"you should all get back to the tower." Fury said.
"no. the press is wild out there." Bruce said, holding tighter to Tony.
"the press scared Tony. we need to stay a while." Steve said.
"Tony Stark is afraid of the press?" Fury ask.
"they were being really aggressive." Phil said.
"I'm bored!" Loki announced loudly.
"there's a SHIELD day care center. he can go play there." Phil said.
"I don't want to go alone." Loki huffed.
"Tony can go too, right Tony?" Bruce ask. it was quiet. "Tony?" Bruce ask looking down.
"he's out." Clint muttered. the ice pack slipped to the floor.
"that figures." Bruce muttered. "wondered why he was so quiet." Bruce added, shifting him gently.
"here come on Bruce. he can sleep in my office." Phil said.
"in a chair?" Natasha ask.
"he has a futon." Steve muttered. "I crash on it while I wait for him to get done sometimes." Steve shrugged. Bruce nodded.
"alright lead the way Phil." Bruce said. Phil nodded and led the way to his office. Bruce laid with Tony and held him. Phil turned off the lights and closed the door. Tony curled up in Bruce's arms. Bruce watched him. if Tony had a nightmare in here, he could scare a couple dozen agents and that wouldn't be good. they'd come in guns out and scare him more, then Bruce would have to Hulk out. he didn't want any of that, so he watched Tony carefully. he soothed him any time he thought he saw a nightmare happening. he fell asleep though after a while and Tony woke up. he slipped out of Bruce's arms, clutching Reid, and out of Phils office. he rubbed his eye's tiredly and stopped one of the first agents he saw. though his face was bruised and swollen, he still managed to give an adorable, but tired, smile. he yawned softly and wiped at his good eye.
"I'm looking for Coulson." Tony said, looking up in the cutest way possible. he knew if he really laid on the cuteness, he would get further. in a way he looked like a kicked puppy. the agent melted right away and told him how to find Phil. "thank you." Tony muttered, cuddling Reid as he walked away. he froze in the doorway. the room was full of agents and Fury. talking to one agent, though he didn't trust them, was one thing, but a room full of agents he just couldn't do. he simply stood in the door way and stared. Phil, feeling eye's on him looked around, spotting Tony.
"oh hey, what are you doing up?" Phil ask walking over. he picked Tony up, Tony wrapped his arms around Phils neck and laid his head on Phils shoulder.
"my face hurts." Tony muttered.
"I know." Phil replied, petting his hair gently as he made his way back over to Fury.
"Tony what are you doing up? where's Bruce?" Steve ask.
"asleep." Tony muttered.
"his face hurts Steve, thats why he's awake." Phil said.
"no I had another nightmare, but Bruce was asleep. I didn't want to wake him up." Tony said quietly. Phil nodded and gently looked over his face.
"the swellings down some. not much. still pretty swollen." Phil muttered.
"hey, someone found this on the ground. it looks like the one you had on Tony." Natasha said, holding out a SHIELD hat. Tony looked over at her, rubbing the side of his face with a whine.
"oh yeah thats mine." Phil said, taking the hat back. "Tony you're too heavy to hold like this for too long." Phil muttered. Tony whimpered softly.
"but Bruce holds me." Tony said.
"well Bruce is a big muscly guy and I'm a SHIELD agent. I don't hold heavy things all the time." Phil replied.
"come on Tony, I'll hold you." Steve said reaching out for him. Tony paused and looked at him a moment, then reached out for him. Steve took him and held him.
"I thought he didn't like Rogers?" Fury ask.
"he doesn't but right now he's in pain, tired, he just woke up from a nightmare, and he just wants cuddles." Phil replied, looking through one of his files. Tony played with the back of Steve's suit and hair with one hand.
"he's playing with my hair." Steve muttered softly. Phil looked and chuckled.
"thats what Bruce does with him." Phil replied. Steve nodded slightly, shifting him gently.
"I like your hair. it's soft." Tony said quietly.
"uh, thanks." Steve replied. Tony played with his hair quietly, for a while.
"Director Fury, Dr. Banner is freaking out. he thinks we've taken Tony." Maria said walking in.
