Working Title : Loki & Annie

51 Workin' At The Carwash

Tony and Thor both took the elevator to the garage level where Tony stored his most precious babies. It was the same level Thor had been to previously and once more the center of the area was taken up with the vehicle that had been loaned to him. The hood was up, the trunk open as were all the doors.

"Come on Point Break, let's get this over with." Tony didn't notice Thor's frown as the god followed him across the floor.

There was a rolling cart organized with all sorts of tools, bottles, cleaning cloths along with various containers. Tony walked around to the far side and Thor continued following, he accepted the handheld, cordless vacuum with surprise.

Tony grinned, "You didn't think I was joking last night, did you?" He waved towards the interior of the car, "Go ahead and have at it." He reached over and pushed a button on the deceptively small machine which started up with a surprising low hum. Grabbing the attachment on the end of the stretchy hose he waved it in Thor's face until the god took it. "Enjoy."

Watching Tony walk away Thor looked down at the vibrating machine with confusion clearly on his face. He looked inside the hose, squinting. He looked back at Tony with puzzlement while raising an eyebrow.

"What?" Tony put his hands on his hips, "Are you telling me you don't know how to operate a vacuum?" There was clear disbelief in his tone and on his face. "Come on."

Thor shrugged while still holding the little unit in his arms and against his chest. "I can honestly say that I have never been required to learn this task." He waved the hose around loosely.

Tony rolled his eyes as he took the vacuum from Thor, "Look, here I'll show you. It's not that difficult." He turned and started running the hose over the floorboards. "A toddler could do it so you should have no problem learning." He sucked up nonexistent dirt.

Behind him, Thor smiled and folded his arms while watching Tony work. "I'm guessing it does not work on the seat?"

"Of course it does. I made it." Tony ran the attachment over the seat, thankful he wasn't sucking up french fries or anything worse. "See? Easy." He stood up to hand the hose to Thor when he saw the smirk over the god's face and he scowled. "Oh, smooth move, Sparkles, but no." He shoved the hose into Thor's chest, "I'm not falling for that, you're no Tom Sawyer. Here."

Thor didn't understand the Midgardian reference but decided to not call attention to it. He'd already gotten half the front of the vehicle cleaned without having to do it himself.

Tony moved out of the doorway and waved a hand inviting Thor to take his place. "All yours, Sparks. You can get started on the driver's side."

Thor walked around to the driver's side and began. It only took a few moments for him to discover that he found the noise and the rhythm to be relaxing. It allowed his thoughts to float, to focus on his concerns. He wanted to think about what he was going to do next but found that he couldn't come up with anything. He let the repetition soothe him, letting his stress go.

Tony stood watching Thor work with a critical eye, making sure no spots were missed. The hum of the little vacuum wasn't enough to cover the sound of the elevator dinging and the doors opening. Glancing over his shoulder he saw Cap walking out, a look of surprise coming over the supersoldier's face.

Coming over to stand near Tony he asked, "What'd he do? Eat-in the car?"

Tony nodded, "And drank." Now he shook his head while holding his arms out towards the car, "It's a classic! You would think a so-called god would have more respect for a work of art."

Cap gave a slight uplift to his lips as he watched the god vacuum a car. He slipped his cell phone from his back jeans pocket and searched for his camera app.