Building Your Bridges

This is an after Avengers fic inspired by the Super family Gif sets from Tumblr (So peter - Spider-Man - is the Andrew Garfield version).

I have a feeling this will be a long fic, so if your in for the ride then I hope you enjoy!

Also; Unbeta'd at the moment so apologies until I can get it sorted.

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN THE AVENGERS

Prologue

There were a few things that Steve and Tony wouldn't change for the world. They had a loving relationship, a son, and a mass of unruly colleagues and friends with problems that arrive in swarms.

Putting it simply it wasn't quite what was written on the tin.

Their relationship, for one, was not always the most stable. In fact, they couldn't really call it a relationship in the beginning – it was more like a lot of sexual frustration, on Steve's part, and wanting dominance, on Tony's. It wasn't until a year after the Avengers were assembled that they became serious, per say, settling most of their differences in personality aside and ending up where they were now.

Their son, Peter, was their world. Neither of them knew what they would do if anything were to happen to him. He came into their lives at the tender age of 8 – adopted of course - and they had enjoyed every minute of it. Even if Tony complained about the amount of toys and paper he found in his workshop Steve knew that Tony kept all the drawings Peter left lying around of their family in his top desk drawer, and whenever he was having a rough day he'd give them a brief look before continuing on.

Problems with Pepper arose first. She always knew her and Tony would not last and always kept her distance. It was heartbreaking to see her without her happy ending but nevertheless she accepted the hand fate had dealt her, and continued to watch and help Tony whenever he asked.

Loki was the second problem that they encountered. After the events following the Avengers there had been no word from Thor or his brother - until a few years ago. Without warning, the asgardians just reappeared on the radar. Loki became more and more of a complicated problem than just world dominance. When they first arrived back on earth it seemed Loki had very little memory of the past events – whether it was part of his punishment or he had suppressed his own memories they did not know – and none of his original magic or godly powers. Or, maybe, the little god of trickery was merely playing yet another game. Either way, they tried to accept him as Thor's brother without triggering any buried memories.

The third problem was a whole other story. It wasn't so much a problem rather than a constant repetition of their daily lives. It was all round, all close, and it included every Avenger and everybody involved. They were all so different, friends and lovers, and yet hardly any of them seemed satisfied – Aside from Tony and Steve, that was. Thor and Jane had been progressing slowly since he arrived with Loki; he had stayed for the majority of the time, only slipping back to Asgard for checkups. Coulson and Fury were exactly the same as before; work, work, work. Both Natasha and Clint had settled down individually, keeping to the more heavy line of work so they could both slowly live a life of their own.

Bruce, now Bruce was different. Stark enterprises – meaning Tony - had managed to create a band that kept his anger levels in check, repressing them as much as possible, leaving minimal chance of Bruce changing. Even with this, Bruce kept his distance and stayed out of sight most the time but with regular visits to Stark tower and an apartment just downtown.

Over all, they were a family, a family of super heroes, an unwanted ex-villain, and some colleagues who go by the names of 'agent', but, somehow, it all fell into place.