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It all started when Hydra finds an odd-looking egg in the forest. They have been trying to figure out what's in it for years. The egg was larger than most with a gold backing and red patterns over it. Thinking that it was a decoration that was lost in an old house they left it alone.
After searching for any kind of information on the egg in hopes of getting some money for a lost artifact they were at a loss. With only one hit that was only somewhat close to what they were searching for. An old legend from the nordic countries. After reading about it even if it turns out to be false they couldn’t let the possibility of a powerful weapon. They started research to find out what was inside of it. With no luck, they moved on to try and reading old about what they thought was in the egg.
Reaching out to modern research they tried new inventions as they were made. Figuring out the egg became a priority or getting it to hatch. Nothing they used could see inside it. Not even the best or newest x ray machine. Out of options, they tried to break it open. However, nothing could even scratch the egg surface. As time passed they tried more advanced tools, but still, nothing worked. They then tried to get the winter soldier to break the eggs shell. He was unable to destroy the egg causing him to try and destroy himself. After all what good is a weapon that can do what is tasked to do? Especially a task as simple as breaking open an egg.
Hydra had to wipe the winter soldier’s mind after just to get him to stop trying to destroy himself. They had to transfer him afterward to make sure the memory or the mission came back for him to try again. This caused the scientist to become irritated with the egg. They then tried to see if it would melt in all kinds of heat. They found that the egg seemed to grow stronger in the heat. They didn’t want to freeze it, because they didn’t want a large popsicle egg on their hands. It was 40 years of research for nothing but dead ends and unforeseen problems.
Then the winter soldier defected to Captain America's side. The captain and his team were taking apart hydra fast, but with the winter soldier’s help, that would escalate the destruction. Knowing that most if not all bases will have to be moved because of the winter soldier's memory. They packed up as much as they could that was important. Then burned the place to the ground. Leaving the egg behind without a second thought. If nothing else it wasn’t their problem anymore. Hydra needed to lay low for a while but otherwise will survive this new threat.
The egg unannounced to them began to wiggle in the warmth of the fire. It thrived as the fire raged for days on end. The egg felt more at home with each new heat they tried. Now it was almost time, if only they were patient.
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Winter walked into the old base searching for something. He had forcefully taken over as soon as they landed. He began storming towards the west wing of the base. Bucky wasn’t sure he wanted to know what it was they were searching for. All he could tell was that it was important to Hydra. Neither Winter nor Bucky knew why because they never said.
Winter was known to search for things that he used for missions when they found a hydra base. Last time he kept a bloody knife from a hydra agent. The knife was disgusting and still had dried blood on it. Apparently that exact hydra agent had a blood kink. How the winter found out about it was not a story for most people. Buck didn’t even want to know the story.
However, Winter wanted to keep something to show that he won and no one would let him keep the hydra agents head so the next best thing was weapons or items they had with them. Bucky didn’t try to understand why he wanted to keep the items that he did. It always resulted in a very awkward conversation with steve latter that day. Winter walked through a small doorway into a long hall. He didn’t seem to care about the closed doors they passed. Steve was close behind them as they walked through the halls. He was always close on there trail when Winter did this. Bucky didn’t know if it was because he didn’t trust him/ Winter or wanted to protect them. To be honest he was too worried to ask about it anyway.
“Buck, where are we going?” Steve asked from behind him. Winter wanted to ignore him but when Bucky said that he might stop their search if he didn’t answer. He slowed down a bit. Not enough to stop moving but to weigh the out comes of answering him.
“Egg” was all that winter said. It wasn’t an answer that made any sense. Neither Steve nor Bucky understood what he meant. Bucky was lucky to not remember most of what happened while he was under except in dreams. Winter on the other had only remembered what they were forced to do.
“What kind of egg?” Natasha asked through the coms. She was waiting with Bruce in case they were needed. He kinda wanted to know the answer too. He soon got his answer as they walked into a room with a large golden egg. It sat in the debris untouched. There was still a warmth in the room, contrary to the rest of the mountain. It was almost like the place was still on fire.
