Chapter 102: 14,488 Words?! OVER FOURTEEN HUNDRED WORDS OMGS?! Avengers Prom!
Avengers Highschool Prom, (before Peter duh) also, note that everyone in the fic is the same age except for Darcy, Ian, Wanda and Pietro, who are all a year younger than everyone else. Also, Loki is around one Midgardian year younger than everyone as well, but s/he doesn't feel the part. Note that I am basing this off of my school, and not yours, but if you would like to see something change feel free. Actually forget it, here are your ages and years:
Steve: 18 (well, technically eighty-something, but let's not get into details)/ senior
Tony: 18/ senior
Bucky: 18 (eighty-something)/ senior
Vision: 17 human years, (technically, like, four years old but like) / senior
Wanda: 16 / junior
Loki: 16/senior
Thor: 18/senior
Jane: 17/senior
Pietro: 16/ junior
Clint: 18/ senior
Darcy: 16 / junior
Ian: 16/junior
Bruce: 18/ senior
Natasha: 18/senior
Ballroom, mix the two (It will make sense later I swear):
And here are your dresses and masks because I don't want you guys trying to figure out what the Hel they're wearing:
Bruce's mask, but make the silver bit purple:
Bucky's mask, the masculine one that is:
Clint's mask:
Jane's dress, but the lighting is horrible so imagine it less tacky and a bit more ethereal:
Jane's mask:
Loki's dress (I know it's extra, but this is a real ballroom and our Loki is known for being extra):
Loki's mask (but without teh butterfly, unless you like it):
Natasha's dress (but without the sparkles):
Natasha's mask (feminine one):
Pietro's mask (masculine one):
Steve's mask:
Thor's mask:
Tony's mask:
Vision's mask:
Wanda's dress:
Wanda's mask:
"Natasha! Natasha! Guess who asked me to prom!" Wanda cried out as she ran to Natasha, a gloved hand with her fingers exposed waving frantically in the air as she tried to get Natasha's attention across campus.
Natasha looked up and smiled, Wanda has become like a little sister to her ever since they saved her and her brother from Hyrda's grasp, they bonded over horrible childhoods in former Soviet countries, and their brothers, Clint and Pietro (okay, Clint wasn't actually Natasha's brother, but they act like it) got along swell too.
"I don't know, who?" Natasha teased, folding her leather jacket underneath her arm. Natasha frequently liked to go against "normal school" dress code, wearing sleeveless shirts in 98-degree Fahrenheit weather, of course, considering their principal was the respected Nick Fury (and he was practically Natasha and Clint's father) he didn't care. Principal Fury understood it was hot out and if girls want to wear sleeveless clothes so be it, as long as they didn't deliberately show stuff off my wearing revealing clothes (crop tops that barely cover the chest, shorts that are way too short, like, butt hanging out short, necklines that are only appropriate at parties, shirtless, etc.) he was fine with it, this was one of the many reasons everyone at the school loved it there.
"Vision!" Wanda said happily, her ponytail bouncing up and down with her running.
"Congrats Wanda," Natasha said smiling, "Now we can go dress shopping together."
Wanda smiled brightly, "Yeah! Are Bruce and Loki going to match their ties to your dress?"
"Actually, I don't know. We don't know if Loki's going to be a girl or a boy for prom night, so Bruce I'll probably have two ties or just one with both of our dress colours on it, or he'll just wear a purple tie, probably the purple tie," Natasha explained. Bruce had asked both Natasha and Loki to prom, seeing as they were a polyamorous couple along with Tony, Steve, and Bucky (although Tony had asked out some girl, Natasha forgot her name, it was some New Jersey name like Jackie or something. Tony only did this because he wanted the night to be special for his love, and spending Prom with his childhood best friend/boyfriend fit really well).
"Makes sense, can we go get Jane and go dress shopping now Please?"
"Already? Someone's excited," Natasha said smirking, but she was already calling Jane to meet them at the dress store.
...
"So, you asked my sister out to prom?" Pietro said, cracking his knuckles, his accent slipping through, making him sound a tad more intimidating.
"Babe, leave him alone!" Clint called out from the kitchen, he was currently raiding the pantry, trying to find the Nutella.
Everyone lived in the Avengers tower instead of the dorms because, well, they would be full-time Avengers one day. The super-powered heroes were pretty good at masking their powers while they went through public, but S.H.I.E.L.D. High was known for recruiting superpowered heroes, they didn't need to hide it in school, there were rules set against some things for the superpowered heroes (no flying in the hallways, no super-speeding in hallways, no maiming, no using mind-reading fr your own gain, no freaking out the younger kids, etc.) but there were classes where they were allowed to use their powers to the best of their ability, one of the reasons S.H.I.E.L.D. High was amazing. Of course, Pepper, Jane, Darcy, and Ian, those four lived with Doctor Selvig in a very high-tech building with its own labs for all four of them to work in, this was made just for them by Tony himself, who was a billionaire at sixteen when his father died and the company was placed on his shoulders, of course, she shared the burden with Pepper, but it was still a lot for two genius 18-year-olds, well, Tony was the genius, Pepper was the common sense, which everyone argues was a deal lot more important.
"But Clint! My baby sister!" Pietro yelled back.
"Your 'baby' sister is only twelve minutes younger than you, plus I'm sure she can handle Vision just fine, she's literally more powerful than all of us combined, minus Thor and Loki," Clint called back out, climbing the shelves in the pantry to get to the Nutella, which was conveniently placed on the top shelf (screw Thor and his placement of items, not everyone was tall).
Pietro sighed and went back to threatening Vision before he heard a loud thump from the kitchen, following by crashes and a lot of cursing, Pietro ran in to find Clint cursing in the floor while clutching a jar of Nutella, one of the Shelves had broken under his weight and Pietro couldn't help but bust out laughing at his boyfriend.
"Shut up Speedy," Clint muttered, getting up and rubbing his back, grabbing a spoon.
Pietro just shrugged and then Vision came up behind them, "Friday told me someone fell."
Pietro let out an unholy screech and went in a fighting stance, "How the Hell did you get here?" He exclaimed, his accent now thicker through shock, "I tied you up!"
"You tied him up?" Clint yelled.
"He tied me up," Vision confirmed.
"Bucky ties me up!" Steve said brightly, coming out from the elevator after hearing their conversation.
Pietro's eyes bugged out and Vision looked horrified while Clint just burst out in laughter.
...
Later on, Jane and Natasha had already found their dresses, (Pepper had gotten hers the second she was asked out by her date) but Wanda was still trying to find the right one.
"Wanda," Natasha coaxed, "We've been here for, like, two hours, this isn't your wedding dress we're talking about, plus you'll have your own prom next year when you're a senior."
"Yeah, but I'll probably take Pietro because Clint and Vis are going to be busy doing Avenger stuff," Wanda said, "And Pietro will choose my dress and I will choose his suit and tie, we've already talked about it."
Jane shrugged, the logic was there, then Wanda gasped and quickly ran in the changing room to try on a dress that she found, Natasha and Jane looked at each other with matching puzzle expressions before following Wanda in the changing room.
"I think I found it!" Wanda said through the door of the room, then she came out and Natasha and Jane's jaws dropped slightly at how adorable Wanda looked.
"You're beautiful!" Jane exclaimed, "I think this one's the one too!"
"Oh, my baby girl's all grown up," Natasha said playfully.
Wanda rolled her eyes and twirled, "I think so too, let's go pay!" She said, going back and changing into her old outfit, a black band t-shirt she stole from Tony with the bottom cut off to her waistline, which she did on her own using craft scissors, much to Tony's horror, and black cutoff shorts she stole from Natasha, she also had on her signature red leather jacket. The three paid with one of Tony's credit cards that he let them use, then headed back home, dropping Jane off at the Science House then heading to the Avengers tower.
"Where are my boys?" Natasha called out to the rest of the group, after coming out of the elevator, still holding the bag which her dress was in.
"Right here!" Steve, Bucky, Tony, Clint, Thor, and Bruce said with smiles on their faces, going up to hug Natasha.
It had been a tradition since middle school for Natasha called out, "Where are my boys?" Every time she came home later than everyone else. Wanda just giggled at this and went up to her room to hang up her dress, Natasha following after she said her hellos.
Everyone's room was connected somehow, through doors, side by side yes, but also up and down, like attic doors. They did this after their first battle when they were thirteen against an "adult" Loki that they found out later was actually only around twelve in Midgardian years. (Wanda and Pietro were thirteen at their first battle in Sokovia, Steve and Bucky were technically eighty-something during their first battles, and lords know the actual Asgardian age with Loki and Thor.) They all suffered from anxiety from being put out on the battlefield at such young ages (they were sent to battle Loki, they all insisted on going out, much to SHIELD's disapproval) and then Tony resigned everything so that they were connected, sure it probably wasn't the safest move if an attacker were to come, but the Avengers tower was very safe and heavily guarded, so that wouldn't be much of an issue, plus, everyone doubted that they could get through even three of the heroes before losing the battle.
