Collection of Avengers One-Shot Stories

Sentimental Fools (Clint)

Used to be All We Are. I turned it into a one-shot instead.

3rd POV

Pepper spent the whole afternoon cooking, it was a hobby that she picked up a few weeks ago. Cooking through her mother's cookbook brought back memories that she was fond of and often missed. Instead of going out this Friday, she was hosting a get-together. Of course, Tony didn't mind if he picked the wine. Steve couldn't turn down a home-cooked meal besides, Pepper was the only girl that he could talk to without blushing. Bruce as usually didn't have any precedent plans. Agents Barton and Romanoff just finished a mission in Dubai and were given a few days to themselves. Tony's door to any of the Avengers was always open. In which the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents were thankful for a place to crash, but not enough to say anything to add to Tony's ever growing ego. The only one missing was Thor, who was spending time Jane.

"Thank you for all coming, nearing the holidays always makes me a sentimental fool according to Tony. I just wanted to," Pepper addressed her hungry guests who all have had long weeks before her phone began to ring. Glancing down at the table she could see it was Rory, Tony's little sister who had been studying abroad for a semester in Dublin. Pepper had been worried because she had not been responding to her texts for the past few weeks.

"I'm sorry if you guys would excuse me for one moment. Dig in," She continued her sentence picking up the phone taking a few steps away from the table.

Tony groaned pouring himself some more wine.

"I have been so worried about you," Pepper snapped keeping her voice down.

"I can't say the same thing about you, darling Pepper," the venomous voice hissed back which was not Rory.

Shocking her like she wanted, the voice grinned on the other side pleased with the gasp the redhead produced. Pepper held her hand to her mouth in shock, pleading to God that Rory wasn't with her former torturer.

"Pepper, what's wrong?" Tony demanded not liking how pale his girlfriend was before instructing Jarvis to pick up the call so he can talk to whoever was on the other side of the call.

"Who's calling?" Tony questioned setting down his drink pulling Pepper gently to her chair.

"It's been awhile, baby. Tell me do you miss me?" The woman purred which made some at the table cringe.

"Whitney, what a pleasant surprise. What have you been up to, plastic surgery or stealing candy from kids?" Tony responded to his crazy hostile ex-lover who tried to kill him and Pepper a few years ago. Meanwhile, snagging Pepper's phone telling Jarvis to track the call while keeping her on the main sound system.

"Well, actually, I have had the best past few weeks with your sister," Whitney sneered wishing she could see Tony's face.

Getting punched by the Hulk without his suit would be immensely better than what the billionaire felt at the moment. He knew he shouldn't have let her go off by herself to Ireland. Steve and Bruce were surprised they knew nothing of another Stark, unlike Clint and Natasha who had heard of her when reading Tony's file.

"Your little Aurora has guts. She's been refusing to contact you even when I asked her to. I wished I learned Russian so I could slap her for the names I think she has been calling me. If she refuses to talk, I guess her screams will do instead," Whitney threatened, running the tip of her dagger down the girl's side.

"Wait, what do you want?"

"I want you to be heartbroken when you find her lifeless body knowing it was your fault."

Tony slammed his hands down, the table cracked underneath his fists. His fellow Avengers were not used to seeing him lose his cool. Hissing a slur of vulgar profanities, Tony wouldn't hesitate to murder Whitney Frost if she killed Aurora despite the consequences.