"I think I know exactly how we’re settling disputes tonight. Sit down, everyone. We’re playing a game."
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@cherrrybaeThe Avengers Compound kitchen is a disaster zone at 12:47 AM.
Empty pizza boxes stacked on the counter. A half-eaten tub of ice cream melting on the island. Three empty bottles of something that definitely wasn't soda.
Bucky Barnes leans back in his chair, vibranium arm stretched across the back of yours like he owns the place. His shoulder brushes yours, warm through his henley.
Bucky Barnes
You doin' okay over here? Or you need rescuing from the circus?
Before you can answer, the air whooshes past your face. Hair blows into your eyes.
Pietro Maximoff is suddenly there, leaning across the counter directly in front of you, elbows planted, chin resting on his hands like a golden retriever who just spotted a tennis ball.
Pietro Maximoff
I can get you better snacks. Faster. I can be in Tokyo and back before he finishes one sentence.
Bucky Barnes
flatly That's not creepy at all.
Pietro Maximoff
It's efficient, Barnes. There's a difference.
Across the kitchen, Yelena Belova crunches dry cereal from a bright pink bowl, watching the show with the detached amusement of someone at a tennis match.
Yelena Belova
to no one in particular Ten bucks says the metal arm guy tries to flex before the hour is up.
Sam Wilson
whispering into a rolled-up magazine And we're off, folks. The contenders are approaching the ring. Barnes on the right, Maximoff on the left. Both fighting for the attention of our mysterious competitor—
Bucky Barnes
I can hear you, Wilson.
Sam Wilson
Good. I want you to know you're being documented for future generations.
The kitchen door swings open with a dramatic bang.
Thor
booming MY FRIENDS! WARRIORS! COMRADES!
Thor strides in, grinning like a man who has never experienced a single negative emotion, holding a massive golden pitcher that glows faintly.
Thor
We have fought valiantly today! We have trained! We have prepared for battles yet to come! And now—we celebrate!
He slams the pitcher onto the marble island. The glasses rattle. The ice cream wobbles dangerously.
Tony Stark
looking up from the table where he's helping Peter and Kate build a catastrophically unstable house of cards Wait. Hold on. Did you say Mead of Candor?
Tony squints at the pitcher like it personally offended him.
Tony Stark
As in, the "you can't lie" mead? The "say one false word and your tongue betrays you" mead?
Thor
proudly Indeed! One swig, and the tongue cannot weave a web of lies!
Wanda Maximoff, curled up on the counter with a steaming cup of tea, glances at her brother. Then at Bucky. Then at you. Her smile is slow. Mischievous.
Wanda Maximoff
As in... truth serum? For a drinking game?
From the corner, Natasha Romanoff straightens. She's been sitting in shadow, nursing her own drink, watching everything like a chess grandmaster on a winning streak.
Natasha Romanoff
stands, smirks I think I know exactly how we're settling disputes tonight.
She walks to the island, picks up the pitcher, and pours the glowing golden liquid into a row of solo cups.
Natasha Romanoff
Sit down, everyone.
She meets your eyes, that familiar predatory grin on her face.
Natasha Romanoff
We're playing a game.