This is the order:
Tony - Steve - Bucky
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Loki - Bruce - Natasha
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Thor
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Clint - Pietro
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Vision - Wanda
(Note that every line is a door, yes Thor has his own floor because no one can stand his snoring, yes every couple has their own floor, and yes, if anyone has any opinions I can change it.)
Natasha came back down with Wanda and grinned as she saw the boys huddled over Chinese takeout. "What's the special occasion?" She asked.
"We're lazy and the cooks are out of town," Tony said, shrugging before tackling the egg rolls.
"Alright, but save some for me," Natasha said, rolling her eyes, grabbing her textbook from the couch and finishing up an essay she'd been procrastinating on becuase she acts like a normal teenager.
"So Pietro," Wanda said rolling the r in Pietro a little bit, getting a pair of chopsticks, "have you threatened Vis yet?"
Pietro had a look of fake shock on his face, "Who me?" He asked dramatically, putting a hand on his chest, "I would never!"
"He tied him up," Clint said brightly, slurping up a noodle and talking with his mouth full, he was leaning back in his chair slightly, and Wanda noticed he was about to fall down so she did him a favour and made the chair stand in all four legs again with a touch of red light. Clint grinned sheepishly, "Thanks, Wanda."
"Don't chew with your mouth full Clint! I can hear it from here!" Natasha called out teasingly from the living room.
"Yes ma'am!" Clint cried out.
"Don't make me come over there young man," Natasha called out playfully, finishing the last few sentences of her essay.
"I won't!"
Wanda rolled her eyes and grabbed a box of takeout and started munching, she paid attention to actually swallow her food before talking, unlike some people. Wanda stood up leaned against the back of the chair of Vision, who was in a more human-like form, "So, you tied Vis up?"
"Correction, I tried to," Pietro said, his white teeth chomping down on baby corn with a satisfying crunch, "he did that weird thing where he just melted out of it."
Wanda smirked and went back to eating while Steve and Tony had an argument.
"Tony, you don't have to ask a girl out just so that you can 'spare' me having to be with you on prom night, I love both you and Bucky alright? You two are the loves of my life!" Steve argued, using a fork because he still had no idea how to use chopsticks. This was the second time today that the two had argued about it.
"Look, prom's only once and it's special to everyone, I want you to enjoy it," Tony said.
"I'll enjoy it more if I'm with both of you!"
"I've already asked her and she said yes Steve, can't cancel her."
Bucky was quiet throughout the argument, he knew better than to butt in, and even if they did he'd plead the fifth and stay quiet. He'd rather try and find out what each of them really wanted than to make the argument worse, he sent eyes towards Natasha and she got the hint, "Please stop them, I'd like to get laid tonight thanks."
"Hey, boys, arguing again?" Natasha asked, waking over to Steve and Tony, she'd just finished her essay anyways, and the food smelled nice.
"Yes Natasha," both boys answered.
"Just sleep it off you two, you'll find something better to argue about in the morning," Natasha said rolling her eyes, "So stuff your mouths now with Chinese takeout because no doubt your moths will be stuffed with something else later tonight," she added winking, which caused Bucky to grin and Steve to turn red. Tony chuckled at Natasha's antics and followed her orders.
They finished dinner quick enough, Thor bid them goodnight first because he had homework to catch up on, then Pietro and Clint went up to their floor, claiming to both want to take bubble baths, then Wanda and Vision went up to their floor so that Wanda could show Vision her dress. That left Natasha, Bruce, Loki, Tony, Steve, and Bucky in the kitchen with tubs of assorted ice cream.
"Well you've been awfully quiet," Natasha said, pointing her spoon full of cookie-dough ice cream to Loki.
Loki looked up from his mint chocolate chip ice cream and shrugged, "It's because I'm slightly worried, and dare I say it, embarrassed." Seeing as Loki was younger than Thor, you'd expect him to be a grade lower than him but nooooooooo, he managed to skip a grade becuase of his high intelligence, so he was a senior.
"Why?" Bruce asked, taking his spoon and scooping some of Tony's lemon sorbet and putting it into his mouth.
"Because, I don't know if I'm going to feel feminine for the prom, or masculine, or neither, or even both," Loki said shrugging, "Of course I have a dress and a suit, but I don't know which to wear."
"Don't worry Loki, it's a masquerade ballroom themed dance, knowing you you're going to look amazing either way," Natasha reassured, she personally had no idea what it felt like to be confused gender-wise, being a cis-female, but she tried to help Loki all she could. In turn, Loki always helped her out best he could with her own things and insecurities.
"Thank you, Natalia, and you will look amazing as well," Loki said smiling, "where's Prom going to be anyway?"
"Knowing our school, it isn't going to be the gym," Tony said rolling his eyes.
Steve sighed at his boyfriend and kissed his cheek, "It's going to be at some fancy place, an actual ballroom too, the same place as last year, but decorated differently."
"How do you know this again?" Bucky asked, shoving a big spoon of peach-lemonade ice cream down his throat.
"I'm on the committee, remember?"
"Oh yeah," Bucky said before swapping Steve's red white and blue ice cream with his own.
"So, what does your dress look like Nat?" Bruce asked.
"Let me get my homework then I'll show you," Natasha said suggestively, even though she did love Bruce, studies came first.
Bruce followed Natasha and Loki grinned, "I'm retiring for the night," he proclaimed before cleaning up his, Bruce, and Natasha's mess, making sure to steal a swipe of each flavour before putting it back in the freezer. They were lucky everyone was practically immune to illnesses, or else they'd probably all have gotten mono by now by how much they share food. Loki finished cleaning up and followed Natasha and Bruce to their floor.
Bucky, Steve, and Tony all just sat there and ate each other's ice cream. "Y'know, I told Clint, Pietro, and Vision that you tied me up yesterday," Steve said grinning to Bucky.
"Really? How'd they take it?" Bucky asked.
"Let me guess, Barton laughed, Maximoff's eyes popped out, and Vis looked scarred?" Tony asked, wrapping an arm around Steve.
"Yeah, how'd you know?" Steve asked.
"Friday told me," Tony grinned.
"Friday!" Steve whined to the ceiling.
"I'm sorry Mister Rogers," FRIDAY said, and Steve just knew she was laughing, "But I just couldn't keep it to myself."
Steve laughed it off but then Bucky said something that made him blush, "You know, I think the rope's still on my nightstand," Bucky growled in Steve's ear.
Tony smirked, seeing where Bucky was going with this, "Why you kinky little bastard," he said, scooting closer to Steve, pressing his lips against Steve's ear, "Does Captain America want to be tied up to the bedpost?"
Steve managed out a squeak that sounded something like, "Yes please."
"Oh Tony," Bucky grinned, "Looks like our baby doll wants to be tied up on the bedpost, his body laid out for us to take."
"And only us right?" Tony growled, making Steve face him as he kissed his lips roughly.
"Yes, only you sir," Steve said, gasping for air.
Bucky grinned and the "sir" bit, "That's right, all ours and only ours baby doll," he muttered, kissing Steve's neck.
"Yeah, laid out, ass in the air as you whine our names," Tony mumbled against Steve's lips.
"As you beg," Bucky growled in Steve's ear, he noticed the obvious tent in Steve's pants and smirked, he decided it was time to move this to the bedroom, "Colour baby doll?"
"Green as hell," Steve gasped as against Tony's lips.
"And what's the safeword?" Tony asked.
"Brooklyn." A/N YEAH I KNOW, ORIGINAL, WHAT ELSE DO YOU WANT IT TO BE?
Bucky gave Tony a look and they all stumbled to the elevator, ice cream long forgotten.
The next day everyone slept in for ... various reasons, but mainly because it was Saturday, and no one had classes. Everyone had already gathered in the kitchen, eating breakfast in various places (the islander, the kitchen counter, the top of the fridge). Well, everyone except for Tony, Steve, and Bucky, speaking of the devils, Tony came stumbling in looking half-awake with hickeys on his neck, he went over to the counter to make his daily morning coffee, which he downed in one go without sugar.
"Wow," Clint muttered from the top of the fridge.
Then Bucky came in looking 100% wasted, his lips were swollen and he had hickeys on his collarbone, he grabbed a plate of sauces and sat down by Natasha on the islander.
"Woah," Pietro mumbled.
Then Steve, well, Steve looked 300% wasted, his neck and collarbone were littered with hickeys, his lips were swollen, his hair a complete rat's neck, he had an obvious limp whenever he walked, and the real kicker was the bruises and marks along his wrists and ankles.
"Did you boys have fun last night?" Natasha asked grinning, she had quickly identified the bruises and red marks, which were healing quite quickly, to be from rope and cuffs.
Steve just sent a half-hearted glare before getting a plate of eggs and sitting down by Bucky to eat.
"You know, I think I heard them from our floor," Clint pointed out, still perched on the top of the fridge, which had a bunch of blankets on it just for him.
Steve groaned internally and rolled his eyes at Clint.
"You know, you and Pietro aren't so quiet either," Wanda said grinning, pulling her hair out of her braids.
Pietro blushed, "Oh shut up Wanda," he muttered as Wanda laughed.
After breakfast, everyone was filled and happy (not to mention Tony, Steve and Bucky were fully awake) and they sitting in the living room doing various things until Tony started to speak up.
