"Thor! Glad you could make it!"
Tony half-raised his hand then decided against it as the Asgardian god looked at him, bewildered. 'Okay' Tony thought as he led Thor into the sitting room. 'Better teach him what a high-five is first.' He quickly scanned the room. Nearly everyone he asked to come was here. Natasha, Bruce, Thor, Pietro, Wanda and of course...
"So… What mad idea would you like to share with us stark?" Asked Steve, scathingly, from a where he lent in a corner.
"Hey Cap. Here's an idea." Tony replied, sarcastically. "Shut up and wait til Clint gets here."
As if Tony's words were a signal, the doorbell rung just seconds later. Tony grinned at the others and went to open the door.
"Hello?"
No-one was there.
"Hey Clint!" Tony shouted to the air. "Cliiiiiiint?!"
"What up Tone?"
Tony looked up in surprise. A grinning Clint was crouching on the higher branch of an old oak tree, his bow in his hand. Tony's eyes narrowed in confusion and he looked to his left. A long, black arrow was embedded in the doorbell; still quivering with the impact of hitting the button. Tony turned back to Clint, half-angry, half-amused, as he jumped down from to tree and landed skilfully on the drive. Tony gestured for him to go in with a wave of his hand. Clint walked into the house, slinging his bow over his back. Tony followed him into the lounge, arriving in time to see Pietro and Clint finishing their awkward hand-shake. Tony smiled to himself. 'Just hug already' he thought impatiently.
Natasha rolled her eyes. "Tooony! Quit day-dreaming!"
Tony jerked his head up and realised everyone was staring at him.
"Okay… Miss. impatient I'll tell you whats going on." He said, casting a frustrated look at Steve as he snorted with amusement. "I had an idea last night. We've all been a bit… distant from each other lately. So I thought we could do something to bring us together a bit more."
Wanda frowned. "Since when were you all socially active?"
"Since now." Tony answered, bluntly. "We're going to have… A sleepover."
His words were met with total silence and raised eyebrows.
"A sleepover?" Clint asked, his head tilted to one side in an interested sort of fashion.
"Yep."
"What is this Sleep over?" Thor questioned.
"It's where a couple or group of friends gather at one person's house and sleep there for the night." Nat explained. "They usually eat pizza and play games and stuff like that."
"But why?" Thor asked the childish question.
"For fun." Replied Nat, shrugging.
Thor chuckled deeply. "I like this plan stark! Let us gather and sleep and play."
Tony tried and failed to conceal a smile. "Great." He turned to the others. "Thor's in. What about you guys?"
Pietro agreed, so did Wanda, Clint and Nat were up for it, Bruce looked uncertain but said yes anyway. Finally Tony turned to Steve.
"Come on Cap. You in?"
Steve hesitated before laughing and throwing his arms up in submission. "Okay. Why not? You guys'll only lock me in here if I say no, so I might as well agree to it."
Tony grinned. "Brilliant. This is gonna be great. The Avengers are having a sleepover."
