Meet Me In The Middle

Chapter 4

Chapter 4-

Loki wasn't overly joyous about living in the same resident as his old enemies; that was obviously clear as he avoided conversations and the presence of Natasha and Thor. Though he did allow to be in the same room as Thor, he did ignore the Thunder God if he tried to speak to him. Surprisingly, he did allow to be nearte billionaire for a full ten minutes before Natasha entered the room. Tony didn't like the way Loki was acting, especially around him. He knew Loki was plotting and he hated it when he didn't have a clue what the Mischief God was plotting. He just hopes it didn't involve his dead carcass amd the death of the world.

He still needed to update JAVIS's security protocol so villainous Gods couldn't sneak their way into his tower.

The first fight about Loki literally happened about twenty minutes later. Clint was at the front door of Stark Tower, demanding entry through JARVIS. Of course, Tony didn't want birdbrain back in his tower, and add the fact that the God who'd previously brainwashed him was in the building was another reason he shouldnt be allowed to use the elevator. Without a convincing lie to make Hawk-Eye leave, Tony grudgingly let Clint use the lift and internally prepared forthe slaughter he was about to witness. It was the most awkward and silent elevator ride in his entire life.

When the door dinged, he waited with batted breath as the door open and when he didn't hear any signs of battle, he cautiously left the lift. But it was short-lived as Clint turned and started to yell at Tony for letting Loki stay here. Now, Tony didn't know how Clint knew, but he wasn't going down without a fight.

In the admist of their shouting, none of them noticed as Thor came stomping into the room, Mjölnir ready in a stance to attack any type of battle. Tony was too busy glaring as the archer accursed him of sleeping with the enemy and conspiring with Asgardian nutcases. The billionaire was this close to summoning JAVIS to deploy a suit when Clint readied his bow and pointed it at his arc reactor in his chest. Despaired, the billionaire remembered destroying all of his suits for Pepper. Damm that woman and her invisible ability to continue ruining his life when she wasn't even around anymore.

Dang, where was Thor when you needed him?

Thirteen mimutes later, Thor and Clint were still fighting vocally. Originally, they fought physically but as Tony didn't want his tower crumbled to a heap of rumble, everyone convinced Thor to drop his hammer. Clint, on the other hand, still held onto his bow, despite having no arrow in it. No one wanted to even try to remove it from him. He looked like he was going to kill the next person who even looked in the wrong way at him. And Tony didn't want to be that guy.

The redhead woman leaned down and whispered in Tony's ear. "If they started to fight, who do you think would win?"

"Thor, definitely," Tony said immediately. "He has the Hammer of Wrath, while Clint has a little bow and arrow. And who even uses bow and arrows? Isn't it a little too medieval for the modern world?"

Natasha hummed. "He is from the Viking Age. Thor is more medieval than a bow and arrow."

Tony grinned. "Literally."

Tony returned his attention to the yelling pair as he dully watched for a moment. They were screaming the same things over and over- Clint was yelling to Thor about letting his deranged brother to stay here and Thor was defending his said deranged brother. Tony would've been laughing if he wasn't afraid Clint would strike him. Without his suit, Tony was weak and a liability. Just like Clint said.

The billionaire looked out the corner of his eye at the raven-haired God, noticing the small smirk of satisfaction and amusement crawling across the ivory skin. Tony observed the paleness of the God of Mischief's face, so pristine as a fragile doll. So delicate...