“It's gold,” Steve said in amazement. Steve reached out to touch the egg, but Winter pulled him away so the egg was out of his reach. Winter didn’t want him to touch it. To be fair, Bucky was feeling the same way that Steve was. They grew up in the depression, of course, they were shocked at something that looked like solid gold. Bucky wasn’t sure but it felt like it was solid gold too. They way it felt in his hands though was like any other egg. It was bumpy in some places and a little rough. It was heavy like there was something inside of it.
“A gold egg?” Thor asked over the coms. Winter went over and grabbed the egg. Winter decided to ignore all questions about the egg. Even ones that Bucky asked himself. He walked back to the group that was waiting outside for any problems. Thor walked up and inspected the egg for a moment. His eyes widened at the egg and he touched the side gently. It was strange seeing the large man touch it like a lost item. This egg seems so precious to Thor that the others were just as shocked.
“Do you know what it is?” Winter asked. No one could ever figure out what was inside. Thor, however, just shook his head, and moved away. It was obvious that he was lying. Everyone had their eyes on the egg now that Thor was lying. The god never lied unless it was something that they would rather not hear. Even then he would just keep his mouth shut.
“What is it?” Winter asked again looking straight at Thor in his eyes. If the man wasn’t a god he might have cowered from the heat of the glare. Thor was a god though, He would not be controlled by a human.
“I am not quite sure. I won't know for sure until it hatches.” Thor said staring at the egg. The answer would have to do for now. That didn’t mean that Winter or the others were happy with that information. Then Wanda and clint came down from the base. They were gathering anything they could from the other side of the base. Seeing that Winter and the others only had an egg to show for there search annoyed them.
The ride back to Fury was spent in half arguments and apologies. Thor and Winter, on the other hand, kept close to the egg. Thor even getting as many blankets as he could and wrapped the egg up. He would letter pull the egg away from Winter and cradle it close. Thor almost seemed like he was trying to put the egg into his body the way he folded over it. It made the other uncomfortable.
“Thor eggs are delicate,” Bruce said getting worried that the god might pop the egg. Thor glanced up and was actually quite for a moment.
“Brother Banner I highly doubt that anything other than 60 of the best Asgard hitting it at once could break this egg” He smiled before snuggling back into the egg. They knew that Thor was lying about not knowing what was in the egg but that just helped tell them.
“Oh, what’s in it?” Wanda asked with a false curiosity. She was smiling and acting like a child but Thor didn’t pay her any attention. After a few moments, she smiled dropped and she said: “Why don’t I just use my power and look?” She said raising her hands. Natasha turned to tell her to leave it alone. Steve was gonna say that Thor would tell them when he was ready.
“Girl if your meager powers hurt what's inside you will regret it. If this is what I truly think it is then you will be harming a beast that is protected by Asgard and you will be punished to the fullest extent” Thor said sounding angrier than they had heard him. Sure the god got hot-headed but this was different. It wasn’t a threat or a warning but a promise. It was low and almost sounded like a growl. Everyone seemed to get the message and backed off. Even Wanda and Clint moved away from God and his egg. Well everyone other than Bruce, and the Winter Soldier.
“Uh Thor this beast um should I stay away from it?” Bruce asked looking between the egg and his hands. What could he say he had a doctorate in Biochemistry. He loved learning about the world around him. This egg was something that he could say no one had even seen before.
“I highly doubt that you could hurt the egg itself. As for what's in that might depend on how it’s playing” Thor said not looking up. He didn’t say anymore and what he did say was quite so the others could not hear. He didn’t want to share this with them and he didn’t have to. If they fought him too hard or made demands of him then he would leave. Asgard would care for the child in the egg.
