[Comprehensive] Science and Magic

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"——and invited an unknown female agent to his private birthday party." Laura added, "I don't intend to offend, but everyone can see that if he still has a good impression of Coulson, for you, He is thankful and insensitive.”

Natasha laughed.She said, "That's not what I wanted to say. But you're right, he's kind of scared of me. But he's interested in S.H.I.E.L.D. He wants to join Fury's Superboy group now, but he has to pretend Act like you don't care."

"Hush. Don't tell me if you see through." Laura and Natasha smiled at each other.

The hotly discussed Tony Stark didn't feel uncomfortable at all.He was born to be a luminous body, and he really enjoyed the feeling of being in the spotlight.Tonight, not only will he be at the opening ceremony of the Stark Industries Expo, but he will also be hosting a private birthday party in Malibu.

Laura didn't know how Tony, who was waiting to die passively, planned to spend this birthday, whether he was as lawless as Natasha predicted.But Tony, who escaped from death again, has obviously grown a lot.He's starting to try to be more mature about a relationship, whether it's a friendship, or whatever—but let's just say, "mature" is just what Tony thinks he is.

After accepting the Iron Man graffiti signed "Peter Parker" handed over by Lillian, Tony proudly showed off: "I knew I was popular."

"Iron Man is popular, not you," Colonel Roddy said mercilessly.

"What?" Tony said unconvinced, "I am Iron Man, Iron Man is me, what's the difference?"

"I think there is a little difference between the two." Natasha pursed her lips and smiled.She moved closer to Lilian's ear and said something, which made Lilian giggle too.

Happy Hogan is very protective of his boss's face. He praised him and said, "You are the best, boss. This quarter, the sales of Iron Man figures have surpassed that of Captain America."

Tony immediately perked up.He said, "Happy, don't you want to be the head of the security department? Pep, arrange for him."

Pep looked helpless, looking at Tony like a naughty child.There's nothing she can do to stop Tony, so she pulls the smug Happy away.

The get-together is not so much Tony's birthday party as it is a conversation salon where old friends mingle with new ones.Pep and the others are still very interested in Lillian's magic, and Lillian is a wizard who is very friendly to No-Majs and loves to talk.Colonel Roddy usually looks like a serious person, but after a few glasses of wine, he immediately turns into a chatterbox.Natasha has always been an anthropologist—Laura suspects that everyone present has been seen through by her.

"Where's the bald agent? I mean the one with both eyes." Tony asked, taking a glass of wine from the bar.

Laura gave him a blank look. "Respect, he has a name, Coulson," she said. "He's preparing for a new mission."

"I've got a lot of respect for them—look, look," Tony said, sitting down beside Laura, nodding across the sofa, "red-haired Medusa and my old Rowdy buddy We are talking happily, when did S.H.I.E.L.D. even infiltrate the military headquarters—"

"We've been working together, you forgot about Afghanistan?"

"Ah. Afghanistan." Tony stretched his neck uncomfortably, pouring the wine down his throat.Suddenly he realized, and said: "And that time when I came back from Gamila—"

"Hmm." Laura affirmed.

"That time at the Ark Reactor—"

"uh-huh."

"And this time."

Laura didn't speak, but raised her glass to him.

Tony poured himself another glass of wine.He said awkwardly, "Thanks. Although I—my dad and I made the new reactor, but I think you contributed a few percent—"

Laura snorted. "I'm so flattered," she said.

"You really should. You participated in witnessing a miracle. Speaking of which, my smart butler has not been very obedient recently, and Jarvis's tone is not right..."

"After you criticized his chattering bug, I think he's probably correcting it." Laura raised her eyebrows.

Tony choked on Laura's words.One of his hands unconsciously knocked on the bar table, as if there was something difficult to talk about.He hesitated for a while, and said, "Today is my birthday."

"I know."

"But you didn't give me a birthday present."

"Actually, I gave."

"I didn't receive it." Tony showed a very interested expression, "What is it?"

Laura beamed at him. "The Malibu property. What else. And what. I didn't notice the name."

Tony now had a toothache on his face.

