Act Naturally - in which the group talks about being famous and Tony opens up

Well, I hope you come and see me in the movie
Then I'll know that you will plainly see
The biggest fool that's ever hit the big time
And all I gotta do is act naturally

- Act Naturally, Buck Owens

"Well, now that we're famous, what do you suppose we do?" Clint asked one night as they sat around watching the news.

The rest of the group looked at Tony, expecting him to ramble about sponsor-ships and galas, but Bruce was the first to speak up.

"Could you imagine if they made movies about us? I mean, not like a documentary, but actual Hollywood produced movies? With legit actors?"

They all laughed at his suggestion, but Tony grimaced.

"I wouldn't trust anyone to play myself."

Natasha rolled her eyes. "What, Stark, you think that no one's good enough?"

"Please! It's not that no one's good enough, although we all know it's true," he added under his breath, "but who would play us better than ourselves?"

"You know, he has a point, Tash," Clint said, stretching into her lap, "And think about it, we'd all be even bigger stars than we already are!"

Now Steve scoffed at the idea. "They can use an actor for mine. Now, for Stark, we all know they have to get that wide range of emotions."

"Steven, you flatter me. But really, I'm obviously going to be the biggest fool to ever hit the big-time. So why bother?"

The genius stalked out of the room, and Bruce looked at the captain with disappointment.

"Steve."

"What?"

"You know what you did."

"He knows it's true."

"That doesn't make what you said right, Steve!"

The super soldier sighed. Bruce was always right, whether he wanted to admit it or not.

"Well what do you want me to do?"

"Go talk to him! Apologize, or maybe he just needs someone to listen to him. Either way, go."

And so Steve headed out to the roof of Stark Tower, where he found Tony stargazing.

"Hey, Capsicle."

"H-hi, Tony. Listen, I -"

"Save it. You don't believe what you said was wrong."

"But it was wrong to say."

Tony turned to look at Steve, who stood there staring at his shoes.

"Don't beat yourself up over it, Rogers. I mean, if they put me in the movies, all I'll be is a man that's sad and lonely. But all I've got to do is act naturally."

"Sad and lonely? But aren't you happy? And you have Pepper!"

"Well I can play the part well."

Steve was silent. This type of talk was the exact opposite of what he was used to - Stark was normally joking and sarcastic, but he seemed so serious.

"And if I get that part, well, I'll be a big star. I might win an Oscar. I'll play the part, but I won't need to rehearse.

Can you imagine? They'll get a scene about this man, the man who's sad and lonely. He'll be begging on his bent knee. All I'll have to do is act naturally."

"Tony, you don't have to resign yourself to that kind of thinking!"

The look Tony gave him was bordering on pity.

"It's alright, Steve, don't worry about me. Just promise you'll all come and see me in the movie."

Author's Note: So I was listening to my Avenger's playlist, and this little drabble came out of it! I may not ship Stony, but their friendship is so love/hate that I can't help but loving it! This song just suits Tony so well and I loved trying to string in the lyrics to it, I hope you guys like it as much as I do!