"He is still here," Harry reminded them. "what about you?" Harry asked Natasha. "How are you enjoying your night?"
"Pretty good so far," Natasha nodded. "how about you?"
"I'd rather be at home." Harry admitted.
"You always want to be at home." Natasha rolled her eyes.
"Yeah well between relaxing at home and panicking in anti-social here, I'd rather be at home." Harry shrugged. "Despite that, Merlin I hope I don't jinx this, I've rather enjoyed the night so far."
"That's good," Natasha smiled. "what about you Sif?" She asked. As the two women began talking Harry glanced around and stopped when he noticed something. Gwen was standing in the corner of a room, looking very uncomfortable as she was boxed in by an arrogant looking man with slicked back blonde hair, ignoring the fact that this man seemed to remind him of none other than Draco Malfoy, Harry took his drink and walked over to the pair.
"Come on Gwen," Harry heard the man speak as he got closer. "it would be just like old times."
"If you liked 'old times' so much then you should have kept it in your pants." Gwen replied, glaring at him.
"Look Gwen," The man said in an agitated tone. "I'm just saying that…"
"Is there a problem here?" Harry asked calmly as he stepped alongside the couple.
"No, there is not." Gwen said before the man could reply. "In fact he was just leaving, weren't you?" She said to the man, her tone and eyes suggesting bad consequences if he tried anything but what she just 'suggested'. The man scowled and walked away.
"Is that your ex?" Harry asked.
"The one who cheated on me with a redhead, yeah." Gwen nodded, glaring at the man's retreating back.
"Well in that case." Harry flicked his wand into his wrist and discreetly cast two spells before getting rid of it.
"What did you do?" Gwen asked, looking very intrigued.
"A couple of time delayed spells. He'll likely wake up at three in the morning with a horrible case of diarrhea, then around seven in the morning he will become a red head." Harry calmly answered, causing Gwen to start laughing.
"What really?" She laughed. "Oh I love that, thank you."
"Anytime." Harry grinned.
Later that night all of the other guests (including Bucky and Sam) had left, leaving the tower free and empty for use by the Avengers, Rhodey included, along with Doctor Helen Cho, the doctor they brought in to check up on Hawkeye. Tony decided to repay her inviting her to the party. Though Harry suspected that Tony had invited her instead of a regular doctor just to talk tech with her and discuss the advanced tech she possessed that was capable of making new tissue. The body sort of tissue… not the one used to wipe your nose.
Tony had ordered them all Chinese food and they all sat around talking, somehow the conversation had got to Thor's hammer.
"It's a trick." Barton said as he twirled his chopsticks in his hand and gestured to Mjolnir, which was placed on the table that the Avengers were all sat around.
"No, no, it's so much more than that." Thor said in an amused voice.
"Oh 'whosever shall be worthy shall wield the power'." Barton said in a dramatic voice. "Whatever man, it's a trick." He scoffed.
"Then please be my guest." Thor said in a challenging tone as he gestured to Mjolnir
"You serious?" Barton asks as everyone goes quiet.
"Yes go on." Thor said.
"Hmm, fine." Clint says as he stands up.
"This is going to be beautiful." Rhodey whispered to the others as Barton walked up to it.
"Clint, you've had a rough week, we don't hold it against you if you can't get it up." Tony said, causing the others to laugh though Harry thought about how less likely it was for Stark to make that joke when Pepper's around. Though he'd probably still make the joke and get hit for it.
"You know I've seen this before." Barton said as he grabbed the hammer, he pulled but like Stark predicted he just couldn't get it up. "I still don't know you do it." Barton laughed.
"Can you hear the silent judgment?" Stark asked.
"Then by all means Stark." Barton stepped away and gestured to Mjolnir. Tony stood up and began unbuttoning his suit as the others made dramatic noises.
"Never one to shrink from an honest challenge," Tony said as he walked up to the hammer. "It's physics."
"Physics?" Rhodey repeated.
"It's magic, not physics." Harry replied.
"Which is simply just physics we don't understand." Tony said without missing a beat. "If I lift this then I rule Asgard?" Tony asked Thor.
"Of course." Thor said, though he had no doubt that Stark would not be able to lift it.
"I will be a firm but incredibly fair and sexy king, and I will be reinstituting prima nocta." Tony said as he grabbed the handle with both hands and pulled with all of his strength, he then realized that he wouldn't be reinstituting prima nocta and walked off to get the tools necessary to help change that fact.
"What are you doing?" Banner asked Harry who had taken his phone out.
"I'm just double checking what 'prima nocta' means." Harry replied. "Ah, it does mean what I think it means. I take it Pepper doesn't know of his plans, if she did then Tony's 'nocta' might never be 'prima-ed'." Harry commented. Tony came back a short while later with a gauntlet from his armour on. He tried lifting with the gauntlet but still wasn't able to pick it up, eventually Rhodey tried helping him using a gauntlet of his own but it still wasn't working.
"Are you even trying?" Rhodey asked as he kept trying to lift the hammer.
"Are you on my team?" Tony asked.
"Just represent, pull!"
"Okay!" Tony said and they both pulled yet neither could lift the hammer.
"So Stark, can't get it up?" Clint commented when the two stopped pulling.
"Poor Pepper." Natasha smirked, earning a small glare from Tony.
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