Chapter 24-Auction
By: MysticFantasy
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"Well, at least we didn't really lose them." Tony said.
"Good thing too." Clint added. "There was no way that I was going to go through that autcion alone."
"I'm still a little ticked that you dragged me into it." Steve said.
"But it worked out for you though." Bruce said with a smirk.
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"I feel silly." Steve said as he adjusted his uniform tie.
"Don't be." Tony said . "Today you are going to see just how many ladies are going to pay top dollar for your spangled butt. They love a man in a military uniform."
"What's this for again?" The soldier asked.
"Charity." Clint answered as he adjusted his jacket. "I just wish that Banner would do this with us."
"He had a good reason." Steve said. "So do Tony and Thor."
"This is one of those times where I wish I was taken." Clint said. "Guess you and me are just a bunch of swinging bachelors, Cap."
"If Tony is right about this thing, we may not be after tonight." Steve said as he heard clapping.
"Good luck you two." Tony said before leaving the stage.
"I'm gonna need it to actually stay on that stage instead of running off." Clint said.
Steve chuckled at his friend and heard the announcer call the first bachelor out. He peeked from behind the curtain as women started calling out prices.
He quickly spotted the table where Tony sat with Pepper and Natasha. He lightly smiled at seeing Natasha in a slimming black dress and her short hair fixed into a short bun.
She looked beautiful. Like she always did.
Man after man walked out onto the stage. Women were giving fair prices but Clint and Steve had yet to hear any woman bid more than one thousand dollars.
But both had a feeling that was going to change since it was their turn to walk out.
"And now ladies and gentlemen, two very special bachelor's. He's an Avenger, sharp shooting archer and served the military. Here's Clint Barton."
Clint lightly sighed before putting on a smile and walking out onto the stage.
Steve smirked at seeing Clint's fake happy expression and the sound of the women cheering excitedly.
"We'll start the bidding at one hundred dollars." the annoucer said.
Steve fought not to laugh when he heard a woman right away offer five hundred dollars and another woman challenge her price.
The price quickly climbed to twenty five hundred dollars with four women still in the race.
Clint just stood on the stage looking amaused as the women continued to add offers on top of the others.
Steve did wonder if any woman would bet anything for him. He was contstantly told that he was very old fashioned and his kind of charm was super rare to find. He even heard that some women took his kind of charm as an insult. Such as holding the door open for them.
But that was the kind of man he is and he wasn't about to change any time soon. He just hoped that one woman might find it nice.
"Sold for thirty one hundred dollars."
Steve smiled as a woman with black hair walked onto the stage and escorted Clint off and out of sight. He straightened his uniform and hair once more.
"And now, our final bachelor of the night. Ladies, this man is an army captain, leader of the Avengers, accomplished missions that no one else has done before, fought in the second world war and is America's golden boy. Don't let his age fool you ladies. Here he is. Captain Steven Rogers."
Steve stood straight and walked out onto the stage. He felt the familiar feel of walking onto a stage wash over him and the feeling of seeing everyone's eyes on him.
The loud cheering and calls of women almost made him feel like he was back in the forties. Only this time he didn't have to parade around in a costume trying to sell war bonds.
"Ladies, we're going to start the bidding at..."
"Five thousand dollars!"
Steve felt his eyes go wide when he heard the woman shout the amount.
"OK." the announcer said sounding a little surprised. "Five thousand. Would anyone like to go higher?"
"Six thousand!"
"Eight thousand."
"Eight thousand five hundred!"
Steve stood in shock at how much these women were willing to fork over just for one night with him. The prices continued to rise. The announcer wasn't even able to ask if anyone wanted to go higher because the women kept shouting as soon as one was done.
"OK." the announcer said. "We're currently at fourteen thousand seven hundred dollars. Would anyone like to go higher?"
"Fifteen thousand!"
Steve knew that voice and felt his eyes drift to Natasha. He right away saw the surprised looks she was getting from Tony and Pepper.
Natasha herself looked a little surprised but looked right back at Steve.
"Fifteen thousand. Going once..."
"Fifteen thousand five hundred." another woman shouted as she stood.
"Sixteen." Natasha challenged as she stood as well.
Steve wanted so much to tell Natasha not to put so much money up for a single night with him when they saw each other almost every day but he couldn't get a word in.
He wondered if all women were this fierce in this time.
"Sixteen thousand five hundred."
Natasha glared at the women.
"Eighteen thousand!"
"Eighteen thousand. Do you wish to do higher ma'am?" the announcer asked.
"She can have him. I can't explain eighteen thousand to my husband."
Steve was a little surprised at her confession of being married and having tried to put so much money up for him.
"Sold for eighteen thousand dollars."
Steve lightly smiled when Natasha walked onto the stage and then they both walked off together.
"That much when you could see me for free at the tower?" he asked.
"It's...for charity." she replied.
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"Fierce in all things. Never get in Natasha's way when she wants something." Clint declared.
"Obviously." Tony declared as Steve put an arm around Natasha's shoulder with a smirk on his face.