Disclaimer: I don't own Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Agents of SHIELD, etc. I own Jamie.

Chapter 25
Back Home

For being in such a modern designed building and the slightly modern/post modern design for everything else in the common areas of Avenger's Tower, Jamie's room was more classically, more typical style for her room and individual living area.

Her walls were tan and solid, while the trim and the ceilings were crisp, clean white. Her furniture was brown, and wood. The set matched. The couch was brown as well, though it wasn't leather since Jamie found leather more uncomfortable to relax and sleep on. The fabric was comfortable and she nearly fell asleep while testing it out. The comforters and the pillows were light brown, tan and white, continuing with the color scheme making the apartment seem united.

"Its boring," Tony said, drinking her soda from the ridge in the mall kitchen. "Bland. Uninteresting. So…Jamie-like."

"You are such an ass, you know that?" Jamie told him, throwing the last pillow onto the couch.

She had already finished unpacking her books and her movies, and everything else in the apartment in the tower. It took her a bit longer then Steve, since she was more particular about where everything went. Steve was more the typical guy when it came to decorating the apartment assigned to him, the one right across the hall from Jamie. He had finished that morning, while it was about dinner time now that Jamie was finishing up.

"But you love me anyway," he said, breaking down the box for her. They both picked up the pile and exited the apartment, their destination the shoot to send them down to the recycling room.

"Tolerate is more of an accurate word to describe it," Jamie shot back, a playful smirk on her lips to indicate she really did care about Tony.

"And I'll take it!" Tony stated. Once down the hallways, he pushed open the shoot and dropped the broken down boxes down it. He moved out of the way and held it open for Jamie to do the same. "But don't deny your true feelings for long."

Jamie rolled her eyes and tossed them down the shoot. She turned and leaned up against the wall, placing a hand over her head to fake a swoon. "Oh, what would Pepper say if she found out!"

"Nothing," Tony said. "I can't help it if women love me. But she's the only one for me!"

"See, there you go! Breaking my heart!" Jamie cried.

"Well, I was a playboy before Pepper changed my life," Tony said as if it weren't such a big deal as it was. "Come on, I'll finish showing you around. Next stop is the lab," Tony said, leading her to the elevator.

"I'm kind of scared to see what you and Bruce have been up to in there," Jamie admitted hesitantly.

"Saving lives and looking good while doing it." Tony explained to her. "That's mostly me though...okay the good looking part is all me."

"Riiiiiight," Jamie chuckled, her eyes rolling as they entered into the lab. "Hello Bruce!" Jamie greeted. It had been quite a while since she had seen the good doctor.

"Hey Jamie. Good to see a friendly face who's not Tony." Bruce said looking up with that small smile of his.

"Does Tony's face ever look friendly?" She asked.

"Hey, I resent that!" Tony presented.

"Of course you would," Jamie muttered. "How do you learn to live with him, Bruce. I need advice!"

"Sure Jamie, ask me anything. I'll try and help...but you guys do realize...I'm not that kind of doctor." He said shooting Tony a look.

"No, but you have been living here for what? Two years? You must know some tricks in dealing with him," Jamie said.

"I'm a joy to live with!" Tony said.

"I have a few. I don't know how they'll apply here but I'll try and see if they can help you. " Bruce chuckled.

"Hey, it's great living with me! I mean, on Wednesdays we wear pink!" Tony aid.

"Did you seriously just quote Mean Girls?" Jamie gaped.

Bruce looked a little embarrassed. "It's a surprisingly entertaining movie..."

"No, I don't deny that. It's just…..I'm not wearing pink," Jamie stated.

"Then you are not welcome in our club!" Tony said.

"That's okay, I'm already a member of Steve, Clint, and Natasha's club," Jamie chuckled. "The kick ass club!"

"That's a stupid sounding club. I kick ass and do science. Best of both worlds. And So does Brucey except he-"

"Can we not talk about the other guy right now please." Bruce said shaking his head.

"So how do you like living across the hall from your patriotic boy toy?" Tony asked.

"My what?" Jamie gaped.

"He means boy friend. As in Steve." Bruce said as he tinkered.

"We're not dating!" Jamie declared.

"Might as well be, Blue." Tony said stroking his hair patronizingly.

"No," Jamie said.

"Yes." Tony said hugging her as if she were a child. "Shh, just let it happen."

"Nothing is happening!" Jamie protested. No matter how much I would like there to be.

"It's happening...just really slowly." Bruce said.

"Do you bring this up to Steve?" Jamie asked. "Or am I the only one everybody bugs about it?"

"We tease him, not as much. Don't wanna break the guy." Bruce explained.

"I hardly think that's fair…." Jamie said.

"Ms. Roe, you have a delivery at the front desk. Shall I have it brought up?"

"Uh, yes, thank you, JARVIS," Jamie muttered before turning back to the two guys. "Wait, what does Steve say?"

"...uh..." Bruce looked around hesitantly, him never being one to tell other's secrets.

"He says that-" Tony started but Bruce stopped him.

"Tony, it's private. Steve needs to be the one to say it." Bruce scolded him.

"Say what?" Jamie questioned.

