Well, here's Day two of the SWC…. So far I'm keeping on top of it (just about!). Feel free to offer moral support in the form of reviews!

Disclaimer: Sadly, I own nothing

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Ever since the Battle of New York, so named by Thor, Tony Stark had been getting pretty possessive of his things. Just a week after the battle, news hit that people were trying to recreate the Ironman suit again. Two weeks after that, a man from Europe began to post articles online about how Tony had not actually created the suit himself, but had in actual fact stolen the designs from him. As the weeks drew on, the drama and hype got worse and worse and Tony, being Tony, took a rather dramatic and childish approach to dealing with the matter.

One morning in Stark Towers, the Avengers team awoke to find that the majority of the appliances, computers and furniture throughout the building now sported stickers with the words:

"Property of Stark Industries"

This would have been a suitable reaction to all the media attention and hounding, but the fact that even the coffee machine, purchased from a local electronics store (on Thor's demand), had the sticker plastered across it's front made the idea childlike in its execution and caused it to appear as though Tony had run throughout the tower sticking stickers on any surface within his reach.

The Avengers understood Tony's annoyance and were willing enough to put up with his odd behaviour and just tended to ignore him. They drew the line, however, when Tony walked into the kitchen one morning wearing a bright red t-shirt with same wording as the stickers emblazoned across his chest.

Throughout the day, each of the team took their turn to talk to Tony in an attempt to try to get him to see sense, but none of them could get through to him. No one, that is, except Steve.

Steve and Tony had been secretly dating since a few days after the battle but were yet to tell anyone about it. Steve, trying to be resourceful, attempted to use his power as boyfriend to the great Tony Stark to get him to see reason, but to no avail.

Well, as they say, desperate times call for desperate measures.

Later that afternoon, whilst Tony was taking a shower, Steve snuck into the Ironman's room and stole the red t-shirt that Tony had been wearing all day. Quickly removing his own shirt, Steve pulled the Stark Industries one over his head and quietly left the room again.

The Captain wandered into the living area where the rest of the team were seated. Ignoring their questioning looks and conspicuous glances to one another, Steve took a seat in one of the armchairs and picked up his book.

About fifteen minutes later, Tony came padding into the room, bare footed, bare chested and rubbing a towel through his hair.

"Hey, have any of you seen my red…t-shirt…." The end of his sentence trailed away to silence as he noticed the blue eyed blond lounging in his armchair on the opposite side of the room.

Whether it was the surprisingly hot sight of his boyfriend in his clothes, or the fact that the words "Property of Stark Industries" were scrawled across his chest, Tony wasn't sure, but either way, it did something funny to his insides.

Dropping the towel to the floor, Tony strode across the room until he was standing right in front of Steve, blocking the light Steve was using to read his book.

"Give it back." Tony stated.

"Make me," Steve was feeling particularly bold tonight, and the smirk on his face made this evident to the others in the room.

"I could very easily just remove it, right here, right now." Tony thoroughly expected Steve to object to his forwardness, or at the very least blush. He was sorely disappointed.

"Fine, you can do just that," Steve smiled up at the dark haired man before adding, "on one condition. Stop with the stickers."

"Deal." Tony grabbed Steve by the front of his t-shirt, hauled him to his feet and then, without so much as a pause for breath, he seized Steve's hand in one of his own and dragged him from the room. Steve just grinned, let his book fall to the floor and followed Tony without hesitation.

Once they had left the room, Clint cleared his throat before saying, "Looks like you all owe me 10 bucks!"