AN: Once again: I LOVE YOU GUYS!

Really, why did Fury feel the need to call a meeting at nine in the morning? While still half asleep Tony tried to find every piece of clothing he needed, but the darkness in the room made it rather hard. He got an angry hiss from the other man in the room, who had still been asleep, when he called Jarvis for the light. It shocked Tony how he felt no need to freak out at the rather domestic sight the two of them made. Loki was sitting up in the bed, with his hair looking like he just had sex, while the dog watched on from his position at the end of said bed. The only thing missing was a little kid to wreck some havoc on their sleeping patterns. He really should find this a lot more disturbing.

"Where on earth are you off to Tony at…." The god took a glance at the clock. "half past eight?"

"Fury called a meeting, probably about Seth. I think Prancer needs to go for a walk anyway. I'll be back around twelve I think, probably earlier." He had just reached the kitchen when he realized something big. Loki had called him Tony. Not Stark, not man of Iron but Tony. Had it been the first time? Was it just a slip of the tongue?

"Jarvis, has Loki ever called me Tony before?" If anyone knew, it would be his AI. He started his coffee maker, he was going to need it if he had to deal with the team.

"Only once, sir. He asked me to 'inform Tony' that your food had arrived yesterday morning. Is there any particular reason for this question, sir? Should I keep count of the amount of times Mr. Laufeyson calls you by your given name in the future, sir?" One day Tony was going to disable whatever it was that made his own invention so sassy.

"No, thank you Jarvis." His voice dripped with sarcasm as he grabbed his finished coffee. "Just direct Loki to the roof when Prancer needs to do his thing. I doubt S.H.I.E.L.D will let him take a walk in Central Park.

"Certainly, sir."

He got some surprised looks when he actually arrived at the meeting on time, which he savored. Sometimes they were too easy to mess with. He took his seat next to Bruce and as far away from Thor as he possibly could. It didn't matter that the man may not have known what his friends were up to, he should have visited the brother he so claimed to love.

"So, Tony….still got our favorite villain at your house?" Clint asked, as they waited for Fury to arrive.

"As a matter of fact, yes. He is currently playing with Prancer I think." Still easy to mess with.

"Prancer….please tell me there isn't another god with a horny helmet." Steve groaned. Tony was about to point out how terrible that comment sounded when Bruce coughed next to him, grabbing his attention. His skin had a light green color to it. Not a good sign.

"Listen Tony, I know how much you like to take everything apart to see how it works…but I agree with these guys that making a business deal with the god of lies and letting him stay at your house, isn't a good idea." He stayed silent for a moment, letting Tony think.

"Look, I know you guys all have a problem with it, but I have been living with him for almost two months now and I have not been killed yet. He has not even maimed me. Should I fucking point out that he helped us win against Seth?" he never liked it when people judged his decision, his father had done enough of that. He would do as he pleased. He was a friggin' billionaire, for god's sake.

"Which is exactly why this meeting was called, Stark." The devil had arrived.

"Oh, and I just though this meeting couldn't get better. Now you are here we can finally hold out tea-party." He was being petty, which didn't make him feel better. Fury opened the screens, showing them several pictures of the Norse god and the Egyptian god in a heated discussion. They even included an image in which Seth was reaching out to touch Loki his face. Tony did not acknowledge the little green eyed monster in the pit of his stomach. He knew the story.

"I don't care who tells the story, but I want to know what the link is between these two. If Loki is working together with this god then we are in deep shit. Thor, Tony, you know anything about this?" Fury looked from one man to the other, but the genius wasn't planning to tell the one eyed leader anything. He wasn't sure how much Thor exactly knew about the relationship between his brother and Seth. If he gave out information the Norse god wasn't pertinent to, he was sure he would take another flying lesson out of the highest window in his tower.

"Seth and Loki were friends when they were younger. My brother hasn't seen the god in at least two or three centuries, when Seth was banned from Asgard when he murdered Osiris." Thor explained. "I do not think my brother and he are working together. Seth his methods are too rash for Loki to join him."

"I thought they were pretty similar. Big army attacking the city and all…" Natasha put in.

"Loki may have attacked Midgard, but he did it for a reason. This attack was merely to create chaos without any cause behind it. My brother detests violence and chaos when it has no merits." The older god argued. Tony felt sick as he watched the man defend his brother, while he knew that not two days ago he had accused Loki of putting a spell on Tony.

