"Avengers listen up." Fury started the meeting and Tony was already rolling his eyes. Fury had an agenda on him Tony could smell it.
When didn't the one eyed jerk off have an agenda.

He sighed and acted like he was paying attention as the director continued.
"Shield is very happy with the work this team has provided. I am also saying that I'm very happy and actually very proud of you. You've all done a very good job."

Whut. Come again? The hell is this. Tony's face slumped into a confused frown. He scanned the room. Bruce was sitting next to him and he looked bewildered. Thor had that pleasant boyish smile. Natasha had her arms crossed and Barton was sitting beside her. He was running his finger over one of his arrows…
Probably seeing if it was sharp enough to slice his finger off or something.

Tony's eyes stopped at the capsicle. Captain America was sitting up straight and he seemed to be ok with what Fury just said.
Tony's voice killed the silent Kodak moment.
"We've done a good job? What is this…seriously I've got shit to do."

After he spoke up the room rose with quick chatter. First Steve butted it in. All stupid and captain like.
"Tony he's just complimenting us give him a break.."
Fury got all flustered.
"NOW HOW THE HELL DID I KNOW your mouth would be the first to run all over this STARK…you didn't even let me finish."
"Fury is just showing us gratitude metal man."
"Shut it Stark."
"Yeah I'm with Natasha…shut your mouth."
The only one that didn't say anything was Bruce. Tony sat back with a laugh and he looked at his science bro.

What the shit…
Seriously Tony couldn't roll his eyes back any farther.
"Sorry?" he said as he tossed his hands up trying to further emphasize his confusion.
Fury stomped his foot or something.
"WE HAVE YOU ALL HERE and I'm just saying THANK YOU on behalf of Shield. Is that a damn crime?" his one eye was blazing daggers straight at Tony.
Tony didn't even respond he just kept turning in his rolling chair.

"I'm here to say thank you and I'm also here because Shield has a proposition for you. Another form of service since you guys have already saved the world a few dozen times. Think of it as a mission."

Tony had to smack the table as soon as he heard that. Yup. Proposition he said.
"Oh herrrreeeeeeee we go. I knew that thank you was total crap. UH YEAH seriously you guys? seriously you bought that thank you bullshit."
Tony couldn't help but laugh. But his teammates turned on him again (except for Bruce he stayed silent)

Thor, Natasha, Clint, Fury, and Steve all started yelling something at him. Spiting fire and brimstone his way but the voice that crashed to his core the most…
"JUST LET HIM TALK TONY." Steve's voice.

Captain fuckin American's voice was the one with any kind of impact. Tony stared at him and slowly turned his tongue around in his mouth. As if to tame it.
Steve looked mad …Tony turned his glance away and just stared at the wall.
Being scolded like a little kid..not cool.
"What exactly does Shield want from us Fury?" Steve took over this meeting of shit and Tony just burned because of it.
TCH…
Fuckin jerk.

"I don't normally go for this sort of thing, but the idea was given to me and I've thought it over. I think this might be a good idea. Since you guys aren't just super hero's anymore we want the Avengers to spend some time doing charitable work."

Tony's brain exploded. UHH CHARITABLE FUCKING WORK?
Is he?…..Is Fury a nut case?
Tony covered his mouth and shoved his forehead on the table. No fucking way did Fury just say those words. Was he going to turn the Avengers into some…charity function?
Oh my god.. My fucking god no Tony covered his mouth gahh don't speak don't speak. Control. Control.

"You want us to do charity work? On behalf of Shield?" Steve asked out loud and Tony was totally sweating he was trying not to scream and yell at Fury.
Bruce gave a slight nudge to Tony's back because he knew that he was chewing nails.

