It had been a long day for the Avengers. Nothing too major, just a bunch of seemingly simultaneous, small tragedies that managed to draw every Avenger out of the base onto the field. Everyone was exhausted, whether it be mentally, physically, or both. So, Tony came up with an idea that would hopefully lift everyone's spirits: Game Night.
As the tired heros gathered into the common room, Tony could barely quell his excitement. He held one of his favorite games behind his back and was almost bouncing on his feet. He watched in anticipation as everyone filtered in and collapsed into chairs or onto couches. As more and more people gave him confused looks, his smile only widened.
"I'm sure you're all wondering, 'What the heck is Tony summoning us all here for?'" Tony said, fingers strumming on the boxed game behind his back. When he was met with tired and confused silence, he continued.
"Well, I have the answer to that question right here," he said and pulled the game from behind his back. It was Monopoly. "Welcome to the first Avengers Family Game Night!"
"Oh, no, I am NOT playing that game with you," Rhodey said, bracing himself to stand.
"Nope, no choice!" Tony replied, smile as wide as ever. "Team building activity, required for ALL Avengers, whether they like it or not."
"I really hate you sometimes," Rhodey sighed as he sat back down. Steve groaned and sat back in his chair.
"I am way too tired for this."
"Really? Monopoly? Against you? No thanks."
"Can't we just go to bed?"
"You can whine all you want, but we are playing this game," Tony said simply, unboxing the game. As he began to set up the board, he heard complaints dwindle. They knew they weren't getting out of this.
Tony let the sound of the team explaining the game to Vision and Wanda fade into white noise while he counted and sorted the paper money and set up the cards. Once finished, he set out the pieces. Knowing there were more Avengers than there were pieces, even with Thor and Banner out in space somewhere, Tony had made some extras that afternoon. Soon, everyone had their piece chosen and the game began.
"I can't believe this, I've landed on the same stupid space THREE TIMES now!" Sam exclaimed, forking over an impressive amount of his paper cash to Steve, who accepted it graciously.
"Thanks, Sam," Steve said, sorting the money into his own pile.
"Won't matter for long," Natasha growled, "Tony owns half the board. Bet you at least half of that will go to him."
"She's right, you know," Vision mused, checking over his own dwindling pile of funds, "The probability of that money going to Mr. Stark is almost guaranteed."
"Thanks for the support, guys." Steve said, picking up the dice. Vision looked confused until Wanda leaned over and explained that Steve was being sarcastic.
Tony sat back, hands behind his head as he waited for Cap to roll and, inevitably, land on one of his properties. He was currently the richest in the game and had no plans of being stepped up. He only needed one more property until he would be entirely unbeatable. If only he would stop rolling right over it. The millionaire wasn't too worried, though. He truly had this game in the bag.
"Alright, Cap, pay u-" Tony froze. No, it couldn't be.
"Actually," Steve said with a smug smirk on his face, "I'd like to buy this property, please,"
"Don't," Tony warned, "don't you dare do this to me Rogers."
"Do I need to repeat myself, Banker?" Steve said, smirk growing. He leaned towards Tony. "I would like to buy this property."
Tony, being the designated banker, scowled as he grabbed the corresponding card and thrust it towards Steve. "That'll be $400, Cap."
With a bit of scrounging, Steve managed to come up with $400 and handed it to Tony, graciously accepting his property card. After settling his portfolio, Steve handed the dice to Tony with a wide smile.
"Your turn."
"I hate you."