It's possible he makes things awkward with other handlers to land himself where he wants to be, but no one can prove it. No one. Well, Fury probably knows because even his one good eye has ears. ]

That is one of them. [ He's not smiling, but his face softens a little in amusement. ]

There's more? Don't leave me guessing. [ He's smiling in turn, trying to hide it around the cold mug of coffee. ] It's not nice to tease.