"What is it?" You ask over Tony's shoulder.
"An old.... friend sent it to me. It's a canopic jar" Tony pulls it out of the wooden crate and puts it on the table.
It was beautiful, darkened ivory trimmed in gold with the head of a baboon as its lid. You vaguely remembered it from Egyptian history.
"I didn't think you liked stuff like this" He looks at you questioningly.
"Well, it's old and you're all about new and shiny. And making stuff explode" You add with a cheeky grin.
"I do have other interests y/n" He rolls his eyes at you.
"If you say so. I've never seen you do anything other than invent and fight for the Avengers" You trace a finger over the gold lid gently, it glimmers at you.
"Hey, hey. Hands off the merchandise" He pulls you back but you can't take your eyes off it.
"It's so pretty though" Your hand reaches out of its own accord but Tony turns you and pushes you out the door.
"Bye y/n" The door slides shut and you blink.
What the hell had happened there? It was like you had moved in a trance. Shaking your head, you go to find something to eat. You had been up early training with Tony when his package arrived and now you were starving.
"You didn't meet me for breakfast" Steve leans around the fridge door, you were busy digging in it.
"Sorry. I got distracted by Tony's package" Your eyes pop wide and when you look at Steve he has pink cheeks and a lopsided smile.
"Like an actual package turned up for him. With some Egyptian thing in it. It was ivory. And gold...." You trail off embarrassed.
"Oh. Well, how about lunch with me then?" The pink in his cheeks was fading now.
"Sure. That sounds great" You stuff a piece of pancake in your mouth, Steve had made and left them for you.
"Mmm, these are great" You grin at him, and he flushes again when you lick the syrup off your lips.
"So, who sent him the Egyptian thing?" Steve takes your plate and washes it up.
"Dunno, he kicked me out when I started to get touchy with it. It was really pretty though. Mesmerising almost" Heat flushes over your body and you turn in place when you hear your name being whispered.
"Did you hear that?" Steve was looking around as well, he had definitely heard it.
"Yeah, it sounded like your name" He mumbles.
"Weird. Anyway, what do you want to do for lunch?" You follow him to the garage.
***
Tony was still inspecting his gift. He didn't trust it or the person who sent it. Hammer was notoriously jealous of Tony's success and it wouldn't be the first time he sent something that was booby-trapped. He didn't want anyone touching it, especially you now he had seen you react to it.
"Friday?"
"There's an energy coming from it. I can't trace what it is though" She replied.
"Okay, put it on lockdown until we figure it out"
A glass case shuts up around it, it clicks multiple times securing it in place.
***
After lunch with Steve, you had went back to training. You had been feeling restless and you didn't know why. You had burned what little energy you had left and were now crashing in bed.
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Halloween Marvel OneShots
FanfictionJust a bit of fun, creepy Halloween writing. Only running the month of October. Updating early because I had some ideas I couldn't wait to publish.