As I said he's the longer, chapter and the first in this story "The Journey". MAJOR SPOILER ALERT IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE AVENGERS!

Shawarma

"I have to say, Stark, this is one of the best I think I've ever heard come out of your mouth." Steve Rodgers says as he takes a bite of his pita bread filled with meat.

"I'm surprised you hear anything. I'm told that hearing declines with age." Tony quips in response.

"We treat Elders with much more respect where I'm from." Thor cuts in.

"Where you're from you all dress like you belong in Caesars palace." Tony Stark, was not about to be berated by a man from outer space, God or no God.

"You know I could really use some fun right now, let loose and so on…" Bruce cut across.

"We've all seen what happens when you let loose, so maybe it's not a great idea doc."

"Well if it happens, we've got somewhere to go that's already ruined." Tony points out, "Are you two up for it?" he looks to the quietest members of their group.

"Sure why not?" Natasha says

"I could go for it." Clint shrugs.

"Excellent we've got Legolas and a Russian spy what more could we need?" Tony smiles and summons a waitress so he can cover the check, and an hour later the hero's stumble off the packed elevator in to the remains of Tony Stark's penthouse.

"Jarvis! Let's get some drinks going!"

"yes sir but may I recommend that you move the party elsewhere Stark Tower's isn't the picture of structural integrity right now."

"Never mind that Jarvis! Drinks!" This time the AI indulges Tony's request and begins to have drinks automatically mixed at the bar.

"Hey!" Tony shouts "Why is there a person sized dent in my floor"

"Sorry." Bruce says from the corner "I think that might have been me."

"Victory celebrations need music!" Thor calls

"Jarvis you heard puberty blues! Can we get a little music please?" As Tony finished his sentence, Black Sabbath started blasting out.

"What the hell is that noise Stark?" Steve shouts

"Sorry old timer, perhaps something a little more appropriate. Jarvis, if you wouldn't mind." Tony clicks his fingers and the upbeat jazz tones of Glen Miller soon filled the apartment.

Steve grinned "much appreciated."

"I kinda liked the other stuff, it was loud and victorious" Thor called.

"Very classy Mr Stark."

Tony spun around as he heard it. "I'm always classy Miss Potts." He took a step forward and placed a chaste kiss on her lips, something followed by the cat calling of the Avengers team.

"Pepper meet superheroes. Cretins meet the lovely Pepper Potts."

"That's no way to introduce people Tony." Steve Rodgers walked over to Tony and Pepper and held out his hand. "Miss Potts, very nice to meet you ma'am. Captain Steve Rodgers."

Pepper shook his hand, telling him it was nice to meet him too. "He's hard to recognise without the spangly outfit." Tony commented in the background.

Bruce was next, "Bruce Banner, I was very interested in what you had to say on clean energy sources."

"Thank you Dr Banner, it's wonderful to meet you." She politely told him, shooting Tony a look "much more fun when he's green." It was a look echoed by some of his colleagues.

Thor was next to introduce himself to Pepper, he took her hand kissed it and bowed. "Such a beautiful woman" Tony moved closer to his girlfriend as he said this "Watch it hammer time."

Natasha hugged Pepper "It's great to see you again!" Pepper gave a similar sentiment back along with a hug. Natasha soon introduced Clint, and whilst they were talking told Tony that he should tell Pepper about Phil.

"Pep, I just need to steal you away for a moment." He lightly grabbed her arm and

They retreated to a corner away from the others.

"Sweetheart." Pepper could tell there was something wrong, call it intuition, but there was something in Tony's voice that told her all was not well. "Before we came to the city, we had Loki, but he played us. Phil he, tried to stop him, but you know he's not very bright, anyway, Loki… Phil died."

Pepper Potts, the usually cool and collected woman, disappeared instead she was replaced by a woman who sought out her boyfriend's embrace and pressed her head against Tony's arc reactor, the slight warmth she could feel it generating provided a sense of comfort.

The scene was watched by the others in the room.

"She was close to Agent Causon." Natasha filled the rest of the group in with that one sentence.

"He should be toasted! He died a hero!" Thor's booming voice caught the attention of Pepper and Tony in a corner of the room. He climbed on some rubble "To Phil, a hero! May his soul find peace and may he never be forgotten!" The others in the room raised a glass and toasted their friend.

Tony and Pepper stayed away from the party which had moved back in to a happy gathering, they just sat talking. Slowly the others began to depart, Tony agreed to meet them at 11am the next day to take the tesseract and Loki back to Asgard.

"I did my homework you know." Tony pointed out to Pepper. "I remember a conversation, before Phil…you never did tell me when Agent became Phil by the way, came to interrupt us." She couldn't help but grin and Tony's comment. Normal people wouldn't make a joke so soon after a death, but then Tony Stark wasn't a normal man.

"I did, promise you something." She lent in and kissed him deeply. "But our home seems to have become a battlefield."

"I know a place." With that, he pulled her up and led her back in to the private elevator to go to a hotel downtown.

"I called in the middle of the battle by the way. To let you know I was about to sacrifice myself for humanity." He smiled at Pepper as he said it. "Oh have you ever tried Shawarma? Still not sure what it is but it's very good, surprisingly good actually."

The elevator doors closed on the couple as they went to celebrate a victory and a happy reunion.

TBC…

I hope I did it justice.

To explain a reference earlier on; Puberty Blues is an Australian 80's feminist movie about surfers, I hope I don't need to explain Hammer Time :p

Let me know your thoughts, all are appreciated, just try and keep it constructive if you're going negative.