Prompt: Trapped in a room
Word Limit: 2000- 2100
Word Count: 2058
A/N: I know, I don't normally do Avengers fan fiction, but I am so excited for Endgame this Friday that I can't hold it in any longer. This prompt is my own. I own nothing.
Tony Stark sighed and rubbed his eyes. He was at his desk in his labatory. Everyone was either in the kitchen or in the living room, waiting for Tony to start their weekly "Buddie's Dinner and Catch-up." But he had to get this report done. Pepper was trying to get him to take more responsibility when it came to the company. After another three minutes of staring at the screen, Tony jumped when J.A.R.V.I.S gave him a message.
"The Capsicle has left you a text, Boss Boss Manager Cool Dude," J.A.R.V.I.S. said, "Come down right now or we are starting without you." Tony sighed and chuckled a bit. After defeating Thanos and bringing everybody back from the soul stone, the Avengers minus the Guardians, the Black Panther, and Doctor Strange had decided to try to make amends after the whole Accords situation and were all living together in Stark Tower. It worked, but it stressed everybody out at times. It still worked though.
"J.A.R.V.I.S., I told you to not use my contacts in my phone when you're telling me messages," Tony laughed, standing up and stretching out. Some of his contacts were very weird.
"What would you want me to use, Boss Boss Manager Cool Dude?" J.A.R.V.I.S. asked. At this point, Tony was walking down the many flights of stairs to the first floor. He waved J.A.R.V.I.S. off and finally entered the kitchen to see all of the Avengers there.
Steve was at the stove, keeping the bean soup warm and Rhodes was already sitting at the table, staring at his phone. Clint was talking with Natasha about some assasain mission or other, and Bruce was listening awkwardly. Thor was sitting on a couch with Loki and they were staring at each other awkwardly. Scott was comparing basketball trading cards with Sam and Bucky. Wanda was talking with Carol and, to Tony's suprise, Peter. Peter saw Tony standing there and waved a hand in greeting. Tony smiled in return and walked over to the group.
"Come on, Leia is clearly the best jedi in all of the Star Wars movies," Wanda said. Carol shook her head.
"You read way too much fan fiction, because I'm pretty sure, based on the movies that I've seen- oh, hey Tony," Carol said hello, looking at Tony with her normal annoyed look. She had never seemed to like him very much since he tried to call her "photon girl." Peter stood up and gave Tony a hug. He pulled away after a few awkward seconds.
"Hey, Mr. Stark!" Peter said cheerily, "Nice to see you again!"
"I didn't know you were coming, Peter," Tony said, "I thought that you still had school. Also, are you ever going to call me Tony as I have told you too?" Peter shook his head.
"No, summer break started yesterday," Peter shrugged, "Mr. Stark is here everybody! Mr. Rogers can stop being moody now." Steve rolled his eyed playfully at the boy. He was quite fond of the now fifteen year old. Everbody made their way to their designated seats with Tony and Steve at either end of the table. They all sat there awkwardly for a little bit until Carol finally said something.
"Care to share what you were working on earlier that caused the gravity to be shut off, Mr. Stark?" Carol asked, directing the question at Tony. Steve leaned forwards, obviously wanting to hear the answer too. Tony blushed.
"Again, you can call me Tony," Tony sighed. Carol raised her eyebrows at him and Tony continued, "Just a little anti-gravity experimentation. It was supposed to be confined to the lab." Wanda scoffed quietly. Like anything was ever confined to Tony's lab. One time, his half finished suit had burst through the wall of the room where she, Natasha, Loki, and Carol were having a MASH marathon. That was a very weird night.
"Tony, you need to be more careful with that. You might end up being turned into a green monster whenever you get mad if you play around with gravity and anti-gravity too carelessly. And close the doors when you're working," Bruce chided. Tony stuck his tounge out at him, which caused pretty much everybody at the table to roll their eyes at his antics.
"Tell the Star Spangled Capsicle with a plan to not throw his sheild around the house and I'll happily oblige," Tony said. Steve rolled his eyes.
"I told you not to call me that, and that was only once because Wanda asked me to," Steve said, annoyed at the billionare inventor. Wanda snarled at him for ratting her out.
"Whatever you say, Iced Americano. I heard that Starbucks named a flavor after you," Tony poked more fun at Steve. Steve stood up angrily and pointed a threatening finger at Tony.
"Stark, I'm warning you-" Steve began, but he was cut off by Tony.
"Okay, whatever," Tony interrupted. Steve scowled at him and sat back down. Sam was the first to break the silent tension after a few awkward minutes.
"Anyways, Natasha beat me in a fight yet again today," Sam said, awkwardly picking at his bean soup. Natasha gave him a wicked grin.
"Sorry, but you said no holding back," Natash grinned widely, "I'm not in the position to argue with whatever you say." Clint, who was sitting next to Sam, laid a hand on his shoulder.
"It's okay, Sam. Natasha has harmed my ego more times then I can count," Clint said sympathetically. For the rest of dinner, the group maintained conversation without things getting too heated, despite Steve and Tony being clearly annoyed at each other. However, Tony noticed Wanda, Carol, and Peter giving each other quiet grins and all three seemed to be seconds away from bursting out laughing. The moment dinner ended and everybody put their dishes in the diswasher, Wanda pulled out her red magic tricks and froze Steve while Peter shot webs at Tony. Both weren't able to move.