"Well obviously STARK isn't ok with doing something like this. During your off times when you're not saving the globe we thought maybe we can work on other functions. You guys are already on a celebrity sort of status. Steve your face is already everywhere the world is buzzing and you've got more power than any crack pot movie star. "

"Just how much time out of our lives does Shield expect from us?" Natasha chimed in and finally said something that actually made sense.
Tony was still struggling to keep his mouth shut. UGHHH is this shit for real.
"Natasha I understand your concern. This is just a suggestion. Basically a request..you don't have to do it if you don't want to. You can discuss it and let me know if any of you are up to it. Take this as a way for Shield to reconcile some differences we've had with you guys."

"Meaning when you tried to make weapons out of the tessaract and your bosses almost blew up New York?" Bruce asked as Tony sat up straight. He was still covering his mouth but he finally took his head off the table.
"Just talk it over. You all friggen live together so go home and think it through. Rogers let me know when some sort of decision is made."

Fury left. Walked right out. Tony slowly slipped his hands away from his mouth.
Everyone was kinda staring. No one was saying anything and it was really getting on his nerves.
"I think we should discuss this at home and then leave it up to a vote." Steve said as Tony's skin started to crawl a bit.

Steve was going to jump all over this. He could feel it. This was bullshit. He glared over at Steve..
"Why wait till we get home? Let's just talk now and get it over with."
"Fast decisions aren't always the best ones Tony. We should think about it and actually give the decision some serious thought."
"Is there really a need for serious DECISIONS here cap? I mean come on…it's bad enough we risk our lives for Shield..ohh now we have to do even more. The fuck is this…what's to even discuss."
"It's BAD enough we risk our lives? Did you just say it's bad enough we risk our lives. Tony if that's how you feel than you shouldn't be risking your life at all."
"You just say the word and I'll leave BUDDy. AND I already do my share of charity work. I donate enough money to charities JUST ASK PEPPER."
"WRITING A CHECK FOR THE POOR FOLK ISN'T THE SAME CONCEPT AS CHARITY WORK TONY YOU ARE MISSING THE POINT."
"WELL FUCK YOU . WHAT I DO ISN'T UP TO YOUR…CAPTONIC STANDARDS?!..WELL LIKE I GIVE A SHIT."
Steve and Tony were both standing and…yelling at each other.
They didn't even notice that escalate as much as it did. Uhh…

Barton stood up and kinda held Steve back. Bruce did the same for Tony.
"OK you two..chill out a bit. You're kinda scaring us." Bruce said as Tony turned his glare to the wall.
Natasha and Thor stayed totally silent.
They both sat back down slowly…
"Did you say captonic standards?" Barton said as Tony rolled his eyes.
YEAH I SAID IT..

Steve was gritting his teeth. UGH Tony just crossed his arms and fucking ignored this….
This was seriously stupid.
The golden boy's voice grew calm and he started talking again.
"I've decided that this will be a good idea for the team. Saving the world to me is the same thing as helping people on a more smaller level. I think it would be good for us to put our faces out there and show everyone who we are. I vote yes." Steve said as Tony's brain burned with RAGEEEEEEEEEE…

"I don't mind participating in what your world calls charity. We do the same thing in Asgard. So I vote yes with the captain as well." Thor spoke up and Tony almost choked on his tongue.
YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME? The blonde squad already decided yes on this shit?

It's all good BRUCE will have his back. And obviously Natasha isn't down with this. SO it will tie three for three.
Tony noticed Steve was staring at him. His eyes darted away from his as quickly as possible.
"Tony I'm going to assume you're going to vote no on this?" Steve calmly asked him…and Tony CALMLY gave him a spitfire glare.
"I vote FUCK NO actually."
Tony looked at Bruce.
He bettttttterrrr not side with Steve. Tony will HULK OUT.

"I think I'm with Tony on this one Steve. No offense but I've already wedged out a good portion of my life for Shield work." Bruce said with a bit of a wince on his face.
Steve just smiled at Bruce and shrugged his shoulders a bit. Tony was overjoyed somebody was on his side.

Just two more….
Barton was OF COURSE going to side with Natasha. Whichever way she swang was the way he was going. She appeared to be deep in thought.
Tony's nerves were trembling. He wanted to know what the hell those two were going to voteeeee gahhhh…

Barton voted first.
"I'm with Steve. Whatever work we end up doing is fine with me. Charity, non charity, life risking, non life risking…you catch my drift." He snapped a smile Steve's way and Tony snapped his neck with telepathic powers he didn't have.

