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𝘐 𝘗𝘶𝘵 𝘢 𝘚𝘱𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘯 𝘠𝘰𝘶 [041]

Halloween Related, since it's October :)

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"Why are you doing this?" Rhodey asked, arching his eyebrows as he watched Tony search through the costumes.

"Because normally I go as Captain America for Halloween. I can't exactly do that when I'm dating him, can I?" Tony said, peeking at Rhodey over the racks. Rhodey rolled his eyes.

"Didn't you just go as yourself last year? I mean, not as yourself but you didn't dress up at all."

"We have a party this year. I do actually need a costume," Tony said, "So I need something good." Rhodey rolled his eyes again, but smiled. Tony knew that expression. That was the 'I'm going to pretend to be frustrated with you but I'm really having a good time,' expression. He got that from Rhodey a lot. And Steve, too, now that he thought about it.

"I'm guessing I have to come to the Halloween party?" Rhodey flipped through the rack idly, not really looking.

"Definitely. And you should stay at Avengers Tower while you're in town. Not just because of me. There's somebody I want you to meet. We've got this kid on the team, Sam Wilson. Young, into science and engineering, started off in SHIELD, and he's black. He's never mentioned it but I think he's kind of always wanted to meet you," Sam's secret identity wasn't public, but there was only one person on their team that fit that description.

"The Falcon is a kid?"

"Well. Kid enough. He was in SHIELD's training program and was clearly destined for better things so I snatched him from under their noses. If he was ready for that then he's ready for this," Tony shrugged.

"Yeah you're probably right. And I imagine it's safer working with you than working with SHIELD. Though Fury does keep a good eye on his people," Rhodey made a face as soon as he said it and Tony laughed at the unintentional pun. He shook his head and clasped Tony's shoulder, "I've got to go - I've got some stuff to do before I can get settled in at yours. See you later?"

"Yeah, text me when you're on your way so I can make sure that if I'm not there someone is expecting you," Tony nodded. He pulled Rhodey in for a hug and then let him go with a wave.

Tony opened his eyes and groaned in pain, his head and ass aching. That wasn't a good combination. What the fuck had happened? He was staring at the ceiling of a warehouse and he wasn't alone. Around him milled a large group of people, all of them in some kind of Halloween costume or another. Except ... all of the costumes looked far too real. They didn't look anything like real versions of those monsters did, the ones that actually existed. But they still acted like people. The monsters weren't aggressive - none of the zombies or werewolves or vampires were trying to attack anyone - but the rotting flesh and the fur and the fangs all looked and smelled very real.

He groaned as he stood and held a hand to his head and that's when he felt it. Large, fuzzy ears on the top of his head. What the fuck?

"Hey, aren't you Tony Stark?" A woman nearby asked. She was translucent and all of her clothes, from her shoes to her top hat, were sparkling.

"Yeah. What's going on?" Tony looked her up and down. She was floating several inches off the floor and looked really freaked out. "I take it you aren't normally a ... ghost?"

"No, I'm not. This is my Halloween costume. I was on my way to a party and the next thing I knew I was here."

Hearing that one of the vampires spoke up, lisping a little through the large fangs in his mouth, "Me, too."

"I was trying on a costume," a sullen looking teenager in a gaudy cowboy outfit said. Tony frowned a little. That didn't exactly look like a Halloween costume. More like a tear away costume, the kind strippers or bored couples wore.