A/N: Sorry I haven't posted an update in a little while, I was pretty busy with Christmas and all so I took a little break from writing. I'll try not to take such extended breaks in the future, but if I do, don't give up on me. Anyway thanks for reading!
"Alright, enough." Steve said, not loudly but sternly, an authority in his voice that didn't match his small stature.
Suddenly all eyes turned towards him and all talking ceased. It seemed no matter how tall he was, Steve could still pull off the assertive voice of a leader that could call even the most unruly troops to attention.
"This can't be like last time, we can't waste time bickering." Steve told the other Avengers, arms crossed over his small chest.
"It's funny, I seem to remember you being a large part of that." Tony said, feigning a look of focused thinking.
"I never said that I wasn't, but-" Steve started, trying to keep himself cool and unaffected by Tony's brash attitude.
"But Captain America could never do anything wrong, any mistakes he might make are clearly morally justified, right?" Tony said, a harshness to his tone.
"We're not doing this right now Tony, whatever issues you might have with me need to be put behind us." Steve told him.
"Steve is right Tony, we aren't doing this again." Natasha said, glaring sharply across the table at Tony.
"Steve? What happened to Captain Rogers? Since when are you two so friendly? Oh right I remember, that mission in DC. I see how it is now." Tony said unkindly.
Natasha looked incredulous, "What does that even matter? If it was even remotely like that, which it isn't by the way, why would you care?"
"Is this seriously what it was like last time?" Steve heard Clint ask Bruce, to which Bruce responded with a grave nod. "I'm starting to think I didn't miss out after all." Clint said, shaking his head.
"It matters because you two having a relationship could compromise this whole mission." Tony said as if it was an indisputable fact.
"Oh don't even pretend you actually care about that." Natasha said icily.
This was just like last time, things were escalating fast and they were only going to get worse. Last time, it had taken Coulson's death to convince them all to work as a team, Steve doubted they would be able to pull themselves together without something like that.
"Stark, we are not doing this." Steve said severely.
Tony turned his harsh glare over to Steve. "Maybe you shouldn't be talking, you're not even supposed to be here little guy."
Steve found himself getting to his feet, the humiliation of standing among heroes at such a size mixed with anger and caused him to lose all calmness. There was no one who pissed Steve Rogers off more than Tony Stark.
"Back off." Steve growled.
Tony let out a cold laugh as he too got to his feet. "I'd like to see you make me."
"Is this seriously happening again?" Bruce asked in exasperation.
"How the hell did we manage to save the world?" Clint asked no one in particular.
"I've dealt with people like you hundreds of times. Go ahead, hit me. It'll make you exactly like every one of them." Steve taunted, ignoring Bruce and Clint.
"Guys no, stop." Natasha demanded, getting to her her feet as well.
"I would really love to, but pick on someone your own size and all of that." Tony said, as if explaining something unfortunate.
Steve's blood was boiling at this point, he desperately wished he could stand over Tony and look down at him threateningly as he had before. But small Steve was about as formidable as a house cat, and no matter how he hated to admit it, Tony was right, even without his armor Tony could likely take Steve out.
"Back down." Natasha ordered the two men.
Tony showed no sign of wanting to do this and Steve, despite his size disadvantage, wasn't going to back down from a fight. It seemed as if nothing would stop this face off, it had taken an explosion to stop the two heroes from going at each other the last time. But then suddenly the metal doors slid open and in stepped a very angry looking Nick Fury.
A/N: Sorry this is a little short but I wanted to get something up today. Also, if I'm making Tony out to be a bit of a bad guy it's not because I don't like him, it's because it's how I think he would react in the situation. But if you think the characters are becoming a little OC then please tell me, because I want them to be as accurate to their movie versions as possible.