You have got to be shitting me…..
Natasha was the last one. It was pass or fail at this point and Tony was about to bust out into hives any second.

She had this…sinister grin. This look on her face that really made Tony feel uneasy.
Natasha was staring at Tony. Tony gulped and shifted in his chair.
"I'm siding with Steve. I vote yes." She said as Tony's jaw fell open. He ….gasped or something.
Had a heart attack or …

The fuck? The fucking fuck?
"SO WE HAVE TO DO CHARITY WORK? What the?..HOW?..HOW IS THIS EVEN HAPPENING..what is even going on?…are you guys insane?" Tony was just…freaking out.
Wow he didn't even know where he was at that moment. His brain was so full of shock.

STEVE HAD A BIG SMILE ON HIS FACE.
"I'll talk to Fury. We'll set something up ." He stood up and everyone started leaving or whatever.
He felt a soft hand touch his shoulder.
"Sorry buddy. Try not to be too upset.." Bruce said as he left Tony with his thoughts. The door closed and Tony sat there all alone.

He sat. And sat. And sat….
"Unbelievable. Absolutely unbelievable. I am not believing this because it is that unbelievable."
He was talking to himself and staring off into space like a crazy person.

Tony's eye twitched a bit.

Sometime later Tony was locked up in his lab. He locked himself in there and he was not going to ever come out. He was also on the phone with Pepper.
"And he was just grinning. All Captain American-like. Now I have to do charity work? How do you even DO charity work?"
"Tony..Tony calm down. Will you calm down? It's not as bad as it seems." She said with a laugh beneath her tone.
Laughing. Pepper was laughing.

?!

"You need to relax it really isn't that big of a deal. So you guys spend a couple hours helping people..you guys can help out in a kitchen or…plant some trees. Build some houses I mean the Avengers has destroyed a lot of property. It's good for the company too so stop being so negative."
"PEPPER. PEPPER?!..just..stop talking. I'm going to drink this day away. Yeah it never happened. BYE." Tony hung up.

"Jarvis? Alcohol..now."
"You do know I'm incapable of handing you things. You are aware of this right sir?" Jarvis responded and Tony growled out of frustration.
F)CHASCHAS CZ! #! #! #!####! !

"What is WITH everyone today.." Even Jarvis was annoying him. Tony chewed on his bottom lip and started searching his lab for booze.
"WELL where is my alcohol? I will hand it to myself."
"You had Colonel Rhodes remove it after your birthday party sir. You no longer keep alcohol in the workplace."
"Well that was a stupid idea. Jarvis open the door." He said as he jogged outside his lab.
When he reached the stairs he stopped quickly because he nearly ran into a huge roadblock.

STEVE..was right in front of him. In the dead center of the stairs. He was obviously heading to the lab to say something obnoxious.
Tony just stood dead in his tracks..he stared at the tall blond.
"Tony I wanted to talk to you about earlier. I really want to apologize."
"How about save it. I'm not in the mood for one of your speeches." Tony tried to walk around him but the asshole grabbed his arm.
"Please..just hear me out. We can't keep butting heads like this..it's bad for both of us."
"You know it's really not so bad for me. SO LET GO."

Tony jerked his arm out of his grip and Steve remained still. He went to leave… but for some reason Tony stood still and slowly looked over at Steve's face.
He was tense. Obviously pissed off and even more obviously unsure what to do. Steve looked a bit lost.
Tony's mouth closed tightly and he moved his gaze to the floor.

Steve took a minute to breathe and then he finally said something.
"I want to be able to talk to you Tony. Even if you're upset with me or you disagree with me about something. I want that." Tony looked up at him. Steve's face was so much calmer. No longer tense and unsure. His voice was almost tender.
"I can't talk to you right now. Actually I don't WANT to talk to you right now." Tony flared back at him and the two stared at each other again. Tony felt Steve's hand touch his arm. This time it wasn't forced. He wasn't acting like the leader of their super hero boy band.

