Spy Deal
Pairing: Charlie Conway x fem!reader
Summary: Coach Orion has a little job for his younger sister.
Warnings: Charlie's anger issues lol
A/N: I think I'll make a part 2 for this.
Word Count: 1.9k
Coach Bombay had heard wonders about you, since he had met Ted Orion, to him you were the best marketer in the Hockey world, of course, Orion was a bit biased considering you were his younger sister. You had controlled advertisements for some of the biggest teams in the USA, even the National team. At your ripe age of sixteen you were really making a name for yourself.
"Y/N!" Your older brother called through to you, for a few years you had been living in Minneapolis with your brother, his wife and your niece, Jen.
You left your bedroom and walked down the wooded corridor to the living room, "yeah what's up?"
"I have a little research job for you, perhaps you could help me learn more about this new team I'm taking on this year," he told you, offering you a seat on the sofa across for him.
You were instantly interested, your work had been quiet ever since the local hockey team had moved on to bigger things, "yeah I would be happy to help, under one condition."
He let out a chuckle, despite being twenty-two years older than you, you always had a price when it came to a bit of help, "okay, okay, you help and I we go on a brother-sister laser tag and sweetie shop run. Just like the old days."
"Oh my god! Yes! We haven't done that since I was like nine!" You grinned, reminiscing about your ninth birthday where your parents both had meetings all day so Ted took you out.
He smiled softly before continuing, "I have a new team coming via scholarships, they like to call themselves the Ducks, they won the Junior Goodwill Games last season."
"I'll be through with whatever I find later, then it's shooting time buddy!" You chuckled, standing up.
"Whatever you say baby sister," he mocked, drawing his attention back to his television as you left the room.
You quickly ran back to your room and flung yourself into your office chair and turned on your computer, after a few minutes your home screen appeared. You hummed a little tune as you opened up the internet.
"I'm sure there will be some newspaper files about them," you spoke to yourself, finding the local Minneapolis news paper. Despite the world wide web being a new phenomenon the archives were easy to access.
You slowly grew more intrigued as stories of this so-called 'wonder team' popped up, you filtered the site to only show clippings that contained the words 'ice hockey', 'ducks' and 'Bombay', their coach and a close friend of your brothers.
More and more clippings came up, this team were incredible, you had noticed that they had 4 'star' players, Captain Charlie Conway, Adam Banks and the Bash Brother, Fulton Reed and Dean Portman. They had even beaten Iceland's team, which was coached by the Wolf, a well-respected genius in the hockey world.
• • •
Bombay felt much more at ease knowing his beloved team would be passed onto the great Ted Orion, and after learning of your work in the hockey industry, he was thrilled that the ducks could gain even more attraction.
However, the Ducks were not too fond of their new coach, he had stripped Charlie of his captaincy and had taken away the team's spirit. They were no longer the ducks, they were Eden Hall's JV team.
"They hate me it's impossible to work with!" Ted groaned as you were all sat around the dinner table, knees deep in yet another of his rants.
Jen, who always tried to see the best in a situation spoke, "who knows, they might just be scared of you?"
"Darling, I don't think so," he smiled almost sadly.
"How about this, I can come with you to practise sit at the side and see if I can get some information off of them, I'll try to see why they haven't taken a liken to you." You suggested, Ted seemed to enjoy this suggestion as he nodded slightly.
"Are you sure they would talk to you?" Your sister-and-law asked, "I mean you are the younger sister of their coach."
"Well I am the same age as most of them, they might feel like they could say something." You answer, hoping you were right.
• • •
"Gather round team," your brother called, before growing impatient, "god gave you legs for a reason, use them!"
They all grumbled while they skated over, stopping in a messy semi-circle around you and him, peculiar looks on their faces.
"You may be wondering who this is-" Orion began before getting cut off by a tall looking boy with brown hair.
"Y'all that's Y/N! That girl who made that team in Chicago mega-famous!" He shouted.
"The team can't be that famous if you don't know the name, Dwayne," another boy quipped back, this one had off-black hair and was shorter than this Dwayne character.
"Yes Dwayne, this is the Y/n and she is my younger sister, she's just here to supervise the game. She finally decided that lying in her bed all day fawning over Michael J Fox in Back to the Future wasn't being productive." He introduced you, his last comment making you shake your head and flush.
They all exchanged looks, before yet another boy, this time you recognised as Charlie Conway, spoke up, "What age is she, shouldn't she be a bit older if she's your sister?"
"I'm sixteen, our mum had him quite young," you clarified. "Okay Ted, I'm going to go sit down." The team's uproar started again after hearing that their new coach's name is Ted. You laughed, something so normal was causing quite the stir.
The practice wasn't anything interesting, just some drills and a mock game to finish. You were brought out of the trance, that you had caught yourself in when the sound of skates dragging to a halt in front of you.