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Once they got back to the base Thor offered to take the egg to a hot place. He was mostly wanting to see how they would react with the suggestion. Shield agents didn’t want him to go without supervision. No one knew what was in the egg. However, if Thor wanted to take it away when it hatched they could be losing a possible -weapon- er... asset. They couldn’t risk losing something that was possible to be a strong asset to humanity. Whatever hydra had wanted the egg for they couldn’t let them have it. That and shield had wanted to keep it. Maybe they could find out what made it so special. Now they just had to get it away from the two protecting it.
Thor reluctantly agreed to allow them to place the egg in a heated room. He thought that it was a terrible idea to stay here. They weren’t telling he had to but they were curious about what was inside and wanted to know. They would likely think that he was lying if they didn’t see it with there own eyes. It would have been in an incubator but the egg was too large to fit in one.
The only stipulation was that Thor and Winter soldier got to watch the egg at any/all times. Mostly because Thor knew that the egg would not leave its parents for the first five years. Shield didn’t want to piss off God anymore then they had to so they agreed to that reasoning. Hoping that they could sneak some tests on the egg when the two weren't looking. If that didn’t work then they could only hope there would be a shield agent nearby when it hatches.
“Thor I thought that you said that you didn’t know what it was,” Clint asked while catching up to the two men. Winter soldier had yet to give Bucky back control. While Bucky didn’t mind the others Winter hated them. He didn’t stop so that Clint could interrogate him about the egg. Thor didn’t hesitate for a moment as he kept the pace along with him. They both ignored Clint as they walked down the hallway. This caused the others to become worried. Bucky didn’t see that because he was busy trying to convince Winter to give him back control.
“Thor buddy?” Clint tried again to no avail. It was unusual for Thor to be so unfriendly. He usually was the one that was the easiest to get along within the group. Heck Clint would say that he was the lovable goofball if the title wasn’t already taken by himself. He looked back to the others who just shrugged and moved. They had to give a report on the base anyway.
They walked down the hall followed by a couple of agents. They found an almost empty room with an adjacent room. Both Winter and Bucky knew that it was an interrogation room. Thor didn’t seem to care as he set up a space for the egg to sit. Then turned the temperature up to as far as the heater would go. Then asked for more heaters to come to the room. The agents agreed bringing a total of three heaters that were all plugged in and turned to the highest they could go. Thor had more patience than they thought he would have. He never saw a reason to show them that side of himself.
“Are you sure we won't cook it in here?” Bucky asked finally getting a bit of control back. Sure he and Winter had stopped fighting all the time, but you try and share your body with someone else. It’s hard to keep the peace between you. They had a schedule that they stuck to in order to help the situation. It was only in cases where they felt that they needed to be control that the stoll time from each other. Sure it made others uncomfortable but this was working so they let it go.
“If it is what I think than we have been freezing it” Thor said entering the observation room. He closed the door making the room on the other side an incubator. “It won’t hatch until it’s warm enough” He continued as they sat down to keep watch. Bucky felt more like he had to sit down rather than he wanted to. Both Winter and Thor wanted to wait this out, even if it took a few days. Sighing a bit on the inside he waited with Thor.
After a while of staring at an egg Bucky couldn’t take it much longer. He thought that the saying ‘watching paint dry’ should be changed to ‘watching an egg hatch’ because it was taking a while. He was sure that it wouldn’t be so bad if they talked. “What is it” Bucky asked looking through the window to see the egg. If the situation wasn’t so weird then he would think that it was just a simple decoration. One that was under the highest security that a decoration has ever been under. Thor stopped talking like he was hypnotized by the egg. He never answered Buck just stared at the egg. Bucky couldn’t wait for steve to finally come find him. He wanted to get out of here. It was creepy watching an egg sit in the next room heating up. Not to mention that Thor just sat there next to him seemingly content to stay that way.
‘God Steve where are you when I need you?’ Bucky thought as he sat in the silent room. Bucky knew that the others left to talk with fury about this situation. Even though the meetings were always boring he honestly missed them compared to this.
