One-shots avengers captured/tortured

Grant bear

Laboriously Tony stretched out wide face contorting in a yawn. The sun streaming through his blinds just missing his face was a great way to start the morning. This, Tony reflected his brain already active and ready for the day, had been one of the best nights of sleep he had gotten.

He could remember no nightmares that had tainted his sleep not one speck of foul dust that had floated in the wake of his dreams. As he rolled his legs off to the beds side and shifted his weight to stand he noticed the haggard yet fluffy light blonde bear that had migrated its way to the floor. It was Grant! 

Bending down the billionaire picked it up with cautionary fondness. That of course had been the reason for the great night. Grant, dressed in its specifically suited Captain America outfit with breast pocket adorned in the flag and little army hat tipped on his head.

Tony didn't sleep with Grant often, in fact he often chose to ignore it's existence at the back of a creaking wardrobe he meant to throw away. Yet, when Grant found himself in Tony's arms at night, Tony found himself having the perfect night sleep.

On that thought, Tony took some time to reminisce. Although his fathers love of Steve as he grew into a pre teen and eventual teen meant James 'Bucky' Barnes became his favourite of the duo. Young and impressionable, desperate to meet his fathers approval Toddler Tony had adored his fathers only gift of the Captain America Bear. He being 2 had saluted it and named the bear Steve.

(Which caused a hilarious dinner party event when he had lost 'Steve' and the adults had frantically searched until Jarvis had found him, and proclaimed it to the household so loud that his dad had left the solitude of the office he spent he is life in sprinting down each step with joy when 'Steve' had been found. Howard had not been happy and grumbled all the way back that 'Steve' either be burnt in the fireplace forthwith or be renamed. )

Hence Grant. There'd been no more confusion after that. Tony shivered ridding himself of the memory and saluting the bear with two fingers repositioned Grant under one of his many lavish pillows. Too many.

The day came and went. Tony noticed during the day that he was able to hold his tongue at certain jabs Steve sniped at him in harmless misunderstandings throughout the morning. I'm the afternoon he's cracked a project he'd been working on with such clarity to instructions leading to the bear set of results.

Come evening he felt himself up to accepting the annual Thursday movie night with the team/family he usually declined without a second thought. One good night's sleep had truly gone a long way. Tony decided then and there he would sleep with Grant more often.

It wasn't just Tony who had noticed the Stark change of the genius billionaires behaviour.
The Avwngers team noticed He had been a lot brighter and calmer than usual today. While quietly some pondered the possibility of outside sources such as Drugs or Alcohol.

The more practical level headed, Bruce, made his thoughts of Tony simply getting his act together in terms of sleep and diet known.
Steve had shrugged hoping it was the latter idea. He had noticed the deepening of the grey sagging eye bags that pinned themselves under Starks eyes.

That night they all went to bed curious but certain the mystery would remain for a few weeks. Except, well Hawkeye, Clint was clearly the most suspicious cum Curious of the bunch and if anyone was going to discover the secret tomorrow, he was.

That night Tony once again bedded Grant under his arms snuggling into him content.
He awoke quite the same as the previous day. Laboriously and we'll rested. Grant was again on the floor and he was being hit with the strong potent stench of deja vu.

That and ...bacon... yes that was "BACON!!" with an almighty roar he took off in search of that piece of super soldier cooked heaven. (When Steve made bacon you could tell)
Unfortunately for Tony, in his haste he had left Grant on the bed.....

Hawkeye was just sneaking around as he does. "Note to self stop referring to myself in third person" Clint thought. He smiled. Well there was good reason to his sneaking. He'd accidentally pranked Natasha. Tony was meant to have walked under the door frame so it was only fair that he use whatever hidden gadget he finds hidden in Tony's room to escape Nat. Only fair. He dramatically tiptoed up to the entry and gingerly pushed the door. No-one home. Upon entering STEVE? ....

In bear form lay carelessly on the bed for all to see. Maybe someone had already pranked Tony? Ever the nosey 'neighbour' Clint approached and picked up "um Steve, yeah let's call him it Steve- Clint picked up Steve"
The adjoining nametag made it clear this wasn't a prank :
"please refer to Sirs bear as Grant as he can easily be confused with Steve Rogers" and in cursive pen the note was signed Jarvis.

Clints eyes bugged out of his head NO WAY was this.... Tony's childhood sleeper bear? Clint had had one as a child heck his kids did it was a fairly normal and accepted thing but a Steve no Grant bear. He just had to tell the team, and maybe embarrass Tony- he had eaten the last of the bacon by the time he came back from his unofficial 'mission'.  

Clint skipped into the room, bear behind his back ready to unleash 'Revenge!!' The room stopped noticing Clint's joyful appearance, even Natasha refrained from killing him on sight with her cereal spoon to see what was making him look so deviously happy. Eyebrows raised in silent question the avengers waited for the punchline.

Clint cleared his throat. "Well get on with it Legolas" Tony said annoyed. Clint's answering smirk only grew. "Oh Tony I am so glad you asked. This" Clint proclaimed revealing the bear, proudly for all to see "is I am labelly informed is Grant Bear- property of one Tony Stark"

Tony, whose fork had been halfway between his mouth and the plate, had been frozen since Clint had revealed the bear. Not exactly white but pale eyes bugged out of his head didn't have a retort in his repertoire to respond to any of the looks being thrown in his direction.
Steve broke the silence

raised his 'eyebrows of confusion' questioning. "Care to explain Tony". Tony was gibbering and gabering but to no actual words, and then after an eternity of tense gibberish and Tony trying to make a word come out his mouth. Bucky burst out laughing.

Full on knee slapping chest pounding laughter. Tears bursting out his eyes as he did so. Steve went red, catching on immediately, as best friends/ should-be-boyfriends do and everyone seeing his face red as a fire truck turned to Bucky in intrigue and confusion "this..this is..priceless" he got out between giggles.

Now it was Tony's turn to raise his eyebrows of confusion. Finally Bucky was calm enough to speak "Tony has a toy of Steve, and Steve...has a toy of Tony" and from behind his back Bucky pulled out an Ironman stuffie "called Edward" he proudly proclaimed.

The room was very silent as Steve started trying to come up with an explanation. Tony's smirk was huge! Then Tony started giggling
Steve started Chuckling and eventually both parties were laughing their heads off.

They swapped back bears briefly hugging them. Tony held grants paw out "nice to meet you Edward" Steve laughed mirroring the action "nice to meet you too Grant" With the remaining Avengers laughing too, slowly they tricked out suspiciously back to their rooms,
now it only remained:

For Clint to hide his black widow teddy
Natasha to hide her Hawkeye bear
Sam to hide his Bucky bear
And
Bucky to hide his Captain America bear- Dumbass
Yes he called his bear Dumbass it matched the person.

Underlined= stolen from The Great Gatsby (Sorry)