Carmine Jewels ║ Wanda Maximoff

Chapter 35 - Back At It

It turned out that the two women were the last to join the team at the Avengers Tower. And Keira couldn't say she was surprised by the design choices. Previously, before the Chitauri attack, the tower had been decorated with Stark's name in big letters, but now, it just held a big letter 'A'.

Was it subtle? No, not in the slightest. But after all, this was Tony Stark, and subtle wasn't part of his dictionary.

"Hey, disco ball! Great to see you back!"

Speak of the devil, the man himself. Keira raised an eyebrow at the man, who was approaching them quickly, a small skip in his step.

"Hi, Tony." Keira smiled, holding out a hand for him to grab just to see what kind of reaction she would gain from him.

"Auch, I am offended." He clutched a hand over the arc reactor in his chest. "Here I am, giving you gifts before you vanish on the team, and yet I don't get a hug? That's it, I'm cutting you off the paycheck."

"Alright, alright. I'm sorry, old man." Keira chuckled, grabbing Tony's wrist as he was in the middle of turning around. Before he had time to protest, she embraced him and squeezed him tight.

"It's good to have you back, kid." Tony muttered, his voice slightly muffled by her hair. "The team hasn't been the same without you."

Keira felt him hug her back and she couldn't help but smile at his words. "It's good to be back." She broke the hug and threw a glance over her shoulder at Natasha, who was just watching the interaction with a soft smile on her face.

Tony raised a threatening finger into the air. "I don't want to hear it, Romanoff." He warned in a stern voice, narrowing his eyes at the redhead.

Natasha threw her hands up in surrender, or rather, threw them up the best she could, considering that she had her bag on one arm, and Keira's phone in the other. The device had almost been dropped to the floor when Tony had made his appearance, so of course, she had saved it. "I wasn't going to say anything, Stark." She denied, but a half-smirk was clearly playing on her lips.

"Yuh-huh, sure." Tony merely rolled his eyes before spinning around. "Come on, let me show you around."

Keira went back to Natasha to pick up her bag and get her phone back, but she couldn't help but nudge the redhead. "Looks like you didn't get the warm greeting. Jealous?" She teased.

"Me, jealous? No never." The redhead shrugged, loosening the strap on her bag. Before Keira had time to react, she slung the bag around the blonde's shoulders, smirking slightly.

"Hey!" Keira yelped indignantly at the extra weight around her shoulders. "Do I look like a mule to you?" She stopped mid-step and put her hands on her hips, a light scowl painting her features. Of course, she wasn't really angry or annoyed, but as people liked to remind her, she had a thing for dramatics.

Natasha on the other hand, kept walking and just did an elegant pirouette as she talked. "Yeah, you do look like an ass to me."

"Oh, ha ha." Keira grumbled, trudging after the redhead and Tony, getting a detailed tour of the new tower. "I'll get you back for this, Romanoff."

"I can help with that." Tony piped up, walking backwards with his hands out as he showed them the living room.

Keira had to give it to him, he had outdone himself. The bar was filled with all the beverages you could dream of, the sofas looked like she could sink right through them, and the pool table on the lower level of the room would invite for some fun game nights.

"Tony, I gotta say, you've done an amazing job." She breathed, turning around in the same spot, her mouth slightly agape as she took it all in. Was this supposed to be her home? This was way better than her murky apartment.