Out of boredom, he started to think of the war before Steve came out. Of meeting Stark for the first time and realizing how in trouble he was. The man was amazing and so snarky. If it was as okay as it is now Bucky would have asked him to get dinner. Those eyes that held more information then he ever hoped to know. It was ligal now but Bucky was pushing 100 years old. It wouldn’t be right for him to ask anyone. Not when there wasn’t a person alive other than Steve that would understand certain things. Steve was his baby brother though, nothing could change his mind about that. Maybe he just needed to go out and have a good night to get it out of his system? Or maybe that would make things worse.
If only Winter trusted the therapist more they could talk to him about it. Well he says Winter but really he means both of them. They had one meeting with the man and he rubbed them the wrong way. He gave him advice to ignore Winter and he’ll go away or join in some Shield testing to try and get rid of him. Bucky didn’t want to become a test subject for anyone again. He was free… well as free as someone like him could be.
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It wasn’t long before Steve came to his rescue. It felt like hours had passed but in reality, it was only half an hour later. Steve knocked on the door before opening it. He and the others had brought a bunch of food, as well as some furniture to sit in. All of which could be collapsible and placed in a corner. The thought was that Thor might just need something to eat and he would feel better. If only that was the answer to his worries.
“Hey, we came to keep you guys company,” Steve said as they walked in. Bucky mouthed a ‘thank you’ from where he was sitting. Steve just smiled at him before giving a worried look to Thor. Thor didn’t even move to acknowledge them in the room. His eyes were stuck on the egg. Thor thought they were rude to enter at this moment. In Asgard, they would have been kicked out for being loud and trying to distract the watchers. When the egg hatched it would choose its parents from the watchers. Thor, however, wasn’t going to let anyone become a parent of this egg other than him. Humans weren’t worthy of the title from such a beast.
“Thor buddy, are you okay?” Bruce asked as he put down the foldable table. They started setting up to eat passing plates and cups. However, Thor still didn’t answer them. He was silently hoping that they would get the hint and get out. They kinda did get the hint and stopped asking him questions.
Then Thor stood up fast enough to knock over his chair. His mind was screaming for the egg to not hatch yet. Not with so many people watching and waiting to snatch it away. This startled everyone in the room. Thor ran to the room where the egg was moving. Thor was stood above it searching for cracks. After a moment Thor’s face dropped back into a frown. It looked natural but it wasn’t. He was glad that the baby was just testing the walls. Before he moved back into the room with the others.
“No luck?” Natasha asked trying to read what he was thinking. She hated that in all the years that she knew the god this was the first she couldn’t read him. She thought back and wondered if she ever could. “I’m sure that it will hatch soon” She added handing him a plate of food.
Thor took the plate and started eating what was there. He wondered if this was how people who are waiting to be parents feel. Then quickly shoved that thought to the back of his head. While he does not mind the witch he knows she can and has used her powers on him. She couldn’t really hurt him not with all the years of life he had lived but that didn’t mean that he couldn’t get lost in the memories.
“Steve, when do you think we can move out of here? I feel so cooped up” Wanda said giving the group her best kid impression. She has wanted to leave the base and move somewhere with more room since she got here. Bucky thought that she was quite rude to treat the place that gave her a roof over her head with such... such disdain. If they were back in the day she would have been slapped and told to suck it up. However, now she was coddled and told what a good girl she was. They tried to fix everything for her.
“Probable soon, We still have to get shield to renovate the place we did find” Steve answered not seeming to notice that he was giving into her. Bucky never knew Steve to be such a pushover. Sure Steve was a bit softer on the ladies. How he became so easy to manipulate from the past sex was a shock. Bucky, on the other hand, has always had a distaste for the ones that act like Wanda.
Thor on the other hand had zoned out of the conversation that was happening behind him. Bucky was forced to listen to Wanda complain about Shield agents making her uncomfortable. Clint told her that it was going to be okay and hug her. Bucky wasn’t sure if Natasha knew that it was an act but asking would make things worse. That left Bucky to remember that saying his mother always told him ‘Be careful of what you wish for’ that seemed to apply perfectly here. He should have wished that only steve came to save him from the boredom.
