Black Friday showed the rest of the Avengers why Agent Coulson didn't want Steve with him during Christmas. "But Tony! The Christmas season is starting! We have to buy presents!" Steve whined as he followed Tony through the mall. Tony was looking more for himself then his friends.
"Steve, you can't just assume they all celebrate Christmas. For all we know, Thor could be Jewish." Tony grinned, spinning around to talk to the other man. Steve laughed loudly and paused. "Come on, don't tell me Nat wouldn't love this!" Steve pointed to gold necklace with a red jewel hanging off of it. Tony thought for a moment.
"Let Birdbrain get it for her then." Tony shrugged, walking on. Steve heaved a sigh. "Look Steve, not all of us had beautiful childhood Christmases like you. Some of us were all alone on Christmas morning. Or they didn''t get presents. We all didn't have wonderful turkey dinners and such. Alright? So don't push it on us." Tony snapped, walking quickly. Steve was still in the aisle, women hissed and cursed him under their breathes.
"Is that what you think I had?" He asked softly, his blue eyes low. "You think I had huge Christmases with a million presents and a giant turkey?" Steve asked, his voice still low. Tony turned to walk back. "Well I didn't. I got three presents and if I was lucky we got duck. Sometimes, sometimes we got turkey. It was the skinny, frail one that the farmer killed to put it out of it's misery. So don't say things you don't know." Steve warned, his blue eyes fires. He spun and stalked into the jewelry store. Tony went after him, something swirling in his chest.
"Steve, I'm sorry alright?" He caught the soldier by his arm and spun him around. "I just- I always think of your life way happier then the rest of us." Tony tried, his brown eyes soft. Steve nodded and placed a hand on his friend's arm.
"Its alright Tony." He smiled at his friend and turned around. "Hello ma'am, I would like to look at this necklace here." He pointed to the red jeweled one. The women nodded and brought it out for him. Steve grinned like a child as he looked at it. "won't Nat love this, Tony?" Steve cried to his friend, holding out the necklace.
"Nat a special lady?" The sale lady asked. Steve flicked his eyes at Tony for help.
"She's a close friend of ours." Tony replied easily. "How much for this?" he held it up.
"2." The women replied. Tony snorted and handed over the money. Steve grinned again, his eyes bright.
"Here." Tony grumbled, handing the bag to the soldier.
"Thank you Tony!" Steve cried, smacking his friend's arm. Tony waved an arm and they continued to shop.
On December 5th, Steve drug them all out to find a Christmas tree. Snow was covering the city and even more outside the city. "Do we really have to?" Tony grumbled, holding onto his hat as they trudged to the tree farm. Steve nodded, his hat wiggling. "But its so cold!" Tony whined, flapping his arms about. Nat snorted at the genius.
"Tis not that cold!" Thor roared, his blond hair escaping out of his hat. "Jotunhiem is much colder then this." Thor told them, his breath billowing out of his mouth.
"Let's not go there." Tony decided, receiving a few chuckled form the others. They came to the gates of the tree farm, a family was struggling with their tree. Steve went over to them.
"Do you need help ma'am?" He asked the mother. She looked up and was startled to see the super soldier.
"Umm yes, please." She stammered out. Steve nodded and hefted the tree onto his shoulder's easily.
"Where is your car?" He asked and the mother pointed a few rows down. Steve nodded and trotted over to it. "Be back in a few." He called to the other Avengers. Tony heaved a sigh and leaned against the fence. Thor was kicking the snow and watching the children hop about. Nat and Clint had their heads bent together, whispering and muttering. Steve came trotting back, his cheeks flush.
"Alright, let's get this over with." Tony grumbled, pushing off. Steve walked over to him and flipped Tony's scarf back up.
"Stop being so grumpy, Tony." Steve muttered, his fingers tapping his shoulder. Tony looked down, his long lashes covered in snowflakes. "Please?" Steve tried again.
"Fine." Tony muttered. Steve smiled and led them into the tree farm. Thor ran off as soon as they entered. His loud voice carried through he farm.
"Friends! Come here!" Thor roared. They moved to where the Norse god was. He had found the biggest pine tree Tony had ever seen. It was at least fifty feet tall and five feet wide. "This one, we should purchase this one." Thor was all bubbly, his eyes bright. Tony walked around it slowly, his eyes flicking up and down it.
"Hmm, nice choice here Thor. What do you guys think?" Tony turned to the others. Their mouths hung open, eyes huge.
"How would we get it home? " Nat asked, her flame colored hair twisting out of her hat. Tony nodded and flicked his phone open.
"Yup, we just have Jarvis have someone deliver it to the Tower." Tony told them dialing Jarvis. "Hey Jarvis, we need a giant Christmas tree delivered to the Tower. Yup, my GPS location right now. Yup. Thank you." He snapped his phone shut and grinned at the others. Steve and Thor cheered as Nat and Clint were still staring at the tree.
"To the hot chocolate!" Steve cried, pointing to a small shack near the front. He scurried off, the tail of his scarf flapping about. The other Avengers shared a look before following their friend. Steve was like a Christmas obsessed puppy, bouncing around and looking at them all with his big, blue eyes, getting them do what he wishes. They drank hot chocolate, kids and adults alike whispering about how the Avengers were here. Tony grinned at them, winking at the single looking moms.
Once Christmas was actually here, Steve was about to explode in Christmas cheer. They all woke to the giant tree that had been decorated a few days before, the bottom filled with presents. Thor gave a shout and started to pull them out. Clint and Nat's eyes were huge, mouths wide. They had never had this many presents under their trees. Bruce was this strange ball of happy and sadness rolled into one scientist. Tony, now Tony was strange as well. He was glowering at the presents, a spark of hate a light in his brown eyes. Steve came over to him, in his America pajamas and a Santa hat atop his blond hair.
"Tony, are you okay?" Steve asked, handing him a small box wrapped in Iron Man wrapping paper. Tony took the box and unwrapped it slowly. Inside the box was small book, the front had a drawing of the Avengers on it, done by Steve himself. The contents of the book were drawings of mostly Tony, a few of the other Avengers thrown in there. They were all done by Steve.
"Wow. These are amazing Steve." Tony whispered, flipping through the pages again. Steve blushed, his head ducked. Tony looked to see the other Avengers got the same from Steve. Tony hooked his arm around Steve's shoulders and yanked him into a hug. "Best Christmas season ever." Tony told his friend. Steve grinned.
"That's all I wanted." Steve muttered, hugging his friend back as the other's laughed and grinned at their presents.