"we're on it." Phil said, taking off. Steve followed, though he didn't run after Phil, he didn't want to disturb Tony. Phil ran to his office quickly. "Bruce! Bruce calm down!" Phil said, coming up beside him.
"they have Tony!" Bruce growled, his eye's green.
"no, Steve has Tony." Phil assured him.
"Tony hates Steve." Bruce hissed.
"he wanted someone to hold him and I can't do it like you do. Steve can." Phil said. Bruce glared at him, his skin turning green.
"Dr. Banner, please stop." Steve said walking over. Bruce looked over, eye's resting on Tony, who had fallen asleep on Steve's shoulder. Bruce walked over and looked Tony over.
"he's been with you? he's been safe from SHIELD? no one's hurt him?" Bruce ask.
"well he wanted Phil to hold him, but he's been with me for about two hours." Steve said. Bruce reached out and took Tony, holding him close.
"you woke me up you jerk." Tony muttered tiredly.
"sorry." Bruce replied, holding him tightly.
"Fury wants to see us all for a meeting." Natasha said walking by. all three followed her. they met in the meeting room.
"you brought Stark with you? this is an Avengers meeting." Fury ask.
"I'm an Avenger too!" Tony glared, slamming his hands down on the desk. Natasha was reminded of how Bruce reacted when he had gone after him and chuckled. Bruce looked up meeting her gaze with a grin, apparently it had reminded him too. "in case you forgot, I am Ironman!" Tony added.
"a little boy is not much of a man." Fury muttered. Tony jumped up on the table and glared at him.
"you got something you want to say to my face?" Tony glared. Bruce snickered behind his hand, Tony was in a mood, clearly three and a half hours of sleep was not enough for the little genius.
"you are out of line." Fury glared.
"no, you're out of line! I'm an Avenger too you asshole!" Tony shouted, stomping his foot. "you're an asshole! I'm Ironman!" Tony glared, pointing at Fury. Reid hung in his hand. Fury grabbed Reid and tossed him aside.
"grown men don't walk around with stuffed toys." Fury glared. Tony's bottom lip quivered as he looked at his empty hand, then he growled glaring at the man in front of him.
"oh shit." Steve muttered, covering his ears. Tony screamed loudly, glaring at Fury. his mouth started bleeding again after a moment, while Bruce jumped from his chair to go after Reid. he brought Reid back over to Tony, shoving Fury.
"this is your fault. you should've have just told him you were sorry and admitted he was an Avenger." Bruce said, giving Reid back to Tony. Tony snatched his bear, wiping at the blood dripping from his mouth. Bruce moved back to his seat.
"dick." Tony glared daggers at Fury, then turned and went back to Bruce. he jumped off the table and into Bruce's lap. Bruce grunted, but held him. Bruce moved Reid from Tony's hold, intent on keeping the bear blood free. Tony didn't say anything just curled up. Bruce cleaned him up gently and kissed his head. Tony held onto Bruce happily, glaring at the director. he coughed, spitting some blood on Bruce's shirt, not that it mattered. Bruce was already covered in blood.
"when we're done here I'll get you a SHIELD t-shirt." Phil said.
"only if it's not white." Bruce muttered. Tony curled up in his lap while Bruce played gently with his hair. Tony reached around Bruce, ignoring Fury, and grabbed Reid. he hugged the bear tightly to his chest. he was out in a few minutes.
"I'm going to remind you we have a daycare." Fury said.
"and I'm going to remind you I have a giant green rage monster." Bruce replied. "leave Tony alone, or he'll smash you." Bruce said, holding Tony. Tony slept happily through the two hour long meeting.
*tower*
Tony yawned softly waking up and looked around he was in the tower, cuddled to Bruce. he was in front of the tv, watching a movie with the others. he rubbed his eye's and looked up at Bruce, he was asleep. a look at the others and he noticed they were all asleep too. he whined softly, looking around.
"Reid?" Tony ask. he climbed out of Bruce's lap and looked around. he paused seeing a figure standing in the dark kitchen. he could see something shiny on the person. he walked around the couch and looked at the man. "who are you?" Tony ask. who ever it was turned and Tony could see the red star on his shoulder. immediately Tony screamed and ran to Bruce. everyone jerked awake.