Thor, on the other hand, knew that the egg was awake. It was going to hatch soon he could see that. It was because of the moment that happened earlier. These beasts didn’t so much as breathe until they wanted out of the egg. However, they could hear the things that happened out of the egg. That meant it was listening to them talk. He would have to teach it that Wanda was not an example of what to be.
Bucky had finally said goodbye to the others a few hours later. Almost as soon as they were all gone he collapsed into the chair next to Thor. It wasn’t long until the boredom hit and then sleep. Sure Bucky didn’t need to sleep but that didn’t mean that he couldn’t use it from time to time. He just happened to use it more as a hobby than a necessity. He didn’t indulge in that hobby too often because of the nightmares that went along with it. But there he was sleeping in a chair next to a god. Winter took over and started watching the egg with the same silents that Thor had.
Two more hours passed and both were getting eager. They saw that the egg was getting close to hatching. The egg wiggled every now and then. Like the egg was testing the reaction from out of its shell. Thor knew that the egg was close to Hatching based on how large it was. If he was right than the egg would have started off about the size of a duck egg. But now it was about the size of three ostrich eggs put together. He smiled knowing that the egg will hatch into something amazing, whether the humans realized it or not.
Winter wasn’t sure what made him so conserned with the egg. He just knew that he wanted inside the egg. He knew that he was ordered to break it once but he couldn’t bring himself to use his full strangth. Even if he could it was unlikely to have done anything. However, after the failed atempt he wanted in to hug and cuddle what was inside. He didn’t know why or what those feelings were back then or he would have taken the egg and ran. He could have kept the egg safe from them if he had to. The egg was much smaller then compared to now. Protecting it would have been child's play to him. Now though it only filled him with excitement when the egg moved. He couldn’t wait to see what was laying on the other side.
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Where am I? Who am I? Who is talking? I can hear that it's a group of people. Maybe they are in the next room. Who is Thor? Do I know him? What do I mean by do I know him? Of course, I don’t know him. I wonder what he looks like. Not that it matters what he looks like. He just seems pretty patient, which is different than the others. It’s warm where I am. I wonder if they have tried testing fire on the egg again.
I wonder if they will be nice. I kinda want to leave but I don’t know who to make my parents. I don’t like them all that much. Well I mean I can't really judge them after all I’ve only known then for a little while. Look its not like I have to defend myself to myself. I know what I’m thinking. I wonder though if he just wants to know what I am. Maybe that's why he is so patient waiting for me to hatch. I heard others talk about what they were going to use me for. I can feel the one that I marked a long time ago with them. I’m glad that they are alive and well.
This Thor person is strange I haven’t heard what he thinks yet. He hasn’t even spoken to the other people. It’s a little bit concerning to think of what he might do. I wonder if I should try to escape this place. Maybe I will just wait it out and see, or rather hear how things are. Then I will decide what I want to do.
They seem more interested in each other than with me. They have been talking about something called a ‘mission’ or ‘moving’. They have been talking about ideas of why I was in an abandoned building. Whatever abandoned means. One thinks it's because I’m not alive. They think that it's because I’m a bad egg. The audacity of that statement makes me angry at them. Apparently there name is Clint and by the sound of it they weren’t happy about it either. I can sense the magic the one called Wanda holds. I don’t like it very much its rough and angry.
I don’t think I want to be here with these people. Listing to them makes me bored out of my mind. They don’t talk about anything interesting. At least the last people actually talked about amazing things. I could listen to them all day. They talked about the stories of my ancestors, and what they have tried to do in order to open my egg. What the items they used were made out of and many other things. I didn’t know that these ‘Humans’ thought my kind to be so scary until they read the stories. I was kinda scared of them myself. Kidnapping women and killing men that came to save them? Surely there was a reason for all that.
