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After joining the Avengers, Heidi discovers that Tony Stark will make any excuse to have a party. But today was a legitimate reason to celebrate: it was his birthday. He turns 35. Everyone was actually exhausted from the workload they've been having lately so 'revels' was always welcome. Tony invited everyone to the Tower but he stated there will be an Avengers' only AFTER party. The party was a huge hit. Everyone was smiling, even loner Bucky.

Clint, Heidi, and Wanda were playing pool. Clint was obviously beating the girls. He takes the last shot with the eight ball. He fist pumps the air and the girls groan. "You girls should've known better than to think you can beat me," Clint says with a big grin. Heidi smiles back. "In this case, it pays to lose," she says as she takes her shot, clinks with Wanda, and shoots it. "Oh really?" She nods as she finishes swallowing the liquor. "I'm done," she remarks and walks away to go dancing with Pepper and Maria.

Rhodes, Sam, Thor and Tony were playing blind man's bluff at a table together.

Bruce and Natasha are conversing together alone.

Steve and Bucky were playing darts next to the bar.

"So if Steve can't get drunk, could you?" Maria asks as they dance. "Yes, I still can get drunk. Steve's serum is different from mine." "You look drunk," Pepper adds. The three girls laugh together. They leave the dance floor and sat down with Tony and the others. About an hour later, Tony makes it to the stage where the band has been playing.

"Excuse me everyone, I would like to say thank you for taking the time to join me for my birthday. As we come to a close for the night," People moaned, "I know, I know, but before we're done I want to give myself a gift." He points at Pepper. "Baby, we haven't had a dance in God knows how long. Get your sweet buns over here." Pepper, embarrassed, comes up to Tony, as he comes down to the middle of the dance floor. He gives the band a signal and they start to play 'She Will Be Loved'. The pair came together and started to slowly dance around the floor.

Slowly, couples began to join them on the dance floor. Natasha drags Bruce to the floor but he was smiling though. Vision takes Wanda to the floor as well. And Rhodes and Maria went together, leaving Heidi with Thor and Sam. They were content with watching. That is, until Steve came up to Heidi and held out a hand. "Heidi?" She looks up, surprised. "You're asking me to dance?" she questions. "Well it's either you or…Sam," he jokes. A smile spreads on her face. She takes his hand and stands up. He leads her into the crowd and takes her waist. "I didn't know you could dance," she says to him. "Well I had a teacher but that was about seventy years ago." They laugh together.

As she looks at his face, she notices something. "You're nervous…why?" "I'm not a good dancer," he simply states. She squeezes his arm reassuringly. "You're doing great Steve." They locked eyes as they danced with the crowd for a moment. Heidi saw something in his eyes. "Now you're sad." "Am I?" She nods. "I don't know why…" The statement broke her heart. He doesn't know but she does. She pulls their hands, that were linked together, toward her and kisses his hand. "It's ok Steve. Focus on the now." He swallows and nods. He turns her so that her back is to his chest and he wraps his arms around her front. They remained that way until the song was over.

After the usual party crowd left, now it was time for Avengers' After party, but it wasn't exactly a party Tony had in mind. He wanted to play some games. The entire team sat around the couches and chairs in a circle, some of them still drinking while others are relieving their sore feet. "So let's play a game…" Tony announces, "Truth or Dare." Some of the team members scoff. Others laughed. "Child's game," Clint remarks.

"Tony's the biggest child though," Natasha adds with a wink.

"It's my birthday. I do what I want. So I'm going to start with you Romanoff!" The black widow arches her brow.

"Truth."

"Lame! Ok, is it true that you like to be on top in the bedroom?" Some of the guy snorted in their beers. The girls smiled. Dr. Banner was blushing like crazy. Natasha was a blank face, until she grins back at Tony. "I like to be on bottom." Some people cheered and clinked beers together. "My turn," Natasha says and she scans around her. "Steve." "Hmm?" the blond questions. "Truth or Dare?" He takes a sip of his beer before leaning forward, facing Natasha.

"Dare." This got everyone excited. "I dare you…to finish your drink…" "Oh come on Tasha!" Clint yells. Some of the others made comments how lame the dare was.

"AND…" This quieted them.

"Thor's flask."