"Let's not forget that he helped us find Seth and bring him down. If he had not broken whatever invisibility spell that man has, we would have been fighting forever." Fat lot of good that move did him, they now knew he was on earth and he was also still accused of helping with the attack.

"He could have had an ulterior motive or something." Clint argued.

"No, I heard parts of the conversation. Seth came here because he wanted to find Loki and get him to join him. Which Loki refused by the way." Take that.

"He needs to leave then." Fury decided.

"WHAT?" Tony yelled. " He did nothing but help us and you want to throw him out into another realm?" Maybe he should tone down the protectiveness. Natasha, Bruce and Clint were all staring at him.

"The fact is Stark, he brought a dangerous god to earth. Not intentionally, but he still forms a threat. Thor can you take him back to Asgard?" The god opened his mouth to answer but Tony was having none of it.

"No, I said this once before Fury and don't think I didn't fucking mean it. I am working together with Loki and for as far as I know he has done nothing wrong. If you so much as touch him to take him back to Asgard I will leave the team and pull out all the funding I bring into S.H.I.E.L.D. No way in fucking hell is he going back there!" His chair crashed behind him as he stood up.

"I do not think it is wise to take my brother back to Asgard. While he has finished his punishment there are still a lot of people that would like to do him harm." Thor was at least on his side in this.

"Not that there aren't any people here who wouldn't like to harm him…" Clint muttered, earning him a reproachful glare from Bruce.

"Stark, Loki is a threat which needs to be contained." Fury growled.

"Loki is absolutely no threat, Seth is. So you better start trying to keep him out, instead of the people actually fighting him!" he was not letting them take the god back to the place he still had nightmares about. That would be like taking Tony back to the cave he was tortured. He would not stand for it.

"I think he is right." Steve finally put in his say. "Loki, probably knows more about Seth and his powers than any of us, including Thor. We can use him." No exactly what Tony had in mind, but if it would make Fury reconsider.

"Fine, but the moment he so much as puts a hair out of place he will be taking into my custody." The dark skinned man left the room with a flourish that would make Severus Snape proud. For a moment a tense silence reigned in the room.

"So who is Prancer?" Steve always focused on the more important things.

"He is my new dog, which Loki has gotten rather attached to." He wished he could capture their faces. Finally Clint burst out laughing.

"Reindeer Games likes a dog called Prancer…."

"Did you pick the name?" Natasha asked, a smile tugging at the corners of her lips.

"No, I didn't actually. It is rather fitting though." Things seemed to be a bit more normal between the team members.

"It makes sense that my brother is attached to it, with Fenrir and all…" Thor mused. Well maybe not between all the members. A frown made its way on Tony his face, but he schooled his expressions quickly enough. They already thought him too protective of the god, if they found out what he knew…

"I'm leaving. Feel free to come by anytime you like….I'm sure Rudolf would love your company." He gave them his trademark grin. He wasn't far down the hall when he heard the heavy footsteps behind him. There was only one man that walked like that.

"Man of Iron….my brother is he alright?" Count to ten Tony, count to ten. He turned around to face Thor who looked at him like a dog begging for scraps.

"Listen big man, Loki isn't a fan of you right now and since I would like to keep my tower fairly in tact try not to visit him again." Vague and diplomatic answer. Who said he didn't know how to apply tact.

"I know that my brother still feels wronged by me, but I need to know if everything okay. I promised my father…" screw tact.

"Shut up, point break! I swear, if you say you care about your brother one more time I will find a way to kill you." Thor looked like a kicked puppy once again and also a little surprised. "Don't you fucking give me that look! If you cared for your adoptive brother only an inch of what you always claim, then you would have gone to visit him in his prison. You didn't though, did you? Not one fucking time! So if Loki feels wronged by you, he has a fucking right to!" He was breathing heavily, his hands clenching at his side.

"I do not know what my brother has told you, but my friends…"he didn't get any further as Tony his hand slammed into his face. There was a sharp pain in his hand and Tony was pretty sure he had cracked or maybe even broken something. Thor looked surprised but otherwise unhurt. Tony didn't care, it was the thought that counted.

"If I were you I would fucking stop listening to your friends and start thinking really hard on what you have done. Then maybe, if you came crawling back on your knees to Loki, he will forgive you. Better not count on it though." Thor seemed to crumble under those parting words, which gave Tony a small satisfaction as he left the building. He had another Norse god to see.

AN: Soooo Tony broke his hand….should I let him wear a cast or will Loki fix it for him? www. Youtube watch?v=f-2V0W81-c8 great vid of Tony and Loki.