"Calm down!" said T'Challa.

Everyone in the room went silent, they went through the first hour or so justifying who is Tony's Boyfriend. Granted there was no way of knowing for sure as each candidate had their strong points. The only way was to ask Tony himself. That lead to another hour of cold feet with some of them wanting to jump ship and change their bets.

"Okay, I think given what we've observed for the last three days, we can allow an exception. Everyone has the opportunity to change their bet Once. This is it. No do-overs," said T'Challa.

Everyone nodded in agreement. Scott and Bruce changed their bets to Loki. Sam also to Loki "Sorry Cap." They managed to get in some last minute bets from Wanda and Vision who just came back from their honeymoon where they both bet on Steve.

"Boss," chimed in Friday. "There is a meeting with the Team at two today."

"That must be the one," said Tony. "Thanks Friday, we'll be there."

"Sure thing Boss."

Later at two, Tony, Steve, Stephen, and Loki walked into the meeting room full of the Avengers.

"I think this is pretty much a full attendance," remarked Tony.

The team just shrugged and mumbled at the same time various reasons for attending. To Tony's surprise, the meeting went normally. There were no questions on his personal life, everything briefed were strictly business. Off course, that was a different story when the meeting ended.

Everyone quickly piled out of the room except for the four of them, and Peter.

"Mr. Stark! Mr. Stark! Wait up!" called Peter.

Off course they'd send the kid. If it was anyone Tony would be least mad with, it's Peter.

Peter looked nervous. "What's up kid?" asked Tony innocently. The other three stayed in the room with him pretending to be discuss other matters.

"Umm...Well...Oh I don't know how to do this right...so I'll just ask...whoisyournewboyfriend?"

"What's that? Say that one more time kid," said Tony.

Peter took a deep breath. "I wanted to ask, who is your new boyfriend? Cause...see...we know you're seeing someone, but we just don't know who it is."

Tony feigned innocence. "That is a very sudden and private question to ask, kid. And what do you mean by 'we'?"

Loki smirked and immediately swung opened the door wide with the Avengers all outside the door froze, caught in the act.

Steve sighed "Come on in guys. We know."

The Avengers shuffled back into the room like kids caught with their hand in the cookie jar.

"We know about the bet. We saw the board and we were onto you from the very beginning," said Stephen. The dawn of realization spread across all of their faces. Ohhhhh….

"Though it was rather fun watching you cheer and squabble among yourselves on the bet," grinned Loki. "Thanks brother for the vote of confidence by the way." Thor grinned back.

"So this was all a show?" asked Scott.

"Well...not quite. I mean I am in a relationship with one of them," said Tony smiling.

The others lit up. The bet was still on after all.

"For those who chose Loki, I'm sorry but the God of Mischief isn't mine," said Tony.

"But...but...that night of passion…" sputtered Thor in disappointment.

"It was me giving fair Tony a back massage, brother," said Loki.

"And a damn good one it was too," complimented Tony. Loki broke into a rare smile.

"The kiss at the ball?" asked Scott

"For show," replied Loki offhandedly. "Though I don't mind kissing someone as gorgeous as he is, and it was on the cheek, not the lips."

"I knew it!" said Clint.

"By the twist of fate, Loki and I have shockingly become good friends. He, a Prince, and I, Playboy Billionaire, have bonded through lost, betrayal and what not. We're divas who know morally grey decisions very well and he is one of the rare few I'm comfortable talking about it. We have chemistry but ultimately because we tend to be self destructive, we're bad for one another," explained Tony.

"Which is why I warned Tony's boyfriend, if he ever hurt Tony, I will hunt him through the Nine Realms and feed him to Jormungand itself," said Loki with a satisfied smile.

"Thank you Loki, for looking out for me," said Tony.

"Okay, so two more left. Both Steve and Stephen are very special to me. One is the co-leader of the Avengers while the other protects the world through magic. They could not be anymore different from one another. Steve is an optimist who believes the best in people while Stephen's snark and wit gives me a run for my money," said Tony. Both Steve and Stephen nodded with a shrug.

"Steve and I, you know our history together, and since the team got back together, we've also talked about it at length on what that meant and could mean for the both of us. We've moved past what was done and I absolutely trust Steve Rogers with my life. It's just that...we've had our shot...it didn't work out due to many issues but it comes down to it that we just see things too differently. Him and I, we have opposite views on almost everything, it's why they say opposites attract. Could we make it work somehow? Perhaps, but it would be difficult. It is who we are at our very core and I don't want to either of us to change for one another," said Tony looking at Steve.

Steve added "And after what we've been through, I only want what's best for Tony. Someone who fully accepts Tony, appreciate and love him for who he is."

"Which leaves us with -" Stephen stood up and took his place next to Tony.

"Doctor Stephen Vincent Strange. This one really came out of nowhere but I suppose love comes to find you when you least expect it. When we started out, the level of snark between us -"

"There's still snark though -"

"Yea will now it has kinda evolved into banter. Our shared similar history, our views. You know it took me awhile to get this one to admit his feelings for me, which is why we haven't exactly shared with the group until now. Stephen was there for me at one of the lowest points in my life and has consistently supported me in every way," Tony held Stephen's hand. The Sorcerer Supreme's hands were shaking but Tony held onto them steadily.

"He loves to push my buttons but in a good way because he knows how far to push me to bring out the best in me. I'd do the same to him. That's how well we understand each other," said Tony sincerely looking at Stephen. "He's a wizard -"

"Sorcerer -"

"And I'm a tech genius. In theory, we could've been worlds apart but somehow we were brought together," said Tony. Stephen did not care what anyone thought anymore. Right now all he wanted to do was kiss his boyfriend, Anthony Edward Stark, and he did.

Despite the public display of affection, the Avengers were happy for Tony who finally found love in his life. After all that he had sacrificed for the universe, it's the least the universe could do. That, and the rolls of cash that was discreetly going through an exchange in hands to those who had won the bet.

Author's Note: For the record, I do ship all 3 pairings but I went with Doctor Stephen Strange because I felt, for me anyways, it was the choice that made the most sense to me. It has been a blast reading your comments! I hope that you've enjoy reading this fic as much as I've enjoyed writing it. =)