Chapter 3
It has been a few quiet weeks since Tony and Loki started this, relationship or whatever one was to call it. Thor and Sif had been really happy and supportive when they announced it to them. Bruce has been happy but more subdued, as he usually was. Valkyrie, with one hand in Sif's hair, just raised her bottle of rum in a silent cheer and went back to her mission of drinking Tony out of his fortune. Everything was going great and everyone was happy, Tony should have expected that something bad was bound to happen. But maybe he'd grown complacent or, gods forbid, hopeful in his old age.
There was another attack by Doom on the city. Because of course it was Doom, it couldn't be someone easier to deal with, and since the Fantastic Four were out of town, or out of planet, again, the responsibility fell on the Avengers to handle Doom's latest temper tantrum. Thor, Valkyrie and Hulk definitely seemed to be happy to let off some steam destroying the never ending swarm of Doombots. And of course, to make matters worse, the Rogue Avengers show up. Why couldn't he have a few weeks of peace with his new partner.
Turns out the Rogues didn't have enough to do in the fight, because they apparently had enough time to taunt Tony. The HYDRA Witch and Clint were the worst of it though. “Shacking up with Loki I see. Didn't think you could stoop any lower Stark.” he said when Tony flew close enough to where he was perched. That's rich, coming from you, Tony thought but was smart enough to keep his mouth shut. Just as Clint said it, a bullet whizzed past him, almost close enough to graze him and hit the Doombot in front of him. Tony turned to see the trajectory and turned to find none other than Bucky Barnes who had fired the shot. To any onlooker it just seemed like Bucky was helping out his teammate but all three of them knew that it was a warning and Clint was smart enough to take it as one and keep his mouth shut. Tony just nodded in gratitude at the Soldier and went back to fighting.
The battle was tiresome but they ultimately managed to destroy the Doombots with minimal damage to property. No civilians were hurt and they got away with just a few scrapes and bruises. The worst injury seemed to be to Barnes’ metal arm which Tony was glad to take a look at. Especially after the show with Barton.