Tony and Steve reflect on the arc reactor and how it, and each other, help them sleep at night. References to: torture and being frozen alive.

While out eating schwarma Tony tries to convince the others to join the Avengers while Natasha tries to convince a guilt ridden Clint to join as well.

"Dammit Natasha, stay still." Clint growled. "When have I ever listened to anyone Clint?" Natasha said teasingly. "Hmmm," he paused, tilting his head slightly. "I guess I'll have to persuade you then." A little moment of love between Clint and Natasha. Who says love is only for children?

Steve is capable of more than he believes; no-one has ever doubted him. Thor least of all.

In which Captain America tries to lie to the Liesmith. Post-Avengers.

Tony knew he was selfish, he was told by many people. He knew that he should probably work on that but when he saw where Loki's attention was, he tossed that plan out the window and let it die a messy death. Warnings are inside.

"You can't give these to me, I'm a man," the blonde spoke slowly as if he were trying to explain that the sky were blue to a child. It really was not a difficult thing to understand in his mind, he was not sure why Tony could not understand it. Warnings are inside.

"You suck," Tony repeated, no trace of mirth or teasing in his tone. "You suck so hard your superpower should be sucking and you should change your name to Captain Suck." Warnings are inside.

"He first sees her from a rooftop in St Petersburg in the light of an inferno." Companion fic to 'Chrysalis' and 'A Walk On Part in the War,' but can be read as a standalone.

If asked, Tony Stark would be hard pressed to figure out how Loki Laufeyson ended up in his bed, or how the chaos god continued being there. But he can't deny enjoying it.

Tony is surprised by Bruce's random visit. They both get drunk and it leads to a fun night. I just realized how cute Brony is so I wanted to write some. First Brony fan fic. Little kissing scene oneshot.

Loki is in her head now, she can't get him out. Now he's haunting her very soul.Loki/Natasha. I suck at summaries!

After a nightmare, the Hawk is comforted by the Widow.

Natasha approaches Tony Stark regarding her lack of nickname during the Tesseract incident.

How Tony and Bruce become best friends, or 'Why being a genius and a fanboy is not always a good combination.' Tony and Bruce have a lot in common, and one of those things happens to come in the form of a book with 'Don't Panic' written in large, friendly letters on the cover. Avergers fic with a dash of H2G2

Clint accidentally outs his relationship with Coulson to the other Avengers. Clint/Coulson

He opens his eyes, and for the first time in what seems like years, Natasha can breathe again. ClintNatasha, oneshot

"Sin lugar a dudas, Anthony Edward Stark era una mente brillante, pero la herencia de su padre había dejado una huella demasiado profunda en su interior. La manzana a veces no cae muy lejos del árbol, y en este caso, la manzana venía podrida desde el principio."

Loki picked the wrong girl to threaten. Bruce/Darcy

He listens to county music sometimes: when he's waiting for a target, when he's doing paperwork, when he's thinking about her. - She doesn't know about the last one, doesn't think too much in regards to the middle one, but the first one always makes her smile.

After the battle, Banner corners Steve about his jibe at Stark. Short oneshot.

"But most of all she remembers watching Iron Man fly into a space portal with a bomb riding on his back."

While traveling around, Bruce tries out an accent to put people off his track. It doesn't go very well. Pre-Avengers double-drabble - two hundred words precisely.

He could never find the words to say what he'd always wanted to, but he'd always been sure he wanted more than just this. Tony/Bruce, post-Avengers.

This collection consolidates the twelve stories featuring Agent Phil Coulson, Wanda, members of the Avengers, and other interested parties.