So there's several fics out there in which the Avengers think that Matt can't read. Which makes Matt angry and insulted. But - what if it didn't? Or, what if it did, but but he decided to use it and have fun while doing it anyway?
Matt doesn't like the Avengers, he doesn't value their opinion of him very much, he's here to get a job done and he might not be a very good liar, but he DOES know how to be a little shit. So when he realises that the As are starting to think he can't read, he instinctively runs with it. Then, upon _actually thinking about it_ he decides to continue. Why NOT let the Avengers shit their pants every time they think of handing a paper with words to him? It's a pretty good cover. Weirdly satisfying to watch, when it isn't annoying or humiliating – because, yeah, a little bit.
But that's why he's the master of this circus, and nobody else.
Matt fucks with the Avengers – reading
Matt doesn't like the Avengers, he doesn't value their opinion of him very much, he's here to get a job done and he might not be a very good liar, but he DOES know how to be a little shit. So when he realises that the As are starting to think he can't read, he instinctively runs with it. Then, upon _actually thinking about it_ he decides to continue. Why NOT let the Avengers shit their pants every time they think of handing a paper with words to him? It's a pretty good cover. Weirdly satisfying to watch, when it isn't annoying or humiliating – because, yeah, a little bit.
But that's why he's the master of this circus, and nobody else.