It was girl who had a long plait in going down her back, "Hi, I'm Connie!"
"Y/N, it's lovely to meet you," you smiled.
She smiled back before pondering her next question, "does coach Orion always act grumpy?"
You laughed slightly, "no, don't worry, he does really want to see you all succeed but he just doesn't know how to get around it."
"Well he doesn't act like it, look!" Connie gestured to the rest of the team, who were all shooting at Goldberg as Orion barked out orders. That's when you noticed that one of the players who had played with them since the PeeWees wasn't there.
"Connie, is there not meant to be another boy, he's blonde, wears number ninety-nine?" You inquired, looking back at the girl.
She smiled slightly, "awe yeah, Banks, he plays for Varsity now." She spoke, almost proud of her ex-teammate. "Well, I better get back to practising, we need to speak again Y/N!"
You grinned, "definitely!"
the girl skated away, lapping around some of the other players, then shooting a puck past Goldberg into the net.
When practise finished Ted approached you, "so did you speak to anyone?"
"Only Connie, she's super nice, but she thinks you're dead grumpy." You answered, this made him frown slightly.
"I know this is a lot to ask, but do you think you could find Conway and try to talk to him?" He asked, a glint of pleading in his eyes.
You smiled, "yeah I'll speak to him, just because I love you so very much," you teased lightly, which caused him to gently slap the back of your head.
"You're a cheeky prick," he laughed, helping you up.
"That's what you get for having a sixteen-year-old sister when you're thirty!" You grinned back, walking off the ice with your beloved older brother.
• • •
You spotted the brunette boy in the distance walking out of Eden Hall, quickly, you jogged after him.
"Charlie!" You called out, which made him turn around.
He grimaced when he saw you fast approaching, "what do you want?"
"I just want to talk, you seemed kind of," you hummed. You tried to think of a way to make this sound like you weren't being bitchy, "agitated, earlier."
He huffed slightly, "Obviously, have you seen my coach!"
"Hey! Let's remember that's my brother!" You faked annoyance before laughing.
This made him smile, "Fine we can talk, under one condition."
"Woah there Conway, take me out for dinner then we can see where it goes!" You joked, making him flush under the blinding sun.
He shook his head sheepishly, "no! Not like that, I meant to buy me ice cream!" He scrambled out, "if you buy me ice cream, I'll talk to you about anything you want."
You pondered his requirement, "are you asking me on a date Conway?"
"It's a get-together, not a date! Don't be so silly!" He groaned.
You chuckled at his comment, "come on!" You cheered, beckoning him to follow you towards the seafront. Where an ice cream truck would roll on by tweeting out a chirpy tune at exactly ten past five every evening.
The pair of you reached the boardwalk next to the swirling sea just in time to hear the merry tune which signified it was ice cream time. Charlie immediately sped-walked over to where the truck would park and scowled at you as you slowly traipsed over.
"Okay, number ninety-six what are you for having?" You quipped looking up at the boy.
"Two scoops, chocolate orange and vanilla," he answered back after studying the array of flavours intently.
You only smiled at him before going up to the window, "a two scoop cone of chocolate orange and vanilla," you hummed, "and a rocket ice lolly for me."
"That'll be four dollars and fifty cents, doll," the woman in the truck said, handing Charlie both of the sweet treats while you reached for a five-dollar note then slid it over to her.
"Thank you!" You grinned, taking your ice lolly from Charlie.
"Since we never introduced ourselves directly to each other," you spoke before tasting your lolly. "I'm Y/N Orion, I'm sixteen and I grew up in Tampa."
Charlie gave you an odd look before reluctantly speaking, "I'm Charlie Conway, ex-captain of the Ducks and the USA team and I'm also sixteen. Oh and I'm from Minneapolis."
"Lovely to meet you, Charlie Conway!" You smiled towards him, a smile which he returned apprehensivley.
You grabbed his free hand and pulled him towards a free bench and sat down, indicating him to sit down next to you.
"So, Y/N what brings you to Eden Hall?" He asked.
"Well I don't go to school there but Ted just wondered if I could help him gain some information on the players." You explained, Charlie didn't seem to be fond of this answer.
"So you're only here right now with me for some sort of spy deal?" He accused, anger radiating off of him.
"No! Of course not, he just wanted to know how to get you guys working as a team!" You defended, hoping this answer would calm him down.
He scoffed, "well excuse me, we are a team, the ducks, it's just Orion is not a part of it!"
"Come on Charlie! He just wants whats best for you!" you pleaded.
He huffed again and silently got up and stormed away, you quickly followed him, "Charlie, he doesn't mean anything bad!"
•••
You trudged back into the Orion household, swiftly going to your room and slamming the door.
"Y/N you good?" Ted shouted over towards your room, there was a lengthy silence that followed which made him enter your room.
"Charlie hates me!"