"Jamie, I don't feel comfortable telling you." Bruce said shyly.

Jamie's face fell a bit. She knew he had a point, but the way he said it made it sound rather disheartening.

"It's good thought Brucy! Come on, can't we give her hints...or give her condoms." Tony said.

"Tony! No! I will get JARVIS to get the spray bottle." Bruce glared.

Jamie just rolled her eyes and got up.

"You don't have to leave so soon." Bruce told her. "We can do lunch."

"Sure, I'll go make use something," Jamie said. "That kitchen is awesome! I can't wait to try it out!"

"Want some help?" Bruce smiled a bit.

"Just let JARVIS do that." Tony rolled his eyes.

"No, I got it," Jamie told them. "You guys sit back and relax. I'll be back in a bit!"

"Told you it'd be good to have her here! She makes us food without even asking!" Tony said a Jamie went to leave.

"And she is a wonderful friend." Bruce said pointedly at Tony. "And teammate."

"Yeah, but foooooood!"

Jamie just chuckled and left the room to head towards the common room kitchen. She figured she'd just make something easy like grilled cheese. Once in the kitchen, she searched around for a sheet tray. She loved to cook them in the oven to make them more even and crispier. However, when she turned around to set it on the counter when she found one, her eyes landed on a bouquet of sunflowers on the counter.

No, no, no, no, no, She repeated in her head, quickly forgetting about the task she was performing and grabbing the card. Not here. Not now! She ripped open the envelope and looked at the at the note.

"Distance makes the heart grow fonder, but now that you have returned to me, my blue angel, I can truly admire your grace, nobility, and beauty once more. Soon, you and I will finally be together, and you will never have to put up with those ingrates you grace with your presence will no longer be a burden to you."

Now that was by far one of the creepiest ones she had gotten. Whoever this person was, their fixation on Jamie wasn't getting any better. She hated getting flowers on her birthday from them, but at least it was only once a year. Now, this was the third set including her birthday flowers, and she figured they would just keep coming and coming.

"Jarvis?" She asked, her eyes on the card.

"Yes, Ms. Roe?"

"Do you know who sent these?" She asked.

"No, I am not aware of who sent you these flowers."

"Okay, thank you, JARVIS," Jamie muttered. She shoved the card in her pocket.

"Hey, I know you said you didn't need help but..." Bruce said coming in. "Wow...some arrangement.." He said blinking at the flowers.

"Mm," she hummed. She turned around and grabbed the bread, not paying attention to the flowers.

"They from the romantically stunted Steven?" Tony asked.

"Mm," Jamie hummed again, buttering the bread before grabbing the cheese from the fridge.

"Jamie." Bruce said in concern, him of all people being able to pick up on underlying emotions. "What's wrong...what do the flowers mean?"

"Hm? Oh, nothing," Jamie said. "Don't worry about it."

"You saying that makes me worry more." Bruce said, shaking his head.

"Yeah, I promise not to tease you for having a boyfriend!...Much." Tony said.

"Is is that Colin fellow you used to go out with? Maybe he heard you were coming back into town," Bruce thought.

"Probably not," Jamie said.

"You sure, guy was like a puppy with you." Tony said. "A very large, stupid puppy."

"Well, we haven't spoken since he left, so no, I don't think so," Jamie said, slamming the oven door shut.

Both men jumped at the sound, sensing the tension. Bruce hesitated before speaking up. "Hey...Jamie, you know you can really tell us anything you're going through. We're your friends."

"Yeah, I know," she told them. "I just don't like flowers."

"Okay so we can get JARVIS to burn them!" Tony said. "I do that to all the weird shit fans send me."

"I really don't want to hear what you get from fangirls," Jamie muttered, a disgusted look from her wandering imagination.

"All of the panties..." Tony muttered with a shutter.

"Ew!" Jamie groaned, shivering in disgust. "Ew, ew, ew, ew."

"Hey! ...I only kept one and those were Pepper's...and I stole those..."

"Okay, uh, that's just uh!" Jamie pointed to the oven and said, "Your foods in there….I'm going to go burn my eyeballs."

"Ah HA! Plan worked. More food for me." Tony said with a cheer.

So some little Tony/Bruce/Jamie bonding time, and more creepy flowers. More and more people are noticing...More to come on that in the next chapter. Hope you guys liked it, and I hope you check out the new Marvel story I'm working on as well. Please leave a review and tell me what you think!

Thanks go to the following for their reviews on the previous chapter:

CJ/OddBall- I have reasons for the dream...not gonna tell though. So Jamie's back home at the Tower. No Steve in this chapter, unfortunately.

UrsaEider- Well, I'm pretty cannon, so really Loki is still on Asgard, and so it's not him. Not clarifying anything else on that matter though. ;)

Jo- I FINALLY GOT TO GO SEE THE MOVIE! I looooooved it, and I have ideas...

MidnightPenguin- Well, kind of Guardians. Not exactly...You'll see in A2.

Jedi Jelsa777- No Steve and Jamie time in this chap, sadly, but they do have quality time in the next chapter, as well as Jamie finally taking action on a certain matter...

CrzyAsians- I'm s glad you liked the story!