WARNING: This is a slash story! Please don't read if you DO NOT like guy/ guy stuff.
Avengers, Iron Man and Thor are all owned by Marvel. I own nothing!
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Progress bars. He never had to wait for loading times normally. JARVIS had the fastest processor known to man, he should know, he built it. However, he was trying to backup the entirety of his uncompressed work onto the cloud. His own cloud. He couldn't trust anybody else this a copy of his work, so he had a room dedicated to his own STARK Servers installed previously that week.
Tony had his head on the desk staring up at the progress bar that tick along at a snail's pace. He had spent most of the morning trying to run other programmes at the same time, but it made the backup even slower. He made fun of JARVIS comparing him to Commodore 64, shouted at the AI for a bit, tried to work with a sketch pad, found it too confusing, apologised to JARVIS and now sat with his head on the work surface.
The bar ticked up from 22% to 23%. He rolled his eyes. He was so bored that he heard the footsteps coming from all the way down the hall. Tony smiled and whirled round so his chair faced the doorway. Thor stepped through the glass door.
"So I was thinking lasagne, but I think I might turn Italian with all the pasta I've been eating." Tony smiled at the god. The smile dropped as he saw that Thor had his teeth gritted.
"What's wrong?" He asked slowly, getting up from his chair. His eyes scanned over the god's stiffened stance, his damp hair, his blue gaze staring off to the side. "Thor?" He asked again as he approached. The god didn't answer and that worried the scientist more than anything. He lent a hand up to his arm and touched the slightly wet skin.
Thor's expression and demeanour softened at the touch. He looked down at the brunette, eyes catching for a second on his arc reactor. He sighed.
"I am fine."
"Really? Because it looked like you wanted to punch somebody a second ago." Tony said eyebrows raised.
"I am fine. Really, Tony." Thor said meeting the brown eyes that reflected the horizontal lights in the lab's ceiling. He pulled the smaller man into a hug.
"Perhaps we should get dinner."
"Ok." Tony smiled as he breathed in the god's scent of harsh chlorine. "What do you want?"
"I think tonight we should order something."
"Yeah I'm bored of wholesome stuff anyway." Tony chuckled at the god's taste.
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They invited Steve and Bruce up to the penthouse for a take away. The two complemented Tony on the clear up, saying how it had really improved since last time. It wasn't much of a compliment since the last time they had seen it was when Loki had been embedded in his floor and most of the room had been smashed to pieces.
They managed to order a ridiculous amount of food and Tony brought half of his alcohol cupboard out to share. They put on a movie and spent the evening eating, drinking, talking and just generally having a fun time. Sometimes their convocation divided, normally when Tony and Bruce started playing with theories and concepts, forcing Thor and Steve to renew their own separate 'normal' conversation. As normal as a conversation between a demi-god and a super solider gets anyway.
JARVIS alerted them that the delivery guy was at the main entrance and asked if Tony wanted to send DUM-E to pick up the food. Tony considered and thought it would be funnier to pick up the food in person. Steve and Thor made their way down the stairs to get the food while Tony and Bruce watched the front house CCTV.
They laughed when Thor boomed out of the door "Good evening, Midgardian! I understand that you are harbouring some provisions for the Avengers!" He took the boxes off the poor guy who was staring, his face a mask of bemused terror. Thor handed them to Steve who smiled sheepishly and mouthed 'sorry'.
"I am aware that I do not have to pay you, due to Tony Stark having purchased these foodstuffs on the magical plastic card."
The man in the cap nodded, wondering if he should stay or run away very fast.
"Farewell, then!" Thor said and closed the glass entrance retreating to the stairwell with Steve.
"You used all that fancy language on purpose." Steve said with a raised eyebrow and a small smile.
"Was it that obvious?" Thor said succumbing to a laugh.
"Only to people who know you." Steve said as they ascended the stairs.
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The Avengers continued their evening into the early hours. Steve who was reclining in some chinos and a checked shirt, sat soberly on the floor with his back against the couch. Thor was sitting next to him sporting his normal jeans and T-shirt. The god was only a little tipsy even after spending the whole evening necking back Tony's scotch and beer, but this was nothing new to him; he couldn't get drunk off of Midgardian drinks.
"Perhaps I should bring back some Asgardian beverages. That would indeed inebriate you, Steve." Thor said, nudging the other with his arm.
"I doubt that, unfortunately." Steve said looking slightly depressed; although he was thankful to Thor that he wasn't the only sober(ish) member of this party. Bruce and Tony suddenly turned their attention to the blondes.
"Actually your problem is that your body heals itself so fast, that you don't have time to register the intoxication." Bruce commented.
"Yes, so?" Steve asked, as if he had heard it all before.
"Well," said Tony "If you had some of this crazy Asgardian crunk juice, then it might get you drunk fast enough-"
"So your body wouldn't be able to repair the cells at the same rate." Bruce interrupted excited. "At least for a little while. All you need to do is keep drinking faster than your body can repair and heypresto!"
"Vom everywhere!" Tony interjected. Bruce chuckled. "Science!" They sang, high-fiving.
Steve rolled his eyes at the two but was secretly a little more than interested in the proposition.
"I shall return with some next time I visit." Thor said, nodding knowingly, taking a casual sip from the bottle that was balanced on his knee.
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It was later that night. Bruce had stumbled out of the penthouse, held up by Steve. Tony had tried to clear some things up but just ended up making even more mess so he left it.
Thirty minutes later Thor was wrapped around Tony. His leg resting on the smaller man's legs and an arm flung protectively over his chest. Tony smiled sleepily and nuzzled his head against the blonde's chin. Closing his eyes he decided that today had been a perfect day. And then Thor ruined it.
"I love you." The god whispered in his ear.
Tony's body stiffened involuntarily. He kept quiet and still, feigning sleep until he heard the god's breathing become slow and deep. Surrounded in darkness he stared up at the ceiling.
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