Tony's POV:

I walked down the calm morning pathways of the school gardens. I was contemplating whether or not I should've called Stephen that I knew about the secret. I didn't want to tell Loki because he was scary, plus it was his supposed crush so,

I sat down on a cement seat in an isolated part behind the school to think. Loki had a crush on either me or Stephen. I sighed into my hands and glanced around.

If it was me, what would I do? Was I gay? It would be a non-binary relationship or something right? I rubbed my forehead. It was too early for this.

I snapped my head up when I heard Thor's familiar laughter.

"It's fine Bruce, just hold onto my arms," his voice said. I stood up and hid behind a pot plant, and peeked through the leaves.

Thor was carrying Bruce bridal style towards the Medical Room. "I'm fine, Thor," Bruce complained.

"You're not fine, you almost fell down the stairs before," Thor argued. "We're almost there anyway,"

I crouched further down to hide better. They both entered the Medical Bay and disappeared. I stood up and cleared my hands of the dirt. Back to thinking.

I suddenly saw Loki about to pass. I knelt back down in a hurry and stayed silent.

"Why are you hiding behind a pot plant? he asked.

I slowly emerged. "I...dropped a screw I had for my inventions..." I made up on the spot. "But it doesn't matter now," I awkwardly tried to cross my arms, which didn't work, so I put them on my hips.

Loki frowned but ignored it. "Well, alright," he began to walk off.

"Wait!" I called, jogging after him. I didn't know why I even called after him, I didn't have anything to say.

He slowed down but continued walking. "Yeah?" He kept looking at the ground.

I mentally scanned my brain to find out what I was going to say. "Um, how's Stephen?" I blurted out in a hurry. I regretted it the moment it left my mouth.

Loki frowned but didn't glance at me. "Why would I know how Stephen is?"

"Uh, because you've been talking to him lately?" I panicked.

Loki shook his head. "I don't know how Stephen is," There was a pause before he did glance at me. "Why do you want to know?"

I went full on panic. "I-uh you know, friends, uh-" I spoke nonsense for the first time in a while, my face uncontrollably blushing. Why now? I couldn't let Loki know I knew what the supposed secret was, even if it was narrowed down to two people.

Loki frowned and pursed his lips. "Uh...I thought you were rivals," he avoided my gaze.

I looked forward. "We are...hey look there he is," I noticed Stephen in his usual spot in front of the school's front doors.

We approached him and Loki said hi. Wanda was with him, her arms around a few books. "Hey Loki, Tony," she nodded towards us.

I gave a quick wave and nervously glanced at Stephen. He frowned at us. Loki anxiously stared at the ground with an occasional flicker up to our eyes.

The awkward silence lasted for multiple seconds, my mouth stayed slightly open as I racked my head for something to say.

"Is there something going on that I don't know about...?" Wanda finally said, glancing at each of us in confusion.

Stephen's face immediately shone a pale red. "No, there's nothing, I think," he frowned at me. I shook my head.

At the corner of, my eyes I spotted Loki also begin to panic. Did he know I knew? Who would he-

"Hey Wanda, I think Steve wanted to find you," Loki turned to her.

"Oh, alright, I'll go and find him," Wanda slowly replied, noticing they wanted to be alone. She hurried down the stairs and went off to find the other.

I looked at Stephen, but before I could turn to Loki he pulled us both into the school and closed the door behind us.

"What did you tell him?" He hissed at Stephen, pointing at me.

"I didn't say anything!" Stephen tried to defend himself.

"Well, you gave a couple of clues," I muttered, shrugging to myself.

Loki turned to me and then back to Stephen. "What did you-he say?"

I shifted my feet. "Um, he said what I told you the bathroom yesterday, remember? Smart and arrogant, and repeating your name?"

"You told him that?" Stephen asked, a hint of alarm in his voice.

I squinted. "He didn't know about that? I don't know, you were being weird!"

"Well if you're the genius you claim to be, you'll know why I was being weird!" Stephen argued back.

Loki stepped in-between us. "Alright, stop it!" He sighed. "What do you know," he faced me.

I felt my back hit the wall behind me. "I...worked out that Stephen was trying to guess you crush...you gave him the description of 'smart' and 'arrogant', so when we were given those insults he thought it might be one of us?" I slowly explained, shifting my gaze between them.

