It's just a normal morning day in the Avengers Tower, well, as normal as it can be with this dysfunctional family.
In the dysfunctional livingroom, Thor was eating poptarts, throwing the wrapping on the floor each time when finishing, demanding for another.
Clint was in his usual 'imma-crawl-in-those-vent-pipes-and-piss-everyone-off-by-dropping-stuff-on-their-heads' mode.
Natasha was sitting calm on the couch, watching TV, occasionally throwing a glance at Clint.
Bruce was making coffee, the 20th cup might I say "damn Tony and his coffee addiction" and speaking of Tony, well, he was having his usual fight with Steve.
And Loki… this guy was up to no good, his pranks were a nightmare, because with him bad turns to worse, especially when he doesn't really want to play a prank, but mostly make a point or statement about someone, and today's victims were Tony Stark and Steve Rogers aka Iron Man and Captain America, who were at each others throats, but no one was paying them attention because, this is normal when it comes to our favourite spandex and metal duo.
And Pepper was due to come soon to officially meet the super boy band.
But today, will be a special day, because our beloved brother and daddy issues Asguardian stuck his tail in the business.
"You know Stark, I don't know how Howard was your father, because you're nothing like him, no wonder he neglected you, you're a disappointment."
As Steve finished this line, everyone in the room froze, because it never got to the point where Howard would be brought up in the conversation, at least not in such a manner.
A giggle was heard in the far corner of the room but no one paid attention to it.
Tony could feel his blood run cold at those words, how dare he talk like that, when he knew nothing!
"You know Rogers, you're so full of shit, talking like you know everything when you clearly don't, but hey, everything is ok because you're Captain fucking America and you're a good guy!" he spat at him.
Hands rubbing against each other in excitement were heard, but again, no one paid attention.
"Oh Stark, but I do know, I know for a fact that you are a selfish person, so full of yourself, a nascissistic bastard, who cannot go on without making everything about yourself." Steve said, feeling the anger and annoyance level rising.
"Isn't that pathetic Stark, you really are nothing without the suits, and don't throw me the genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist, you are a sorry excuse of a human being. You want to be a 'hero' so much that you made a hole in your chest so you could power the suits! I wonder what you will do without the arc reactor, without the suits!"
As Steve finished the rant, he moved towards Tony fast, the latter being frozen on the spot, all colour drained from his face, as he watched Steve shove his hand in the arc reactor and ripping it out.
The silence was horrible, everyone with their eyes big, frozen on Tony. He started to fall, darkness rapidly surrounding him, the last thought he had was of that night in Malibu mansion, and Obadiah Stane ripping his arc reactor out.
And in that moment an anguish scream and a mad laugh were heard.
"TONY!"