Pepper was downstairs feeding little James his bottle when Tony grumpily entered the kitchen. He kissed Morgan on the head as he walked passed and Pepper handed him his coffee.

"Why did Clint have to pick a flight this early?"

"Tony I know this trip isn't supposed to be fun but you're going to a tropical island. Try and be happy," she said as she kissed him on the cheek.

"Sure," he said.

Tony polished off some eggs and bacon and headed to the shower.

When he got out Clint was sitting in his living room.

"You're early," Tony groaned when he brought his suitcase out.

"I know. I wanted to go over some stuff and the beard looks great by the way," Clint said talking about Tony's full grown beard Clint asked him to grow in order to disguise himself.

"I can't wait for you to get back so you can shave that. I am not a fan," Pepper commented.

"Ok what's so important that you needed to be here ten more minutes than necessary?" Tony asked.

"We need your tech. Anything simple that won't give away who you are in case they break into our room. No suit. I just need like phones and spyware etc,"

"I don't understand why you need me? I could have made you special tech,"

"Well I have no idea how to use it and you'll see when we get there,"

"I don't want to do this. Why this? And why now? Pepper is having a tough time with James," Tony groaned.

"Clint I'm fine and don't bring me into this. This is your mess," Pepper said as she turned to Tony.

"Do you think I wanted to stick my neck out when you did that little experiment with the non invasive nanotech that can control minds," Clint reminded him.

"That was an accidental discovery and I was trying to do the right thing. If the government got the tech they would have weaponized it so I destroyed it," he explained.

"Yeah and my contact at S.H.I.E.L.D made it go away so you didn't get arrested," Clint reminded him.

"Enough. If you don't leave now you're going to miss your flight," Pepper said.

Tony squeezed Morgan tight, he kissed baby James on the head and then he gave Pepper a passionate kiss and he followed Clint outside.

As soon as they got into the car Tony hooked up his system and started blasting Black Sabbath. Clint turned it down and Tony turned it back up and finally Clint threw a pair of headphones at Tony.

Tony grabbed them and unhooked his phone from the car to listen to Black Sabbath at the volume he chose.

The flight was unbearable for Tony. He hated not flying in his jet and he hated not flying first class. Clint gave him some story about blending in and made him fly coach.He was desperate to get off the plane. When it finally touched down and they were able to get off the plane Tony was relieved. The island air did lift his mood slightly. They got into the rental car and they headed to the hotel.

"It really is beautiful here," Tony admitted.

"Wow that's the first thing you've said without an irritable tone but something tells me that it's going to be short lived," Clint said.

"Hey listen I'm here. I never said I would be happy about it," Tony said.

"Your disdain for me kind of helps with this," Clint said as he pulled his suitcase out of the car and wheeled it towards the hotel.

"Why is that?" Tony asked as he followed with his own suitcase.

Clint went to the counter to check in and Tony was looking around when he saw there was a couples retreat at the hotel the same week they would be there.

"One king bed," the woman at the counter said and Tony's eyes nearly popped out of his head.

"No we need-

"Calm down Honey. The king bed is perfect. Thank you," Clint said, pulling Tony away.

"What the f-

"You wanna know why you're here?" Clint asked.

Tony nodded even though he thinks he just figured it out and he felt a knot in his stomach that was going to make him throw up.

Clint nodded in the direction of the couples retreat banner.

"Because I needed a husband. Bringing Laura was too risky. Now come on and hold my hand," Clint said.