Loki let out a big groaned and covered his face with his hands. "This is what happens when I tell one person,"

"I was right?" I exclaimed, surprising myself.

Loki lowered his hands, blushing furiously. "Don't talk about this to anyone, got it?" He growled at us, then left the building slamming the doors behind him.

I glanced at Stephen with a worried look. He crossed his arms. "Look what you did,"

"Me? I just figured out what the secret was based off your slip up," I said in disbelief.

Stephen gave me a playful frown. "You figured it out with just three words,"

"And with the situation and your reaction," I found myself being modest. "Anyways, are going to talk about the fact Loki here might like one of us?"

"Well, it's most likely you since he told me first," Stephen pursed his lips.

"Unless he was tricked us into thinking that, maybe make you jealous,"

"Why would I be jealous?" his cheeks didn't even color.

Tony tilted his head. "Are you jealous that maybe Loki, the most heartless person, has a crush on me? Everyone has at some point," I pretended to flip my non-existent long hair.

This cracked a smiled on Stephens' lips. "Well, obviously not 'everyone', why would I like you?" he smirked.

My train of thought broke for a moment. "Wha-I didn't mean," I tripped over my words. I glanced up at Stephen, whose face flashed with a pink tinge. This caused me to suddenly feel awkward, demure, and coy, all at once. I opened my mouth, for for the second time today, my words were gibberish.

"Did I get you too flustered?" Stephen leaned in a bit. What was he doing? He couldn't be flirting. Maybe this was his normal behavior since I didn't hang out with him much, I don't know what that's like?

He must've seen my panic and lack of an answer. "I'm kidding," he stepped back.

I mouthed more gibberish before I said something audible. "I know. Obviously," I shrugged. I edged to the door. "Obviously," and I sprinted out.

...SceneChange...

Third POV:

When recess came, Loki considered going to the circle or to stay by himself. He began to approach the circle but when he realized both Tony and Stephen were there, he paused and decided to go to the library.

The library was quiet as always, with a few students roaming around. Loki skimmed through the sections and stopped when he saw Wanda in the Games section.

"What are you doing here?" Loki curiously appeared behind her.

She gave a small squeal and glared when she realized it was him. "I'm researching for the Dungeons and Dragons Club,"

Loki crossed his arms. "Nice,"

Wanda paused and stared at him. "What was the Avengers Club?"

Loki frowned. "What do you mean?"

Wanda walked over to the end of the aisle to sit in one of the seats. "I just remembered about it. when I was signing up for the Dungeons and Dragons Club, Tony found an old sign up sheet that had most of the group's names on it. It said it was the Avenger Club,"

Loki followed her and sat down. He held up a finger. "First of all, it's not called the Avengers Club, it's just the Avengers. And they broke up last year,"

"Broke up? Like a band? Like the Beatles?"

Loki leaned back on the couch. "Yeah. Steve and Tony had a fallout,"

Wanda slowly nodded. "Is that why they barely talk to each other?"

"I guess,"

Wanda decided to change the topic. "What was all that awkward silence this morning? Between Tony, you and Stephen?"

Loki shut his eyes for a bit before answering. "Um, I don't even know," He sighed of tiredness.

Wanda looked down and pursed her lips. "Hey, Loki,"

"Yeah?"

"Why don't you have any proper friends?" Loki stared at her in confusion. Wanda realized what it sounded like. "Sorry, I didn't mean-I meant," she gave a sigh. "Everyone has someone, whether it's a romantic other or just a close friend, or even multiple close others, but you don't seem to have either."

Loki turned away for was a moment. 'Having weak and damaged relationships is part of being Borderline,' He faced her again. "You...don't need to have a close person thing,"

Wanda stared softly at him. "I'm just worried. You always keep disappearing, everyone's acting different about you, and even your brother is worried about you,"

Loki let out a laugh. "Worried? Okay, that's a new one," he fell silent and stared at the patterned carpet.

Wanda leaned forward a bit. "Please? It might help if you told someone about it,"

"I did," Loki finally said, "But...I don't know," he stood up, about to leave.

Wanda stood up next to him. "Loki," he turned to her. "Be careful then," he didn't do anything and then left.

...SceneChange...

Steve;'s POV:

I sat on my usual spot, on the picnic table opposite the others. I had given up on seeing if Tony was doing something other than meddling with one of his inventions so I was now listening to one of Sam's crazy stories of his father's job as a pilot.

