Author Note - I posted 4 chapters today since it is already a completed story. Probably have frequent updates and I hope to get a lot of reviews! Update soon

Coulson had left to go file paperwork so Tony was alone in the elevator with Natasha Romanov, the Black Fucking Widow. He knew it was impolite to stare but it was also impolite to lie about your identity to gain information on someone so he figured he would do it anyway.

"You're the Black Widow." Tony said in disbelief. "I'm meeting the Avengers."

"I noticed. Now, you'll be meeting with us every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday unless we're out on a mission. We'll discuss with you the details later on how you'll help us apprehend Hammer." Natasha said as the elevator doors opened.

The first thing to catch Tony's eye was the very large hole in the wall just across the room. The next was microwave that was smashed and left abandoned on the floor in the common room. Natasha just looked at it and sighed. They were just outside the kitchen and Tony stopped to enjoy the delicious smells coming from the room while Natasha leaned forward slightly to listen.

"-hacked into my computer. Now we're having a team bonding dinner! Bruce, streaming shows online is a sacred event that has been tainted. We shouldn't be making him curry, we should de-pants him and throw him in a lake in his underwear. Then give him curry."

"If they hired anyone else they would have deleted the files entirely, but he made sure we still had them in a place he knew we would look. Be nice, Clint."

"No, Cap! There's a storm coming for this kid. Maybe I'll finally get to use that bucket of rubber spiders." There was a rather exaggerated evil laugh in the kitchen while Natasha shook her head. When Tony glanced up at her she grabbed him by the wrist and dragged him into the kitchen.

"Ladies, this is Tony." Natasha pushed him towards the island in the center of the kitchen as all its occupants began to stare at him. He recognized Thor immediately because what kid didn't know about the Martian who joined Earth's Mightiest Heroes, he was more muscular in person than on tv. Dr. Bruce Banner, the physicist Tony recognized from all the science journals he used to read at the library was standing over by the stove in a ridiculous apron that had an arrow pointing up that said, "I'm with a genius." Steve Rogers he recognized from the black and white photographs they looked at in his old history class, he sat at the kitchen island and read the paper and smiled at him. The last man he didn't recognize, he sat on the counter and glared at him. Since Tony could name everyone else he assumed this to be Hawkeye.

"You're younger than I thought you'd be." Hawkeye jumped off and was immediately in front of him, staring him down. "You started a war little man. Orange is the New Black is a one of the best shows I've ever seen and you replaced my Netflix app. I love that show and I love Netflix so you better hide everything you love because I will find where you live."

Tony looked away. The last thing he wanted was anyone of these guys to be in his apartment. The wallpaper was peeling off and the carpets were stained, but worst of all that would mean they would meet his parents and he would rather just pack up all of his beloved books and the little gadgets he made in his free time and bring them to this man.

"Clint, stop. You're scaring the boy." Steve Rogers walked over to him and smacked Clint on his back before holding out his hand. "Steve Rogers. Nice to meet you. I'm very glad you decided to join us in finding out what Hammer is up to. We promise to keep you safe."

"Yadda yadda truth, justice, and protecting the innocent." Clint the turned to return to his seat on the counter to reveal a note taped to his back that read, "Second-Class Archer". Steve snickered with a wink to Natasha as he gestured for tony to sit down. Clint looked back at them. "What? God, it's another not on my back isn't it? This one better not say 'Robin Hood' again Ste- I am greatly offended at this."

Clint crumpled up the note and threw it at a laughing Steve when Bruce started setting plates of curry at each place while everyone took their seats. Tony had never had curry before and he glanced up at the others who were eating it quickly. He was hungry, hadn't had anything to eat all day so he took a large bite.

"God, Dr. Banner this is delicious. Is there anything you do that isn't absolutely incredible!?" Tony took another bite as Bruce looked up at him and smiled.

"I can think of a few things. So tell us about yourself Tony. We should know the man who will help us uncover the truth behind Justin Hammer."

"Ah, well. I'm fifteen. I'm a Gemini. My favorite color is red. I got my GED last year so I'm done with school."

"A young scholar! No doubt you will be vital to our guest to defeating Hammer, but tell young one, what is a Gemini?" Thor said with a mouth full of food.

"It's a zodiac sign. People like to take the day they were born and see what the positions of the stars say about it." Natasha Leaned across the table towards him.