Steve was being much nicer. And held a gentle grip on his arm this time.
Tony looked down at Steve's hand. This awkward feeling rushed through his stomach.. The thing that made this the most difficult for him was the fact that Steve fucking Rogers was extremely good looking. Tony couldn't deny that fact one bit.

"That's ok. It's fine I get it. You're pissed off I know but I want to be able to talk to you…you and I we just.."
He kept staring at his hand. It was so warm and…
Dude let go...If Steve could not touch him that would be great.
It made Tony feel things. He didn't want to feel things. Ok? He actually had cold chills now. Tony started chewing on his bottom lip and he looked back up at Steve's face. Great now he couldn't turn his eyes away.

"We just what?.." He asked still holding a glare for the man now "trying to talk to him"..
"I just don't understand you. I've never met anyone like you before."
Steve stepped a bit closer. Tony's eyes grew wider and he attempted to look away.
" I don't know how to communicate with you. Tony I want that more than anything." Steve admitted and Tony stared.

He really didn't know how to react to what Steve said. It REALLY felt like Steve was standing too close. That or the room was shrinking. Also the air around them kinda disappeared. Uhhh…
He just stared at Steve. Words were just..bffftt not there.

" I think you and I need to find a way to …" Steve didn't finish. That warm hand left his cold arm..Tony saw him turn around and he looked up where Steve was looking.
Wait what? Where did his warm hand go. He looked but his brain was caught in a fog.

Bruce was heading Tony's way too.
Oh. Um uh..Tony snapped out of…whatever that was. The air returned to his lungs and he swallowed.
Right. He didn't say anything to Steve he just looked at Bruce.
"Hey Bruce. I was just..well we were just.."
"We were just trying to sort out that whole mess from earlier." Steve cut in and Tony looked at him awkwardly.

Ok that was? Tony's throat was really dry now for some reason.
Steve and Tony stepped a bit away from each other. Bruce walked down more towards there level. He stopped in front of the two and gave a warm smile.
"Ok? Well I was just making sure you didn't decide to hang yourself down here. You were pretty upset from earlier."
"Yeah well..majority rules. But I'm fine. I'll survive I suppose."

A silence crept over the three. Bruce looked at Tony then he turned and looked at Steve.
"Wow…Steve what did you say to him?" Bruce asked with a small laugh. He gave Steve a pat on the friggen shoulder.

Yeah what did STEVE say to him? Tony just stood silent between the two.
"I'm not exactly sure. He's calmed down a bit it seems." Steve said as Bruce's smile grew bigger.
Right. Ok well Tony just shook his head.. He tried to work out his thoughts.

What the hell was he doing there anyways..Oh yeah.
"I was getting alcohol. Jarvis…he told me Rhodey got rid of my alcohol. That's where I was going. Before..well before.." Tony started mumbling to himself as he walked right by Bruce and Steve.

He wandered up to the main floor. Tony started digging around for booze.
Steve and Bruce looked at each other briefly.
"Seriously Steve what did you say to him?"
"I..Bruce I only said that I wanted the two of us to communicate …better? I think. I don't know what's buzzing in that head of his."

Bruce studied Steve for a bit longer than he should have. The two headed up the stairs and located their teammate as he opened up a bottle and started drinking.
"Easy Tony we're not prepared for you to get plastered …ok? it's just charity work." Bruce said having no affect whatsoever. Tony was already half way done with the bottle.

He was guzzling the stuff down like it was water.
Steve was watching Tony and he had his hand covering his mouth. He was obviously unsure what to say and do about this situation as well.
Tony noticed they both were friggen following him. Yeah hell no. Tony took another swig and he tried to ditch them. The other Avengers were in the living room. They were playing a card game.