"Hey Steve, watch this," I turned my attention to Natasha, who piffed an old tennis ball at the back of Zola's head. Everyone who Natasha got the attention of quickly ducked when he turned around in annoyance.

"Why'd you do that?" I asked.

"He called me a slut," Natasha sighed.

"Don't worry, I already put 3 bags of red glitter in his locker before," Clint laughed before he fell silent.

I knew everyone was thinking the same thing as I was. Our signature mark as the Avengers was glitter bombs. I flashed a glanced at Wanda. She was confused again.

As everyone slowly turned back to their conversations, I realized Loki wasn't here. Again. It reminded me of the Bathroom incident. I thought about asking Thor again but decided against it. I looked around and saw Stephen sitting on the edge of the circle, reading a book.

"Do you know where Loki is?" I asked him.

He glanced up. "No idea,"

I remembered Tony. "How's Tony?"

Stephen scowled. "Why would I know how Tony is,"

"I don't know, I guess you guys have been hanging out a lot," I frowned.

Stephen looked horrified. "We are not friends. We just were both involved in something, but that's over now,"

I slowly nodded. "Well alright," I paused. "Wait what were you involved in?"

"Nothing important," he avoided eye contact. He frowned. "Why did you need to find Loki?" he asked worriedly.

I quickly tried to think up a reason other than the truth about Loki's breakdown a few days ago. "I-I needed to ask him about...a thing in Combat," I lied. I couldn't tell if he knew I was lying since he seemed suspecting but if he did, he ignored it.

"Alright then..." he shrugged and looked back down to his book. I nodded and turned around to head back to my seat.

Before I could, Bruce called me. "Steve! Come, Tony wants to show you something,"

I turned around again. Tony looked mad at Bruce but eventually flickered a smiled and looked back down at his work. I hesitated to go over there but I found myself already there. "Yeah?"

"Go on Tony," Bruce nudged him.

He fiddled with some wires from inside his machine. "I...just got excited because I figured something out,"

"What was it?" I asked, maintaining my interests.

He put down the machine and began explaining. "So I've been working on like rocket-boot like things, but that can do much more. But I had problems with controlling it with wireless but I managed to use sensory brain waves to control it,"

"Oh..." I was not the smartest one here, obviously, but I had such limited knowledge on technology since Mom and I could never afford it. No one but Bucky knew. I guess people might've suspected it but never mentioned it. Even back when Tony and I were friends, I was scared he would find out about my battered old outdated phone compared to the one he fabricated which was so much more advanced than other phones out there.

He must've noticed my lack of enthusiasm. "I guess it must sound stupid to you," he muttered, grabbing a tool.

I shook my head quickly. "No, no, it's not that. I mean, I don't fully understand the...science? Behind it, but I can tell it was a big accomplishment,"

He raised an eyebrow. "I guess, but it's still nothing compared to this baby," he patted his chest, his watch making a sound as it hit the metal ring of his arc-reactor.

I smiled. "I guess? I still don't understand,"

Tony continued to tinker with his creation and I scanned the area. From where Tony sits, it was higher than the ground, since he sat on the block of concrete that was supposed to be the backrests for the actual seats, which Thor and Natasha were sitting on.

I couldn't see Loki anywhere. This led my eyes to Stephen, who was still reading. He seemed worried, or suspicious when I asked about Loki. Did he know about his bathroom breakdown? No way, since it was just him and Loki.

There must be something else he knows about Loki, and he and Tony were involved. How? My brain was too tired for this.

Wanda fiddled with her lock before it managed to open. She roughly opened the door and began stuffing her bag with the homework she got. As she chucked the remains of her books into the shelf compartment, she noticed a book she didn't own.

She curiously took it out and read the cover. 'Mental Disorders; A Quick Guide'. She frowned as she opened the thin hardcover book. A page had been tagged with a sticky flag. She flipped to that page.

'I hope this explains it, sorry about before. -L.O.'

Loki. Wanda scanned the part that the flag highlighted.

'Borderline Personality Disorder; What is it?'

She quickly shut the book and slung her bag over her shoulder. After she glanced around the busy hallway, she shut her locker and made her way to the library.

It wasn't soon before she found a quiet spot and sat in a spot and reopened the book.

