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Loki is in on his first Avengers meeting, waiting for Stark so they can begin.
It's Dr. Strange's first meeting too, though he's not as jittery as the other new member.
Loki has reason to worry; he's brainwashed, stabbed, and/or tried to kill a majority of the people in this room.
"Okay, Wizard Of Oz, Reindeer Games, since you two are new, you are prime candidates for a very simple mission," Tony walks in.
"Stark, we are not going on a liquor run," Stephen crosses his arms.
"I already sent an intern for that," The billionaire rolls his eyes.
"No, we need you two to retrieve this boy," Steve hands them a file about two inches thick.
Loki opens it up and sees a young, dark skinned, dark haired, blue eyed boy, probably about six.
"He's been through 12 foster families, each one either died due to mysterious causes, or lost their minds entirely, one even claimed that the devil wanted him," Tony explains.
"He's only six, we have no real lead on who his real parents are, but as far as we can tell some sort of magical entity wants him, that's why you two are on this mission," Steve adds.
"His name is Caleb, and he's at an orphanage here in Manhattan, run by Silvia Grainer," Tony points to the second picture on the page Loki is on in the file, of an old, grey haired woman.
"So you want us to go...kidnap him? Has this poor child not been through enough?!" Loki exclaims.
"No one is kidnapping anyone," Natasha steps in.
"You two are going to adopt him," Steve calms the angered god.
"As in the two of us, adopting a kid together?" Stephen raises a brow at the other Avengers.
"The orphanage has a policy to only let married couples adopt children," Tony smirks.
"MARRIED?!?!" The two cry in unison.
"It's not ideal, but yes, and they run an extensive check to make sure it's real, so we can't just give you a fake marriage certificate and pretend.." Steve sighs, already feeling bad to put them in this situation.
Thor lets out a loud laugh, the first noise he's made since the briefing started.
"And what is so funny, Thor?" Loki snaps.
"Nothing. Nothing. This just reminds me of something that happened long ago," the older God waves them off.
"We would prefer if you gave your blessing to the whole situation, so that if we get in any trouble with Odin you can deal with it, and not us," Natasha hums.
"Of course you may have my blessing, I don't see why I wouldn't approve, once it's over they can get a divorce.." Thor looks at the now-pretty-much-engaged duo, "Or perhaps they will fall in love, and be happy they are already married!" Loki hits his brother, only to hurt himself more that Thor.
"Okay, so, my friend Happy is an ordained minister, I'll call him up and you two should be married before dinner!" Tony chirps.
"I Never Agreed To Marry Him!" Dr. Strange and Loki cry in unison once again.