Authors Note
Thanks for checking out this story I hope you like it J. Also we're gonna pretend Civil War didn't happen and Peter Parker is an Avenger. Hopefully not OOC but I guess I'm kinda biased :p I would just like to give a shout out to Tinyshadowcat and for letting me know about the coding problem! Sorry about that :)
List of characters:
Peter Parker
Clint Barton
Natasha Romanoff
Tony Stark
Bruce Banner
Thor
-The Avengers Game Night -
Laughter filled the air as the Avengers sat around the table ready to begin games night. Steve and Sam were the only ones missing, away on a mission after suspicious activity was noted around an abandoned hospital. The only thing they picked up was lights occasionally flickering on, only for about 10 minutes, and cars driving to and from the hospital. Normally this would be nowhere near important enough for SHIELD to get involved, let alone the Avengers, but it was already suspected to be a HYDRA base.
Games night had become a tradition ever since Peter joined the team. It was hard not to love him; he was polite and funny and had this smile that would let him get away with murder. He was also a sarcastic little shit, but that was just one of the things the team enjoyed about him.
It had all started a few months back, when Peter was first moving in. He had come down into the communal living area and asked why there were several versions of monopoly in one of the cupboards in his room. Immediately Clint suggested they played it, and they were sure, had they been timing it, it would have easily made the Guinness Book of World Records for longest game of monopoly. It ended up with Natasha winning, although it was close between her and Tony the whole game. When Natasha finally won, Tony had stood up, ranting about how 'he owned a multi-million dollar company how is that even possible?' with Natasha swiftly stepping in with a quick 'Pepper is the back bone of this whole company, so accept I won already' which effectively shut him up. Since then there had been weekly competitions on a Saturday night to see who could beat Nat. Every week they had played a new version, from Harry Potter to Family Guy, eventually finishing on The Avengers. Peter had complained loudly when he found out there was no spider man, but they soon got him to shut up and play ('Guuuuuuyyyssss how could they forget me? I mean, come on, I'm totally the coolest' 'Um actually, I think you'll find Hawkeye is.' 'Shut up Clint, and Pete this was made 4 years ago, before Spiderman even existed' 'that's no excuse' 'Pete are you playing or not?' '…yes').
Of course, now that they had played all of the Monopoly variations they owned, they were struggling for ideas of what to play this week. Tony, as fun as he was, wasn't exactly the sort of man to own family board games, and so they were running short on ideas. Right now they were just talking and having a laugh as they ate popcorn and joked around.
Tony's POV
Tony reached forward and grabbed a handful of sweet popcorn. He glanced over when he heard Peter shout in protest as Clint snatched his phone and ran to the other side of the room.
"Oooh, Pete, who's Michelle?" Clint asked teasingly as he began to type quickly on Peter's phone.
"Clint!" Peter yelled as he sprinted over and made an attempt to grab his phone back.
Peter may have been Spider-Man, but Clint was Hawkeye and he had a lot more experience and training. As Peter reached out for phone, Clint grabbed his wristed and twisted it, causing him to stumble forwards and trip over Clint's outstretched foot, sending him crashing onto Tony and Thor. Tony smirked as he pushed Peter off of his lap and onto the floor. As he fell, Peter reached out desperately and tried to grab onto something, but all he achieved was knocking the bowl of popcorn onto the floor.
"Guuuuuuuuuuyyyyyyyyyssssssss," Peter whined, picking himself up and brushing the popcorn off his torso and legs "You're my team, and now you're just gonna gang up on me like this? Now I see how you truly feel." he sniffed loudly before turning and making a dramatic exit into the elevator, leaving the others chuckling.
