SURPRISE!

The jealous!Steve got such a reaction from everyone, i decided I'm going to be writing alternative endings in the order of most votes. IronPanther won by a land slide.

The next one to be posted with be Quill x Tony x Strange. So stay tuned.

The next day was no better, when Steve got back from his run with Bucky and Sam they were all heading for the kitchen to see a few people already gathered. Tony sat at the table, Quill next to him and Gamora next to him, across from Tony was Scott, both men comparing what sounded like 'drunken engineering' stories.

But what bothered him the most was the way Quill leaning against the table, whining and moaning at the billionaire genius to feed him fruit from his breakfast bowl. Completely caught up in his conversation with Scott, Tony would hold out a piece of fruit to feed the man child from his breakfast bowl. The only thing holding Steve back from doing anything was the way Gamora would hit the man when his whining became exceptionally annoying.

After delivering a viscous looking punch to her leader's arm, she turned to Tony. "Honestly Stark, I don't understand why you encourage this kind of obnoxious behavior."

The brunette turned his attention to the green alien, completely ignoring the man between them who was groaning into table. "I've always wanted a puppy."

"Woof." Quill shoulders jumped with the noise he made, face still planted in the table top.

"Good boy." Tony gave Quill's head a brief pat as if the man were and actual dog before starting another story for an eager Scott.

Luckily Bucky diverted his attention, reminding him under his breath that it was rude to stare and that a shower was probably a good idea. So after grabbing a water and then sparing one last glance at Tony, he left with Sam and Bucky for their rooms. By the time he got back, a whole new group of people had taken over the kitchen and Tony was long gone.

When he tried seeking the man out before lunch, he wasn't in the shop and when he asked FRIDAY she said that he was out for the day and wouldn't be back until later that night. Dejected, he left the workshop to head to the gym and work out some of his feels. He knew for some time now that he had feels for Tony that went beyond friendship but with what happened during Civil War, he was sure the man would never talk to him again.

So for Tony to reach out to him, saying he had an invention that would help Bucky through his brainwashing, he nearly started crying on the phone.

Things were looking up for him, Bucky was getting taken care of, Tony was talking to him, and the Avengers were being asked to come home, or at least that's what he thought. There were still a lot of issues that needed to be dealt with, and now there are these new guys, hanging all over Tony like horny dogs. Quill and Strange's faces appeared on the punch bag he was pulverizing and the next right hook he through sent the bag flying across the gym, again. Luckily no one was around so he quickly cleaned up the mess and then got ready for some sit reps.

T'Challa's private plane arrived around noon, his husband was leaning against one of his SUVs by the planes hanger, waiting for him to exit the plane, signature shades on his face. He walked down the steps with the Dora Milaje, no stopping until he was looking down at the smaller man, who had to tilt his head back to keep looking his husband in the eyes.

"Do I get a kiss?" He grinned, leaning his whole body against the car, eyes bouncing between those full, soft lips and sparkling dark brown eyes.

A dark hand rose up to push his sunglasses up into his hair, "Better." T'Challa's accent and smooth vocal cords never failed to make the genius shiver with the simplest words. His husband noticed the reaction he caused and smirked, he closed the gap between them, both content to just have their lips pressed together as they gazed lovingly into each other's eyes. The taller man pulled back, but not far, moving to kiss along the beautiful face of his husband. They had not been able to see each other for some time now, and they had missed each other greatly.

Tony chuckled, the hair from T'Challa's beard and breath tickling his face. "God, I missed you." He kissed his lips again before leaning into the other man's strong arms, clinging to the man he loved.

"It has been too long my love." He kissed at the temple by his lips, tightening his arms around the other. The Dora Milaje waited patiently, keeping guard around their King and his husband. They all knew how hard the long distance was on the couple and adored the genius so when these reunions happened, they stood by, giving the couple their space for as long as they needed.

Tony pulled back the slightest bit so he could look at the other, "Are you hungry, cause I bought out a restaurant for us to have dinner."

T'Challa laughed and dipped his head down for another kiss, "That sounds lovely dear."

Everyone piled into the cars, heading for a nice family owned restaurant that closed early on Thursdays but promised to stay open for Tony since he knew Patty and Earl since his college days, the couple being like an Aunt and Uncle to him.

With everyone seated and tucking into their meals, Tony and T'Challa sat at a private table, Mason jar candle lit between them, Tony decided to drop the bomb. "I want to tell the others." T'Challa paused in the middle devouring his onion rings. "I'm not saying we go and have a press conference or anything. But we should at least tell the team. I don't get to see you enough as it is, and I don't want to waste the time I do have with you pretending were not in love and married."

"We can tell the team tomorrow, at dinner, I would love nothing more than to be able to walk up and claim your lips any time I want without having to worry about witnesses." He smiled at the blush that spread across the other's face.

"Yeah, me too," and then they returned to their meals.

They stayed at the restaurant after they finished their meals, sipping on milkshakes and enjoying the only time to catch up and be close to one another. No doubt they would have to go their separate ways once arriving to the base. They both agreed it would be fun to play it up for one more day before they have their big reveal tomorrow night.

As expected as soon as they got back, Natasha pulled T'Challa aside to talk business and check in with the other, while Tony was dragged off by Rocket to talk upgrades on the Milano. They didn't even stay in the same room but seeing how as soon as Groot came to collect Rocket did Bucky show up (it would seem he was never going to make it to his room at this rate), looking nervous.

"Do you have a moment?"

"If you've come to apologize, no I do not. If it's for another reason, yes."

"But Tony," the genius made a sound and raised a hand.

