One-shots avengers captured/tortured

CapKid and Kiddo

Tony finds out Steve's age (23) and adopts him...Later Tony adopts Bucky too

The tower was quiet. The avengers were having an unusual day off and had decided to spend their time in joint quiet solitude on the sofas of the common room. Steve was reading a newspaper on the 'old man seat' Natasha on his right sharpening knives (as you do) Clint twiddling with his hearing aides next to Natasha- they had been intermittently playing up on their last mission the day before.

Bruce was listening to some yoga relaxation podcast on headphones on the 'love seat' and Thor was on the floor....eating a deluxe box of pop tarts noisily (that being the only sound in the room) that and the distant whir of the coffee maker in the joined kitchen where Tony was undoubtedly.

"Hey Cap," that was Tony he had just come back from filling up his 15th coffee of the morning. "is it true you're only biologically 23?" It was said conversationally so Steve replied the same "yeah" absentmindedly and everyone else continued as normal. Unbeknownst to Steve Tony's face had broken into a Cheshire grin and keeping his voice steady he had replied "cool, sign this for me" Steve not looking up from his paper hummed and signed it.

That's when tony laughed in delight and the penny dropped as Steve broke out of his trance and furiously scanned the lines of the bolded 'CONTRACT' he had just unwittingly signed. It said. 'ADOPTION' "you're CapKid from now on" Tony had said; calm to Steve's slack jawed expression and had waltzed away to his lab. Muttering about 'bonding' and 'hobbies'

2 days later....

"ARGH" Steve yelled thumping the wall with a pillow. It had been 2 days since Tony found out his actual age and 'adopted him' whatever that meant. He hadn't seen the genius since but it had put him on edge. Meanwhile, He'd been working on this sketch for the last 2 weeks and he still couldn't get the nose right. It was of him and Bucky during the war- before he signed up, infront of the Stark expo with the crowds little heads smudged into a blur facing away from them. Buckys arm slung over his smaller frame laughter racking his as buck's eyes twinkled in that last day before deployment. But it was all ruined by the jagged crook that was Steve's feeble attempt at Buckys nose. "Urgh" he groaned rubbing out attempt 89.

He heard Tony before he saw him, enhanced hearing was useful sometimes, his footsteps were unusually light as his door creaked open- Tony had told him repeatedly that he could get him a high tech door with facial recognition which NEVER creaked but he had refused he liked his normal door. "Hey CapKid what's all the racket" Steve sighed collapsing back fully onto his bed and groaning "heyy Tony" he said "it's nothing"

Tony moved over to him and sat down next to him "doesn't sound like nothing CK tell your old man what's up" this caused a cacophony of groans "stop calling me that your not my dad!" "Well if you don't stop groaning like a child then maybe I would" Tony compromised. Steve immediately stopped groaning.

"It's this sketch" Steve conceded "Could never draw noses, especially bucks, he said it looked like a slug on his face, that jerk" he snorted. Tony payed closer attention to the open book on the bed and sketch upon it. After this close inspection and some hmmming he offered this.

"well why don't you follow one of those nose guides" Steve blinked blankly from his lying down position "you know those art books for beginners with the how to pages" Steve contemplated before answering "I've never heard of it, where could I find one?" Tony's answer was to wave the book open on that page infront of his eyes. Steve bolted upright grasping the page like a newborn scanning his eyes quickly from line to line.

His eyes lit up like he had found the holy grail and he looked back at Tony in disbelief "where did you get this?" Tony looked back with something akin to love in his eyes - but that couldn't be right- "I bought it for you when I saw your sketchbook yesterday you had left your door open and I didn't mean to pry but I was walking past and just thought to myself wow that nose needs work and then -