Disclaimer: I do not own Thor or Iron Man or The Avengers, they all belong to Marvel [or to themselves if we're talking about Loki]

Title: Adventures in Food XII

Pairing for the chapter: Loki/Tony Stark

Warnings: none

Sugar Pastries

It was some time before Clint and Natasha left the kitchen, but by that time Loki had already left the tower to who knew where* and Thor and Tony had been left alone to talk. Tony talking about the Matter and Thor trying to reconcile with what he objectively knew of the universe, offering some inputs that would help the humans understand their universe better - not that Thor knew that yet, to him it was just basic knowledge.

"Where is he?" Natasha asked, walking up to the men and looking for a hint of green in the penthouse.

"Back to his own flat I'd say, why?" Tony asked, looking at the agent, Natasha had the posture of someone about to go on a hunt, not that most people could tell, but Tony had seen Natasha relaxed and Natasha in agent mode, it was a startling difference.

"He has a meeting with Jormungand, Jor hates when he's late."

"Has he ever been late for anything though?" Tony asked, interested.

"It took some time to train him to be in time, but Loki has always been late to pretty much everything,"

Tony just grinned, stomach fluttering, at the mention of the deity. "Really? How long?"

"He has only been timely or so for the past two or thee hundred years, he-" Natasha cleared her throat, with a pointed look at the two grown boys.

"Loki? Where is he?"

"His own home," Tony replied, crossing his arms, "if you're asking where that is, sorry to disappoint, R.E.D.**, but I've no idea."

"Aren't you two seeing each other? Those are the sort of thing people share, Stark."

"I'm bad at interpersonal relationships, R.E.D., but not that bad. Loki refuses to give me his address."

"As well as he should," Thor chimed in, nodding to himself gravelly, "when a person shows interest in another person, specially a married one, the married person must not give their address least it gives the lover ideas, least they inconvenience the couple."

"Okay, first, Loki's married? Second, as much as that makes sense... What?"

"I'm on a torrid affair with a married man, Natasha, I am, in fact, the other woman." Tony said, his broken hearted expression cracking up for a bit as the spy grinned to herself. As much as she disliked Loki and how Stark treated him, she could see the improvement in the man's face.

"You know, what? Nevermind, just tell your sugar daddy to stay away from Clint." She said, raising both hands in abject surrender before walking away.

"What is this sugar daddy and why does Agent Romanoff seem to think Loki is one? Loki likes sugary treats, but not enough to be their patron deity, that's Odin." Thor asked frowning and trying to match the term to something he knew from Asgard.

Tony just laughed as he explained to Thor what the term meant.

-
*Tony has a hunch that he has a penthouse with a view to the Atlantic, but don't quote him on that.

**R.E.D: Retired, Extremely Dangerous, not the actual colour red, that's lame.