"Are you alright, Tony?" Steve asked when Tony came back into the room where the rest of the Avengers were waiting. "You were gone for a long time."
"I was gone for ten minutes Steve," Tony replied. "the first couple were spent in the bathroom, it was a number the one, the next five or so after that were spent listening to an angry voicemail from Harry where he described in excruciating detail what he would do to me with my Iron Man gauntlets if I signed the accords, followed by an apologetic voicemail from Natasha. So… am I the only one who thinks that Harry might possibly be just a little bit upset and angry with the accords?"
"It's not just the accords," Gwen replied. "he's also angry at the fact that you even started to consider it."
"And I don't blame him," Bruce spoke up. "you know who Ross is and what he has done, and not just to me either, yet when he comes here and says that the Avengers needed to be controlled you practically shot yourself into his leash."
"I'm sorry, Bruce." Tony said after taking a deep breath. "I'm… I'm not really at my best right now," He admitted. "I… you guys were right, I won't support the accords."
"Wait guys, are we really sure about this?" Rhodey asked. "Look, I don't want to be 'that guy' but…"
"Oh?" Sam let out an amused snort. "Now? Only now? You don't want to be 'that guy'? Only now you don't want to be 'that guy'?"
"Sam, Steve, you know what we have in common?" Rhodey asked. "We all served for our country, Steve you served in the second war, heck so did Bucky. Sam you were a member of the United States Air Force, just like me. It's our job to follow orders, that's what we do, and now 117 countries want the same thing."
"Rhodey," Gwen spoke up before the others could. "you seem to have forgotten something, Harry was a soldier as well. He was a member of the British army in his last world. I get both of your points of view, and on the one hand it can be argued that Harry is massively overreacting. But… if I'm honest, I don't think he is."
"Why?" Pietro asked.
"After the battle of New York, the Avengers all came together for a celebration party where it was discussed if the Avengers would actually become 'The Avengers', at the time they were just a group of individuals who had teamed up to save New York." Gwen began answering. "Now, everyone was all for it, except for Harry. He had concerns like jobs and leadership, one of his concerns was government interference. Harry revealed that he was a child soldier back in his old world, he had started fighting when he was fifteen years old. He said right there and then that he would not be a member of the Avengers if the government interfered. He also pointed out that he didn't want to put a lot of effort into this team if everyone else didn't want to put effort into it."
"And he has, he tried his best for the team and now he's angry because the government wants to get involved." Bucky responded.
"Exactly," Gwen gave him a small smile before she continued. "I don't know all of Harry's story, perhaps Natasha might, possibly Sif. But as far as Harry is concerned he is seeing things that remind him of his old government, the government that could have helped prevent his whole world from getting nuked. And if we're being honest, even if he's wrong about that, I think Harry's right when he says the accords are about control. Read this Rhodey," She said as she picked up the accords book and tossed it to Rhodey. "count how many human right violations there are."
"If things come down to it then I will side with Harry." Wanda spoke up, causing the whole room to look at her. "I have seen the destruction of his world, I saw him scream to the sky when it happened. I still suffer nightmares from seeing it, if he is telling you all that he can see signs of it happening again and you all ignore him, then do not ever expect me to forgive any of you should we all survive." She said before she stood up and left the room with Pietro following after her.
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"So… you were very angry then." Natasha said as she sat next to Harry, resting into his side as they sat together, Sif had decided that the best thing for her to do is go stand behind him and start massaging his shoulders. Harry had at first started protesting, that was at least until he felt her god like fingers start practically shoving a great amount of stress out of him.
"Sorry," Harry sighed. "I guess that's what you get when a mix a redhead and a wizard descended from warrior wizards and then add a splash of shit luck to the final product."
"I'm just glad you're calmer now." Natasha replied, an amused smile on her face.
"So am I." Sif added before she heard Padfoot bark. "Oh, and so is he." She added, earning a nod from the loveable canine.
"Hey," Harry said suddenly, "do you guys want to move?" He asked.
"Move?" Natasha and Sif asked at the same time.
"Well, we have a baby on the way." Harry reminded them. "I was thinking that perhaps we could get a nice little house somewhere peaceful, you know?"
"Hmm, it's not a bad idea." Natasha said, a thoughtful look on her face. "I'd like that." She admitted with a smile, Padfoot barked to show that he was also in agreement.
"As would I, but we should really focus on the accords for now." Sif said.
"Hmm," Harry hummed. "okay, I have a plan." He said after several seconds of silence.
"Oh, and what would that be?" Sif asked.
"Well, first you're going to finish working whatever magic you are working on my shoulders." Harry told her, he tilted his head to the side to kiss one of her hands. "Then after that I'm going to go visit Ross, while I do that the two of you can try and find a good lawyer."
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