A/n: Thor finally found them, and he was not too pleased. He takes home a hero, and leaves a villain to think...but how many people want him back? How will that man even deal with now being separated from the man that melted his heart? There is only one he feels he can go to.

This chapter starts the triangle love, but it will become mostly one sided later on just to tell you. And for those of you thought it was to be a happy ending last chapter, sorry, but it's far from it. Agh, I'm so bored...this is why these chapters are being finished so quickly...because I have nothing to do...

This chapter has been BETA'd by Daiya Amaya


Metallic Heart 09

Found & Returned


Many people believed Tony Stark not to have a heart. Slowly, he himself began to believe it when he found himself pushing away the other Avengers...just as his father did to him. But is there one man out there that can change his mind? FrosIron.


An angry roar came from outside. Loki's arms tightened around Tony's waist. Neither moved, no sound, nothing at all from them. They feared of who was out there, thunder roared and lightning struck. It was Loki's brother, Thor. He had somehow found them after a whole week of them just being alone...and being together. And now, Thor was here, and he was bound to ruin it all for them. They had to be careful, because who knew what was bound to happen. Thor could not know where they were, or Loki fears may come true. A flash of lightning, brightening the darkened room. There were footsteps, clangs of metal hitting the ground. A solid thud before the door came crashing down. Tony winced and moved closer to Loki. The taller male watched the figure before him silently, but not letting his arms waver around the smaller man.

"Loki!" The voice was full of utter rage, and it made both males wince. They didn't move though, not make a sound as the figure looked around in a spite of rage. Finally, his eyes laid on them, eyes of the males closing to keep him from seeing their eyes. "Loki…stop hiding." It was dark and threatening, a warning. Loki took a shaky breath, glancing at Tony for a moment. He decided he would have to fight his brother if he were to keep the mortal safe. He took another breath and let his armor come over his body, slowly moving to get up. The figure's eyes snapped onto his form as he approached him, staff in hand. "Loki…"

"Thor…" Loki said and got ready to fight. "If you shall fight me, I will fight back, this is a warning…" He rather not do this, but if he must, he would. "I will not let you take Stark back either, Thor. He is not happy there, but he is happy here with me." Every word spoke, every sentence made, and every little notion he made; it appeared to get Thor in some way. Loki chuckled darkly and looked at the other, moving to circle him.

"Loki…Stark belongs in the mortal world…that is where he must be…people are looking for him, worrying as to what happened to him. Something about an accident that happened a while ago and thinking it may happen again. He must return with me…or shall I bring the other Avengers into this thou brother?" Loki flinched and then took a breath and looked at the other man in the eyes, the other god.

"He wants to be here Thor." Loki replied, still circling his 'brother' as they walked. "He does not wish to return home…and thou is mine." He hissed then. "I have made him mine, and no one can change that! You may take him maybe, but he will always be mine brother. We have a common ground that we do not share with anyone else. You would not understand, being the chosen child!" He spat. His angry was being fueled now, and he was not too pleased. Thor winced and took a breath.

"Loki, he must come home, please…you need to understand. Father would not be pleased for marking a mortal as your own anyways…" Thor whispered and Loki growled some at the other god. "I'm sorry Loki, but this is what may happen. I shall not fight you, but it stands I must take him home…you have no rein is where he is to lay…" He paused before swinging his hammer and hitting Loki on the head, knocking him down. "Thou think about what you have done, and what you should do." He said before approaching where Tony was, watching in shock. He picked the man up, and promptly left.


Thor returned to Midguard and sighed softly, setting Tony down on the couch in the Avengers Mansion. Luckily, Tony was actually wearing clothing already, and he didn't have to worry about anyone seeing him with the markings that were on his back and his chest, as well as his neck, that Loki used to claim him. He was marked forever now, and he knew it. However, he did wonder many times, what he was to do if someone other than Loki saw the markings, and now that fear was more prominent. People could very well see the marks now, and guess what happened to him. Great, he had to be careful now. He had no idea how anyone would react to seeing the markings on him. He was sure that Thor knew about them, but upon seeing them, he wondered what the god would do. He already seemed upset that he had been near Loki, and they had done a few things that maybe they shouldn't have…but…oh god, what was he to do?

"Thor, are you back?" A voice called and Tony winced, Rogers. He looked down as the god replied, and tried to think about things other than the kiss that he had gotten from Rogers. That had set Loki off once before, and if he was to happen again, he was sure something worse would happen. Loki was a jealous god, and he hated it when Tony even looked at someone other than him, yay, that meant that if that was to happen again…to say the least he would probably be dead or something.

