There had still been no news about Loki so for the most part everything was relatively quiet for Thor and Steve. Of course there had been the occasional call out for what they were now calling minor villains, they wholeheartedly agreed that it was Fury who decided to call them that, but they were easily dealt with and they were usually back at the tower within a few hours if it was local. So things generally continued the same at Stark tower, Tony was still away as it turned out he thought he would be getting a holiday but there was in fact a great deal of business he needed to oversee; he had complained about it down the phone to Steve for at least an hour. But with Tony gone and not forcing them to go out it seemed that every night was now an allocated movie night with JARVIS choosing a random film and Thor and Steve taking turns to make food. Each night was also becoming filled with near unbearable tension for Steve, it always seemed that Thor would be sitting far too close to him but not close enough and he genuinely though he was going slowly mad with it; to him it was unintentional torture.

After another terribly tense night and a less that decent night sleep Steve had decided that it was about time he done something about all of this, well he would consider doing something about it. He would at least try and figure out what the hell was going on with him. Of course he already had a major idea of what was going on and had done for some time; he had acted similar around Peggy and although he was loath to admit it, it was never this intense. He honestly just wanted it all to go away so he wouldn't have to deal with the obvious crisis that was going to inevitably happen. He really needed to clear his mind, so he went to the gym, which was acting as his sanctuary at the moment, where he could find a small bit of peace and either be alone with his thoughts or try not think at all. It might as well be his room for the amount of time he spent in there.

He had just changed into his 'gym gear' which just consisted of sweat pants and an old, perhaps too small, T-shirt. He walked down to the gym really looking forward to having his own version of down time until he walked through the door; of course, this was just his luck. Thor stood in the middle of the gym as if he had just got there himself and greeted Steve with a vast grin, happy to see his friend; Steve quickly smiled back trying not to give anything away. He was positive God had something against him today. He supposed he would just have to deal with it and pretend it was all okay; as long as Thor didn't notice anything was wrong with him all would fine. Perhaps not fine for Steve but fine as in no more would come of it.

"Want to spar again?" He mentally kicked himself for suggesting that, he could have went to a different part of the gym and done his own workout after saying hello, but no he had to be too nice! He was not exactly trying to avoid Thor all together but it seemed that Thor being around only seemed to exacerbate this whole situation.

"Of course, I shall try not to win too easily again." Thor's deep voice went right through him and he tried to shake it off as they moved into the sparring area, the mat soft under their feet.

"Oh you will not be winning." While they were here Steve might as well enjoy a decent fight, even if it was with Thor it still might manage to take his mind off things. Thor was quick to move forward, swiftly for his size but using his weight to his full advantage and got one blow to Steve abdomen before he countered by trapping Thor's arm under his own. He used Thor's momentum to turn them around and flip Thor onto his back on the mat, Thor sprung up quickly and started pacing around Steve; both of them were calculating their next moves and how the other might react.

"Oh it's not going to be that easy is it?" Thor barely had time to smile at his own words before Cap' was moving toward him rapidly and using his shoulder to push back Thor, using the element of surprise, he used the surprise to land a strike around his ribs which briefly knocked the wind from him. After a few seconds Thor was already on the rebound and moving to return the blow; both men seemed evenly matched with each getting in hits and both counter attacking and retaliating equally well so it seemed it would be a match of stamina and seeing who would slip or tire first.

This seemingly went on for hours for them when in reality it was not even half an hour, it had now turned from a sparring session into some form of grappling match. Each of them was breathing heavily from the effort put into trying to best the other, both of their T-shirts were damp and clinging to them, their skin slicked with sweat from the match. Strands of Thor's hair stuck to his face as he looked up at Steve, they had moved away and were now circling each other again both ready to go for the winning attack and both of their chests heaved with deep breaths stretching the damp cloth over their shoulders. Steve saw Thor's lunge coming before it happened but Cap' let him come close so he could use his motion against him. He moved to the side as Thor came close and grabbed Thor's wrist spinning around and pinning his arm up his back, he put an arm around the man's middle and used his legs to sweep Thor's out from under him using his weight to pin him onto the mat in the same move Thor had used on him. Except this time Steve hand was now pinned under Thor so it was flat against his solid stomach which was moving with every breath he took, he then took a moment to really consider the position he was in.

He still had Thor's arm held behind his back but after he had pinned him he had somehow straddled him so now his thighs were on either side of Thor's hips and he was resting on the small of his back. He could feel the movement of each breath as he continued to pin him down, the dampness of Thor's T-shirt could be felt through the material of his sweatpants as his mind started to cloud over with thoughts he didn't think himself capable of. He looked down at Thor and saw that as he pinned him his hair must have flipped to the side as a long expanse of neck was showing where his head was turned, there was a bead of sweat running down it and he felt the urge to follow the trail with his tongue and bite down on the soft skin where the trail ended… Steve seemed to suddenly snap out of his reverie, abruptly shocked by the things he was thinking of he practically sprang up off Thor and darted out of the room.

Steve let out a frustrated groan as soon he was in the hallway before he started walking towards the living room, his mind in over drive. What the hell was going on with him? If he wasn't before he was now positive god hated him, what was going on? Everything was going wrong! Well not necessarily everything but it felt that way!

Soon enough though Thor had caught up to him and had noticed that for some reason Steve seemed to be quite distressed over something, though he was not sure what. Thor, naturally being an innately caring person, moved forward and put his arms around him in what he thought would be a comforting gesture but Steve immediately pushed him away as if he had burned him. He just took one more look at Thor and that was all it took to set him off,

"WHY ME! Why is it always me! I cannot fathom it! And you, what is going on. I just cannot understand you are basically a god from another world and there is your stupid brother with MAGIC! And then you are here then all of that crap happened and you cannot even think about telling me things didn't change! I have no idea what is going on with me or you and I have all of these damn conflicting feelings about you!" Thor could have focused on any part of what Steve had just said to discuss but unsurprisingly he focused on the end.

"What feelings do you speak of?" Steve had seemingly been broken out of his 'rant mode' by this question and started to panic internally,

"Just forget it." He was silently praying that Thor would let it go but he knew he wouldn't, thankfully Tony decided that second would be the best to come in talking like he hadn't been gone and nothing was wrong. It seemed he was talking about Stark industries and something about Pepper but he instantly stopped when he perceived that there was a slightly tense atmosphere. Steve took this as his opportune moment to 'escape' the situation,

"I was just about to go to my room." He left immediately and made straight for his room where hopefully he could wait until all of this would have dissipated.

Tony turned to Thor with a confused look basically asking what had just happened Thor replied with an uncertain shrug before telling him everything that had transpired between him and cap'. After Thor had finished speaking Tony realised what was going on almost instantly and took off straight for Steve's room.