Chapter 4

By: MysticFantasy

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A/N: Reminder to those reading this story, I have not watched Iron Man or Iron Man 2. I have seen the scene where Natasha takes down Happy so I know that Tony is in good shape. Just working with what I know and Tony comes off as a brat to me.

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Tony felt a familiar feeling wash over him as he strapped on the boxing gloves. It was the sport he felt best at but knowing that Steve was the one who was going to be teaching him proper boxing methods was making him nervous.

He turned to face the soldier and saw that Steve was waiting for him.

"If you die, can I have Jarvis?" Clint asked before Natasha gave Tony a light shove toward the center of the ring.

"So, what do you know about boxing?" Steve asked.

"Just to duck and hit." Tony answered bluntly.

"Sounds like I got my work cut out for me." Steve half muttered and recieved a light glare. "Alright then. Hit me and let me see how strong you are."

"You're serious?" Tony asked with a surprised tone. "You want me to flat out hit you?"

"Yes." Steve answered. "I won't block or anything. Punch me."

"You're sure?" Tony asked as he brought his hands up.

"Yes." Steve answered.

Tony lightly huffed before pulling his fist back and throwing his hardest punch at the captain. The hit landed square in Steve's jaw but the soldier barely moved from it and Tony felt a sharp pain in his knuckles.

"Not too bad." Steve said moving his jaw from side to side. "Gotta work on the angle of your hit though."

"Right. After my bones heal." Tony said lightly waving his hand back and forth. "What's your face made out of? Steel?"

"You have no idea how many times I've been asked that." Steve said then brought his hands up. "Alright. Let's get started."

Natasha and Clint stayed to the side, their eyes wide with amusement and smirks on their faces as they watched Tony repeatedly try and fail to land a hit on Steve.

The inventor was taking a fair amount of hits but the two agents knew that Steve was going easy on him. If the soldier used his true strength, Tony would most likely have a cracked skull right now.

But it was just as amusing watching Tony repeated get knocked down, get up again and try to land a punch on their team leader only for the cycle to repeat again and again.

Tony was doing a fair enough job of standing up against Steve but it was way too obvious that he was out of his league.

"I think that's enough boxing for today." Steve said lowering his gloved hands.

"Oh come on. I'm just getting started." Tony exclaimed sarcastically. "I haven't showed you my moves yet."

"I think you may have bopped him one too many times Cap." Clint said.