Alright, Author here, I'm sorry for any inconvenience with the whole 'code' thing, but I believe this is now corrected. I would also like to warn that this is a M/M story, so please don't continue to read if you're not interested.

I don't own Avengers or any characters or scenes of movies from Marvel

It wasn't until Adrian Leeson was in 12th grade when he learned about soul mates, as the world had been taken by surprise when all the teenagers that just turned 18 had first been bonded to some person, they had no idea who, three years ago. He remembered thinking that he would find out soon enough as it was February 9th and his birthday was on February 14th.

Adrian remembered waking up on his birthday with butterflies in his stomach. He would be finding out the next night what his soulmate's first words to him would be, but he wouldn't get 'sick' until he truly turned 18, which was that night. He had been glad it was Saturday though, he didn't want to miss a day of school. He's going to a fancy Italian restaurant with some friends to celebrate. First though, as they had decided against a dinner reservation, he had to get through to noon before they went. He had decided to wear nice clothes that day and had headed downstairs to grab breakfast and head out for some recreation. Nothing eventful occurred through the afternoon, except for some of his friends (including some of the males) had hoped they were his mate, so he wouldn't have trouble with finding the person who said, or will say, those first words. That night he got truly ill and was unconscious pretty soon due to his sickness being way too extreme. He hadn't known it, but the invisible hand of fate had been scribbling more than one pair of first words on his wrist that he'd be surprised about.

After a day passed, and it was exactly 24 hours after Adrian turned 18, he woke up perfectly healthy. Adrian was very excited to see who would be his soulmate, but decided to eat something first as his last meal had been Italian lunch the day before. After grabbing a couple PB&J sandwiches, his cat Bilbo, and some of his favorite marvel movies (all the Iron Man, Captain America, and Avengers movies), he sat down on his bed and proceeded to start watching Iron Man. As it was, Adrian got so engrossed watching the movies, he forgot about his wrist until he was putting in the second Avengers movie. He decided to look at it when Wanda Maximoff was getting shocked by a taser-arrow from Hawkeye.

His eyes bulged out in surprise and he nearly choked on the bite of his sandwich. Of course he'd get two soulmates. Adrian had always known he was different since he was 6 and his cousin introduced him to the world of Marvel by showing him some comic books while they were hanging out in his room. It might not've been such a big deal if he hadn't been able to see color after looking at the ones that he now considers favorites, Iron Man and Captain America. He had been confused because the rest of his brothers and sisters couldn't see color and they were older than him. Luckily, he never told anyone he was able to see color, since he would've been an outcast from the rest of his fact that it was also discovered you could be under 18 and see your soulmate and after be able to see some color confused Adrian as, he knew his cousin couldn't be his soulmate (the bond doesn't allow incest) and he only ever saw him when he was suddenly able to see color. He had two pairs of words on his wrist. He looked at his wrist again to see if he was mistaken, but no those two pairs of words were still there in beautiful calligraphy:

Uhh… my names Steve, Steve Rogers and, in slightly lighter text, I'm Tony Stark, but you probably already knew that.

After a moment he recognized the names. Why did he have to have to be the one person to end up with Marvel superhero soul mates who aren't real? 'I'm going to be alone for the rest of my life' he thought. As he did, the screen of his TV started flickering. As this happened often to Adrian (his TV wasn't very new) he simply stood up, holding Bilbo, and stepped forward to tinker with the TV. One problem though, as he touched the screen, he felt a pull on his entire body and he, along with Bilbo, vanished into the television.

Stark Tower, New York City Marvel Universe...

Tony Stark was in his lab, working on his newest suit design, when he became feverish and started mumbling gibberish. Fortunately, Pepper Potts was on her way down and had just entered the room when he slumped to the side and almost fell out of his chair, before she caught him.

"Tony?!"

That's when it all went black…

Some distance away in an unidentified Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement, and Logistics Division facility, New York City Marvel Universe…

Director Nick Fury was sitting in one of Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement, and Logistics Division's agent's offices when the alarms from the equipment around Captain Steve Roger's frozen form went off and Agent Coulson strode in, "Coulson, report!" he ordered the agent.

"Sir, we don't know exactly what's going on, but our equipment has picked up that Captain Rogers has somehow become ill."

"What do you mean 'ill'! How can he get sick now when he's been frozen for 70 years?" Fury questioned.

"Well, sir, his temperature has risen to 109 degrees Fahrenheit and his vitals have lowered dangerously. Also, the ice around him has started melting before planned." Agent Coulson responded, used to his director's attitude.

"Monitor his condition. Report any changes directly to me." Agent Coulson took this as his Director's dismissal, but before he was out the door Director Fury said one last thing, "Also I need you to check in on Tony Stark as intel suggests he has deteriorated to a sick mess and they aren't sure if it's a disease, result of stress, or lack of proper sleep and food consumption." as he finished Fury excused Agent Coulson and hoped that this wasn't some aftereffect of Tony Stark's palladium poisoning last year. Even as he thought this, Steve Rogers was melting faster and faster and Tony Stark was mumbling gibberish and was unconscious.