Pepper had to admit, the mansion looked amazing. Tony really had put all his effort into this, spending most of his nights going over even the tiniest of details to make sure everything was perfect. It was just a shame she couldn't get him to show this much enthusiasm for his own business...
"And look here Pep, this is the training room, I spent ages designing this!" Tony lead her into a large room filled with the typical types of gym equipment. The only thing that told her this wasn't a normal gym layout however was the six doors at the other end of the room, each one clearly coloured to suit each of the Avengers.
"What are those doors there for Tony?" She pointed to the red and gold one, clearly that was Tony's door.
"Ahh now you see, each of these doors leads to a training room suited to the specific persons' fighting style. For example, if Clint were to go through his door, JARVIS would plan and build his battle scenario to better his bow and arrow technique. Whereas if Natasha went through hers JARVIS would change it so she can further her hand to hand style. Clever huh?"
Pepper agreed, that was pretty special.
"They're going to love it here Tony."
"That's the hope." Tony steered Pepper out of the gym with a hand on the small of her back and led her up three flights of stairs towards a hallway, that she recognised from the blueprints, to be the bedrooms.
"Now there's eight bedrooms on this floor with another five around the corner, I wanted to make sure everyone had a choice, although I have decorated certain rooms to fit their style so I think they'll probably go to those anyway." Pepper smiled as she watched Tony literally bounce down the corridor, it was nice to see him so excited about something that wouldn't risk his life.
It took her a moment to realise Tony was still talking.
"...the rooms are soundproof as well." Pepper raised an eyebrow. "Not because of that Pep, jeez what kind of man do you take me for? No. Don't answer that. Anyway, it's actually because of Thor, that man is as loud in sleep as he is awake. Trust me, this is best for everyone."
"Whatever you say Tony, whatever you say..."
"I'm going to ignore you now. Have you had any news on when the beds will be delivered? Mine came yesterday but the rest haven't and saying as the others are supposed to be moving in today I think they should probably have a bed to go to don't you?" The two of them made their way to the kitchen where Tony poured them both a cup of coffee.
"I'll check on them now, have you finished the cards yet?"
"Nearly." Tony stopped to take a sip of coffee. "Just a few last tweaks to go and then they're done."
"Well go finish those so that they're ready for the others when they arrive. You have two hours Tony. Don't be late."
"For once I can honestly say I won't be." Tony smiled, kissing Pepper on the top of her head as he walked past to make his way to the lab.
At 2pm, the rest of the Avengers gathered in the front entrance to their new home and watched as Tony entered the hallway with Pepper by his side.
"Welcome everyone!" Tony beamed, "So this is, for lack of a better name, Avenger mansion!"
Tony ignored Clint's muffled laugh and Natasha's raised eyebrow.
"Your belongings have arrived ahead of you and have been placed in the rooms Tony thought would suit you best, however feel free to change your mind if you so wish."
"Ok well first things first, here are your keys." Tony announced as Pepper passed over the five 'keys'. Each one was the same size as credit cards, with the Avenger logo, the holders name and a grey square in the corner of the card printed on.
"I'll explain how they work in a minute but first could you hold them up to your face so that the grey square is facing you. JARVIS, prepare."
"Yes sir."
Tony laughed as Steve and Thor jumped at the voice, he'd get round to explaining that one later.
"Ok everyone ready? 3... 2...1... say 'cheese'."
Five flashes went off with a chorus of 'cheese' ringing out and the team watched as their faces took over the place where the grey square had been on the card.
"They're voice activated as well, the 'cheese' wasn't just to get your smiles as goofy as possible, although that is a bonus. God Clint look at yours!" Tony looked up to see Clint's glare and swiftly changed the subject. " Anyway, these will be your passes to get into the mansion, they will also be used to get into certain rooms such as the meeting room which is on the top floor and the labs which are on the bottom. Pepper what's the situation on the beds?"
Pepper looked up from her phone to address Tony. "They should be on their way now."
"Perfect, Pep you can leave now if you want, start your weekend early." Tony motioned for the other five to follow him. "Come on then guys, lets give you the grand tour."
A couple of hours later and the tour was complete. Tony had showed them all how to correctly use their passes, had a quick training session to show the guys how the gym worked, shown Natasha the spa, Bruce his lab and Clint the games room. He'd show them the bedrooms later once the beds finally arrived.