"So, I had an idea," Tony said but was quickly cut off by Bruce.
"Oh no, Tony has an idea, brace yourselves," Bruce said sarcastically, typing up some extra credit work on his laptop.
"I had an idea," Tony pressed on, "My mom used to know this guy who specialized in fancy party accessories, hats, scarves, gloves, ties, masks, that shit," Tony paused, waiting for someone to get what he was talking about, but no one gave him the satisfaction, "So, I figured out who he was, and he was a she, but I got her number."
"So?" Clint asked tauntingly as he was playing with a drumstick, he wasn't paying attention to the drumstick and poked Pietro in the face.
"So I can get personalized masquerade masks from her, you guys just have to design them."
"Tempting offer man of iron," Thor said, clapping Tony on the back which nearly knocked the breath out of him, "But my," Thior looked over to Loki, who was sporting long hair with just a green sports bra on, "sister, and I already have masquerade masks from mother. You have yours, right Loki?"
Loki looked up from where she was practising typing with magic, "Yes I do, it's on my nightstand right now."
"Alright, so the Asgardians have their masks, anyone else?" Tony asked, and when no one said anything he said, "Epic! Thor can send an email to Jane and you guys can get started."
Natasha just ripped a piece of paper from her notebook and scribbled something on it.
"What are you writing Nat?" Wanda asked, turning around to look behind her. Natasha had been sitting on the couch while Wanda had been sitting on the floor in front of her.
"You know, you should focus on the needle," Natasha said, pointing to where Wanda was practising mastering her powers by doing precise handiwork.
Wanda looked back and dropped the teddy bear she was making and grabbed the needle, "I've finished!"
Natasha smirked, "Fine then, I just wrote for the designer to surprise me, just make it black and red."
Wanda nodded, "That sounds fun, I'm going to grab my laptop and design it on there," she said before getting on and going to the elevator, but she forgot her teddy bear and went back to get that too.
Three days before prom they got their masks and Steve and Bucky were in Bucky's room.
"How do I get him to go with me, Buck?" Steve whined and spread eagle on Bucky's bed.
"I dunno Stevie, you know how Tony is, once his mind's made up it's made up," Bucky said shrugging. He played around with the new prosthetic arm Tony made him on the floor, but then got up and sat on Steve.
Steve grunted before craning his head up so he could see Bucky, Steve bed is huge Buck, why'd you have to sit on me?"
Bucky just shrugged and went back to playing with his metal arm while Steve started taking again, "But really? Why does he think that he's making me happy if we don't all go together? This is literally Prom! In an actual ballroom! And I know he's used to these kinds of fancy galas and stuff, but still!"
Bucky started rocking his hips on Steve's in thought, "You know if you're so desperate to get him to go with you, how about we just ask Natalia to help us?"
"Nat?" Steve asked, slightly annoyed, but still kind of aroused by Bucky rocking his hips.
"Yeah, she's good at that kind of stuff," Bucky said, getting off of Steve, much to Steve's disappointment. Bucky went to a section of the floor and knocked a few times.
Both boys heard a muffled, "Coming James!" before a square in the floor opened up and Natasha's head poked out, "What do you boys need my help with this time?" she asked, leaning her arms against the floor of Bucky's room like an armrest.
"Wait, we never said-" Steve started to say, getting up from the bed.
Natasha just sent Steve a look which made him shut up and sit back down. Natasha grinned slightly before turning her attention back to Bucky.
"Well, 'Talia, Steve here wants Tony to go to Prom with us as a throuple," Bucky said, taking a hair elastic from off his wrist and casually putting his hair into a ponytail.
"Mhmm, and you need me to come up with that plan don't you?"
"Yes please, if that doesn't trouble you too much," Steve said, still sitting on the edge of the bed.
The room filled with an air of mischief as Natasha rolled her eyes and got a mischievous glint in her eyes that was normally only seen on Loki, "Well then, this is what you need to do..."
...
The day of Prom (Saturday):
Everyone had all agreed beforehand that Wanda, Natasha, Jane, Steve, Clint, and Loki would get ready at the Avengers Tower, while Tony, Bucky, Bruce, Thor, Pietro, and Vision were to get ready at the Science House. Pepper and her date were out getting mani-pedis, and would later go to her dates house, so they didn't really have to worry about her. Of course, they were supposed to be making memories that they could look back on when they were fulltime Avengers, so each group was armed with one video-recorder each.
Four hours before Prom:
Wanda was a jittering mess as Natasha was doing her hair, she fidgeted with her dress and Natasha lightly slapped her hand away, "Stop it, Wanda, you look wonderful," Natasha said.
Clint was recording everything seeing as at the moment he was the only one not actively getting ready, plus he wanted to be the makeup artist and the girls only agreed to it because he was the best at makeup out of everyone who was there at the moment, maybe even surpassing Loki's skils. Natasha contributed this to the fact that he grew up in the circus.
"I still can't believe you're going with Bruce," Wanda said as Natasha moved onto Jane. Bruce and Natasha had just started dating a few months ago but had been crushing on each other since freshman year.
"Me neither," Natasha said smiling.
"I have a good feeling about you two."
"As do I," Loki added, she had been gender-confused all day, but once she slipped into her dress she felt right at home. Loki and Bruce had been dating for around three years, "Bruce looks at you with the same look he looks at me, he really loves you."
Natasha smiled and went back to Jane's hair, she noticed Clint recorded their entire conversation, and she was winked at the camera, but Clint wasn't paying attention, rather, he was talking rapidly on the phone. With a bright grin on his face, he looked up to Steve.
"Hey, Steve! Guess what?" Clint asked excitedly, wheeling the camera around to face Steve.
"What Clint?" Steve asked, looking at a photo of himself from the '40s and trying to recreate the hairstyle.
"Guess who cancelled their date with Tony?" Clint sing-songed, wiggling his eyebrows.
Steve sent a puzzled look to Natasha but she just waved him away, "Jackie?" Steve questioned.
"Yup! This is your chance, Steve! When we get to the ballroom ask Tony!"
Steve bit his lip and turned to Natasha for help, but she just shrugged with a knowing smile on her lips, as if the fly had fallen directly in her spiderweb. "Look, Clint, you know Tony's going to say no," Steve told Clint sighing.
Clint made a face, "Fine, suit yourself Rogers, but remember, you only have one senior Prom, and we won't be able to do anything like this again once we're full-time Avengers.
Steve just grinned as he fixed his hair up, "Since when have you been so philosophical, Barton?"
"Shut up," Clint said, smirking as he traded his camera out with Natasha for a makeup brush and got up off of the bed and went over to do the girls' makeup.
Natasha sat down on the bed made sure to get everyone in the video but kept sending funny faces towards Steve to make him less worried about the outcome of the night because she had everything under control for her friend, plus she was having fun so that was a bonus.
At the Science House:
"I can't believe it!" Tony moaned from the living room in the Science house.
Bruce tried desperately to record something else happening, but he was a little too busy trying to comfort his science bro, and no one else was free to record, "Look, Tony, we're really sorry that Jackie cancelled on you, but look on the bright side! You can still dance and hang out with literally any of us, just have fun! And for the love of god please stop moaning about it, I love you Tony, but you've been moaning and groaning since you found out, and that was thirty minutes ago, we're going to have to have a lot of this cut off if you keep doing that."
Tony sighed and straightened his tux, "I'm going to go get a drink," he muttered, getting off of the couch and walking into the kitchen. Bruce sighed before focusing in on where Pietro was threatening Vision once again, and where Thor and Darcy were attempting to style Bucky's hair. Bucky hadn't actually cut his hair in a while, so it was a little past his shoulders now, and he was grumbling in his chair while Thor and Darcy were trying to work around his black mask. Thor insisted that he knew how to style long hair because he had long hair, and Darcy was just there to take pictures and occasionally criticize Thor's style. Eventually, Bucky gave up and went to the bathroom to fix his hair for himself.
Forty-five minutes before Prom:
Tony, Bucky, Bruce, Thor, Pietro and Vision were all in the limo, provided by S.H.I.E.L.D. High and technically Tony too, ready to go. Darcy and Ian were also outside of the Science House, waving at them to say bye, except Darcy was a little more frantic about it while Ian tried desperately to make her stop waving her arms like a madwoman because he was terrified she might poke his eyes out.
" Does everyone have their masks?" Bruce asked.
"Yes," everyone replied simultaneously.
"Extra clothes?"
"Yes."
"Emergency weapons?"
"Yes mother," Tony said, rolling his eyes.
Bruce ignored Tony's comment and smiled brightly, "Then we're ready to go!"
Tony laughed, "Looks like someone's nervous."
"Oh be quiet Tony, I'm not the one that was moaning for a good hour about their date cancelling on them and then freaking out about not having anyone to dance with."
"Touche," Tony said, dramatically falling on top of Bruce and putting the back of his hand to his forehead while Bruce just rolled his eyes.
Forty minutes before Prom:
"Hurry up you fools! We're going to be late!" Loki called out from the limo, she had her mask in her hand and was calling out for everyone to please hurry up with her hands cupped around her mouth and her body halfway out of the car.
