Queen's Gambit (Archived)

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Queen's Gambit (Archived)
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Summary
One month after the Battle of New York, Leila's still settling back into her life when Fury gives her an assignment: convince Steve Rogers to allow SHIELD to test him to try to recreate the super-soldier serum. This, however, turns out to be Fury's way of giving her an in for her real mission: convince Steve Rogers to join SHIELD as a special agent.Leila's no stranger to the art of subtle persuasion, but Steve Rogers is a hard nut to crack, and seems to catch every verbal sleight-of-hand she performs. It turns out, the quickest way to earn his trust is honesty--a different subtle art to which Leila is, actually, a stranger.(Oh, and also, there's a bomb crisis, because of course there is.)

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