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Title: Assembling the Avengers – Living at Stark Tower

Fandom: Avengers; Marvel Cinematic Universe

Avengers Disclaimer: All rights concerning the Avengers reserved to Marvel. This fanfiction on the other hand is entirely mine. No money is made with this, though reviews are more than welcomed.

Warnings: m/m, Canon Divergent Post-Avengers (2012), Team as Family, families of choice, adoption, fluff, hurt/comfort, PTSD, explicit intercourse, anal, oral, m/f, f/f

Main Pairing: Bucky/Tony

Side Pairings: Hope/Darcy, Bruce/Jane, Clint/Natasha, Rhodey/May, Happy/Pepper

Marvel Characters: Anthony 'Tony' Stark, James 'Bucky' Barnes, Steve Rogers, Bruce Banner, Clint Barton, Natasha Romanova, Thor Odinson, Hope van Dyne, Sam Wilson, Sharon Carter, Katherine Keener, Harley Keener, Gwen Stacy, Miles Morales, Edward 'Ned' Leeds, Peter Parker, May Parker, James 'Rhodey' Rhodes, Jane Foster, Darcy Lewis, Pepper Potts, Happy Hogan, Maria Hill

Summary: After the battle of New York, Tony invites the Avengers to live with him in Stark Tower. Everything evolves from there on out. Living together in the tower changes the team-dynamic, changes the fate of the Avengers and how their line-up grows differently over time.

Assembling the Avengers

Living at Stark Tower

Epilogue: Happily Ever After

James gasped breathlessly, his fingers buried in Tony's hair, tugging the other closer. The engineer was currently sucking him off with quite some gusto. After the first couple of slightly stilted and awkward dates, the two had found their own rhythm with each other. Including the bedroom, where it had gone far faster than in the date department. James, he knew how his body worked, but words and romantic gestures still took a bit more. Moaning, James pulled Tony off his cock and up to kiss him deeply. Tony laughed softly, pushing James down onto the bed to lay flat. He was hovering over James' hard cock before carefully easing himself onto it, having prepped himself before going down on James. Their sex life went perfectly, really. James took a stuttering breath, grasping the sheets tightly until his knuckles turned white. Tony knew how to take what he wanted and he knew how to make James lose his breath and words. James' hands found Tony's waist to hold onto as his orgasm built up. Tony's own hand started jerking himself off, until the two of them came at nearly the same moment. Tony gasped breathlessly as he collapsed forward on top of James.

"So... that was a good start of the day", whispered Tony, smiling softly to himself.

He was doodling symbols onto James' chest, head turned to look out of the window. James hummed and ran his fingers through Tony's hair, his other arm behind his head as he watched Tony.

"We're going to the movies with Rhodes and May today still, right?", asked James softly.

Rhodey had taken it incredibly well, all things considered. Then again, he had kept an eye on James at all times and he knew that Tony was in no danger from James. The two Jameses had even become friends, sparring on occasion too. Still, double dates with Rhodey! Now if that wasn't the dream come true? Tony smiled to himself as he turned to kiss James' cheek.

"We absolutely are. But I think you should hit the shower, because otherwise Sam will hound you all day long with teasing about running late because of me", hummed Tony.

Every morning, James went out for a jog with Rhodey, Sam and Steve. Rhodey was, by now, a more or less official Avenger, 'on loan' from the military. Which was nice for his budding relationship with May and also for Tony's overall situation, because having Rhodey close always made everything better. Rolling over, Tony watched James head toward the bathroom.

"Hate to see you go, love to watch you leave", sighed Tony. "That is a magnificent ass."

"Thanks. I worked hard for it", chuckled James, winking at Tony over his shoulder.

Rolling over, Tony stretched out. What was his plan for today again...? He wasn't on duty – schedules for Avengers duty were a blessing; if there was anything going on, someone was on call. The others didn't necessarily need to worry, unless it was an actual, big emergency. Those were rare and far in between, really. Tony got to spend his time with the science department and on his work for SI. Which, the work for the science department had become even more fun ever since Hope had joined. She had designed herself a gorgeous black-yellow suit with wings and was an official Avenger now. Their lineup was strong now. And while they had offered James a position too, it had been more out of politeness – after everything he had been through, James just wanted to retire. He was happily taking cooking classes and he liked watching the kids. He was also getting used to this century a lot; so much to learn that HYDRA had never let him learn.

Tony got out of bed and dressed himself before heading out. He smiled softly as he watched Gwen, Miles, Ned and Peter around the table, debating a school project. It was Saturday morning. Thor sat with them, eating a large heap of pancakes and waffles while watching them. When Tony entered the kitchen, he found Clint, Nat, Bruce, Darcy, Hope and Jane at the table, eating breakfast.

He watched Rhodey, Sam and Steve bicker as the three headed out together with James, who waved at Tony with a gentle look on his face. A family. Tony had gathered a family in his home.

~*~ The End ~*~

Author's note: Aaand that's it. I know it's a bit of a short wrap, but I gotta... I gotta admit I've fallen out of Marvel HARD since starting this fic and I DID want to wrap it and give it a proper end before I lose even the last spark of motivation to do so. It's a shame and also frustrating for me because when I started writing Marvel, I thought this could be my next big fandom that I stick with for a long time, but... the MCU has been very steadily disappointing me, personally, and it made me lose interest and attachment. I'm not ruling out that a new thing may reignite the spark for me, but it also seems too risky and futuristic to bank all my hope on Ms. Marvel and Ironheart. So, sorry for the shortened end, I do still hope you enjoyed it and thank you for reading and even more so for commenting!