This chapter was giving me an headache but I finally managed to come up with something. May not (and I know it's not) the best chapter, but it's all I can do.
Patience is a gift
Six of Fury's prodigal kids were busy counting money. As Christmas was just around the corner, it was the week before the holyday in fact; it was expected for them to gather money.
"I've got $10." Bruce said, showing his money.
It was predictable that he'd get most of the money; he's one of the youngest, he more easily gets handed money.
Loki put his money over Bruce's money and announced. "I got $8."
Also no surprise. Then Tony and Steve threw to the pile their earnings, $3 each. Natasha got (about, as she said throwing the money) $4,5 and then there was still Clint meticulously counting the money.
"$1,53!" He said very triumphant, even though he was the one who got the less money.
Thor walked in and Tony promptly asked him. "So, big guy, we've got so far" He counted the money and continued. "$30,03. How much do you have to add?"
The oldest of the group sighed and turned in the money he had in his pocket. "I have $32."
Everyone stared him wide opened. Thor himself got more alone than all of their money put together.
"How did you pull it off?" Steve asked curious. "Did you rob people?"
"No. I worked my ass off to earn it, but I'm not telling what I was doing or why."
"You worked?" Clint asked incredulous and mocked him. "Doing what? Modeling for Victoria's Secret?"
"Ooh, Vic-Thor-ia's Secret!" Tony immediately came up with a pun and he didn't seem ready to stop just with one joke.
"Congratulations, birdie," Clint fumed with that one; he only lets Natasha call him like that because the others just ridicule him. "now Tony won't shut up!"
"Ok, come on," Tony insisted. "tell me what is your work? Are you advertising for Th'oreál?"
"Oh for God sakes." Natasha mumbled and found herself a seat on the arena.
Tony would bug him with all kinds of jokes and Thor was the most patient of all of them, excluding Bruce who adores Tony, and Steve who seems to have figured out how to deal with Stark.
"Oh, I know, you were playing Termina-thor! I am Thor Odinson." He kept on mocking Thor, imitating a robot voice.
"This is your fault, Barton!" Thor raised a little his voice while pointing at Clint who had found a seat next to Steve and Natasha.
Soon the two youngsters came to sit on the arena too. It was quite a show and they were ready to see Thor explode.
"Ok, maybe it'd be easier for me to guess if you'd tell me which days you work."
"I'm not telling you anything, Stark." Thor said, starting to get annoyed as he folded his arms over his chest.
"Do you work on Mondays? Thor-sdays? Wednesdays?" Tony crossed his arms too, determined to see the calm boy lose his temper. He'd probably end up with the nose broken, but it'd be worth. "Ok, perhaps you just work on Sundays because you're a Pas-thor. No? It's an everyday job, uh? Thor-guide?"
"How could he be a thor-guide in New York?" Steve spoke. "He's from Albany!"
Tony laughed and high-fived his friend. Thor fired him an angry glare; everyone was joining him. "You know what he'd never be either, Capt? An invertiga-thor!"
"I think he'd be more suited for a baby sit-thor." Natasha spoke, taking the opportunity to mock Thor a little too. "Really, Stark, it requires some patience to endure you!"
It took Tony some more minutes to come up with his final three puns: doc-thor, decora-thor and jani-thor. Upon Tony saying that last one, Loki ran to his brother and stopped him from breaking Tony's nose in the spot. He had teased him so much, why did he flip about jani-thor?
Thor got loose from his brother's hold and walked out the theater, visibly upset.
"What the…?"
"Jani-thor sounded like Jane." Loki explained.
Steve got up faster than the others and walked to the young boy. "You know what's going on…"
Loki sighed and decided to tell everyone. "He was working to buy Jane a gift for Christmas."
"Who the hell is Jane?" Clint asked, shooting arrows at the wall. He was weak about those things; he hated when one of them would walk out the door so mad. Right now, he just wanted to punch Tony in the face.
"Uh… I dunno… She's not his girlfriend, but… She and Thor used to be together all the time when we lived in Albany. He wanted to send her a gift, that's why he'd been working at the shawarma joint two blocks from here."
Tony immediately acknowledged his mistake. He grabbed all the money and ran to look for Thor. He understood how he must be feeling. If he was away from Pepper he'd want to buy her something too.
Tony found Thor outside, walking from side to side. When he saw him, he yelled. "Get back, Stark, or I punch you in the face!"
The boy offered him the money. "It was not right of me, but you have known better by now that you can't keep secrets from us. Especially from me, I'm a pain in the ass!"
"Loki!" Thor grumbled, wanting now to hit his brother.
"No." Tony stopped him. "He did the best in telling us. Go on and buy her something nice."
"Why are you doing this? To piss me off later?"
"If Pepper was away he'd be doing the same thing." Tony put the money on Thor's hands and pushed him away. "Go and buy her something. After that, you're gonna take me to that shawarma restaurant you work. I've always wanted to try that. Is it good?"
"The best! It's really like the best thing I've ever ate!"
"You're not the best example to give food reviews. You eat too much of pretty much everything. You eat like an animal, and I don't mean to insult the poor things! You're like an aliga-thor!"
"I'm gonna take you to try it, it'll be on the house." Suddenly Thor had forgotten all about the argument; when it comes to food everything else is alright. "But just you, uh?"
The chapter's title also features a pun. It should be "a little bird told me"
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