AN: Tumblr prompt: if your takong prompts, how could you pick her/his/their side over me? with danny and the avengers team?

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Tony gasped as he looked over at Steve's team. Wanda he expected, and he wasn't surprised by Clint, Sam, or the long haired raccoon. No, what he was surprised about was his favorite ghost kid standing among them. He knew just how powerful Danny was, so Steve having him on his team put them at a major disadvantage.

Danny either couldn't or wouldn't look at Tony specifically. He felt guilty for having to pick a side, he knew, but that doesn't mean Danny picking Steve over him made him feel good inside.

You're taking his side over mine?" Tony called to him. Danny's head snapped up, eyes wide like he wasn't really prepared for anyone to be talking to him specifically. He opened his mouth to say something, but then shut it and looked away again. And for some reason, that really, really pissed Tony off.

"Give me an answer!" He shouted.

There was more emotions in his and Danny's relationship than he cared to acknowledge. They had grown quite close over the years, working on technology of all sorts, and all those times Danny got himself hurt so Bruce of course patched him up. The few times he came to Tony first for advice whenever he was fighting with his friends or Jazz. He was the first Avenger Danny had come out to, and he was the first Avenger to actually kind of give him a shot despite that before Danny, he had never believed in ghosts. So yeah, this was a little more than just picking sides. This was a straight up betrayal.

But he also knew Danny was going to hold back. He didn't want to fight anyone, especially Tony, and he would use that to his advantage. He considered every single person here his family, or at least some sort of friend equivalent. so for him to do this was probably tearing him apart on the inside.

Well, it was time for Danny to come to the real world now.

"I don't want to," Danny called back. "But I can't hand myself over to the government, Tony. I can't let them control me. Not again, not ever,," Danny replied. He blinked quickly a few times and took a small step back, reverting back to no eye contact. And Tony hated that his heart broke for the kid, because despite his love for Tony, his hatred and fear for the government outgrew that. And it was a no-brainer as to why, but it still hurt.

"I'm sorry, Tony," Danny called to Tony. Tony glanced over, not sparring more than that. But even then, he could tell Danny meant it. Hell, there were tears in his eyes. But he understood the kid's reasoning to choosing the side that wasn't the government all to well.

"So," he said, ignoring Danny, "Let's get started, shall we?"