"Rodders, stop. Bold boy! Hey no no no no no!" Pepper half shouted half whispered at the same time as she tried to stop her half golden retriever half cocker spaniel from sniffing out Tony. He wasn't a fan of him.
"Well hello… hey Hey HEY! FUCKIN LITTLE RUNT!" There was a loud bang as Tony sprang into the air from the floor and flopped against the bath. The dog's barks during the commotion made Tony bark back in return, trying anything to get the red head away from him.
"Rodney!" Pepper caught onto his collar, pulling him back. Tony bared his teeth, growling as its paws scraped the floor on its way out. He could hear Natasha laughing in the background, making his head loll back onto the wall in grief. He closed his eyes trying to regain some sort of state of mind before he left the bathroom.
"Nat can you take him back I'm sorry I'll be ten minutes I just need to give him the keys and go."
"Ugh fine and don't take your time." She walked past her with the dog in hand, mumbling something about his weaknesses don't come close to his strengths.
"Tony? Tony are you okay?" She walked in down the miniature corridor towards the bathroom, looking for him.
"In here." Tony opened the door, leaning against it in the open doorway. His eyebrow was upraised and his hair was a mess. Scratch that, he was just a mess. Period.
"Wow you look wonderful. Loki came round, said you weren't feeling well. My breakfast not Stark standard?" She smiled giving him a hug. He didn't hug her back, so she took a step back and looked at him again. Tony looked at her and smiled, sighed and huffed a laugh. He walked back over to her and gave her a big bear hug, squeezing her in close. It was okay now… well at least Steve was gone.
"I'm sorry…" He sighed happily, letting her go.
"Oh, really? Okay… where did you come from?" Tony smiled again, taking his phone from her and putting it in his back pocket.
"Um… I need to go again, so I'll see you tomorrow? You should start going to class again. The three of us , Clint me and Nat are going to the common room to pass over some notes. You wanna come?"
"Nah, somehow I think I'll be okay about physics…"
"Shut up, we try our best but even a genius like you can fall back."
"Nope, impossible… Anyway I'll see you later… How long ago did you see Loki?"
"Four hours ago… or more I'm not sure… He was going to see Steve." Tony froze… what would happen if he ran into him. Oh for Christ's sake, how the hell won't they run into each other? They go to the goddamn same college! The pair really hadn't thought this through before they'd thrown him out.
"Anyway… I better go. You're sure you're alright, yeah?"
It took Tony a while before he could acknowledge what Pepper was saying to him. "Hmm? Yeah sure sure!"
"Okay, seeya tomorrow!" She patted his shoulder, walking out.
"Tony went grabbed his phone out of his pocket, dialling Thor's number. He picked up after a couple of rings.
"Hey, um there's one thing we didn't think through, what if Loki goes round to his apartment?"
"Don't worry. I don't think Mr Rodgers wants to have to deal with me again, so there shouldn't be a problem… is that where Loki is now?"
"Apparently…"
"Just wait till he comes back. Don't go round there it'll seem suspicious. I don't want him thinking we were mixed up in this… it'll take him many light years before he decides to forgive us. As long as… that bastard is gone… well then all I care about is Loki.
"Right… Okay." Tony slowly put his phone back into his pocket. What were they doing? They weren't scheming against him… they were helping him. Steve was bad news. But this didn't seem right to him. But like Thor said… it would take him until forever to forgive them… and he wasn't sure whether he wanted to tell anyone about what Steve… whatever.
He walked back into the bathroom, his head still swollen and hot. He lay down on the floor again, grabbing a towel to put underneath him while he lay on his side in a foetal position and closed his eyes. He needed some sleep that wasn't alcohol induced.