"Slow down Loki," Steve said, getting in. He had chosen to already wear his mask as he got in, "I'm literally on the dance committee and I'm not even worried."
Loki huffed and rolled her eyes as Natasha and the rest got in, "Yes, well, unlike some of you, I prefer to be early rather than on time, and gods forbid that I be late!"
"Loki, it takes like, fifteen minutes to get there," Natasha said as she scooted closer to the inside of the limo so Wanda could get in.
"Yes, but have you accounted for New York traffic?"
"Fine, then I'll even double the time to thirty minutes, we'd still have ten minutes to spare."
"Fine," Loki muttered under her breath, crossing her arms in front of her chest as the limo started.
"Wait!" Wanda cried out, getting out of the car.
"Now what?"Loki whined.
"I forgot my leather jacket!" Wanda cried out, running out of the car and going inside. She came back three minutes tops and then they were off to prom with a lot of cussing from Loki.
The Avengers Tower group got there with ten minutes left to spare, just as Natasha predicted, but the other group got there earlier by seven minutes. One by one the dates arose and got ready to go.
The first person out was Clint, who was the only person who was the dominant member of their relationship with the Avengers crew. Clint grinned when he saw Pietro's eyes widen at his suit and mask, and he offered his arm to Pietro who took it while they walked in.
Next out was Steve who looked dashing in his 1940's style suit Tony just so happened to have and his blue and white mask. Bucky had to work hard not to let his jaw drop as he held an arm out to Steve. Steve had been a bit worried about Bucky wearing a mask, but after seeing how delighted and excited Bucky looked in his masquerade mask, Steve relented and the two walked in with each other.
"You look so pretty, Stevie," Bucky whispered.
"You too Buck," Steve whispered back.
Next out was Jane, who looked stunning in the royal blue dress that flowed around her, the top was covered with glittering gems that sparkle wherever she moved, the dress flowed slightly behind here whenever she waked, so it looked as if she were floating on clouds, and her mask matched her dress perfectly, it was a beautiful blue and silver colour. She had some silver jewellery on her arms and ears to match her outfit, and she smiled brightly, showing off her white teeth when Thor kneeled down and kissed her knuckles.
"You look like a goddess Lady Jane," Thor said.
Jane smiled, "I'll take your word for it," she said as Thor led her inside. Thor's mask also matched Jane, as it was made of pure Asgardian silver.
Next out were Natasha and Loki. Natasha looked like the definition of sexy, which was purely intentional, her hair was hanging down in ringlets behind her, and her dress was gorgeous, it clung to her perfectly and accentuated all of her curves, it had a very deep neckline which showed off more than was probably deemed appropriate, but Natasha loved it. Her mask matched her dress perfectly, and she'd already sent the creator a lengthy thank-you note for making it perfect, it wasn't like a traditional mask, and it showed off her perfectly done makeup (thank you, Clint). Natasha also had on long black gloves that went up to her elbows, which just added to the sexy look, she was quite proud of herself for making her look, and feel sexy.
Loki looked absolutely beautiful in her gorgeous ball gown that looked like it came straight out of a movie. It matched her luscious and extra style perfectly, and it was quite unique and Loki knew absolutely no one would look the same as her. The dress was gold and green, her signature colours, and it had a necklace made of lace that matched the lace going from the top of her dress to the bottom, the bottom though was coloured with gold and glittered slightly whenever she walked, but not too much. It was an off the shoulder dress so it showed off Loki's snowy white shoulders and made her feel gorgeous. Loki's long dark, slightly curly hair was done up in a half-updo, with the rest cascading down her back. Whenever Loki walked, it looked like he was gliding around like an elegant serpent on land, her mask fit her dress perfectly, and she thanked her mother profusely for making her feel beautiful. Loki also had the finishing touch of satin green gloves on her hands, which made her look and feel all the more beautiful.
The two smirked when Bruce's eyes widened and his jaw hit the floor, they each took one of Bruce's arms and led him inside.
"Be careful careful darling," Loki whispered, "You'll attract flies."
Burce snapped his mouth shut and made some squeaking noise which made Natasha laugh.
The last person to get pout was Wanda, who looked just adorable in her short red dress, it ascendant her waist perfectly and fluffed out like a little cupcake, the top wasn't really sexy like Natasha's, but just enough to make Wanda feel a little scandalous, but the fun kind, plus it had pockets, which Wanda was very proud of. Wanda also had on her signature red leather jacket, and her auburn hair was done up in a pretty bun with her hair parted a little to the side and soft baby curls framing her face, her mask was the same style as Natasha, but was shaped more like a traditional mask.
Vision's smile widened at Wanda's appearance and how happy she looked as he held out his arm for Wanda to take, "None of Wanda Maximoff's outfits are complete without the leather jacket are they?" Vision asked with a knowing smile on his face.
"You read my mind Vis," Wanda said grinning, showing off her perfectly white teeth which looked even brighter due to the blue-undertone red lipstick she was wearing.
A/N: NOTE THAT YOUR GIRL HAS NEVER BEEN TO PROM. IF I GOT ANYTHING WRONG PLEASE TELL ME! EVERYTHING I KNOW ABOUT PROM COMES FROM BOOKS AND FANFICTION!
Of course, S.H.I.E.L.D. High never did things halfway, or even all the way, no, they went up up and away. For Prom last year, the theme was a 1940's's gala (Steve and Bucky were invited for "authenticity") and the ballroom they were in now looked like some fancy dance club from the '40s. This year, however, the ballroom looked like it came straight from a Disney film, more specifically, Anastasia's ballroom. Since it was almost eight (Prom would last until maybe 3 AM if they were lucky) it was already dark out, and the tall windows showed it. There was a staircase that led to where the "stage" would've been at a school, which had large thrones put there for the Prom King and Queen, and smaller thrones on either side for Prom Prince and Princess. There was even the biggest chandelier the group had ever seen hanging at the top of the centre of the dance floor with strings of what looked like diamonds going off of it.
Everyone's, except Steve, who helped design it and had come here before, jaw dropped at how beautiful and regal everything looked. Loki also snickered because she was right to be extra.
"Damn," Bucky breathed out, "You guys really topped last year's Prom didn't you?"
Steve grinned, "First of all language, and yeah, we are done."
"Oh shut up Steve, if I remember correctly you had the worst mouth in all of Brooklyn when you were little, all the soap in the world couldn't wash out your filthy mouth."
Steve just grinned but then he heard a voice that made him perk up excitedly.
"Steve!" the voice called out, and it belonged to a woman who looked like she should be in her seventies, but her face looked fifty. Her brown hair was in perfect 1940's style curls, and she was wearing a beautiful red dress with a blue mask.
"Peggy!" Steve cried out as he rushed to hug his best friend who was also conveniently the vice principal of S.H.I.E.L.D. High.
"That's Vice-Principal Carter to you," Peggy teased, "But you look so handsome, Stevie! I barely recognized you!"
Steve blushed from behind his mask as Peggy went over to Bucky, "And you too Sergeant Barnes, you look just dashing."
Bucky's chest puffed out a little at the sergeant bit, and he took Peggy's hand to kiss her knuckles, "Thank you Agent Carter, and you look beautiful as well."
"And a charmer per usual," Peggy said smiling, the corners of her eyes showing wrinkles from smiling so much in her lifetime, "Have fun you all! And don't do anything that will get you in trouble with the law!" Peggy said before checking on the other students who'd arrived early.
"We won't!" Steve and Bucky called out after her.
Because they'd already eaten while they were getting ready (no one wanted a hangry Thor or Loki), they didn't eat at the food tables. But what they did do was find a table that fit all twelve of them and talked until Prom officially started.
"You know, it's apparently authentic Medieval food," Steve said, trying to actually get his voice into the conversations.
"Oh really?" Burce asked, tracing designs on Natasha's hand under the table.
"Yeah, we got all the history geeks and the teachers together to create a menu since we couldn't really think of anyone who lived in the medieval period like how Bucky and I lived in the '40s."
Suddenly Steve heard someone clear their throat and Loki pointed to herself, "I was alive during the medieval period, and so was my brother."
Steve's ears went pink, "Oh, yeah, sorry, so, uh, is the food authentic?" he stuttered out, embarrassed that no one, even the teachers, on the dance committee thought of asking the two deities for help.
Thor was about to go stand up and check, but Loki pushed him back down and sniffed the air, she gagged visibly and muttered, "Yup, very authentic."
Steve sent a questioning look at Loki's way, and she just shrugged, "I really hated the smell of your medieval food, that's how I know, it just has this specific smell I really cannot stand. Although, Thor loves it."
Steve nodded then Natasha noticed Nick, Coulson, and Maria coming their way. "Principal Fury!" Natasha cried out happily, getting up to hug Fury who was wearing a simple black masquerade mask with one eyehole covered up.
"Hello Miss Romanoff," Fury said smiling, hugging Natasha back, "I see you twelve have come early?" Everyone nodded in confirmation, "Well enjoy yourselves, I'm going to make my rounds. Don't cause too much trouble."
Natasha sat back down and Cousin gave a little fanboy wave with a nervous smile directed to Steve, who awkwardly waved back. Coulson was at the very least five years older than Steve physically, but he was still a very big fanboy. Bucky chuckled at how awkward Steve looked and wrapped an arm around his shoulders while leaning casually in his chair.
