The Vow is sad. I'm crying. And I'm tired. And here's the chapter.
Tony's POV
"Mmm." I grabbed Birdy's arm as I felt her getting up. "Don't get up. You're warm."
"I gotta go to the bathroom," she said softly, shaking her arm loose. "I'll be back in a minute." I groaned and laid my head back down. A minute or two later, she was back and laid down beside me. I wrapped my arms around her waist and pulled her tight to me. She snuggled into me.
"I missed you," I mumbled into her hair.
"Did you miss me, or my warmth?" she asked.
"Hmm..." I paused. "Both." She laughed. "I'm kidding." I paused again. "It was your warmth." She laughed again and scooted closer to me.
"You're lucky you're too cute to kill," she murmured sleepily. I smiled and kissed her neck once.
"Yes I am."
Birdy's POV
I woke up late that morning, about eleven or so. Tony was still sleeping beside me, his face buried into my hair. I rolled over in his arms to face him, resting my head on his chest, my fingers tracing the outline of the arc reactor.
His hand caught mine, making me flinch in surprise to know he was awake. "Good morning."
"Good morning," I said, smiling up at him. "Sleep well?"
"Yeah," he replied. "You?"
"Absolutely," I replied, snuggling deeper into his hold. "You know something?"
"Hmm?" he hummed.
"Just yesterday, I hated you."
"I appreciate that."
I couldn't even look at Tony without blushing insanely, which he noticed. So, as we were walking down to the kitchen from his bedroom, he wrapped his arm tight around my shoulders.
"Tony," I laughed, trying to push him away. "Get off." But that only made him tighten his grip. He shook his head and said, "No, I don't think I will." I laughed again, "Tony!" He just held me to him tighter.
Everyone was in the living room, and my blush deepened as we walked in. Tony glanced down at me and noticed this, so he finally let go of me, only to lean down abruptly and kiss me. I blushed harder and shoved him back, braving a glance out at everyone else.
Natasha stared at me, raising an eyebrow, obviously slightly amused. Thor was busy with straightening a couch cushion beside him, clearly undeterred by all that. Steve was looking away, trying to make it less awkward for me, I supposed. Bruce was smiling in a satisfied way, and Clint sourly slapped some money into his hand.
"What's that about?" I asked, nodding to Bruce and Clint.
"I bet him this-" Bruce gestured to us, Tony still having one hand on my waist "-would happen sooner or later and he didn't believe me."
"Bruce!" I said, frowning. "That's not the kind of thing you bet someone on!"
"I know," Clint mumbled. "Especially when you bet against it."
Tony's POV
"Hey, Capcicle," I said, sitting down beside the Captain on the couch. He nodded, but kept his eyes on the TV. "What are you watching?"
"Something on the DiscoveryChannel," he replied absently, his eyes still stuck on the screen.
"Oh." I nodded. "You see where Birdy went to?"
"Somewhere over there," he said, finally looking up and waving his hand in a direction. I stood and walked in the indicated direction.
"Jarvis," I said eventually, "where's Birdy?"
"Her room, sir," he replied.
"Thank you."
Birdy's POV
"You don't kno-o-o-ow!" I sang into my hairbrush as the radio played. "You don't know you're beautiful! If only you saw what I can see, you'd understand why I want you so desperately. Right now I'm lookin' at you and I can't believe, you don'y kno-o-o-ow! You don't know you're beautiful!"
"You have a nice voice."
"STARK!" I slapped my hand to my chest and whirled around. Tony was leaning on the doorway casually.
"We probably have a microphone somewhere," he went on.
"Go away!"
"Or I could just get a karaoke machine."
"Stark!"
He laughed and walked into my room. "My name is Tony, not Stark. You'd think my girlfriend would be able to remember that."
"Girlfriend?" I repeated. "And when did I become your girlfriend?"
"Five seconds ago when I decided it."
I laughed. "And if I don't want to be your girlfriend?"
"Then I'm sorry, but I think you're mentally disturbed," he replied without missing a beat. I laughed again.
"Then I guess, since I'm sane, I'll have to be."
Sorry it's short, but it's past midnight here and I wanted to get it up and get to bed! Review!