"Do you have any left?" Tony asks the Asgardian. Thor grins and pulls out his flask. Steve nods. "Done." He stands up and downs his drink with one gulp. He slams the glass down on the table. A couple people cheered. And then he walks over to Thor and takes the flask. 'This is going to be very regrettable tomorrow,' he thought. He pops open the top and starts to chug the flask. "YEAH!" Sam yells encouragingly.

Others, like Pepper and Bucky looked concerned. Thor's alcohol is way too strong for a normal person but it still can do some damage to an enhanced. He finally finishes the flask and shakes it to prove that it's empty. Everyone cheered and congratulated Steve. He can already feel the burn seep into his stomach. The super soldier turns to the birthday boy.

"Tony…Truth or Dare?" he asks. "Oh I don't back down from a dare," he remarks. Steve thought about it for a moment. He walks over to the bar, leans over to reach for something, and comes back with a box. "Is that a box of.." Rhodes questions but was interrupted by "DOUGHNUTS!" Tony squeals. Steve pops open the top to show everyone they're chocolate frosted with red white and blue sprinkles. But he wasn't done. Steve swaggers over to Pepper and starts to put a few in her lap. He turns his head to Stark. "You have to eat these doughnuts," he says slowly emphasizing each word, "Off. Of. Pepper's. lap." "What?! Don't bring me into this!" Pepper argues. Tony was turning red as a tomato. Everyone went insane. He walks over to his wife, kneels down, and starts to chew his way through the doughnuts. Everyone roared with laughter. Pepper was embarrassed as Tony was but secretly she was enjoying it. He, too, enjoyed Pepper's lap.

Once he was done, he aims his gaze at Heidi, who was sitting next to Steve. He points a finger at her. "TRUTH OR DARE HENDRICKS!" He yells. "Me?" He nods vigorously. She shakes her head. "No way in hell I'm falling for it. I pick Truth." He glares at her. "Fine. Is it true that you lost your virginity during Spring Break…in Greece?" Some of the team members gasped. All eyes were on her.

Heidi, defeated, shook her head. 'You win this time Tony,' she thought. She simply said, "Yes." She became bombarded with questions. When was this? Was he good? Was he a virgin too? "Ok! Ok! It was spring break during my college years. Several friends and I went to Santorini. We had a little too much to drink. I ended up puking my guts out at the hotel. One of my friends, Marcus, was taking care of me. One thing led to another and…well, you know the rest." After she admitted it, Bucky had his hands clenched in tight fists throughout the rest of the games. Steve even noticed his best friend's tense demeanor. It wasn't long until some of the team began to get tired or too drunk to even play anymore so the party ended. Tony and Pepper left together. Wanda, Natasha, and Vision helped Clint find a suitable bed. Rhodes and Thor crashed on the couches while Bucky drags a passed out Sam to his room. He looks at Steve and jerks his head to Heidi, silently asking him to take her for him. Steve nods back. She's leaning against a wall, obviously struggling to stand, and she slides down to her knees.

Steve came up to her. "Come on," he said in a low voice. He pulls her up easily and carries her to her room. He gently puts her down and takes her shoes off for her. "Thank you Steve," she says quietly. "No worries." He was about to turn away but she grabs his arm. He turns back at her. Her eyes are alert and sober.

"I mean the dance. I had a great time." Steve smiles. "Me too." She pulls herself up in a sitting position. "Then why were you sad?" Steve looks away but sits on the bed next to her. "I guess…I was thinking about the promised I made to Peggy." Heidi reaches out to touch his face. "Steve, you can't change the past. You can't live in it anymore. Be in the now. This is where you are supposed to be," Heidi says with conviction, looking into his blue eyes. Their eyes lock for a long moment. The connection drew her closer to him. He leans forward, touches her shoulder, but right before they could kiss she pulls away.

A second later, Bucky enters the room. "Goodnight Steve," she says and starts to crawl into her covers. Steve, realizing what was close to happening, got up and cleared his throat nervously. "Good night Heidi," he says and walks out of the room. Neither spoke of the incident again. Bucky, clueless to what happened, joins Heidi in bed. But he didn't wrap his arm around her like he normally did. He turned his back to her as he laid his head down. "You're not mad are you?" she asks. "Why would I be?" "Because you seem tense. It isn't about what I said, is it?" Bucky didn't respond right away. "James, that was a long time ago." "Can we just drop it?" he growls. Heidi rolls her eyes with annoyance. "Okay." She kisses him on the shoulder before rolling over to her side.