A.N. First off, no, unlike my last ISLAGIATT story, this isn't an alternate series. This series is still supposed take place in Livin4Jesus's series, just written by me (for example, this story takes place after Chapter 25 of her story.). She has been gracious enough to allow to take her idea, and write my own stories with it. I hope you enjoy mine as much as hers! :)

The Valentine's Day Disaster

"I got it!" Tony exclaimed, clapping his hands together, while turning (in his awesome swivel chair) to face Clint. "We're going to make it up to them today, on Valentine's Day." He grinned in self-satisfaction. "It will be perfect."

Clint gave him a wary look. "Are you sure about that? The last time we tried to do something nice, a video of us in drag got uploaded to YouTube."

"To be fair, that experiment was more for me then them. And hey, at least be glad that video got removed due to violating YouTube's Community Guidelines." Tony pointed out. "And it wasn't that bad.

Clint gave him a look. 'Are you serious?' "Really?"

"Yes," Tony protested. "Only 3…million people saw it."

"At least you were wearing clothes in that video, sir," said the snarky voice of J.A.R.V.I.S. "It was such a relief."

"Shut up J.A.R.V.I.S." he snapped while Clint chuckled.

"You be quiet too Happy Feet, or I'll turn you back into a bird," Tony threatened, pointing at Clint.

"Did you just call me a penguin?" Clint asked confused. "Why?" he asked off of Tony's nod.

"Because a penguin is a flightless bird, just like you."

Clint thought about it for a moment. "That barely works, Tin Man."

Tony nodded. "But it does work, so shut up and help me with this idea."

Clint walked over to Tony. "All right then what'd need help with?"

"I've had this idea planned for a long time now; Valentine's Day seemed like the best opportunity to present it." Tony grinned, unveiling the blueprints. "So, think it will blow their socks off, or will it blow their socks off?"

)()(

"So, do you have any idea why they called us in the main floor?" Natalie asked Pepper, who had just arrived as well.

She shrugged. "Who knows when it comes to those two?"

Suddenly, the entire room turned pitch black before strobe lights ripped through it with an array of bright colors.

You rolled up holding a tray with two goggle-type items on it.

They gave each other a glance before putting them on. 'What the hell? It couldn't hurt.'

Suddenly, a panel in the ceiling opened up as a giant 30 x 10 card was lowered in-front of them. The front of the card was outfitted with a 3-D holographic projection of Clint and Tony, wearing their respective outfits, in an awesome pose.

Then in bold, white letters, a huge message appeared over their image:

To Natalie and Pepper: Have a High-Flying, Straight-Shooting Day!

In 3-D, everything about it was spectacular, well worth the money he spent. The fog machine and strobe lights added a nice touch of excitement that Tony craved. It even seemed like Natalie and Pepper were enjoying it (he hoped).

The presentation ended with both Tony and Clint walking out as a fog machine was blowing smoke behind them, making for a very dramatic entrance.

Pepper was nodding slowly. "Very impressive."

"Even I have to agree….that was 'cool,'" Natalie reluctantly admitted.

Stark grinned. "Just wait 'till you see what's inside." Taking out a remote, he pressed the big red button on it and waited. Nothing happened.

Stark frowned. He pressed the button again, and again, and then again. Still nothing except for a few whirring sounds.

He chuckled, slightly embarrassed. Raising his arm as high as he could, he brought down his fist, slamming it as hard as he could on the control's button.

Suddenly, the card did in-fact open. It also released a huge wave of smoke when it did, enough to cover everything in the room, including Natalie and Pepper (who took the full force of the smoke firsthand.).

Tony's jaw-dropped, while Clint just stood there in utter awe and shock. The lights slowly came back on.

"That so wasn't supposed to happen," Tony said after awhile. He could only surmise that the gears/wiring that was supposed to operate the card had malfunctioned and backfired, causing it to explode and release the – hopefully, not deadly – smoke that was now all throughout the floor, covering everything.

Natalie and Pepper both removed their glasses, glaring daggers at Tony and Clint.

Tony resisted the urge to point out that due to the glasses covering their eyes, it looked kind of comical that there was no soot there, while Clint resisted the urge to chuckle.

"Okay, in my defense….it did in fact seem like a good idea at the time. Plus, I was trying to make it up to you guys! C'mon!" Tony protested as they both surrounded him and Clint.

Happy Valentine's Day everybody! I hope you enjoyed the story!