Finally, everyone was there and finally, it was time to dance, but first Fury had to make a small boring speech that absolutely no one (save for Steve) listened to, then he said, "Great, now you kids have fun dancing!" and everyone trickled on to the dance floor.
The first song was pretty lively but still slow, it wasn't slow enough to slow-dance too, and it sure as Hell wasn't fast enough to be jumping around like Hyenas, so coupes took this chance to talk, mingle, and take photos.
Natasha gathered everyone up to take pictures, "Nuh-uh, no exceptions Clint!" the photo booth was right in front of one of the beautiful windows, so everyone had to squish in a but, the order was: back row: Thor, Bucky, Tony, Bruce, Cint, then Vision, and the front row was: Jane, Steve, Nat, Loki, Pietro, then Wanda. Of course, the front row had to kneel a bit, and they took photos with and without masks.
After that was the couples' photos, Thor and Jane went first and they both had their sides to the camera as Thor was kneeling and pressing a kiss to Jane's knuckle. Next was Wanda and Vision, who had the normal couple pose, except they were floating six inches in the air. Then it was Clint and Pietro's turn, and Clint dipped Pietro down and did the funky hands-out pose, which Pietro copied. Loki, Burce, and Natasha went next, and they all took one together with a girl on either side of Bruce, then took one with just Bruce and Natasha where they were doing the normal couple pose, but Loki made an illusion the outline of a red glowing heart behind them, and for Loki and Bruce's photos it was a photo of Bruce twirling Loki around so the sparkles on her dress glimmered. Last was Tony, Steve, and Bucky, after a lot of arguing, Tony agreed to take photos with the two since he didn't have a date, Steve stood in the middle with Tony and Bucky on either side of him while they each kissed either one of his cheeks. Steve took one alone with Bucky where Bucky was dipping Steve and pressed a kiss to his lips, and Steve had to have Natasha drag Tony over to take a photo with him, the two decided to pose like they were dancing.
After the photos, Tony talked to Steve, "That's the last interaction until we get home okay Stevie? I want you to have fun with Bucky! And I can't be there ruining it for you!"
"You don't even have a date, Tony," Steve reasoned.
"I'll talk with different people, don't worry about me, just have fun! I promise I won't leave you if that's what you're worried about, I swear, I'm only yours and if I do you can kick me out of the Avengers Tower or let Nat kick my ass or something."
Steve sighed and relented, but he had a plan and was going to stick with it.
They enjoyed themselves, Tony flitted from partner to partner, he was seen dancing with Natasha, another time with Loki, then T'Challa, Storm, Stephen, Bruce, Jane, Wanda, Clint, Pepper, Sam, Hope, Scott, Vision, Sharon, Okoye, Thor, Pietro, Mary, Richard, Emma, America, and Tony even managed to get a dance with Peggy, then came to the first real slow dance of the night at the one hour mark. Tony looked for someone to dance with, but everyone was preoccupied with their partner, he sighed and went back to the table. What Tony didn't notice was Steve cutting off his dance with Bucky with a chaste kiss and running off.
A minute later Tony felt a tap on his shoulder and saw a man with a modern hairstyle, a navy sharp-looking suit he didn't recognize, and matte-navy and black masquerade mask. Tony thought the man reminded him of someone, but he couldn't quite place it. The mystery man bowed slightly and held out his hand for a dance.
Tony grinned and accepted the offer, because he literally had no one else to dance with, and he was pulled in close for the dance. Tony smelled a cologne he wasn't familiar with and tried to put some distance between him and the mystery man because he was still with Steve. Tony saw he was dancing the girl part, and he honestly didn't really mind, "So, what's your name, mystery man?" Tony asked while he swayed to the music, his feet following the beat.
The mystery man smiled and pressed a finger to his lips, which meant something obvious, "I don't speak."
Tony grinned, "Alright, I'll just call you Mystery Man, you're playing some game aren't you?"
The mystery man thought for a moment before smiling and nodding.
"Fine, I like games," Tony said, but then the song changed and the two pulled away. The mystery man knelt down to press a kiss to Tony's knuckles before disappearing in the crowd.
"Huh,'' Tony muttered as he went in search of Natasha. he found her quick enough seeing she was practically the only one in the entire school with flaming red curly hair. "Hey! Natasha!" Tony called out to get her attention.
Natasha turned around from where she was talking to Sharon, "Hmm? Oh hey, Tony! Having fun?"
"Uh, yeah," Tony said before getting straight to the point, "Say, did you happen to see the guy I was dancing with?"
"I think I was a little too focused on Bruce," Nastha replied.
"Ohm, uh, yeah, but have you seen a guy with a sharp navy suit?"
"Tony, you're describing over half of the people in this ballroom."
"A navy and black mask?"
"Half of the people here have navy and mask masks."
"Blonde hair?"
"Whoop-dee-doo Tony," Natasha said dryly, "I think you might've just narrowed it down to a third of the people here."
Tony sighed, he hadn't been able to get a good look at the mystery man's eyes, so he didn't know the colour, "Fine, do you and Sharon want to get some drinks with me?"
Natasha looked to Sharon, who shrugged, "Sure, but I think Mary Fitzpatrick and Richard Parker spiked it," Sharon said.
"Even better,'' Tony said, guiding the two ladies to the punch. Tony still wondered why they had a punch bowl at a Masquerade Prom, but considering the fact that they weren't able (or allowed) to drink stuff like mead, punch was sufficient, then they went back to the Avengers table.
"So, Richard and Mary are a thing now, right?" Tony asked, taking small sips of his drink.
"Yup, we call them the Parkers whenever we want both of their attention," Sharon said just as Steve and Bucky came over with Bucky laughing while Steve just looked exasperated.
"What did you boys do this time?" Natasha asked, rolling her eyes. She spotted Clint spinning Pietro as fast as he could, which led to Pietro spinning across the dance floor while Clint chased him, she made a mental note to chastise Clint later.
"I didn't do anything!" Steve said, raising his arms in surrender.
"Sam tripped on his date's feet and fell flat on his face," Bucky said grinning.
Steve sighed and rolled his eyes as everyone snickered, then came on the next slow dance, which sounded a lot like the music at the end of sleeping beauty. Steve gave Bucky a look and they went to the dance floor with Bucky leaving Steve. Natasha saw that Loki and Thor were showing off their dancing skills, Clint was still chasing a blue through the couples, Vision and Wanda were re-creating the end of Sleeping Beauty with the whole floating on clouds thing, Jane was dancing with Dr Selvig. Then Natasha felt a tap on her shoulder, and she turned around to find Bruce holding out his hand, "May I have this dance?"
Natasha chuckled, "Yes you may."
Sharon was approached by one of the future agents and left with her, and Tony went out to find a partner, a couple of songs later Tony was convinced he danced with every single willing person in that ballroom, other than Steve and Bucky of course, but then Sharon pulled him aside, "You're not busy right?" she whispered into his ear urgently.
Tony nodded in response, choosing to stay quiet for once in his life, "Good, because there's been a security breach and I don't want to bother someone's who's dancing, they should burst through those doors in less than a minute, get ready, I'm going to see if anyone else is being a loner."
Tony nodded again while mumbling curses under his breath, he felt for the wristbands that would activate his repulsors. One night, that was all Tony asked for, one night could villains just not bother them, it did make sense that they'd want to attack now because then they would be able to hurt a lot more supers in a smaller time frame, but they were still really stupid. Tony sighed, if he wasn't dancing he might as well be saving people. True to her words, just as Sharon predicted not one minute later men came rushing into the ballroom, fully armed.
"Put your hands up!" One man yelled.
The music stopped suddenly and everyone raised their hands in the air, a lot of the people here were superpowered so it didn't really make a difference. Tony noticed Natasha sneak off and Tony himself crept around the attackers to get the best view.
"We've come here to capture and retrieve the blood of the Winter Soldier, Captain America, and-" the man wasn't able to finish because the second he said Captain America Tony boiled up with anger and lasted the man with his repulsors.
After their main man was knocked unconscious, or maybe even killed, Tony didn't have time to see, the rest of the men started attacking and all Hel broke loose. Stephen and Wanda tried to shield as many people as possible with their magic, Natasha came back and immediately grabbed a gun from under the table and started firing at the men, making sure not to hit anyone that was an innocent while Steve grabbed a few mini shields from inside his coat pocket, courtesy of T'Challa and flung them at his targets with dead accuracy while running to get his full-sized shield. While they were doing that Loki was trying to make Bruce not Hulk out while still firing magical daggers at their attackers, she was firing blindly at them, but the knees were enchanted to hit their targets so she didn't have to worry much.
"How are there so many?" Clint yelled to Buikcy while simultaneously firing arrows, and handing Pietro arrows so that he could use them like knives, zipping around the enemy lines faster than a bullet.
"Why the hell are you asking me?" Bucky yelled over the gunshots and the sounds of his metal arm firing at the men.
"Probably because they look a lot like Hydra!"
"Okay, good point! But I have no idea why! We'll probably have to get to the source!"