"What else? What's your family like?" Steve said as he grabbed for the bowl to get more rice.

"They're lovely." Tony said quickly. "So what do you guys think Hammer Industries? What do you need me for?" They glanced up at the change in conversation.

"You were able to get into SHIELDS most secure files. We were wondering if you could get yourself into Hammer's servers." Bruce said.

"Oh, I can do that. I've done it before." The group fell silent as Tony went back to eating his curry. Thor glanced at the others.

"Is this an impressive feat?" The god asked.

"According to our techies it is. It's a wonder you ever got caught, Stark." Natasha shook her head at him.

"Not a lot of time and I was a bit distracted by the thought of money and prison. The other time I got caught was because I used my phone. I guess that's how Hammer found me to get me to hack in here." Tony said as he finished his meal and put his plate away. He glanced at the clock. Shit. "I, uh, I have to head home now."

"I'll drive you back." Natasha stood and grabbed her keys.

OOOOOO

"See you Monday kid!" Natasha told him as he climbed out of the car.

Tony glared up at the sky as he walked towards his building. It was too dark. He kept going over in his head how he shouldn't have been so stupid as to get arrested. He prayed that since it was by SHIELD and he now had a super-secret SHIELD mission with the Avengers his parents wouldn't know. He stopped outside his door and waited. He stared at it as if he was waiting for it to disappear. In fact, he was. He didn't believe in magic, but now was its chance. He leaned in and rested his head on the door and breathed deeply before entering.

Tony held back his sigh of relief when he saw his dad passed out in his chair with the tv still on. His mom had long since gone into their room to go to sleep. Tony took a few cautious steps forward as he tiptoed around the empty bottles. They were haphazardly scattered around the area surrounding Howard's chair, which included the tv and his bedroom door. Tony made it to the television and turned it off, having it on all night would not do them any favors for their electric bill. Tony took an unfortunate step backwards that knocked over two bottles that had a domino effect on the rest and they clattered to the ground loudly.

"Shit." Tony whispered as he heard Howard stir in his chair and sit up. He turned and stood up straight as his father took several steps over to him.

"Bastard, you know what time it is?" Howard said to him as he grabbed onto Tony's shirt.

"No, sir."

"Tried calling you, but you're too good to answer the damn phone."

"Shit, no I-I went out today and forgot my phone." Tony shook his head at the lie and didn't notice the fist until it collided with his cheek with a force that would have sent him to the ground if not for the strong grip on his shirt.

"You don't talk back to me, boy." Tony reached up to touch his cheek but a firm hand ripped his arm away. "Where did you go?"

"Nowhere! I went to see Happy, he needed help with his math." Tony knew it made sense. Most of his friends were still in High School and he regularly tutored them to get out of the house. Howard let go of his shirt and instead grabbed onto Tony's jaw with a firm grip.

"You have no respect." He said with a punch to the teen's ribs. "You should learn it."

"I'll respect you when you earn it, asshole." Tony regretted it immediately. He knew his bigmouth would kill him eventually and feared that that day had come. He took a shaky breath as he saw his dad's eyes widen in shock and anger. Tony held back a yelp as Howard threw him to the ground and gave two harsh kicks to his stomach.

"Little boys should not try to talk so grown up." His dad said as he stumbled to the kitchen and grabbed a beer. Tony sat up and leaned against the side of the couch. He tensed when his dad crouched down beside him and took a large gulp of the beer. "Tell daddy you're sorry."

"Sorry, sir." Tony said and took a sharp breath as the rest of his dad's beer was poured over his head. Howard laughed as he walked into his room and closed the door.

Tony sat there for several minutes trying to catch his breath. He quickly wiped away whatever beer tried to drip its way into his eyes and then stood to walk to the bathroom. The teen locked the door behind him and took off his sweater and shirt. He splashed water in his face and hair and wiped himself down with a wet towel before poking at the dark bruise appearing on his left cheek and the light finger mark around his jaw with a frown. Great, how was he going to cover these up?

With a sigh he went to his room and crawled into his bed still wearing his jeans. He laid on his back and stared up at his glow in the dark stars that he made sure to be as astronomically correct as possible when he put them up. After several minutes he closed his eyes and just spun the metal SHIELD bracelet around his wrist.