They have been talking for a long time but never said anything of worth. I will not grant them the title of mother or father. I wish I could just move around. I wonder if I could just. I moved, and one of them came running into my room. The others are silent and probably watching me now. I’ll have to stay perfectly still. I don’t want to get found out. I wonder if they know what I am. I’m not afraid of them, you’re afraid of them! Ugh I’m yelling at myself again. I have no reason to be afraid of them. I just don’t want to hatch right now. I’ll just wait until they are asleep. Just so that I don’t get fussed over. I don’t need that in my life right now. Yeah see perfectly good reasons to not hatch yet.
It’s too cramped in here. I want out. I want out! I can’t stand to be in here anymore. They have stayed up way too late. Who stays up so late? I’m hungry! I started hitting the walls as hard as I could. I don’t care if they are still here I’ll deal with that later.
It didn’t take long until the wall broke a bit. I could feel the warmth seep into the egg from the whole. It felt so nice and warm. That doesn’t mean that I’m gonna stop until I break out. I don’t want to be here anymore. I’ll run away if I have to the latter, but right now I need out or I swear I’ll die. I started hitting the confines all around me to gain any kind of freedom that I could get. Soon I made a hole big enough for me to crawl out. AS my eyes just to the light I saw a man waiting. He had a smile on his face. He looked nice enough for me.
“Hello little one, My name is Thor I’m your father” He said the same comforting smile on his face. He lifted his hand to me but didn’t touch me. I could see his soul colors swirl around him. “There is no need to worry I will keep you safe,” He said with his hand still stretch towards me. After looking at his soul I decided that he wasn’t so bad. I wanted to snuggle into his hand. So I did and it was warm and comforting just like his smile. My dad was a good one.
After I snuggled his hand I heard someone else move. I looked over to see the marked one. I squealed in excitement. My marked one is here to see me! I knew that he was a good choice. I know that I marked him fast but I could see his soul through the egg. It was so sad and in need of something warm. I was warm I can help!
“...Thor” He said as I jumped at him. I climbed up and snuggled into his arms. I put my nose against his neck and hummed. He was my marked one.
“You were marked” Was all my dad said. I looked back to see that he wasn’t annoyed with my choice. That was a good sign that this was the right move. I couldn’t wait to snuggle my marked one more. I needed time to grow though.
My father reached out to me and I reluctantly left my marked one. He patted my head before asking for my name.
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The next morning when everyone woke up they began their walk to the makeshift incubator room. There they found a room missing a few key components. Bucky staring at an empty shell of a golden egg. He was picking up a few pieces of the shell and inspecting them. However, Neither Thor nor the contents of the egg were around. Steve felt a cold rush through him thinking of where they had gone. Natasha felt like she failed a mission because Nick wanted her to be there when the egg hatched. Now the egg had hatched and she had missed it.
“What happened Buck?” Steve asked worried about Thor and his sudden disappearance. Bucky looked up at them with the same kind of shocked expression most of them held.
“I don’t know. I fell asleep and when I woke up the egg had hatched” Bucky said holding a shard out. He would be lying if he said that he wasn’t worried about them. Winter was beyond pissed at him for not keeping watch. He was sure that Winter would be running all over the place if it wasn’t for Thors note. The note just said that they had gone to get some food.
“Where is Thor?” Natasha asked looking around for some kind of forced entry. Something to cover her back from Nick’s anger. She had failed the mission, and so had Clint if by the frantic looks around told her anything. He looked just as worried as she did.
“We had gone to get food” Thor's voice rang out over the chaos. On his shoulder was a red thing. It was curling around his neck and seminingly curling tighter. Steve and the others watched as Thor set down a bunch meaty food. There was hamburgers, chicken, and pork chops that were placed on the table. The red thing uncurled and stretched towards the food. The room grew silent as they saw exactly what it was.
“Is that...Is that a dragon” Wanda asked reaching out to touch it. She wanted to touch it. No she wanted it to sit on her like it did with Thor. When A small fire blew towards her. She yelped as she pulled her hand back.