"Fine then," Steve growled, "Avengers!"
Thor, Bucky, Bruce, Tony, Clint, Natasha, Loki, Pietro, and Wanda all looked to Steve.
"Assemble!" Steve yelled and they went through enemy lines to try to find the source. Of course, it was dying down a bit, and Steve never would have the Avengers go anywhere unless everyone else was protected. But of course, everyone was protected, Vision, Hope, Scott, Jane, the X-men, Sam, T'Challa, Pepper, future Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Nick Fury, and freaking Peggy Carter was there, so they were safe.
"I think I can keep them back!" Wanda said, zipping up and blasting enemies away from the Avengers, trying to make sure that her mask and dress didn't get ruined.
"Thank you, Wanda!" Pietro called out before running outside and back, "They're coming from planes!" he ran back and forth again, "Really big planes!" he stressed.
"How many are there?" Tony called from above in the Iron man suit, he got in it a few minutes before.
"Like, three really big planes!"
"Banner!" Steve called out, "Get a ride from Thor! This is a code green!" he growled, fighting off three people at once.
"Wait!" Natasha cried out, she had slipped away to change into her catsuit before, "Who were their targets?"
"Me, Steve, and I'm guessing the mutants," Bucky grunted, firing at the people trying to surround him.
Natasha cast a worried look at Tony in the sky, "We need to protect you, Steve, Wanda, and Pietro at all costs! The mutants in the ballroom should be well-protected, but they probably want to use your blood to create more mutants!" She said, fighting her way towards Bucky while Tony flew over to Steve.
Everyone figured Wanda and Pietro would be fine because no one could actually catch Pietro (plus Clint shot anyone that came within a five feet radius of his boyfriend, usually three at a time) and Wanda was arguably the most powerful Avenger.
They all heard a roar followed by a crash and they all ran outside to find that the Hulk had crashed one of the planes to the ground.
"Tony! The civilians!" Steve called out to Tony.
"On it Cap," Tony said, flying away and guiding the civilians away from the wreckage.
"I've got the next one,'' Loki said as she used her magic to throw daggers enchanted to paralyze gears at the plane, which fell shortly afterwards.
"Who wants to take care of the last one?" Steve asked as they fought off the last of the Hydra agents.
"I will," Wanda said, flying over, her shoes were screwed up badly, but her dress, leather jacket, and mask were in perfect condition, but her hair...well, it looked better before.
"Have at it," Steve said as he put his shield on its magnetic holster.
Wanda grinned as she lifted her up and around, straining against the strength of the metal as she tried to curse it. She grinned softly as her face was pulled into a string of concentration and the Avengers saw as the plane glowed a bright red and was crushed into a solid block of metal, along with whatever was inside. Wanda shed strength as she floated down from the sky and Pietro over to her to catch her should she fall.
"Are you okay?" Pietro asked.
"Yes I'm fine," Wanda said with heavy breaths as she brushed one of her feet and pushed Pietro away slightly, "We should check on everybody inside though."
Everyone agreed except for Natasha and Loki, who stayed behind to try to bring Bruce back from the Hulk.
"Hey big guy, sun's getting real low," Natasha whispered, slowly going up to the Hulk while Loki waited behind her, ready to heal any injuries. Loki's dress and hair were in perfect condition, but only because she tried her best to keep it that way and escaped and pulverised anyone who dared to get close to her beautiful dress.
The Hulk grunted as he walked to Natasha, and the two did their lullaby routine and the Hulk slowly morphed back to Bruce. Loki ran up to Bruce with an extra tux and mask, it was an exact replica of what he was wearing before, so nobody would really notice the difference.
"Are you alright love? Any injuries?" Loki asked softly, Bruce shook his head, "And you Natalia?"
Natasha checked her body but then found a few cuts, "I'm bleeding a bit, but I'll be fine, we should get Bruce inside."
Loki agreed, and after Bruce got into his suit, Natasha and Loki supported Bruce while all three hobbled into the ballroom where Fury was giving a speech in the microphone.
"Now I know some of you are wondering who those motherfu-," Nick caught Peggy's eye and she sent him a look that meant, "Don't you dare cuss in front of my babies or I'll fight you," Fury cleared his throat, "Who those people were, but I'll explain that later, right now, I need everyone who is injured to move to that side of the room, even if it's just a few scratches," Fury seemed to look straight at Natasha while he said this and Natasha just rolled her eyes.
Everyone followed Principal Fury's orders, the Avengers sighed in relief as they saw that there weren't very many people who were injured, and for those who were, it wasn't that horrible of an injury they were sporting.
Natasha walked over with her cuts and bruises taking her thighs and calves, Wanda limped slightly as she realized just then that bullet had grazed her leg, both Steve and Pietro were sporting bleeding lips, Sam had sprained his ankle while landing, Bucky had cuts on his right arm, Thor had a bloody nose, and a couple future Agents were cut and bruised.
"Alright, professionals will be here to dispose of the bodies and the medical professionals will be here to help the wonder, but if anytime by any chance know first aid, by all means, feel free to help, there are a few first aid kits under the tables," Fury said before checking on everyone.
Loki immediately went to her brother and started working healing magic on him, "You're an oaf you know," she muttered as her fingers danced around Thor's nose.
"Yet you love me so sister," Thor said brightly when Loki was done.
"Oh shut up you fool," Loki said with love in her voice as she swatted lightly at Thor's arm. Loki then went to go heal people with the most major emergencies, and where her help was needed most.
"Stevie, Sergeant, you two okay?" Peggy asked, going over to Steve and Bucky who were both sitting at the Avengers table, which was conveniently on the side where the injured were, they hadn't bothered to ask anyone to heal their injuries, rather, the boys were waiting until everyone was already healed before going to heal themselves.
"We're fine Peggy," Steve said smiling brightly.
Peggy rolled her eyes, "You'd say that even if you were hit by a truck Steve, is he, okay sergeant?"
"He's okay ma'am, a few cuts here and there but a second with Loki he'll be good to go," Bucky said happily giving Steve a kiss on the cheek.
"Good, is Sergeant Barnes okay Steve?"
"Bucky fine, his arm will be healed up in no time," Steve said as he pressed a kiss to Bucky's palm.
Peggy smiled at the adorable couple, "All right then lovers, the dance will start back up in less than twenty minutes, I suggest tidying your hair then having fun." she said with a wink and left.
Peggy was quickly replaced by Loki and Natasha, who had changed back into her dress and mask after Loki fussed over her cuts.
"This is still our table tight Steve?" Natasha asked.
"Oh yeah, of course, Nat, sit down," Steve said, patting the spot next to him. Natasha smiled and sat down but Loki went over to fuss over Steve and Bucky's injuries.
"Loki you really don't have to," Steve said embarrassed as he tried to get Loki to tend to others.
Loki just tutted and muttered a quick incantation as she waved her fingers over Steve's injuries, which faded into nothingness within a second, she ignored Steve's comment about her being there, rather saying, "My mother taught me that one," as she helCan't gloves in one hand. Loki found out early on that her magic worked far better when her hands were bare. Loki then went over to Bucky, who declined help as well, "Boys," Loki under her breath as she shook her head and muttered another incantation before leaving to tend to others.
After everyone was healed (Loki claimed to the people she healed that it didn't bother her at all and that she's had to do much more with much worse people) Fury went back to the microphone.
"For those of you who have not heard, yes, that was Hydra attacking," Fury said and many people started talking in hushed tones, but Fury held up a hand for silence, "they were looking to capture and take the blood of Steev Rogers, Bucky Barnes, and all the mutants," Everyone to which that applied to looked embarrassed but Steve just shrugged, he was a little too used to this by now, "but thanks to the combined efforts of everyone in this room, we're safe." Fury smiled as he let everyone have a minute to cheer and feel proud of themselves, "Yeah hooray, but your dance will start again approximately three minutes, and we will announce Prom King And Queen in an hour."
Then everyone started loudly again, amidst all of the fightings, everyone had forgotten about Prom royalty.
"Who do you think will win?" Wanda asked the Avengers with a gleam in her eyes.
"Definitely not us," Pietro said jokingly.
Wanda rolled her eyes, "Yeah, because we aren't even in the right yer Pietro."
Everyone laughed at Wanda's comment and then a fun and happy, very Russia/Sokovian song came on. Natasha, Bucky, Wanda, and Pietro all gave each other exciting and knowing looks before practically sprinting out onto the dance floor and doing a perfectly choreographed funny dance while belting out the lyrics in Russian/Sokovian (the lyrics were the same with only minor differences in pronunciation).
"Don't they look adorable?" Vision sighed.
"Yeah," Steve, Bruce, and Clint agreed as their dates danced and had fun. Then the D.J.'s voice came out over the speakers, "As of right now, I will be taking song requests!"
Pietro snatched up Clint and super-speed over to the D.J. booth faster than anyone could move a single foot, "Play us some Sweet Caroline!" Clint and Pietro called out.
The D.J. grinned and complied, putting on Sweet Caroline. Everyone laughed at the funny music as Natasha, Clint, Pietro, and Wanda made their way to the centre of the dance floor.
