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Tony would be more or less fine being insular. He had his toys, he had his boyfriend, he had his lab and a mission. He could go out and be above them all any time he wanted. He told himself he didn't need anything else. And perhaps that was true now that he had Banner and Alessa with him. He really didn't.

He sat back and let the teddy bear and Bruce fill in Steve on the rest of what had happened while he placed plates in front of them all. Yes, even Alessa. It wasn't that he didn't remember she was incorporeal, he just wanted to make sure that she didn't feel left out. She even got a glass of chocolate milk too.

They were halfway through their meal, after stopping to rip on Captain America for his overzealous use of ketchup, when a figure appeared behind Banner followed by her shadow.

Tony waggled his fork around. "You two are too late for breakfast."

Barton just shrugged. "I can make ours."

"Not in my kitchen," Tony said defensively. "I already had enough of my place blown up already!"