Black Sabbath was blasting through the speakers as the resident genius worked on improving yet another Iron Man suit. The music was deafening but Tony didn't pay that much attention to it. That's why when it stopped it took him awhile to realize it.

"Jarvis, is there a reason why I can't hear my music?" He asked and looked at the camera accusingly.

"No need to worry, Stark, a lot of people start losing their hearing at your age" Tony jumped and turned to glare at Clint who was sitting on a desk and playing with some wires he found. "It's completely natural."

"I am not that old, Robin Hood, and you are not that young" he said while taking the wires out of his hands before he could break them, "Not that I don't appreaciate your magnificent presence, but why exactly are you in my cave?"

"Don't you remember? It's Team Bonding night and your lovebird demanded that you must be there, since you skipped the last two." Tony groaned as Clint smiled smugly and took him by the arm.

"Do I have to?" Tony whined, "Can't you just tell Capsicle that I actually have a job, unlike you freelancers?"

"Nope!" Clint exclaimed as he dragged him out of the lab and into the elevator.

"Living room, Jarvis, if you wouldn't mind." Tony looked at Clint in surprise.

"Since when are you so polite, Legolas?" Clint answered with a glare but Tony saw the amusement behind it.

As soon as the door opened, Tony started thinking about running past Clint and back to the lab. That thought must have shown on his face because soon enough Clint put his hand around his shoulders stopping his escape plan.

When they approached, Thor was the first to notice them and soon everyone's eyes were on them.

"Anthony! Glad to see you're out of your workshop, friend!" Thor half-yelled which made everyone, except the super soldier, wince.

"Jesus, Thor, remember what we talked about inner voices?" Tony complained while Steve got up with a grin and hugged him before they connected their lips in a deep kiss which resulted in some cheering and a fake gag from Clint.

"Get a room, you two!" They separated, both breathing heavily, and sat on the couch as Tony fliped off Clint behind his back.

"Did you even get out of the lab while I was on the mission?" Steve asked while brushing his hand through Tony's unkept hair. He knew the answer, but he still asked, just to see how Tony would try to get out of it.

"Uhh, yeah..."

"Liieeesss."

"Shut up, Clint"

"Seriously, Tony?" Steve sighed exasperated, "At least tell me you've been eating and sleeping normally."

"I've been eating and sleeping normally."

"No."

"I've been eating normally."

"No."

"...I've been sleeping normally?"

Steve just glared as a response while Tony gave him his most innocent smile.

"Hey guys, what have we missed?" Tasha and Bruce thankfully chose that moment to enter. Steve shot him a 'We're-not-done-with-this' look before taking the bowl of popcorn out of Bruce's hands.

"We were just about to start watching." Bruce and Tasha sat while Steve set the movie.

"Wait, what are we watching?" Everybody turned to Thor who was in charge of picking the movies.

"Well, my friends, since Captain and I missed a lot of good movies, I have decided to watch what lady Darcy recommended."

They all turn to the TV as the opening credits for Bambi start to play.

Everyone was silent for a moment, questioning Darcy's taste in movies, but soon enough they were absorbed in the story. Some tears were shed when Bambi's mother was killed from the Asgardian prince, but other than that, there were no interruptions.

Huh.

Steve looked at Tony to see the reason why the man didn't make any of his usual witty remarks just to find Tony nuzzled in Steve's side with his hand tightly clutching Steve's already crinkled shirt. His bangs were covering his closed eyes and he was slightly snoring.

His boyfriend's adorableness made Steve blush and smile softly

He tighten his arm around his lovers' hips which resulted in Tony nuzzling deeper into his chest.

"Aww, that's adorable." Clint whispered next to him with the same smug face he always has.

"Shush, you'll wake him up." Bruce said quietly before Steve had the chance to scold him.

Clint shut up and threw his hands up in surrender.

Steve continued watching Bambi until he sensed movement. He looked at Tony who was trying to make himself comfortable, still sleeping. That's when he saw it.

His sleeves raised up a little so Steve had the full view of the scars that were covering his wrist.

Wait.

"Guys" His voice shook a bit, which made everyone look at him with alert in their eyes.

Steve grabbed Tony's hand and raised his sleeve, carefully so he didn't wake him up, to reveal the seemingly endless scars.

Someone paused the movie and turned the lights on but Steve was too dazed to notice it

Tony was self harming.

Tony, his beatiful, witty, smart boyfriend, was self harming.

He felt like he was going to throw up.

Everyone was now surrounding him as the silence became deafening.

Thor looked confused. Tasha didn't show anything but anyone who knew her could see the emotions written on her face. Clint was shocked and his eyes were shining with tears. Bruce was pale and his eyes were dangerously green.

But Steve was the worst.

His hands were trembling so hard that it was a surprise it didn't wake Tony up. He had trouble breathing as dark thoughts crawled up from the back of his minds. He was gaping and silent tears were streaming down his cheeks.

At that moment Tony started waking up and everyone quickly returned to their seats in a quiet agreement that they were not going to tell Tony what they just saw. Not yet at least.

Steve wiped his tears and looked at Tony with a soft smile that had just a bit of sadness. Thankfully Tony was too sleepy to notice.

"It already ended?" Tony's voice was a bit slurred from sleep as he streched and got up. "Well, I still have to finish that project"

"No, you don't. You're tired and haven't slept in awhile. Go to bed." Natasha said in her commanding tone. She gave him a 'you-don't-want-to-fight-with-me' look that would have made even Steve shiver if not for what he just saw.

"You're no fun." Tony sighed as his eyes fell on Bruce who was trying to cover up that he was currently fighting down Hulk.

"You okay there, Bruce?" Bruce looked up and gave him a shaky smile to let him know it was nothing. Tony seemed a bit hesitant but thankfully didn't question it. He bent down to Steve and gave him a quick kiss and walked away with a yawned 'good night'.

When the elevator door closed, everyone was silent for a few minutes while one question seemed to suffocate the whole room.

"What just happened?"