Tony loved the new dynamic of the team. They were a lot closer, always laughing and the tower didn't feel as empty anymore. Sure, there were times when everyone else was out, and the tower was just as vacant as it had been before, but all you had to do was take a look around to see Peter's homework books on the desk in the corner, or Steve's sketch book on the coffee table, Clint's jacket thrown carelessly over the back of the sofa, Nat's book folded open on the seat she always claimed, Bruce's glasses case on the kitchen counter, Thor's pop tarts on the shelf or Sam's gloves on the stool by the TV to realise, yes, there may not be any people here now, but when they came back there would be endless banter, jokes and love. Tony hadn't only gained a team mate in Peter, he had gained a family. Because that's what had happened when Peter moved in, everyone on the team had grown closer. At first it had been an attempt to protect Peter and make him feel welcome, but eventually they stopped forcing it and soon they altogether stopped thinking about it, and none of them had to admit it aloud to know everyone preferred it this way. Tony was yanked out of his thoughts as a piece of webbing hit him in the face.
Nat's POV
Nat chuckled silently to herself as she watched as the elevator doors glided open only a minute after Peter had left. While the others were wrapped up watching Clint message Michelle (except for Tony, who seemed lost in thought, and Bruce who was on a Stark pad), she found entertainment watching Peter crawl silently across the ceiling towards them. He glanced up (or I suppose he glanced down?) at them and noticed Natasha staring at him. For a fleeting moment Peter looked panicked, but then Nat put a finger to her lips and winked, and Peter smiled gratefully.
Nat couldn't help but notice the mischievous glint in his eye as he lined himself up above Clint, and wondered what on earth he was planning. Then she saw the web shooters that now adorned his wrists and she realised this was going to be good. She held up one finger as she stood up to retrieve her phone and a new bowl of popcorn and when she came back, she settled the popcorn in her lap and got her camera ready, making sure she captured the still oblivious Avengers and Peter. She gave him a thumbs up and started recording.
Clint's POV
So far the texts were going great. Michelle believed he was Peter and he was totally gonna embarrass Peter. He was telling Michelle about some rash he (Peter) had. He was about to describe, in as disgusting detail as possible, the rash to her when he heard a cough from above. In confusion he glanced up to see Peter and, as he usually hung out on the ceiling, thought nothing of it. Until he remembered he had his phone. He did a double take only to receive a glob of webbing to the face. He gave an undignified squawk and stumbled to his feet, dropping the phone as all his attention was now on getting the webbing off his face.
What is in this?!
He thought as his attempts at getting the stuff off only resulted in his hands also getting stuck to his face. He glanced around and realised everyone else had gotten the same treatment, minus Nat and Bruce, and were all doing a similar dance in pursuit of freeing themselves. Nat, Bruce and Peter were all cackling, clutching their stomachs and rolling around on the sofa. And then, to his horror, Clint noticed the camera in Nat's hand, pointed right at him.
-The Avengers Game Night -
No one in particulars POV
When Nat, Bruce and Peter finally stopped laughing Bruce told Peter to help them get it off and Peter relented, but only because they had to be ready in case Steve and Sam called for back up.
After 5 minutes of Peter carefully cutting away the webbing with a pocket knife, they all collapsed backwards onto the sofa, sending glares in Peter's direction.
"Hey, Nat?" Clint finally broke the silence.
"Yes?" She answered, ever the expression of calm.
"What did you do with that video?"
"I put it on "
"What on Earth is that?"
"Peter set it up to post embarrassing photos and videos of you guys on. It has over 10,000,000 follows."
"You- wait what?" Clint looked at Peter, an exasperated expression on his face "Peter?"
"…No comment" Peter smiled sheepishly "But I mean, look on the bright side, now you're famous!"
"I was already famous!" He yelled, but he couldn't help but smile.
"Yeah, well now someone can keep that ego in check, huh?" Peter smirked and the smile dropped off Clint's face. Laughter erupted around the table once more and all of the avengers (minus Peter) simultaneously wondered why they hadn't done this before.
-The Avengers Game Night -
Authors Note
Ok guys so that was the first chapter and I promise in the next one there will be more action! Comments and constructive criticism are more than welcome and I hope you enjoyed! (I'm also thinking about doing a collection of one shots based on requests? I don't know but whatever). This was basically a pilot chapter to see if people liked it. Also I'm sorry this chapters short and I'll stop rambling now :D