“His name is Tony. Dragons are quite territorial of things they consider as their own. That being said I am his father it would do you good to keep your distance.” Thor said sitting down and allowing the dragon to start eating. The dragon wasn’t to big, just about the size of an adult cat. If you measure it from the top of its head to the tip of the tail.
“STEVE IT JUST TRIED TO HURT ME” Wanda yelled holding her hand. She had ignored what Thor said. That cause the God to roll his eyes. Steve didn’t know what to say really. He had never met a dragon before, he didn’t know what to think. Steve and the others could only open and close their mouths a few times.
The dragon having noticed the way that wand had acted. Not wanting to get in trouble with his own father he turned around and looked at him. He was mostly worried that he had done something wrong, or maybe he was supposed to act like that? He thought it was kinda stupid to act like that though.
“Don’t act like her” Was all that Thor said before turning to Wanda “Do not teach him to act like you” at those words Wanda is insulted. She wanted to yell and scream about how Thor is suddenly treating her. It wasn’t sudden just aloud now compared to saying things like that in his head. However, Clint grabs her by the shoulder and says that they will go and get some air. Clint thought that this was a simple case of ‘a new baby’ or ‘new sibling’ in the house. It would make wanda jealous because she was the baby of the group for a long time. Now there is a new baby in the group, dragon or not.
“Uh Thor… This dragon is um” Bruce said his brain working to fast for him to think. To many questions and not nearly enough time. When Thor looked at him for a moment before a light seemed to flip on in his head.
“Tony” Thor said waiting for the dragon to look at him. Thor pointed at Bruce and said “That one will be able to keep up with what you learned.” At that the dragon squeaked and turned almost ready to run and jump on the man. Bruce’s eyes were wide in shock and fear. Just as Tony reached the end of the table and looked like he was going to jump he was stopped.
“TONY” Thor yelled getting his attention “human form please” The dragon squeaked before a red and gold dust seemed to swirl around him. In a matter of moments a young man stood before them. Bucky and Steve’s jaws dropped. Tony looked just like Howard Stark.
“Human speak!” The dragon demanded getting up close to Bruce.
“Um uh um” sputtered Bruce not knowing what he could say that would keep a dragon interested.
“Give him a topic” Thor said taking a bit of food. He was hungry from keeping his attention on Tony’s egg all night.
“Oh um Sicene! Talk Sicene!” Tony said smiling. He was very proud of himself for remembering the name of the thing.
“Oh um Science is amazing I have lots to talk about. What would you like to know?” Bruce said looking just as confused. Tony’s face fell for a moment before he smiled again. Bucky in the background was dying from this.
“Science! All science please!” Tony said giving his big eyes. He pleaded with Bruce and eventually the man just started talking about the subjects he knew. After a while Bruce relaxed. Tony asked questions that would make Bruce’s old students upset for not asking. In the end they had a lot of fun talking. Bruce didn’t even realize that everyone else was lost. Bruce hadn’t felt so conferrable in a long time while talking with Tony. Then out of nowhere the dragon leaned in and licked his face.
“Tony humans don’t thank others that way” Thor said and Bruce relaxed a little.
“Oh? How do I then?” Tony said turning around. Thor laughed as Bruce started talking again.
“Um well you just say thank you” Bruce said having forgotten that it might be the parents job to teach that.
“But how will I convey how much I loved the talk or how much I want to talk again?” Tony asked looking between Bruce and Thor.
“You would just say thank you I enjoyed this conversation and I hope to talk to you again” Steve said shocked at what he had just witnessed. In all honesty, he just got his head to start working after seeing Howard but not Howard again.
“Humans are not as friendly as you dragons are” Thor said lifting his arm. Tony seemed to understand what he wanted. Tony moved and hugged his father before turning back into a dragon. He didn’t like that humans were so confusing. He just wanted to show how happy he was that Bruce talked with him.