𝐀𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 | 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬

Avengers' Tower

"Excuse me you self-combusting space oddity."

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At this point in his life, Steve knew he shouldn't be at all surprised with the luxuries and technology that surrounded Tony Stark, but somehow Tony always found a way. Seren laughed when they entered the elevator after she had to drag him inside. He was too busy looking at the reception area.

Tony was already waiting for them in the penthouse when the elevator doors slid open. "Twinkle Star!" He exclaimed when the ginger woman strolled into the room.

"Not my name," she wagged a finger, resembling Pepper too much in the moment.

"It's a lovely nickname," Tony insisted.

"That apparently I'm never getting rid of!"

"Don't make her mad, Stark," Steve warned, "She's been known to break men's wrists."

Tony laughed. "Speaking of experience there?"

"He hasn't angered me yet," Seren patted Steve's arm. "But enough with the greetings, what's the mission?"

"Oh," Tony's expression twisted in disdain, "Don't make it sound like it's a SHIELD mission, please." That forced Seren's smile off her face. The only reason Steve didn't jump in was because it was an honest mistake on Tony's part. "We are not SHIELD!" Tony turned away from the two, opening his arms to gesture the current living quarters. "We are better! Least we will be when you two decide to stop playing honeymoon and come back to work already!"

"Tony," Steve deadpanned the man.

"Not done playing yet?"

"Tony," went Seren with the same deadpanning look.

"Do you two practice that or what?" Tony rolled his eyes and instructed them to follow him to the elevator. "I've already spoken to Steve about this but Seren, you're going to finally see what I envision for us."

"And then we talk about Chloe?"

"And then we talk about Chloe," Tony nodded fervently.

"Fine, whatever," Seren said, mumbling a 'let's get this over with' afterwards.

Tony grinned as the pair finally entered the elevator with him. "I'm assuming the Captain here already told you about the basics of my idea?" He asked once the elevator dropped them off on a different floor. He led the way out.

"About partnering up? Yeah," Seren nodded. She was tailing Tony whilst taking in the laboratory they were walking into. "I think there are plenty of HYDRA bases that we need to eliminate."

"I'm glad we're on the same page because there's something I need to tell you — both of you," Tony eyed the couple seriously. "I spoke to Chloe and she told me something that I truly had not thought about yet."

"When was that?" Seren quickly asked, unable to hide her concern. It felt like honest-to-god ages ago since she last spoke to Chloe.

"Yesterday," Tony turned around suddenly, causing Seren to crash into him.

Steve reached for her and gently pulled her back with him. "Tony," he said warningly. "Just get on with it."

"Relax, I'm actually a little concerned with this one," Tony admitted and because of that earnestness, he had claimed both Seren's and Steve's undivided attention within the minute. "When S.H.I.E.L.D. went down, did either of you know where Loki's scepter ended up? Or rather, do you know who took custody of it after we fought Loki?"