Jack's POV:

I woke up lying on a couch on the Avenger's tower, wearing nothing but my blue jeans . My dream had been pleasant, thanks to Sandy, and I easily remade my sweatshirt. There was a large white bandage across my abdomen, but the majority of the pain was gone and the skin back to its almost translucent state. I was alive and I was starving.

Laughter could be heard from what I guessed to be the kitchen area, so I headed there and listened to the conversation. "It was not funny!" Bunnymund yelled over the peals of laughter, "It was Easter Sunday and Frostbite decided it would be funny to make a blizzard!"

The laugher continued as I slowly limped to the metal door. "It was!" Tooth crooned over the noise, "Oh it was! You were out of sorts for days after, but it was hilarious!"

I reached the door as the laughter began to die down and the kangaroo retaliated, "What do you find so funny about it?"

I entered the door quietly and took in the scene of the Avengers sitting on one side of a long rectangular table and the Guardians on the other. I smirked, "Maybe it was because the kids ended up enjoying the snow more than the eggs."

As one the Guardians and Avengers turned to me and I smiled. Tooth reached me first and immediately began fussing. "You shouldn't be standing up yet!"

I waved her away with my staff a bit weakly, I've got to admit. It was nice to have someone fuss over me, to have someone care. "I'm alright, Tooth. No need to sit." I eyed one of the empty chairs, though, and glanced towards North who gave an encouraging smile.

Without further ado I leaned on my staff and limped to the table, grimacing slightly at the brief pain. The seat was comfortable and put me across from Steve, who was looking like a kid on Christmas. I sat in the middle of the Guardians with North on one side and Tooth on the other. I looked at Steve, "Thanks."

The man had the grace to look confused, "For what?"

"For trying to help me."

"No trouble." The old fashioned man answered.

Something scratched at my memory for a moment, but I decided to ignore it for the cookies on the table. In seconds my hand was around one and snatching it to me. The warm chocolaty goodness was cooked to perfection with just the right gooiness.

"Jack, what happened?" North's voice was gentle.

I swallowed the cookie, and then began talking," After you guys got knocked out," They winced at this," I chased after Pitch-"

"You what!" Bunnymund exclaimed.

I rolled my eyes before sending him an accusing glare," Don't tell me you haven't done that before, kangaroo."

Stark snorted slightly, covering it with a cough when the bunny glare at him, "I have but you're just a kid."

I sighed and placed my forehead on the table, "I'm 316 years old, bunny, why can't you understand that?"

""Cause you don't act like it." The Kangaroo answered.

"And I'd be a horrible bore if I did, wouldn't I?"

He opened his mouth to answer, but North took over, "Jack, continue with your story. We'll talk about this later."

"There's nothing to talk about!" North sent me a glance that said keep talking and You'll be on Guard duty at the Pole indefinitely, so I shut up. Guard Duty was awful.

"When I caught up to him, we exchanged the usual pleasantries and then I blasted him with one of those energy things. He shot me with the spike right before he disintegrated."

"Bad luck, mate." The stupid Kangaroo sounded like he enjoyed my pain all too much.

North interrupted before I could retaliate," Are you sure he was dispelled?"

I stared at North for a moment, "Yes?"

"Was that a question or an answer, Frostbite?" Bunny sounded a little concerned, probably at the fact that Pitch might still be around.

Sandy put in his usual two cents by making a question mark above his head. I ignored him, despite his disgruntled face and answered Bunny, "An answer. I'm sure he blew up."

North's face showed his relief, "That's good, then."

I too another cookie from the plate and then looked over at all the Avengers. "So why are we still here?"

North coughed slightly, "We couldn't move you while you were…."
"Dying?" I supplied casually. It wasn't that big of a deal to me now, but this was the first time the Guardians had witnessed me weak, and helpless.

"Yes." North stared at me with a strange expression on his face, and then turned to the Avengers, who were sitting quietly and watching intently.

"We are thankful for your hospitality. We will visit later, if you wish," This statement was met with enthusiastic nods from stark and Romanov, and small smiles from Banner and Thor, "But for now we must go."

The team of superheroes seemed to deflate at his kindly spoken words, but Jack could see they understood. They, in their own way, were guardians too and knew the price of being one. The Guardians stood, Sandy actually floated, and walked into the room Jack had crashed in too and woken up in.

We were piled into the sleigh and warming up to go in minutes, talking with the Avengers about when it would be a good time to visit, to which we were assured any, and then we sat in reluctant silence. We liked these interesting people, and it was not often that we Guardians could take a break from our busy lives. Even I found it hard to relax, and I was the spirit of Fun!

There was once more an uncomfortable silence, even North couldn't find the words to say goodbye to these strange adults. "See you soon?" Stark said hopefully.

The Guardians smiled and Jack leaned over the side of the sleigh as it powered on and pulled out of the window. He gave them his famous all teeth grin, the one that made Tooth swoon, "What do you want for Christmas?"

AN: Well that was an awful ending, but I had a bout of writer's block. I might add some small one-shots of the Avengers and various Guardians working together or having fluffy moments. Who knows? I might even do a real story…. Thanks for all the reviews and favorites and follows!