After leaving everyone to get comfortable, Tony rang Pepper to see where said beds were.
Pepper answered on the first ring and spoke before Tony even had a chance to open his mouth. "Tony... there's been a slight problem."
"Oh, I don't like it when you use that tone Pep..."
"You're not going to like this either, open the nearest curtain.." Tony walked over to one of the huge floor length windows and pulled aside a curtain to reveal the night sky being covered by white.
"Is that...?"
"Snow, yes. The vans got stuck in this 40 miles out, there's no way they can get the beds to you tonight."
Tony sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose. "Oh for the love of-, can you arrange some cars for the guys then? They'll just have to come back in a couple of days when they've arrived I guess." Tony watched as the snow started to rapidly build up outside, there must have been at least 3 inches already.
"Tony no cars can get through this, surely you know that."
Tony did. He just didn't want to accept that fact. "Well what are we supposed to do? There's six of us stuck in this house with nowhere to sleep and I've not had chance to fit in the AC yet so sleeping on the couches is definitely out and-" Pepper cut through his rant.
"Wait a minute Tony." He flinched as her voice took a darker tone. "You mean to tell me that you have had time to build water slides that could rival most waterparks but you haven't had time to sort out the heating systems?"
It was amazing how Pepper could scare him even when she was miles away and not physically in his presence. "I think we're getting off subject here. What i'm looking for is a solution to how all of us are going to survive tonight with no heating and no beds." Tony swore he could hear Pepper smirking on the other end of the phone.
"You do actually have a bed there don't you. A bed that could fit all six of you in at a pinch."
Tony knew where she was going and he didn't like it one bit.
"No Pepper, no way, despite what you may think I don't actually want to sleep my teammates and there is no way i'm sharing my bed with them!"
Tony doesn't know how he got from that conversation to having five superheroes in his bed but he'd like to find out.
"Well this is... cosy?" Tony tried to turn to glare at Clint but found himself sandwiched between a super soldier and a god.
"Guys would it be ok if I grabbed some more of the covers? It's a bit chilly here at the end." Bruce's voice came from the other side of Clint's .
"THIS IS NOT THE STANDARD OF COMFORT THAT I AM USED TO ANTHONY." The other five groaned as Thor's voice momentarily deafened them.
Steve managed to tap the god on the shoulder, "Thor, what have we said about using an indoor voice."
Tony laughed, "Trust Steve to be the voice of reason in a situation like this" he thought to himself.
Things had started to calm and Tony was just on the edge of sleep when Clint's voice rang out startling him right back awake. "WOW, JESUS NAT! IS THAT YOUR FEET ON MY LEG?"
"I'm cold, sue me."
"You're Russian! I didn't even think you could get cold?" All Clint got in return was a soft giggle as Natasha shifted around so that she was lying on top of him.
"How about this, now everyone else has more space, Bruce gets more cover and I can keep warm."
Tony had to admit, Nat had a point, and he was actually quite cold himself...
Steve stiffened as a certain genius rolled over onto his stomach, poking him in the ribs before finally settling on top of him. "Tony what are you doing?"
"I'm cold as well Steve, it's not fair that you get to be as hot as a furnace while the rest of us freeze."
Tony relaxed as the chest underneath him shook from laughter and looked over to see Natasha wink at him before closing her eyes. He'd question the wink in the morning but for now he was too tired and too comfortable to question it.
However it seemed that Tony wasn't yet allowed to sleep as Thor's voice once again boomed through the silence. "Banner. Would thou also like to-"
"NO!" Tony laughed at the clear panic in Bruce's voice. "I mean, i'm fine Thor, thanks, i'm perfectly comfortable here on my own now."
"As you wish. Goodnight friends, may all your dreams be blessed." And with that, Thor went out like a lamp, quickly followed by Banner, then Natasha and finally Clint, leaving only Steve and Tony awake.
Tony waited a while until he realised Steve wasn't going to settle any time soon and looked up into the other man's eyes to find him looking back. "I can move off if it's too uncomfortable for you, I mean there's some spac-" Tony stopped speaking as an arm snuck round his waist, holding him to the soldier.
"Night Tony."
Tony smiled to himself before settling down on a surprisingly comfy shoulder.
"Night Cap."
In the morning Tony would ignore Pepper's comments over the video call about he looked the most refreshed she'd seen him in ages, but for now he'd just let himself be consumed by the comfort and happiness he felt in that moment.