It was a quiet day at the tower. "Tony what the FUCK did you do to my bow?!" Okay I take that back. There was never a quiet day at the tower. We always had something going on. We were rarely ever bored. When we were, it wasn't long before we found something to do. Right now would be one of those situations.
Natasha, Thor, and I were in the livingroom draped rather ungracefully on one of the couches. We sat there watching some kind of reality television. Real Housewives of whatever fucking city they were in at the moment. None of us felt like getting up to change it.
"What are you guys doing?" Clint asked sauntering into the room.
"Dropping our I.Q." I stated.
He chuckled and headed to the kitchen. "Do you not wish to join us Clint?" Thor questions from his position on the couch.
"No he can't afford to lose any more I.Q. points." Tony says as he walked in. "Seriously, Stark?" Natasha says with annoyance wrapped in her voice.
"No, it's true." Clint pipes up from the kitchen. He then comes in to join us. Giving Tony a pat on the back with an amused grin on his face. Tony returns the actions.
"Okay, guys. Well I just finished up with my latest experiment. Not that it was that important anyway. But I can now say that I am officially bored. You guys want to do something?"
"Anything please!" I said pleadingly. "This show is melting my brain."
"You are aware that there is a little invention called a remote control that can switch the channels for you, right? And if not, there are buttons on the TV." "I am aware but we couldn't find the remote control and it's just so far away." I said whining and reaching my arm out toward the TV. "God you're so lazy." "Oh, Bite me." "Oh kinky. I didn't know you were into all of that. I would gladly do that."
"What did I just walk into?" Our heads all turned to Steve in the doorway. Except for Thor who seemed to have his eyes glued at an argument happening on the TV.
"Steve! Just in time we were about to do something." Tony said. "From that conversation you were just having it doesn't sound like something I want to get involved in." "Ha Ha very funny," Tony said mockingly.
There was a moment of silence before I spoke up because I realised something. "Aw shit. I just realised something." I said.
"What?"
"Tony was right. I am lazy. I just said 'bite me' instead of saying 'this coming from the man who stayed in bed for five days straight.'"
"Hey! That was not out of laziness!"
"Tony, you tried to get Dummy to bring you food multiple times so you wouldn't have to get out of bed. And when he failed all of those times, you made Steve bring you your meals." "I was sick!" Tony defended himself.
Steve then added, "Tony, I took your temperature everyday. By the third day you weren't sick anymore." "okay so fine I spent two days in bed out of laziness and three from being sick. Sue me."
"Gladly. Billionaire, right?" I teased him.
"I guess we could all be a little less lazy. Which is why we should do something."
"So what are we going to do anyway, Stark?" I asked.
"That I haven't figured out yet."
"May I make a suggestion?" Clint spoke up. Tony nodded his head as if to say 'Proceed'. "Well I thought of this because it would give someone in this room an experience that they haven't had before," Clint snuck a glance over at me. Oh Shit. He wouldn't. "Seven minutes in heaven." He finished the statement off with a smile.
"Clint! I told you that in confidence!" I shrieked from the couch.
"Wait you really have never played before?" Tony asked looking over at me with a look resembling concern and shock mixed together. Tony had a way of doing that. I shook my head. "Well that settles that. I'll go get everybody else up here."
I actually think I started to sweat a little bit. I had never played this game before and now it's being played just to give me the experience. Was it really that important? Thank God I shaved this morning.
"What's seven minutes in heaven?" Steve asked very confused.
I was so excited that someone else hadn't played before. I held up my hand to give him a high five. "Hey, Buddy! Yes, I'm not alone!" I said quite excitedly. Steve returned my high five and laughed at my enthusiasm. Honestly, I think it calmed both of us down knowing that someone else also hadn't played it.
Clint said "We'll explain when everyone is down here." Steve nodded in approval.
Within ten minutes everyone was gathered in the livingroom ready to play. "Okay so who has never played seven minutes in heaven before?" I grabbed Steve's hand and raised them for the both of us. I thought we were going to be the only ones but we weren't. Bucky, Thor, and Pietro raised their hands.
"Thor why didn't you say something when we were talking about it earlier?" "Oh I'm sorry. That Housewives show may be mind-numbing but it sure can pull you into the television." Laughter erupted from everyone.
"Oh wow so we have got a lot of virgins here." Tony stated matter-of-factly. "I beg your pardon?" Thor said slightly offended by the word. "Don't worry big guy. We just mean virgin to the game." Clint clarified. Thor shook his head now understanding.
"Okay so this is how the game works. An item is picked to represent each player. Except for whoever's turn it is. In this case that will be you." Tony says gesturing toward me. "She will pick an item from the bag and then go into that room. They will then spend seven minutes in the room doing whatever it is they do. Though it is preferred that it is something intimate. Even if you don't spend the entire seven minutes doing that just make sure that you do at least one thing intimate." I smiled and also felt nervous at the fact that Tony added that last part. "The couple will be let out after seven minutes and we will continue on with whoever's turn it is next."
Everyone nodded in agreement. Tony, Clint, and Bruce went into the kitchen to find some items and a bag for the game. After three minutes they came out of the kitchen and we thought they were done but they sprinted off to somewhere else to find some more creative objects. I turned to Steve when he started speaking to me. "You nervous?" I let out a breath. "You have no idea." "Actually I think I do," He said raising his eyebrows up. We both laughed at eachother.
"Okay. We got the goods." The boys came running in. They all looked quite amused. "Okay time to take your pick." Tony said coming over to me so agonizingly slow. He thrust the bag out toward me.
I lifted my hand and let it hesitate for a second and hover over the bag. Well, it's now or never. Oh, fuck.