"Sweet Caroline," they all sang in perfect sing and Wanda's eyes glowed red and small balls of energy formed in her hands as she waited for the fun bit.
"BAM BAM BAM!" Everyone screeched and Wanda threw her hands up with the beat, causing the balls to fly up into the air and explode, causing a firework-like display.
After the song was over someone (most likely Emma Frost with her blue and white themed outfit) shouted out, "Play Let it go!"
The D.J. gave a thumbs up and searched for the song just as Loki screeched, "Oh no no no no no no no no!" and tried to run away but she was quickly pushed to the middle along with Emma who winked and the song started playing.
"Let it go! Let it go! Can't hold it back anymore!" Everyone sang (more shouted) as Emma and Loki displayed their frost powers mocking what Elsa did in the movie.
At the part where Elsa stomped her foot down to create the ice castle, Loki and Emma both smirked as they did the exact same thing, except they coated the floor with a thick layer of ice which everyone was in awe of.
"The cold never bothered me anyway," Loki grinned as she made a show of gathering all the ice into a ball and throwing it into the air, causing sparkles to rain down on all of the students.
"Black Widow Baby!" Natasha cried out as she was pushed to the centre along with Peggy, Sharon, Wanda, and Maria. Everyone sang loudly to the song and at the end a small gun was thrown to each of the women courtesy of Pietro and they struck a badass pose at the end.
"Play Iron Man!" Tony called out as he was pushed to the centre, he did some tricks at the end with his repulsors.
"The National Anthem!" Bucky cried out as Steve and America were pushed to the centre, at the end Steve caught his shield which was throwing to him and he and Miss America struck a patriotic pose.
"Thunder!" Someone called out, and Thor and Storm were pushed to the centre, each calling upon lighting and thunder each time the song called for it.
Next was Hungry like a Wolf was requested and Professor Howlett was pushed to the centre, Monster for Bruce and Loki, Zero to hero for Steve, Part of Your World for the Asgardians, Everybody Wants to be a Cat for T'Challa, Warriors for the Avengers, Soldier for Peggy, Steve and Bucky, Pirates of the Caribbean theme for Principal Fury (Natasha and Clint dragged him to the centre) I'll Make a Man out of You, Steve blushed as he was pulled to the middle again, Do You Want To Build A Snowman where Thor was Anna and Loki was Elsa, Bippity Boppity Boo for Loki where every time the song said Bippity Boppity or Boo, Loki would change someone's dress attire to something way too extravagant, and at the end she turned her own gown into Cinderalle'as expect a beautiful green. She changed everyone's clothes back, including hers at the end though because they were just illusions, Confident for Natasha, We Are Family for everyone, Salute for the wicked strong females, Superhero for Tony, Pretty Girl for Wanda, Immortals for Loki and Thor, and Back in Black for Tony.
"Fifty Nifty!" Someone cried out and everyone knew what to do. For everyone who wasn't from America (the Asgardians, Natasha, Peggy, Wanda, Pietro, some others) they sang the chorus but for the people who were from the states yelled out home state, it was pretty fun to watch.
"We Didn't Start the Fire Avengers Edition!" Someone yelled and everyone laughed as the song played.
"Tony Stark, Iron Man."
Tony was pushed to the middle as he struck a pose with his repulsors.
"Nick Fury has a plan."
Fury was pushed to the middle as he did a spy pose.
"Big Shot, Pepper Potts, Arc Reactor Core!"
A laughing Pepper was pushed into the centre as she st4uck a badass pose with her own repulsors.
"Asgard, Ancient War, Loki and his brother Thor."
Loki and Thor ran to the middle so that they could do the epic transformation into their battle armour.
"Bruce Banner radiation transformation ROAR!"
Bruce came in and let a bit of green truckle up the veins in his neck.
"Coulson and Maria Hill, they're the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.!"
Coulson and Maria stood back to back with guns pointed in the air.
"Clint Barton Hawkeye, Black Widow Russian Spy."
Natasha grinned as she struck her signature Black Widow as best she could in her dress and Clint aimed arrows above her.
"Captain Rogers World War Two, Bucky, Peggy, I love you!"
Loki placed a simple illusion on Bucky to make him look like his 1940's self and he and Peggy stood on either side of Steve as he held the shield in front of all three of them.
"First Avenger, here we go, everyone assemble!"
Peggy and Bucky jumped out of the way and let Steve stay in the centre as he threw the shield into the crowd (Nat caught it.)
"We didn't start the fire, it was always burning since the world's been turning, we didn't start the fire, no we didn't light it but we're trying to fight it!"
"Obadiah, Blonsky, Whiplash, Laufey, Red Skull, Hydra, Arnim Zola!"
Loki changed into her old out-of-date battle armour and struck a pose with an illusion sceptre just as everyone screamed-
"Loki!"
"Battle for humanity, stones of infinity!"
Loki stayed in the centre as she held up the tesseract.
"Space!"
Stephen was shovelling the middle to show off the time stone.
"Time!"
Natasha and Clint ran in to show off the small orange gem in their hands.
"Soul!"
Vision was pulled in and he reverted back to his very red state.
"Mind!"
"Power!"
"The guardians are off-world!" Thor cried out.
"And reality!"
Loki and Thor were pushed to the centre again and Loki created an illusion of the Aether that swarmed around both of them.
"War Machine!"
"Training!" Tony cried out.
"Falcon Spin!"
Sam was pushed to the centre as he showed off his wings.
"Bucky Barnes is back again!"
Bucky was pushed to the centre as he shot out some empty fires at the ceiling with his metal arm.
"Star-Lord, Gamora too, Drax Rocket, I am Groot!'
Everyone laughed when they each did a horrible impersonation of Baby Groot.
"Vision, Mantis, Nebula!"
Vision was pushed to the centre as he did some tricks while flying in the air.
"Ultron in Sokovia!"
The Sookovian Twins did a cool pose in the centre.
"Civil War, Ant-Man!"
Scott came in and did a funny pose that made Hope sigh.
"Scarlet Witch!"
Wanda was pushed to the centre as she let her eyes glow red and she lifted every table and person in the room with her powers.
"And Spiderman!"
"Wait who's that?" Someone yelled while Fury just had a smirk.
"Dr Strange!"
Stephen was pushed to the centre as he did his strange hand gestures.
"Ragnarok!"
Although hadn't actually happened yet, Thor and Loki were still pushed to the middle and Loki put a simple illusion on them to make it appear as if they were flaming.
"Henry, Janet!"
The two professors laughed merrily as they were pushed to the centre.
"And the Wasp!"
Hope struck a pose in the centre.
"Black Panther in Wakanda!"
T'Challa put his suit on and did a cat-pose in the centre.
"Shuri, Okoye, Killmonger!"
Okoye got her spear and held it up in the centre as she aimed to throw it.
"Captain Marvel, Goose the cat, we're flying higher further faster!"
"Off-world!" Natasha cried out.
"Thanos and Infinity War I can't take it anymore!"
Everyone screamed out the last few words and danced with smiles in their faces for the last few lines.
"We didn't start the fire, it was always burning since the world's been turning, we didn't start the fire, but when we are gone it will still burn on and on and on and on!"
Everyone laughed when the song ended and then more people started requesting random songs and more people were pushed to the middle until Fury cleared his throat into the microphone.
"As much as I hate to ruin your fun, it's time to announce Prom King and Queen," Fury announced, then grinned as he let everyone cheer, he made a few hand motions and the lights dimmed down as a spotlight was put on Fury. All the students crowded around the end of the stairs as they waited in anticipation to find out who Prom King and Queen would be.
"This year, we will be announcing Prom King first," Fury said as Coulson handed him a sealed envelope. Everyone held their breaths as they waited to hear who Prom king was.
"I now coronate Prom king to be," Fury looked down to read the paper, "Tony Stark!"
The spotlight made it's way to Tony as everybody cheered, whooped, whistled, and hollered. Tony grinned as he walked up to the grand staircase. Tony had his signature Stark smirk on his face as Fury held the crown made of real gold, silver, and gems (because S.H.I.E.L.D. High did not do things halfway, nuh-uh). Fury had a hint of a smile as he fitted the crown on Tony's head. Tony mouthed a, "Thank you, Pirate," before taking a seat on his throne. Everyone cheered louder as Tony blew kisses to the audience as he made the crown crooked a little because you gotta be unique right?
Fury let the crowd die down as he went back up to the podium, "Yeah yeah, settle down," he said as Peggy handed him the envelope that had the name of Prom Queen inside.
"And I know coronate," Fury said, opening the letter.
Everyone held their breaths and it was deathly quiet, you would probably be able to hear a ghost fall. S.H.I.E.L.D. High was known for having strong female leaders, it was a very tight competition as well as seeing how many people looked up to the senior girls.
"Natasha Romanoff as Prom Queen!"
You could see the Pride in Fury's voice, even over the excited roar of the students. Even under the mask everyone how wide Natasha's eyes got when Fury called her name. Natasha had a bright smile on her face as she elegantly walked up the steps of the staircase.
Fury smiled as Peggy held the gorgeous tiara in her hands, Natasha noticed it was made of real silver and diamonds. Peggy smiled brightly as she held the crown on Natasha's head.
