6. Obsession
Thor always denies having an obsession with pop-tarts.
Loki confirms that Thor is in fact, not obsessed. He's just extremely infatuated with said dessert product. Like how Tony is whenever a new Iron Man comic comes out. He flat out refuses to leave the room until he's finished reading.
He doesn't even leave for bathroom breaks. That kind of raises the question on where he goes.
No one asks, so that remains an unanswered mystery…
7. Eternity
Clint had made himself a personal 'landmark' on the playground when he was in 3rd grade. He had been messing around with the see-saw swing set when he was thrown off, unceremoniously landing on the pavement, and indenting his form onto the hard cement.
Principal Fury refused to fix the pavement and Vice Principal Coulson teased that it would last an 'eternity'.
Everyone was surprised that it actually did seem to last an eternity.
Or at least a really long time.
8. Gateway
The apparent 'rite of passage' for becoming a fully-fledged S.H.I.E.L.D student was sneaking past S.H.I.E.L.D's many guards and crossing the academy's gateway. The new 'runt' would then have to get onto the dock and meet up with a final year high school student, who would then proclaim him/her as an official member of S.H.I.E.L.D Academy's 'family.'
Strangely enough, Natasha was the one who thought of it.
What was even stranger was that everyone immediately agreed to it.
Their slogan, 'We may be dysfunctional, but we leave leave no person behind! Unless we hate you.'
9. Death
Bucky's death wasn't expected, nor planned. It was just a freak accident.
It was Christmas day when the older boy was hit-and-runned by a skidding car.
Steve could do nothing, but watch in pure horror as the car slammed into Bucky then quickly left, without the driver even stopping to check. He could only watch as the police carried his childhood friend on a stretcher. He could only watch as the police closed the case. He could only watch as Bucky's mother committed suicide.
For two years, Steve would isolate himself in his room, quietly mulling over how he couldn't, and how he should've, saved his best friend.
Even now, Steve still blames himself.
He plans to become a police officer when he graduate. He swears that as long as he lives, he will find the driver that murdered his best friend and bring him to justice.
10. Opportunities
Thor was forced to make a tough decision.
Loki had run away.
Thor felt like it was his duty to go with him and protect him, especially after all the hardships his brother recently went through.
But he couldn't just up and leave his parents. His mother would have worried like crazy, while his father was sure to overreact and call the national guards or something. His first thoughts were that this was a stupid idea, and that he should try and convince Loki otherwise.
That was until leaving home opened up new horizons, and gave him opportunities he probably would never have experienced, should he have stayed at home.
As soon as he realized that his leaving was a blessing, he decided to embrace it fully and protect his baby brother no matter what hardships lay ahead.
His resolve solidified when a man wearing an eye-patch approached them during a hard winter, offering them a warm home.
He reluctantly agreed. He wasn't very aware of what, exactly, he was getting them into.
