Title: Sandy Trip
Author: Sgt. Pepperony
Fandom: Avengers (MCU)
Characters: Tony, Pepper, Steve, Bruce, Thor, Jane, Wanda and Pietro
Rating: T for just in case.
Setting: After Avengers: Age of Ultron
Disclaimer: I do not own the Avengers, characters or movies. Also books mentioned I do not own (the titles. I own two of them for personal entertainment purposes) Credits to Marvel Studios and Disney. Connected to other Avengers stories on my author page.
So, I went to the beach yesterday when this idea for a story popped into my head. Expect arguments, Steve and Pietro struggling to play volleyball without using their abilities, Thor on a roller-coaster, the boys seeing who could eat the most and girl-bonding.
"You know what I really hate?" asked Tony to Bruce and Steve when they were having brunch in a Manhattan diner not too far from Avengers Tower.
"Authority? Government? Pink?" asked Steve.
"Summer in New York."
"You complained that it was too cold in January," Bruce commented. "You have a point though. What is it, eighty degrees?"
"According to the news it's supposed to hit the mid-nineties over the weekend," stated Steve.
"Oh fantastic. Just what I need. A building filled with the smell of sweat."
"Don't you have air conditioning?" asked Bruce.
"There is but I then end up cold."
"You are never happy are you?" asked Steve.
"Eh," Tony shrugged. "I need the bathroom. The amount of water I have been drinking has been playing havoc with my urinary system." Tony got out of his seat and went to one of the bathrooms at the back.
"You'd think he would have learnt about subtlety by now," Steve commented.
"How he lived in Malibu for his whole life I do not know. He has got a point though. New York in summer is awful."
"Well, you have to wonder what to do in this heat. I know people go and rest in the park but I could not do that. It seems …."
"Too over-crowed?"
"Yes. You would be lucky to get a decent spot on the lawns."
At that point the waitress came with the food, "One banana pancakes and bacon with syrup?"
"That will be mine thanks," Bruce raised his hand and the waitress put the plate down in front of the scientist.
"Is the rest for you?" she asked Steve.
"Um, I think I ordered the French toast and sausage and egg muffin."
"What about the salmon and eggs benedict?"
"That will be for our friend, he's just gone to the bathroom."
"Okay," she said as she put the plates down before asking, "Do you want any more drinks?"
"I'll have another coffee," Bruce answered.
"I'm good thank you."
"Okay, I'll be back in a minute." The waitress smiled at the men before going to the counter to grab the coffee pot.
"I think she likes you," Bruce commented.
"You think every woman who smiles at me is attracted to me. Anyway, I don't think I could cope with being stuck in my apartment during a heat wave. Maybe taking a trip out to the beach sounds better than just sitting in a city filled with cars and smoke and smog."
"That is not actually a bad idea."
"What is not a bad idea?" asked Tony returning to his seat before digging into his food.
"I was thinking of taking a trip to the beach this weekend," Steve answered.
"With who?"
"I don't know. It was just a thought, not set in stone."
"Hmmm," Bruce could see the cogs turning in Tony's head. "Let's do it."
"Are you actually serious?" asked Bruce.
"As I said, I hate summer in New York. We could make a day of it. I'll bring Pep, maybe invite Hammer-time and Jane."
"What about the twins?" asked Bruce.
Tony sighed.
"Oh come on. Can you put what happened between you and Pietro behind?" asked Steve.
"This is coming from someone who got punched because you may have slept with his sister."
"I did not sleep with her!" Steve shouted louder than intended, making everyone in the diner turn their attention to the three. "Sorry," he said quietly.
"He has a point Tony. Can you just let it go?"
"That depends. So when do you think? Friday, Saturday or Sunday?"
"Friday morning. We can beat the weekend traffic then," answered Bruce.
"Perfect. I'll call Thor tell him the plan."
-o-
"You did what?" Tony asked Pepper loudly.
"I asked Wanda and Pietro to join us at the beach," she answered confused as to why he seemed upset.
"Are you absolutely insane woman?"
"Excuse me?" Pepper raised her eyebrow.
"Okay, I'm sorry; but seriously Pepper, why did you invite him?"
"I thought it would be a good way to get to know them better. I know Wanda a little bit but beyond you calling Pietro a…" Pepper started to count on her fingers, "stubborn, impetuous, smug-faced, overprotective, self-centred prick, I don't know much about him."
"Do you need to know anything beyond that?"
"Tony, seriously, what happened between you two?"
"I don't really want to explain, we have a dinner reservation at seven."
"Okay, fine. However, can you just let it slide for at least one day? I really want Wanda to come and she won't come without her brother." Tony huffed. "Tony?"
"Fine," he murmured. "Just don't expect me to play nice if he doesn't."
-o-
"Are you absolutely insane?" Pietro shouted in Romanian at his sister once she told him the plans.
"Yes Pietro, I am absolutely out of my mind to even consider going to the beach with my friends when I have been invited," she responded, also in Romanian. "We were both invited."
"Really?"
"No, I said that I would not come without you."
"Did you not think to ask me if I wanted to come?"
"Oh grow up. Besides, I thought it would be better than running around in a boiling apartment for a whole day. And you do not have to talk to Tony."
"Well, who else is going?"
"Tony's partner Pepper, Bruce, Steve, Thor and his girlfriend Jane who I have not met yet. All it is going to be is sitting on the beach, maybe playing some games and looking around the town."
"Is that it?"
"I've not exactly done this sort of thing before you know Pietro. I – we have never really had friends who want us to join them at parties and at trips. This is good for us. Please, can you just be civil to Tony for one day?"
Pietro thought about it. Wanda had a point. He had not gotten off to the best start with the group. While Bruce and Thor seemed fairly indifferent to him and vis versa, he had knocked Steve to the ground because he had (without realising) implied that Wanda and he had sex* and then there was an incident with Tony. However they did not have to communicate if they did not want to. The trip could be good for him to get to know the rest of the team better.
"Okay, I'll come."
"Brilliant. Though I should warn you that you might have to tone down the super speed a little."
"Are you kidding?"
"No one knows we are going and if the media finds out then a peaceful vacation has gone out the window." Pietro groaned and Wanda reverted to English, "Please don't."
*They did not. Yet... but it's not happening in this story. I just wanted to try one story where they are just friends. I might drop hints though. For clarification in my other stuff they are together, married and with kids. Everyone has kids. I just thought let's do one story without the kids for now.