Rogers came down the steps slowly, and then sighed in relief when he spotted Tony on the couch. He was alright, thank god. He walked over slowly and smiled at the other man. "You doing alright?" He asked him and Tony gave him a look of annoyance. Rogers blinked, wondering what had happened to make the man annoyed with him like this. He sighed then, a look from Thor told him all he needed to know. He sat down next to Tony and put an arm around his shoulders.

"Oh come on Anthony! It can't be that bad!" Rogers said with a small laugh. He wasn't aware of what Tony was mad about, but he was doing his best to make it better for the man and not for him to mope around. "…Anthony, did something happen?" He asked then and frowned somewhat. Tony looked at him for a moment before pushing his arm off and getting up.

"I'm going to my room." And with that, he left, stalking upstairs.


Rogers sighed softly and looked at Tony. All of the Avengers were eating a new type of food that Thor had found. The god seemed to be pleased with the food, and he was eating most of it down. Tony however, had barley ate anything. Natasha and Clint were both worried about him as well; Bruce was more so fixated on figuring out what had happened to him. However, it was a silent dinner, no sounds except for eating, and the silence was getting to all of them.

"What happened," Clint was the first to break the silence, "what happened to you Tony?" Tony stopped chewing as he had just put a piece of food in his mouth. Thor became silent as well, swallowing what was in his mouth then looking at the man of iron. Tony swallowed what was in his mouth and looked at Clint.

"I rather not tell you." Tony's words were harsh and he looked away afterwards. Clint frowned, worried about his friend. Often than not, he was not much worried about anyone, but something was off with how Tony was acting, and he wanted to know what it happened to be. He got up and pushed in his chair before walking from the room. The rest of the Avengers watched him silently and frowned. Natasha looked around at the others.

"What should we do? He's even worse than before...he's not even eating!" She shook her head and frowned. No one had an answer to that, but they had to figure it out somehow or another...the question was, how were they to do just that? Tony didn't want to open up to them, and he really was closing himself in more.


"JARVIS!" Tony called to the AI as he stormed into the lab he had in the mansion. "I want my suit up and ready! I'm heading back to Manhattan!" He yelled as he looked around for anything he needed.

I'm sorry sir, but I am under orders to not let you leave the Mansion. JARVIS replied and Tony growled. Dang it, they had anticipated him trying to leave? Well he could just walk away...if he was allowed out the door. Damn them. How dare they? He just wanted to be alone... If only Thor hadn't found him, he wouldn't be in this issue to start with. He wished he was back with Loki...he was what he had to comfort him, a man that didn't think he had a heart of steel like so many others. He fell back against the chair in his lab and ran a hand through his hair. He heard the door open, but didn't move. A hand on his shoulder, strong and firm.

"Anthony...we just want what is best for you..." Rogers that damned Golden boy that he had once looked up to. Yeah, he didn't like him anymore like he used to. He looked away from him. "Anthony..." Rogers moved the chair for the other to face him and gazed at him. "Come on, you are not all alone here. You have us; all of us are here for you. Why can't you open us to us exactly? We're not planning on pushing you away like you think that we might..." He trailed off and sighed. "Anthony, why can't you see who cares so much about you?"

"Maybe because I make one little choice in my life, and everyone begins to push me away?" Tony spat at the man. "I saw the press conference on me from before, and I saw that many people could care less that I was alive or not." He spat. "So why should I care? Why should I even be in here? Why should I still be an Avenger when people don't even want me to exist huh?" He demanded answers, wanting to know why he was all so special to bother looking for so much! He just wanted to be left alone, because maybe he was better off having no heart here!

Rogers' eyes darkened before he murmured something. He leaned in and kissed Tony softly on the lips. The other man cringed, but his eyes closed. He was feeling so much turmoil…he didn't care anymore. Loki wasn't here, and he probably wasn't going to be coming for him anytime soon either. He was probably still in the other dimension…he was all alone here, Pepper was mad at him, so was Rhodey. He hated this feeling, hated feeling like he was all alone and no one else was there for him when he needed it the most. He felt the other pull away and he looked at him. He could get used to this…he supposed. He had nothing else to look forward to anyways. He had nothing else to remind him that he was still human but the love that this man was giving him.


Loki wondered what he had done wrong. What had he done to get his own brother to turn on him? He lay on the floor in the now cold room; his mood had changed the temperature in the room drastically. He was so torn in what he was feeling. On one hand, he understood where his brother had been coming from, but on another hand, he wanted Stark to be there for him. Maybe he was wrong, maybe Stark was better off home and he was being selfish by wanting him to be with him. He didn't know, and it bugged him so much. He would maybe wait and see if Stark really needed him…he didn't want to show now because he was probably being guarded well… of course. If only…if only...if...only...Stark...