'Borderline Personality Disorder; What is it?

A mental disorder characterized by unstable moods, behavior, and relationships. This cause of borderline personality disorder isn't well understood. Diagnosis is made based on symptoms. Symptoms include emotional instability, feelings of worthlessness, insecurity, impulsivity and impaired social relationships.

It was a short passage, nothing else related to it. It was a Quick Guide anyways, so it was explainable.

Wanda put down the book and pondered for a moment. Was Loki borderline? It would seem so. Wanda sighed and got up and headed to the Health and Relations section.

There was someone there, but Wanda ignored him. She skimmed through the shelf and got closer to the guy. Eventually, she had to ask them to move.

She looked up. "Sorry, I-" she paused. It was Stephen. "Oh hi, I didn't notice it was you," she said, flustered.

He also looked surprised. "What are you doing in this section?"

Wanda hid the book Loki gave her behind her back. "I'm, um, just interested in this topic,"

"Really? You didn't seem the type,"

"Neither do you," Wanda pointed out, now wondering why Stephen was also in the section many people ignored.

It was Stephen's turn to look flustered. "Well, there's a lot I don't seem the type of," he finally said, standing aside. "Did you want to look?"

Wanda nodded. "Thanks," she awkwardly stepped into his position. She flipped the book Loki gave her to her front so he couldn't see it.

He stepped back and watched her. She pursed her lips and prepared herself to pretend to like the topic Stephen was looking at. She sighed and read the first title. It was a mental disorder related book. She frowned and managed to stop herself from glancing at him.

Why is he still here? Wanda thought furiously, as she skimmed the rest of the books. These were the ones she needed, but Stephen was here and it would be weird if she got a bunch of them. Wanda got an idea. Make him awkward.

"So...you're interested in Mental Disorders?" Wanda asked, turning back around.

Stephen's eyes widened. "Um, well, I know someone who, uh, has one of them," he gestured to the shelf.

Wanda slowly nodded. "Oh, which disorder?"

Stephen thought for a moment. "...uh-well," his eyes flickered to the books on the shelf. "-depression," he finally said.

Wanda raised an eyebrow playfully. "Nah, you're lying,"

"I'm not," he replied quickly.

Wanda frowned. "You're obviously lying," she pointed to the blue bold letters of one of the books that read 'All About Your Friend's Depression'.

Stephen made a face. "No, I'm not,"

"You're covering for someone, obviously," Wanda shrugged.

"Then why are you trying to hide a book from me? Called 'Mental Disorders; A Quick Guide,'?" he shot back, resulting in her struggling to find an excuse.

"Because, I thought it might be weird if you found me with a book like it," she finally said, holding it up.

"Thanks," he did an odd wave of his hand, and the book levitated from her hand.

"Hey! No using your powers-"

"I guess you'll keep it secret then," he opened the book to the sticky flag. "He told you too then," he closed the book and handed it back to her.

Wanda stared at him widely. "Loki?" Stephen nodded. "Who else knows?"

"By the sound of it, no one else but us," he crossed his arms. "Anyways, there aren't many books on the subject here, but I've already gone through Google,"

"And?" Wanda asked, taking out the sticky flag and putting it in her bag, then placing the book back on the shelf.

Stephen shrugged. "Not much, most of it says the same thing,"

Wanda sighed. "Well, alright. What do we do about it?"

"What do you mean?"

"Well, we're the only ones who know about it, not even his brother. We should do something, like help him, or find out how to help him," Wanda explained.

"How? One of the main points is that he's not good at that stuff," Stephen pointed out.

"Well, one of the main points is about his 'impaired relationships', so maybe if we help him confront one of them, maybe it could help,"

Stephen shook his head. "We have no business in the sibling rivalry. Plus, he's rather touchy on the subject, it would be really hard to help him,"

Wanda got another idea. "We could help him find a friend!" she paused. "That sounds really horrible. I meant, how I found out about this was that I asked him why he wasn't that close to any of the others and he got all snappy, then he apologized, then got angry again and left. Then I found the book in my locker afterward,"

Stephen thought for a moment. "So, if we help him closer to someone...it would work better I suppose, maybe even help him with his...uh emotions,"

Wanda nodded. "We have to be careful, it's a hard thing to help with. Now, the question is who,"

Stephen smiled. "I think I know who, or at least, I know someone who does,"

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