alivses:
❝ there’s absolutely no fucking reason why burning one briefcase requires more than one person, hill. you can i both know you could’ve burnt this by yourself, saved your time coming down here, and this obviously unpleasant fucking conversation. so whats the catch? ❞ because there’s always a catch, isn’t there? ❝ you risked having this ‘real fucking sensitive information’ exposed just by bringing it over here. it’s not that sensitive. or you would’ve taken care of it yourself. or asked your little fuck friend to take care of it for you, ❞ that’s a reference to natasha romanoff, obviously. ❝ — so you needed an excuse — a bullshit one at that — to haul ass to my office. why? what’s really in the briefcase, hill? something you wanna get my prints on so you can frame me for shit later? ❞ that’s a likely contender. ❝ — or. let’s see. is it a bomb? this a fucking kill order? ❞ regardless of the briefcase’s contents, jessica jones is certain of two things : 1) maria hill is a dirty liar because that sort of sensitive material does not currently exist in her hand and is not currently being offered to jessica, and 2) maria hill is a terrible, dirty liar at that, trying to con jessica either into death or into some other thing she really doesn’t want to do. ❝ — why don’t you just tell me what the fuck’s really going on. practice honesty for a fucking change ── if youre even capable of that shit. ❞
so. maybe she’s caught onto her. again. maria knows jessica doesn’t trust shield. her included. takes everything she says with a grain of salt and has to prove it herself. that’s fair. she can’t hold that against her. obviously whatever’s in the case---- maria wants jessica to see it. ( which. is true. she wants to blackmail jessica into working a case for her. off the books. shield can’t know about it. ) “ mmm. my fuck buddy as you so eloquently put it, “ she can’t help the slight snarl of her lips. how her eyes narrow. she doesn’t appreciate her partner--- the one person she can trust--- being talked about like that. “ knows i’m here. we don’t keep everything from each other. “ she’s snorting now--- then holds the briefcase up again as she walks forward to shove it into jessica’s arms. “ no bomb. no kill order. open it up and see, jones. i want your help. that’s the truth. “ the truth--- part of it. the rest? with-held. maria isn’t dumb. she knows jones wouldn’t agree to this---- job on her own. (maybe just to spite maria or shield. who knows.) so. trickery. manipulation. it is.










