Enemy...Or Not?
It was breakfast at Avengers Tower. Steve had made pancakes, and Toni stumbled in just as everyone was preparing to eat. They served out the pancakes, and ate in relative silence, since no one was too talkative early in the morning.
Steve was reaching for the last pancake when Toni raised her fork to stop him and shot him a look. "Excuse you, I was going to eat that."
He batted her fork away, scowling. "I reached for it before you. Please, make your own."
Toni snagged it quickly, pulling it back to her plate and drowning it in syrup.
Steve rolled his eyes. "Always had to be difficult, huh Stark?"
Toni smirked at him. "It's a family thing."
Steve seemed lost for words, so he scowled and took a piece of toast instead.
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Steve was watching the morning news with the team when Toni waltzed in and grabbed the remote from his hands, switching the channel.
"What are you doing?"
Toni smirked. "Watching something more interesting than Face The Nation."
"Citizens need to know what's going on in their country!"
Clint and Natasha looked at each other and rolled their eyes. Those two fought constantly, and frankly it was getting really annoying.
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That afternoon, after Jarvis informed him Toni was alone in her lab, Steve headed down. He entered, seeing her standing against a table, looking at some notes. He came up behind her and wrapped his arms around her, kissing her jaw. "Hi."
Toni turned and kissed him lightly. "Hi." She smiled. "I'm sorry I had to steal that pancake this morning. Had to think of some way for us to 'fight'." She moved her hands up to make finger-quotes around 'fight'.
Steve sighed. "Maybe we should tell them? It's hard to see you and have to fight, even if it's completely pretend."
Toni gave him a soft look. "Okay. But in a week. We'll tell them next week."
Steve practically beamed. "Next week." He kissed her properly before leaving the lab, since Jarvis informed them Bruce was on his way down.
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Three days later, Toni attended a charity gala across town. She saw Steve before left, and he smiled at her choice of a dress: navy blue. He leaned in to kiss her, but she stopped him, laughing and saying that she had lipstick on, and Pepper was very perceptive. Instead, he pecked her on the cheek and told her to have fun.
At 11:26, a special report came on the news. A ballroom hosting a charity gala was burning, with tons of people trapped inside. Steve recognized the gala as the one Toni was at, and the team moved out.
At 11:37, they arrived on-scene and Steve headed in to bring people out. Along with the Hulk, he busted doors down so people could escape. Everyone was out, that they knew of when the building started to collapse, but Steve hadn't seen Toni yet. The ceiling fell down, covered in flames, as he yelled out her name.
He turned, searching the crowd, full of equal parts hope and despair, when he saw her making her way towards him. He went to her, hugging her tightly. "I thought I'd lost you."
Toni pulled back enough to look him in the eye. "I won't leave you."
Steve pulled her in for a kiss, loving and full of relief. Cameras snapped away, and money changed hands.
"I told you," Natasha said smugly as Clint handed over a twenty dollar bill with a sigh.
"That was my pizza money."
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No songs for this one, sorry guys.