He wasn't sure which direction he should go. Captain Confusing And Bruce were back THAT way and the yawn patrol was in the other direction.
"Great. Just great." he mumbled to himself.
Tony frowned and decided to put on some tunes. He couldn't get back to his lab just yet…his entourage probably wouldn't allow it.

He flipped through his music player and put something on. Thor, Natasha, and Clint didn't say anything about it or anything to him so Tony proceeded with his actions. He hunted down another drink and totally ignored everyone in the house.
Well tried to until his overactive brain started babbling on.
"Artic Monkeys? They're popular right now and they are pretty chill. Kinda groovy nothing too fancy. Good vocals."
He was talking to no one..just out loud.
Tony had a lot about that day/evening to forget about. He started drinking down a new bottle. His plans were to get a good buzz going…go downstairs and make some shit. Then pass out. Forget all that bullshit.

"He's acting weird." Bruce said to Steve as both men sighed in unison.
"Yeah a bit. I'm suspecting that he just needs some space. You know to forget about all the stuff that was said today."
"I agree. You should give him some space." Bruce said with a kind smile.
The two were silent for a moment. Steve just eyed him a little unsure how to take that response.
Bruce walked over to Tony.

"You throwing a little party on your lonesome Tony?" Bruce asked as Tony smiled.
"Of course. OH hey thanks for having my back today…I forgot to say that earlier."
"Well we can only do so much. Here's to being the minority of opinion." Bruce held up a bottle. Tony's smile was enormous. That's what he wanted to see!

Tony tried to not to notice it when Steve left. He tried. As soon as the blond left the room his eyes immediately followed the direction he went.
Shit. Tony felt uneasy. Ughhh he just drank drank DRANKKK…
Something ACHED in Tony's chest. He slurped up more booze and turned the music up.

"Deal us in Natasha we want to play." Tony asked as he walked over to the card table.
Everyone eyed Tony and he had a wonderful smile for all of them. Barton just smiled back at him.
"Sounds good to me. Tasha we can all play BULLSHIT I love that game."
"I'll get the vodka." Natasha said and Tony got even more excitedddd!

"The good actual Russian stuff?" he asked as his heart raced with excitement. Natasha just gave him this coy.. "bitch please" look.
Thor was SO down for booze it made Tony even more excited.
"I will go get the soldier as the rest of you get prepared." Thor said as he disappeared to find Steve.
Shit…Tony didn't really want to see him. But what felt worse? Being in his presence or knowing he was being all sulky somewhere.

Tony arranged the chairs and he sat down.
"Bruce sit by meeeeee.." He said as he moved a chair close to him. Bruce just sat down in response and he slowly worked on his beer.
Tony was already on bottle number three. This was so happening.

Steve came back in the room and Tony tried not to look at him. He busied himself with the card shuffling.
"I suppose I can play one game." The captain said as he sat down beside Thor. Tony sunk his teeth into his tongue as the cards were dealt.
Natasha handed Tony, Thor, and Clint each their own bottles of vodka. She offered one to Bruce but he declined. They all knew it was useless to offer Steve.
"Stark's already ahead of us. So boys get to drinking." Natasha said to the other two.
"Oh you think you can out drink me Natasha?" Tony had to challenge.
"You know I can Stark. You can handle your liquor. I will give you that."

"Thanks darlin." Tony so so happy.
The cards were dealt and the game officially began!
"It's going to be fun watching you all get trashed. I'm just going to put that out there now guys." Steve said with that handsome smile.
Tony tried to keep his eyes on his cards but they slowly crept in Steve's direction. WHY? Who knows. Ugh he got annoyed with himself and he forced his eyes to the cards. Tony wondered what Steve would do if he got really shit faced.

He wondered if he'd be all nice like he was a few minutes ago.
Shit he was staring. Tony cleared his throat and he took another drink.
"So who goes first?" Clint asked as they all looked at each other.

Chapter One: END

HELLO HELLO ! I'm posting my story on here to see if I get better feedback. (I posted it on AO3 and meh) we shall see.

Thanks for reading and I've pretty much gotten the bulk of this story written. SO STAY TUNED!