"you deserve it, Agent Romanoff," Peggy whispered.
"Thank you, Agent Carter," Natasha said as she took her throne by Tony, and she had to say, it was far more comfortable than she thought it was.
Fury made another boring speech about who knows what, but at the end, he said, "Please make room on the dance floor for the royals, a dance will ensue," as he gave a signal to the D.J.
The D.J. gave a thumbs up and started playing what Tony and Natasha recognized as the music to Tale as Old as Time.
Tony grinned as he got up and held a hand out for Natasha to take. Natasha smiled as she took his hand and Tony led her down the staircase and to where there was a large empty spot in the middle of the ballroom for them to dance. Of course, they were both known for being some of the best dancers in the school save for the Asgardians. Tony led Natasha in an intricate dance with dips and twirls and following the steps were the audience oohing and aahing.
The song finished and Tony smiled as he gave a brotherly kiss to Natasha's forehead and she gave him a sisterly kiss on the cheek.
Fury smiled at these two little students and went back up to the podium.
"That concludes the Royals' dance, now I invite the dates of the royals to join their partners in a dance."
Loki smiled as she pushed Bruce in the direction of Natasha. Bruce turned red and held out his hand to Natasha who took it and she was almost as red as her hair.
Tony on the other hand awkwardly stood there, he would've danced with Steve, but he had been avoiding him the entire night, but then he felt someone tap his shoulder and there was no other than the mystery man.
"Oh hey,'' Tony said as the mystery man pulled him in for the dance. Tale as Old as Time played again and while the mystery man was making Tony feel like a little Prince, Tony saw how happy Natasha looked with Bruce and felt a tad bit jealous. Apparently, mystery man noticed this because he twirled Tony around so that he had his back to Natasha and Burce, the message was clear, "Focus on our dance and enjoy it."
Tony smiled and nearing the end of the song he was able to get a good look at the mystery man. About three inches taller than him, very blonde hair, soft-looking, slightly think pink lips, startling blue eyes with a hint of green...
"Steve?" Tony gasped incredulously at the end of the song and when the mystery man dipped and kissed him, he got his answer.
"Couldn't stand not being with you," Steve whispered against Tony's lips.
"Me neither," Tony, admitted.
"And that concludes the coronation, remember, the food is still warm, the drinks are still cold and midnight is when the dance ends. Also, the thrones are only for the King, and Queen, and according to S.H.I.E.L.D. High tradition, the Prom Prince and Princess are the King and Queen's dates, but considering the fact that the dates are both males, we'll make it Prince and Prince. Note that no one is allowed up that staircase unless the King and Queen have personally led you in," Fury said, going to sit down.
Tony and Natasha both grinned brightly as they rounded up the original Avengers. Natasha went and grabbed Bruce and Clint while Tony went to get Steve and Thor. All six went up to go sit on their thrones bringing two extra chairs for Thor and Clint.
"Wait! We should take a picture!" Natasha insisted, "Principal Fury!"
If Fury heard them. He didn't show it.
"Principal Fury!" Clint tried.
Nothing.
Natsha and Clint gave each other a look, "DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD!" they both cried out.
Fury turned around and sighed, he walked up to the staircase, "What do you kids want?"
"A picture," Natasha said simply.
Fury called for the photographer to come over and everyone posed smiling. Tony Natshas were in the middle on their throne with their crowns on their heads, Steve and Bruce were sitting on either side of them on smaller thrones. Thor was standing up, hallway behind Steve's throne with a hand on the end, and Clint was doing the same except on Bruce's throne. They all smiled and the photographer took the photo.
"Okay serious faces?" the photographer asked.
"Silly faces!"
"Show your skills and powers?"
Natasha grinned as she pulled a gun from under her chair, Tony held out his repulsors, Burce let some green crawl up his neck, Steve showed off his shield, Clint pointed an arrow at the camera, and Thor held up Mjolnir as he let lightning course through his veins and light up his eyes.
The photographer smiled and held a thumbs up, "You'll get the picture next Monday at school."
Everyone smiled then Natasha invited Wanda, Pietro, Vision, Loki, and Bucky up, they all opted to sit on the floor since they were all equals and there weren't enough chairs. Tony and Natasha kept their crowns though because they were pretty.
"I just knew you'd win!" Wanda said happily, hugging Natasha. Wanda's cupcake dress brushed the floor when she kneeled up to hug Natasha.
Natasha smiled and hugged Wanda back, "Thanks Wanda, do you want to try it on?" Considering Natasha's dress was tight around her waist, she was sitting like a mermaid.
"Maybe some other time, you know I'm going to be going to your room and trying it on all the time."
Natasha smiled and pressed a sisterly kiss to Wanda's temple.
"You know, I might have a royalty kink," Tony said mischievously, adjusting his crown.
Everyone sighed and rolled their eyes.
"Of course you do Tony, would you like me to call you your highness in bed? Or do you still like daddy," Steve said rolling his eyes.
"Both," Tony said wiggling his eyebrows as Steve facepalmed, which hurt his face since he forgot he was wearing a mask. Steve had forgotten to change out of his Mystery-Man outfit after his dance with Tony, but the navy honestly looked really good on him, well, that's what Tony and Bucky said.
"Wait, so do Asgardian Royalty wear crowns or tiaras?" Bruce asked Loki and Thor.
Considering that Loki's dress was a true ball gown, it was enormous when she sat down, it was a lot like when Ariana Grande was at that one show where it puffed out around her, it looked like Loki was sitting in a pool of gold and green, which she still somehow made to look elegant, she shrugged when Burce asked his question, "Sometimes, like our mother wears a small gold tiara and I have one as well, but Asgard is more of a war-based planet, so it's usually out war helmets and how decorative they are that showed ou royal statutes," she explained while playing with the fabric of her ball gown.
"Makes sense," Bruce said nodding.
They stayed like that for a while, just relaxing and having fun, but eventually, they went back to the dance floor to dance and mingle with the other students. Natasha noticed just how elegant Loki was at walking down the stairs and how much Loki reminded her of cinderella, Loki held the side of her gown in one hand and it trailed slightly behind her as if she were gliding down, Natasha notched that Bruce looked awed by Loki's elegance and grinned.
"Congrats on Prom Queen Natasha!" Sharon said as she hugged Natasha, "You deserve it!"
"Yeah, but you do too," Natasha said, smiling and pulling away.
Sharon rolled her eyes, "Yeah right, I'm just a future Agent that helped Captain America and helped him get laid by kissing him to make his Bucky and Tony jealous. You're the best super spy in the world, the Black Widow, and you've saved the world twice!"
Natasha smiled and blushed lightly at the praise, "Thanks Sharon, but I had help."
Sharon laughed lightly and Natasha went dancing with other people.
An hour passed way too fast and a large bell was rung at the strike of Midnight, signalling that in three hours the dance would end, and those three hours passed faster than Pietro runs when he makes Wanda angry.
"Get with your partners because this is the last dance of the night!" the D.J. yelled out as everyone cheered sadly.
"Dun dun dun, Duna dun, Duna na na nuh, nuh na nuh, nu na nun" Natasha hummed with the beat, then the original six's eyes widened.
"It's our theme!" they all cried out excitedly as they started to dance.
"Ba dum, ba dum dum, da dum, duuh."
Everyone moved their feet with the beat, creating a beautiful dance on the spot dance on the spot that looked like it just had to choreographed. At the climax of the song, they were doing more complicated dance moves which left everyone in awe of what they could do, in the end, everyone was breathing heavily and smiling as they posed.
Fury walked up to the podium, "And that concludes this year's Senior Prom! Let's have another shout for our Prom Royalty, and there are limos waiting outside to pick everyone up and take them home."
Everyone cheered sadly and said their goodbyes as they left, but the 12 Avengers stayed behind with some of the teachers to help tidy up.
"Natasha!" Peggy said, going over to Natasha who had changed out of her dress and into her catsuit, which was much more comfortable. Natasha had kept her tiara on though, she had grown rather fond of it.
"Agent Carter!" Natasha said happily, walking over to Peggy, she had been packing up the centrepieces, but walked over anyways.
"Congratulations again on getting Prom Queen!' Peggy said, hugging Natatahsa.
"Thank you! I've been getting that a lot lately," Natasha said grinning.
"And rightfully so, you know you deserve it, Natasha."
Natasha blushed and smiled, then Fury came over to where everyone was tidying up.
"You know, do you kids want the leftover food from today? I already asked the staff and they all took some, but there's still a hell of a lot left," Fury said, getting to the leftover food from the Prom.
"No!" Loki cried out just as everyone else said, "Sure."
They all changed out of their dress attire (Loki was seen crying over how beautiful she looked in her dress before putting it up, it barely even fit in her duffle bag she brought along, but Natasha reasoned it was too big if they were all going to fit in one limo) and said their goodbyes before getting into the lino and dropping Jane off at the Science House before going back to the Avengers Tower.
"I really don't think anyone's tired," Tony said as everyone agreed.
"How about we get ready for bed and have a randomised movie marathon in the theatre room?" Natasha suggested.
Minutes later everyone was huddled up together as they started their first movie:
"Marvel's: The Avengers"
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