Laura continued to say with a smile: "Also, you can successfully fire me this time, are you happy-I have a share in Coulson's new assignment, and I'm leaving for New Mexico tomorrow."

Tony coughed as if choking on alcohol.He pushed away the wine glass and asked, "Are you leaving?"

"Yeah. I'm an agent too, Agent Johnson."

Tony fell silent.

Laura noticed that his face had become a little strange.But he just said, "Let's go, let's go." Then he grabbed the bottle and started drinking again.

He drank glass after glass, bottle after bottle, with no sign of stopping.

Laura noticed that several people on the sofa were also drunk. Colonel Roddy and Brother Happy put their shoulders together, their faces were flushed and they didn't know what to say, as if they had met a confidant; Lillian was drunk, She used a magic wand to create many twinkling little stars around her, making herself look like a little fairy; and Pep and Natasha, two professional elite women, actually looked like they had drunk a love potion , looking at her with a dreamy face... It seems that no matter how strong they look like a strong woman, there is always a doll living in their hearts.

Laura stopped Tony's hand from pouring another glass.

"Stop drinking," she said.

Tony narrowed his eyes, looked at Laura carefully, and said, "Beauty...beauty, who are you?"

"God, you don't drink that much, do you..."

"That's right, I'm not drunk." Tony grabbed Laura's hand and said vaguely, "I'm an asshole...always have been."

"No one would say that about themselves." Laura didn't withdraw her hand.She sensitively found that the current situation was somewhat similar to the last time Tony talked to her about Ethan.

"No, I'm really an asshole. My father is too." Tony lowered his head slightly, and he didn't look at Laura, but just stared at Laura's hand.He continued: "But my father got my mother. I always felt my father didn't deserve it... but my mother... Mom..."

Tony's voice trailed off into a guttural grunt.When Laura leaned her head closer to hear what he was saying, Tony tilted his head and fell asleep on the back of Laura's hand.

The author has something to say: I sincerely suggest that if your wisdom teeth don’t grow well, you should pull them out as soon as possible... Not much to say, it’s all tears

Chapter 19

Early the next morning, Coulson knocked on the door of Laura's apartment.

Lillian and Natasha were still sound asleep, and after Laura had Disapparated them back last night, they had resumed their slumber party.There were still traces of Lillian and Laura's magic in the living room, and Coulson looked towards the bedroom with regret on his face, and said, "Girls' time?"

"Yes..." Laura snorted and poured down the refreshing potion in her hand.She immediately shivered and looked much more energetic.

"Wow." Coulson exclaimed, "Can I have a bottle?"

"I reckon you can't stand the thrill," said Laura, grinning. "Wait for me, and I'll be off with a bag—what about my bag?"

"It's a pity I couldn't attend last night's party." Coulson watched Laura pull out two magic wands and a small handbag from the wine bottles under the sofa, and said, "It looks very interesting."

Laura put Lillian's wand on the coffee table and said, "It's a girls' party. If you mean Tony's birthday party last night - I guess it would be fun for the boys too, after all haha Pip wasn't very happy when he got dragged away by Pep. No one could take poor Colonel Roddy on the way, so he stayed in Malibu with Tony - they were hugging each other when we left Woolen cloth."

Coulson showed a subtle expression of disgust.He changed the subject and said, "Is Natasha still awake? It's not like her."

Before the words fell, the bedroom door opened.Natasha was wearing a silk nightgown with suspenders, leaning against the door with a graceful figure and a lazy expression, "It's not like me, sweetheart?"

Her voice was hoarse after a hangover, and Laura's bones were crisp when she heard it.Coulson coughed lightly and said hello, "Good morning, Agent Romanov."

Natasha raised an eyebrow.She blew a kiss to Laura, then said to Coulson, "Say hello for me and Clint."

"What? Is Clint also on this mission?"

"Yeah, he's mostly on the lookout. He'll be here later with the rest of the team," Coulson explained to Laura. "So I guess we can go now?"

"Yes, now you are the boss, you have the final say." Laura said and waved to Natasha.

Speaking of which, from the first day Laura knew Phil Coulson, he always wore a suit and sometimes wore black glasses, giving him an "I'm a government agent" look.

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