"No, look Barnes, I've had a lot of time to think about it and I know it's not your fault and you should to. In fact I should apologize for attacking you like that, my parents death has always been a sore subject for me and to see the tape after everything else that had happened. Yeah, not pretty. Let's just both agree that it was a messed up situation and move on." He looked up at after his little speech, Barnes looked like he wanted to say something but then thought better of it and nodded his head. "Okay then, was there anything else?"

"Actually, do you mind taking a look at the arm for me?" T'Challa's scientist had built a design for a replacement arm but the thing still needed maintenance here and there.

"Sure thing, pull up a chair." They worked on the arm late into the night, Tony answers questions for Bucky and teaching him basic maintenance so he could fix it by himself if he wanted. The eventually moved on to discussing the BARF glasses and how they were helping with the mind control programs.

It was around 2 AM when both men agreed it was past their bedtime and it would be a good idea to get some sleep.

The next morning he woke to a message from T'Challa, he had a few meetings to attend to but would be finished with everything by 5. He messaged the other back and the got ready for the day.

The closer he got to the common area, the louder noise got, it seemed to be a popular spot this morning. Steve was cooking for everyone with the help of Sam, Drax was sitting at the table eating peacefully, Stephen sitting at the table reading a book with a steaming cup next to him. Quill and Clint were in front of the TV, playing Minecraft, Clint yelling at Peter the whole time. And he could vaguely hear Rocket's insane laughter and Groot's loud stomping right outside.

"Good morning Tony," it seemed Steve had spotted him and was smiling all sunshine and rainbows.

"I'll give you a 'Morning' but the rest is up for debate." He made for the coffee pot, starting a fresh pot.

"What are your plans for today?" Steve asked.

"Going to meet Stephen in the lab," Tony was staring at the coffee he was preparing himself so he missed the way Steve's face darkened at the mention of the other man, "and then I told Bucky to come by later on so I can check on the arm again. I think there's a meeting sometime this afternoon and then the team dinner."

"Never a dull moment for you, is it Stark?" Sam jokingly asked.

"Nope," he made sure to pop the 'p' in that single word then took a sip of his mug, giving it his full attention. Coffee was tied with science for third place in the list of 'love of his life,' T'Challa being his number one, the bots and JARVIS being in second. He smiled into his coffee, thinking about the other man. He was looking forward to telling the team tonight, it would make things a fraction of the way easier for him and T'Challa and he would take the small victory anywhere he could get them.

He looked up to see Steve silently watching him and he quirked an eyebrow. Noticing he was caught staring the blonde coughed and turned his attention elsewhere, a slight blushing coating his cheeks. Well, never saw that coming, oh well. "I'm heading to the lab boys, I'll see you later tonight."

Dinner was spread all over the kitchen table and counter, they had order Chinese and basically put together a buffet so everyone could just make a plate of what they liked. Almost everyone was gathered, they were sitting around chatting amongst each other. He was currently sat on one of the couches between Stephen and Quill, Steve in the chair across from them talking to Peter, he wasn't quite sure what they were saying to busy looking for the one man he wanted there most but hadn't arrived yet.

He was making idle chatter with Strange, trying to be polite even though his attention was divided. He happened to catch Rhodey's eyes from over Stephen's shoulder who was sitting on the couch next to them. His best friend smiled at him and gestured in the spot behind him. Confused, he turned but that confusion morphed into blinding happiness at the sight of his husband. He quickly put his plate down stood from the couch to go over to the other man, completely ignoring the three pairs of eyes that followed him.

"Welcome back."

"Thank you, are you ready?"

"Yes," he reached out for the other man's hand and then dragged him closer to the others. "Okay everyone, listen up for a second."

T'Challa came up to stand beside the other man, moving a hand to around the smaller man's waist. He watched as some watched on as some people such as Natasha and Rhodey figure out what was going on. Rhodey knew of their relationship, but he's assuming that the super spy was able to piece together that they might be a couple.

His eyes scanned the room landing on the Captain and the two men that had been sitting with Anthony on the couch. They all looked surprised to see him standing so causally with the engineer and from what he could tell, the Captain looked to be upset by their closeness. "Well, there's no easy way to break the ice here so I'm just going to come right out and say it. I'm married and T'Challa is my husband." Leaning into the taller man's side, he laughed a little at the way Clint and Scott both started joking on their food. But for the most part, everyone looked shocked or had a face of indifference.

T'Challa stood, almost glowing, seeing the way those two men on the couch seemed to just deflate at the announcement. It would seem that another had found interest in his husband, he couldn't blame them, Anthony was not only beautiful but amazing in every sense of the word. He was so lucky that he had been able to capture the man's heart so early on in their meeting.

"Wait, Tony, what do you mean married? How long, and how have you been keeping it a secret for so long?"

He listened as his lover told the group how they meet all those years ago and with some time they fell into a long distance relationship that eventually led to T'Challa proposing to him on his birthday one year. They got married in Wakanda and only the people of Wakanda knew, and his loyal people kept the information secret for them.

He had been watching his husband for most of the explanation but then when he looked to the Avenger's he noticed the absolute heartbreak on the Captains face, the man wasn't the best when it came to his emotions.

He felt the slightest bit guilty for it, but honestly, he could only feel smug as he stood there with the smaller man under his arm. "Excuse us, but I would like some alone time with my husband." No gracing the others with much else, he guided the other towards their bed chambers, causally 'fist-pumping' Rhodes on his way past them.

Thank you so much, here is the order for the upcoming alternative endings:

Quill x Tony x Strange

WinterIron

Stony

Tony x Quill

FrostIron

Tony x Strange

and finally ScienceBoyfriends