AN: I'm not very good at writing fight scenes so I'm not going to ruin the awesomeness of the Avengers battle.
Coulson had been one of the few friends that Tony had, hearing that he was gone numbed him to almost everything. Almost.
Finding out that his sister had been with the Hulk when he was being shot at and then fell with him off the carrier was something that pissed Tony off to no end—but he knew it wasn't the right time to have a go at Fury so he would bind his time before he unleashed his full fury on to Fury.
Steve's jaw could have been wired shut with how tight he was clenching it as Fury detailed how and why Hulk and Nate free-fell off the carrier, his blue eyes were like blue fire as he silently drilled holes into Fury's head.
Loki had made things personal, he had separated them and attacked them where they were meant to be safe—had separated Tony from Nate, separated Steve from Nate—and made it more personal by using his own damn tower to power his device to bring his freaky-assed alien army.
He then had the balls to throw Tony out of his own fuckin' window. That son of a bitch.
"You fell from the sky." Were the first words that Bruce heard when he woke up in a pile of rubble and peered groggily up at the older man peering down at him with a casual expression. "Big, green and butt-ass naked."
"Did I hurt anyone?" was the first question that tumbled out of his mouth.
"There's no one around here to hurt." The man said as he continued to peer down at Bruce. "You scared the hell out of some pigeons when you landed. Good aiming on your part."
"I was awake when I landed?" Bruce asked a bit shocked which the man answered with a casual 'sure'.
"I wasn't sure these were going to fit." The man said as he tossed down some clothes for Bruce. "But your lady friend assured me that you would shrink."
"Lady friend?" Bruce asked in confusion and worry as he wigged into the trousers.
"Hey big guy." A very familiar voice greeted him from below him.
Sitting on a piece of rubble like a throne was a dusty Nate, who looked up at him with a sly grin that made her look like her brother. Her slender fingers were wrapped around a mug and there was a white-bandage plaster slapped on the side of her head.
"How…?" Bruce asked as he stared down at her with wide eyes as he swiftly finished dressing—he couldn't believe that she had seen him naked and had said nothing when he had been putting the trousers on.
"You were cradling her like a baby." The stranger piped up helpfully. "She only had a small knock to her head that had already stopped bleeding when you landed."
"Okay." Bruce said slowly, wondering if Tony was going to get him arrested for the other guy kidnapping his sister and why Nate wasn't at all hurt from the other guy—he also wondered if he was going to have an angry Captain America on his case for taking his girlfriend and free-falling off the carrier with her (all when he was supposedly butt-assed naked).
"Are you an alien?" The stranger asked bluntly making Nate muffle her laugh with her hand and making Bruce look at him confused. "From outer space, an alien?"
"No." Bruce answered slowly as he began to lace up his burrowed boots.
"Well then, son, you have a condition." The older man told him seriously making Nate laugh loudly.
"Oh yeah." Nate said teasingly, a grin on her face as her dancing dark eyes meet Bruce's. "He definitely has a condition."
The Stark siblings were strange, Bruce decided, and had no sense of fear or self-preservation.
"Save it. Loki's gonna keep this fight focused on us and that's what we need. Without him, these things could run wild. We got Stark up top, he's gonna need us..."
Steve cut himself off when he heard a motorbike heading towards them and they turned towards the noise.
"Steve!" Nate waved from where she was perched behind Bruce on the small motorbike that pulled to a stop.
"Nate." Steve easily swung her off the bike and into his arms, before bringing her into a passionate and breathless kiss. "You're okay."
Nate grinned up at him easily; "Sure I am, Hulk looked after me after all."
"So this is horrible." Bruce said awkwardly as he tried not to look at the kissing couple.
"I've seen worse." Tasha raised an eyebrow making Bruce wince.
"Sorry." He apologised.
"We could do with worse." Tasha told him.
"Stark. Banner and Nate are here." Clint spoke into his ear piece making Bruce look almost shocked that they had expected him. "Just like you said."
A happy bark broke Steve and Nate out of their embrace and the teams' heads turned to see Howie bringing the condensed form of Valkyrie to them.
"Good boy Howie." Nate praised before she began to put the suit on.
"Did you see the dog on the jet?" Clint asked Tasha in confusion, who shook her head in reply—she had no idea how he got there either.
"Alright, Howie. Into the tower." Nate ordered, her voice robotic because of the suit, the dog-bot did as he was told and padded off towards Stark Tower.
"I'm bringing the party to you." Tony declared, relief clear in his voice when he heard Nate's voice.
"I…I don't see how that's a party." Tasha voiced as she looked at the leviathan following after Tony.
"Dr Banner, now's the time you should really get angry." Steve said as he watched Bruce striding towards the on-coming monster.
"That's my secret Captain." Bruce threw a smirk over his shoulder. "I'm always angry."
And the Hulk was in business.
Nate and Tony had fought together before, they tag-teamed Chitauri while Clint picked off their tails.
Tony was pleased that Nate had gone to help Thor and Steve when Fury told him of the nuke, he wasn't letting his sister anywhere near the nuke. He had Jarvis cut the power off her suit as he saw her about to follow and help him and winced as she smashed back down to earth before she unlocked her suit and stepped out into battle with no protection.
"TONY!" She screamed, Steve wrapping one arm around her waist when she lurched forward.
Tony knew then that his sister would kill him if he didn't kill himself.
"Tony Stark's Ironman is heading towards the portal with what looks like missile."
Pepper's nails stabbed into her hands as she watched the live-footage.
"Something seems to be wrong with Valkyrie's suit." Pepper winced as she watched Nate smash into the ground. "The suit is being removed—is that Natasha Howard?"
Valkyrie's secret was out in the open.
While the others were happy with watching the Hulk grab Tony, Nate had begun to run towards them.
She was the first to reach Tony, the first to see his reactor off, and fell to her knees next to him as Tony's face-plate was ripped off by one of the others.
She was the one who rested her head on the cold metal of Tony's suit, the one who allowed her tears to fall, and the only one that didn't flinch at Hulk's roar.
Nate also became the only one to say that they had hugged the Hulk with him hugging back gently.
She had to laugh at Tony's want to try shawarma despite not knowing what it was.
She got a lift up to the penthouse of the Stark Tower by Hulk—he was also kind enough to pick up her suit.
Loki turned to face the whole team of the Avengers—the beast was back with Stark's sister perched easily on his shoulder this time. He saw the tension in Hawkeye's arms as he kept himself back from putting an arrow into his eye before looking at Stark.
"I'll have that drink now."
Tony decided to be kind and gave Loki a drink while they waited for S.H.I.E.L.D to pick up the defeated villain before they went off for shawarma.
It was an awkward and tired meal with Thor silently eating his fill next to Bruce and Clint, who kicked his feet up on Tasha's seat, with the three of them slowly eating and Tony glaring between bites at the arms around Nate's slim waist that kept her secure on Steve's lap as the couple ate.
The tension was broken when Rhodey in his War Machine landed outside the shawarma place.
"You're late." Tony informed him making the Colonel curse.
"Where were you?" Nate asked curiously as she helped Steve eat—his hands were busy keep her on his lap so she was being helpful to Tony's disgust.
"Hong Kong." Rhodey answered as his face-plate slid up.
He blinked at the sight of Nate and Captain America before turning to Tony.
"Is your sister dating Captain America?" He asked with Tony answering with a loud 'no' when Nate and the Captain said 'yes'.
That kicked off another argument like the one on the carrier as Rhodey removed his suit and pulled up a seat and nicked some of Tony's food—the billionaire was too distracted by his spat with Nate that he didn't notice.