"This is an intervention!" Carol announced, using her powers to hover a few feet above the ground and glow, "Everybody is annoyed by you two and you can't see why! Wanda, throw them in the shed!" The other Avengers stood still, staring at the group who had managed to subdue Tony Stark and Steve Rogers. Wanda waved her hands and flew them up the stairs to a room that even Tony didn't know existed. The door opened, Wanda sent them in, and it closed. The second the door closed, it appeared to be gone. Tony ripped the webs off of himself and stared at Steve. Neither of them noticed the cameras on the ceiling.
"What the heck?" Tony said, though what he said was very much stronger than that. Steve wholeheartedly agreed with that statement.
"Were we just thrown in a room with an exit that we can't see and nothing in it by a few millenials and a teenager?" Steve asked. Tony nodded, clearly frustrated by the situation. Suddenly, a voice cam over an invisible speaker.
"So, you're stuck in there until you stop being brats towards each other. We'll know. Have fun!" Peter and Wanda's voices came together. Steve and Tony stared at each other. There was no way that they were staying in the same room of an extended amount of time. Tony touched his earpiece to call J.A.R.V.I.S.
"Yes, Boss Boss Manager Cool Dude?" J.A.R.V.I.S. asked. Tony caught Steve staring at him and blushed. He really needed to change his contact names before Natasha heard hers. That would end incredibly badly.
"I need you to break me out of this room," Tony said conversationally. There was a long pause. Steve raised his eyebrows at this. J.A.R.V.I.S. and his British male voice normally answered immediately after being asked a question.
"No can do, Boss Boss Manager Cool Dude," J.A.R.V.I.S. said. Tony furrowed his brows.
"Why?" Tony asked.
"My system has been overridden and I have no control over the doors of this house," J.A.R.V.I.S. responded. Tony threw the earpiece down and swore. It was probably Peter's friend Ned who hacked into the database. Or maybe it was Carol. She was fairly good with computers. He looked over at Steve who was sitting on the floor.
"Looks like we're stuck here until we make up and stop being brats," Steve said, "Just a day in the life." Tony scoffed at him. Steve raised his eyebrows and expanded, "You're not the only one who can make a joke, Stark."
"Yeah, whatever."
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Meanwhile, the rest of the Avengers were sitting in the living room, watching the camera that was monitoring Tony and Steve as well as Peter, Wanda, and Carol who looked insanely smug and proud of themselves. Bruce finally broke the silence.
"So how did you guys override J.A.R.V.I.S.?" Bruce asked. Carol, Wanda, and Peter shared a wicked grin.
"Well," Carol began, "We used my computer to hack into the database and partially reprogram J.A.R.V.I.S. to stop him from opening any doors and to use the contacts in Mr. Stark's phone to refer to anybody. The contacts were very interesting." Bruce looked impressed.
"There are several protections put around the database that have been proven nearly impossible to crack," Bruce said faintly. Carol shrugged. She wasn't going to tell him, but they were very easy to crack with Kree technology.
"What's my contact name?" Natasha asked curiously. Peter and Wanda shared a look before bursting out laughiung. Once he had pulled himself together, Peter answered her.
"The All Powerful Widow of Nat," Peter wheezed, doubling over again, "And Mr. Barton is Male Katniss."
"WHAT?" Natasha and Clint yelled.
...
"Looks like Natasha and Clint are mad about something," Steve stated, "Wonder what." Tony sighed. When the kids hacked into J.A.R.V.I.S. they probably saw his contacts and told everybody who they were in his phone.
It was nearly an hour before they spoke again.
"Listen," Steve said, causing Tony to look up from his hands, "I don't know what I did to annoy you, but could you tell me what I did to you so we can get out of here sooner?" Tony sighed and rubbed his face with his hand.
"Everybody hates me. Well, except for Peter and Pepper," Tony chuckled darkly, "I'm arrogant and annoying. But everybody loves you. You always take charge and do the right thing. I just make everybody frustrated. Your turn. What did I do to annoy you?" Steve nodded and thought about the question.
"Well, first of all, there was the whole Germany thing. And then you always give me nicknames. That annoys me so much," Steve said. Tony drew in a breath.
"Yeah, I should probably stop that before you guys kick me out of my own tower," Tony said. Steve nodded. Everybody was getting annoyed with him.
"Can we agree to try to get along?" Tony asked. Steve made a face like he was thinking about it but then smiled.
"Of course, Tony," Steve said, putting emphasis on the last word. Tony smiled, stood up, and stuck out his hand. Steve took it and they probably shook hands for a few seconds too long. Suddenly, the door that wasn't there opened. The two men looked at each other before rushing out of the room to the living room, where the rest of the Avengers were sitting. Tony put on his best angry face, ready to give the three who had dared to lock him in a room for over and hour with Steve Rogers, but everybody ignored him and Steve.
The entire group seemed to be watching a movie that Tony believed that he may have seen part of a while ago. Peter, Wanda, and Carol had their eyes glued to the screen and didn't even glance at anything else. After a few minutes, Tony got annoyed.
"What the heck?" He said loudly. Peter looked up like she was surprised that he was there.
"Oh, hey Mr. Stark," Peter said in his normal cheery manner, "We were wondering where you and Mr. Rogers had gone, so we started movie night without you." Tony stared at him. Was anybody going to acknowledge what had happened? After a few moments, Tony and Steve sighed and joined the group. Behind their backs, Peter, Wanda, and Carol high fived quietly. This was a very successful intervention.