Erik Stark Part 2/?
Notes: This was originally posted here at 1stclass_kink. All German is from Google Translate.
New York City. August 31st 1937
"Dr. Erskine. It's a real pleasure to see you again. May I introduce Agent Carter, she works with me in the Strategic Scientific Reserve."
"Pleased to meet you, Dr."
"Mr. Stark, Agent Carter. Believe me, it is all my pleasure to be in your wonderful country." Erskine said, shaking hands.
"I've got to tell you your phone call caused a lot of trouble in Washington. We've been looking all over Europe for you, and to find you made it here without our help. Well, it embarrassed some people." Howard blinked as he noticed the boy peeking through the door to the next room.
"Dr. Erskine, won't you introduce us?" Agent Carter said smiling
Erskine turned around. "Ah. This is Eric, my... I am not sure of the word in English... Mundel. I am caring for him until his parents can join us. He has only German and Polish at the moment but his English will soon improve I think."
"Ward, I think is the usual translation. Hallo Erik, mein Name ist Peggy Carter. Ich freue mich, Sie kennen zu lernen. My name is Peggy Carter. I'm pleased to meet you."
"Hallo, Fraulein Carter. Es ist ein Vergnugen, Sie kennenzulernen."
"It is a pleasure to meet you. That is what you said in English."
"It is a pleasure to meet you." The boy dutifully repeated.
"You have a way with children, Agent Carter."
"She couldn't be worse than me. My inventions are all the kids I'll ever have."
"So, Dr. How did you manage to get out of Europe without either the Nazis or us getting word of it?"
"Eric's father is an old friend. He provided me with a passport in the name of Professor Josef Reinstein and his son Eric. He has a good job and doesn't want to leave Poland but if something happens..."
"A lot of people are leaving Europe these days."
"And just as many refuse to be driven out. It is hard to say what the right course is."
September 23, 1937
"Hello, Erik. Is your father here?"
"Hallo, Fraulein Carter. Er ist in der Filiale."
“English, Erik. He is at the store."
"He is at the store." The repetition was accompanied by a grimace that said Erik thought the exercise foolish. "Is it important?"
"It can wait. Erik, what happened to your eye?"
"There are other boys in the houses. Some of them do not like me." He shrugged. "I am used to it. In Poland, they do not like me because I am Jewish; in America they do not like me because I am Polish."
"I see. What else do you do all day, besides fighting the neighborhood roughs?"
"I read, and I speak English with the ladies in the houses, and I play with my train. It is a model of the fastest train in the world."
Peggy nodded and turned at the noise on the stairs to see Dr. Erskine with his arms full of groceries. "Let me help you with that, Dr. I just came to tell you that the facilities are up and running. We can start on Monday if you are amiable."
"Yes, that would do very well. Eric, go put the bags in the kitchen."
“Is there any thing else, Agent Carter?"
"Yes, Dr. When do you plan to send Erik to school?"
"I thought after Christmas, if he is still with me. He needs time to improve his English. And I can't help hoping Edie and Itzhak will have joined us by the New Year."
"Yes, I've noticed he still prefers German." Peggy glossed over the topic of Erik's parents. It wasn't something to talk about with the boy in question only in the next room.
"He will speak Polish before either of them. But, yes, English is his last resort."
"I just had a thought while talking to him. if you brought him with you to the facility, I could work on his English with him. And maybe some self-defense?" She glanced significantly at the kitchen door.
"I had noticed his eye, but he would not tell me what happened. I remember being just the same; the one who carries tales to adults is not much liked. The same youths as before?"
"As far as I can tell, yes. It may do him some good to be able to avoid them for a time."
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New York City. August 31st 1937
"Dr. Erskine. It's a real pleasure to see you again. May I introduce Agent Carter, she works with me in the Strategic Scientific Reserve."
"Pleased to meet you, Dr."
"Mr. Stark, Agent Carter. Believe me, it is all my pleasure to be in your wonderful country." Erskine said, shaking hands.
"I've got to tell you your phone call caused a lot of trouble in Washington. We've been looking all over Europe for you, and to find you made it here without our help. Well, it embarrassed some people." Howard blinked as he noticed the boy peeking through the door to the next room.
"Dr. Erskine, won't you introduce us?" Agent Carter said smiling
Erskine turned around. "Ah. This is Eric, my... I am not sure of the word in English... Mundel. I am caring for him until his parents can join us. He has only German and Polish at the moment but his English will soon improve I think."
"Ward, I think is the usual translation. Hallo Erik, mein Name ist Peggy Carter. Ich freue mich, Sie kennen zu lernen. My name is Peggy Carter. I'm pleased to meet you."
"Hallo, Fraulein Carter. Es ist ein Vergnugen, Sie kennenzulernen."
"It is a pleasure to meet you. That is what you said in English."
"It is a pleasure to meet you." The boy dutifully repeated.
"You have a way with children, Agent Carter."
"She couldn't be worse than me. My inventions are all the kids I'll ever have."
"So, Dr. How did you manage to get out of Europe without either the Nazis or us getting word of it?"
"Eric's father is an old friend. He provided me with a passport in the name of Professor Josef Reinstein and his son Eric. He has a good job and doesn't want to leave Poland but if something happens..."
"A lot of people are leaving Europe these days."
"And just as many refuse to be driven out. It is hard to say what the right course is."
September 23, 1937
"Hello, Erik. Is your father here?"
"Hallo, Fraulein Carter. Er ist in der Filiale."
“English, Erik. He is at the store."
"He is at the store." The repetition was accompanied by a grimace that said Erik thought the exercise foolish. "Is it important?"
"It can wait. Erik, what happened to your eye?"
"There are other boys in the houses. Some of them do not like me." He shrugged. "I am used to it. In Poland, they do not like me because I am Jewish; in America they do not like me because I am Polish."
"I see. What else do you do all day, besides fighting the neighborhood roughs?"
"I read, and I speak English with the ladies in the houses, and I play with my train. It is a model of the fastest train in the world."
Peggy nodded and turned at the noise on the stairs to see Dr. Erskine with his arms full of groceries. "Let me help you with that, Dr. I just came to tell you that the facilities are up and running. We can start on Monday if you are amiable."
"Yes, that would do very well. Eric, go put the bags in the kitchen."
“Is there any thing else, Agent Carter?"
"Yes, Dr. When do you plan to send Erik to school?"
"I thought after Christmas, if he is still with me. He needs time to improve his English. And I can't help hoping Edie and Itzhak will have joined us by the New Year."
"Yes, I've noticed he still prefers German." Peggy glossed over the topic of Erik's parents. It wasn't something to talk about with the boy in question only in the next room.
"He will speak Polish before either of them. But, yes, English is his last resort."
"I just had a thought while talking to him. if you brought him with you to the facility, I could work on his English with him. And maybe some self-defense?" She glanced significantly at the kitchen door.
"I had noticed his eye, but he would not tell me what happened. I remember being just the same; the one who carries tales to adults is not much liked. The same youths as before?"
"As far as I can tell, yes. It may do him some good to be able to avoid them for a time."
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