DISCLAIMER: I do not own Marvel, nor any of the characters, nor the movie, or anything that my story is about. But oh God, I wish I did.
Chapter One: Bored.
It is a truth universally acknowledged that any man (or woman) who is bored to tears will strive to find some way to entertain themselves.
This was the situation in which Tony Stark found himself on one beautiful May day, as he woke up and realized that he had absolutely nothing to do for at least the next two weeks. Pepper had even wrapped up the past quarter's reports, which was a first for Stark Industries. Hell, even Fury had said that there was nothing left to do at the moment. Which was nice, because now they had some time to themselves.
They should be spending that time training. Or, at the very least be working on adjusting to their new home in Stark Towers.
But, since Tony didn't want—or need—to do any of that, neither of those options were viable.
No doubt about it, Tony was bored. Drop-dead, head-pounding-against-the-wall, mind-numbing boredom.
That wasn't the problem though. No, the dilemma itself was finding some way to entertain the whole Tower. And if they were as bored as he was… well, good luck.
But, unfortunately, he'd have to get up first.
"JARVIS," Tony whined groggily. "What time is it?"
"10 hours and 17 minutes sir" The AI replied promptly. "I would have insisted that you woke up earlier, but you told me to, and I am paraphrasing at this point, to 'go the heck away,' and that I am not to wake you unless there is an apocalypse scenario."
Oh yeah. Well, those weren't his exact words, but JARVIS wasn't programmed to curse. He kept forgetting to add those words into his program, he would pay to see the look on Fury's face the next time he came over here.
Damn. Not only was he bored, he was late too. They'd all be finished with breakfast by now, and God knows where they went for the rest of the day. He wouldn't even have Steve to entertain him; no, he'd be training like the good little soldier he is. Boring.
It was Cap's fault that he was up so late the past night anyhow! Oh GOD no, it was nothing like that, it was a purely one sided, mindless flirtation. Tony was slightly tipsy anyway, they couldn't possibly hold it against him. The guys were having a movie marathon while Nat and Pepper were on a shopping spree in London—a business expenditure, of course—and somehow (all he remembered is Thor turning to the Hallmark channel) they ended up watching The Princess Bride. Steve was hooked from the start, he thought that the baseball video game was so neat. Clint groaned, but still stuck through the whole movie, and Bruce just sat there laughing at the most awkward times. Thor, however, kept commenting throughout the whole movie. Though not all his comments were about the movie.
"Man of Iron Stark," Thor asked curiously, "What purpose would Captain Rogers have to use you as a blanket, when there are many other blankets all around these living quarters?"
Tony cringed at the memory. Now there was a pickup line he would never use again. Oblivious as ever, Steve just shrugged—amidst Clint and Bruce's laughter—taking Thor's advice and grabbing a blanket to the left of him.
He had to put it behind him though; Nat and Pepper would be back by the end of today and Tony hadn't even gotten out of bed yet.
He slowly got out of bed, still in his bathrobe, and walked out into the kitchen still in a daze. In so much of a daze that he didn't even notice the music in the background as he stumbled out of the kitchen and onto the couch with his coffee.
He plopped down on the couch, slowly sipping his coffee. Once he was awoken from his daze, however…
"Fuck Cap! What the hell are you doing?"
"Oh, uh, hey Tony." Steve said sheepishly. "I was just… watching a movie."
Tony actually looked up at the TV, finally realizing what was on.
"The- The Little Mermaid? You're watching The Little Mermaid?"
"Well…" Steve blushed, his face turning pink. "I-I was looking for old movies… you know, from before I went under, and I found some old Mickey Mouse cartoons, and then I discovered that there were hundreds more cartoons now, so I started to watch those, and then I saw that Disney made more movies besides just Snow White, and so I started to watch those… I always tried to draw all those characters, Mickey especially, so I figured… why couldn't I draw the others too?"
Steve's face was now bright red as he took out a sketchbook, flipping through pages and pages of cartoon characters. Beautifully drawn, of course, but that wasn't what was distracting Tony at the moment.
"So you like Disney characters… and Disney movies?" Tony asked carefully.
"Well yeah," Steve replied. "I always loved Mickey Mouse."
This was perfect, absolutely perfect. Tony knew exactly what he was going to do know…. And better yet, he could bring his friend with him. It would be good for the man out of time, Tony thought, to immerse the Captain in "American culture."
"JARVIS," Tony said with a wide grin. "Pack a suitcase for both me and Captain Rogers. We're going to Disney World."
