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"Mr. Staaaark!" Peter shouted one Saturday morning at the ass-crack of dawn. (No, it was seven in the morning, but Tony hadn't had any coffee yet.)
Tony raised an eyebrow at the kid and poured himself a glass. "Mr. Parkeeeer!"
Peter slid in to the kitchen pretty well for someone who was able to stick to anything. "Hey guys." He waved to Steve and Bucky who were making breakfast.
"Peter!" Thor boomed in his normal cheerful voice. "Good morning!"
"Hello, Thor, morning, Loki!"
"So they get to be called by their actual names while mine is 'Mister?'"
"Habit. Anyway, it's the first weekend in June! We've gotta go to pride- or I can just go if, you know..." He glanced at the ancient popsicles stirring waffle batter. "I-I can go alone if you guys don't do... that kind of stuff..."
"What is this pride you speak of?" Thor bound into the kitchen.
"It's a celebration of being who you are and not being afraid to show it," Peter explained. "I think I've hinted a lot around you guys that I 'swing both ways' hehehe... I like guys as well as girls... it's, um, called being bisexual..." He ducked away shyly and gave Steve and Bucky another fearful look.
"So I'm bi-sec-tual?" Loki said aloud from the couch which made Peter perk up with surprise.
"It's only a label," Peter said, "but if you are, welcome to the club." He stole another look at Steve who noticed and frowned.
"Kid, why are you giving me the side eye?"
"Um, no reason... It's just that... you're old a-and... I mean..." He turned a good shade of strawberry and didn't look at the man.
Tony snorted with amusement. "Are we about to have it?"
"Have what? Breakfast?" Thor asked, sounding hopeful.
"Peter, a good amount of the team here is queer," Tony said, "for example: I'm bisexual." Peter's mouth formed a nice O which he was quick to fix.
"Wow- what- jeez... how did I not realize, I thought I had great gay-dar!" Peter stammered dumbly.
"Peter!" Bucky cried, "I thought you knew I was gay!"
"No! What?!"
"And in love with Captain America," Steve added, putting his arms around Bucky's waist and resting his chin on his shoulder. "Peter, we've been dating since Bucky was cured, but if memory serves, this idiot-" he gestured to Bucky- "has been in love with me since we were in high school."
"Can't believe Mr. America's Ass is gay," Tony said, sarcastically.
"Bisexual too," Steve said pointedly.
"Gay, bisexual, pan, same fucking umbrella." Tony looked over to the couch where Loki and Thor were sitting. "Anyone else?"
"Apparently I'm bisexual and genderfluid," Loki said, his Stark-Pad in his hands, a screen open with an article on gender orientations. He shut it off and quickly added, "but on Asgard, we have no such labels."
Thor nodded. "True. You are who you are and nobody cares because as long as you're able to contribute to the kingdom, nobody cares who you sleep with or what you identify as- more or less." He nodded, downing a cup of coffee. "I, myself, am what you mortals consider straight, but do not worry- I support you all!" He finished with a big grin.
"Jeez," Peter mumbled. Turning to Tony, he asked, "but can we go to the parade? All of us? It will be fun- I think I'll go as Spider-Man, I've made a special suit and everything- a-and I wanna see the look on Fox News's face when they see me!"
"I am somehow very unprepared for all of this," Tony said. He looked out the window to see gray clouds. "FRIDAY, weather check?"
"It is expected to rain from eleven to three heavilly and then lightly until nine," the AI replied.
"And tomorrow?"
"Clear skies and mild weather. Ideally, tomorrow is the time to be outside."
"You hear that?" Tony said, "tomorrow. I don't wanna be out in the rain all day with you guys."
"Let's go!" He cheered.
Tony left the kitchen promptly muttering about Iron Man paint and pride flags.
==
The next day everyone was ready to make a debut at the pride event in Central Park. Everyone looked fantastic.
Peter had recolored the Stark Spandex suit to be his colors. The red was paled down to raspberry pink, the blue was left alone, and the black became purple (except for the eyes.) He kept his mask off for now, revealing a very excited face. He wouldn't stop grinning as he waited for the others to be ready.
Bucky was sat next to him. He looked subtly gay- like someone who was trying to make a quiet statement. Probably because he was still new to all of this- despite being out (mostly privately) to his friends. He wore a gray-blue shirt that said in rainbows 'GAY SINCE 1917'- the numbers being the colors of blue, teal, and white. Peter also noticed that his arm- the metal one, had been altered to fit the theme. Where the ridges were, stripes of colors had been filled in.
"Your arm looks really good, Mr. Bucky," Peter complimented.
"Thanks, kid."
"Are you nervous?"
"Yeah, a little bit."
"You don't-"
"I do. Believe me, kid, I'm so sick of hearing people using Steve as their backup for their fucking queerphobic beliefs. I'm gonna march up to a group of people and kiss the punk right there." It sounded more like he was trying to talk to himself and hype himself up.
"You do that!" Peter said, encouragingly.
Thor and Loki were next to come from the elevator.
Loki looked really neat with Asgardian-style attire. He wore a dark blue set of robes with purple on the sides and the cuffs. His black boots were laced with pink and blue laces. He also had gone all out with rainbow eyeshadow- red, orange, yellow on one eye, green, blue, purple, on the other, as well as painted a bisexual flag on his cheek. On his back, he wore the gender fluid flag as a cape, there was a rainbow choker around his throat, and he had his colors in pins on his chest. He also had gone for a very androgynous look overall body-wise with a flat chest, but also a feminine build, still keeping his regular height. Magic.
"You look so... flamboyant," Bucky said, "I'm surprised."
"Well, I might as well show the world the real me," Loki said. He didn't sound like he cared, but he probably was smiling on the inside.
"I'm just worried that you'll get too hot," Thor muttered.
"Doubtful. Just because you're hardly wearing anything, brother..."
"How do I look, Peter?" Thor asked, ignoring Loki's last comment. He looked similar to Bucky- trying to blend in while also making a statement. He rather looked like a gay uncle with his button-up shirt dotted with colorful hearts, khaki shorts, and many, many colors. He'd painted pink hearts on his cheeks and wrapped the pan flag on one wrist and the bisexual flag on the other. His hair was tied up with a rainbow flag sticking out of it.
"Great. Where's Mr. Stark and Mr. Steve?"
"In the elevator coming up," FRIDAY replied.
Soon, the elevator dinged and Steve and Tony stepped out. Tony was holding his briefcase that had his suit inside and when Steve stepped out, Bucky whistled.
Mr. America was wearing a simple blue shirt with his shield on it, but like with Peter's shit, the colors were altered. It was now in pastel shades of pink, purple, and blue. He had his shield on his back and he did a little spin when he got to Bucky to reveal that it was either a prop, or he'd actually repainted it to match his shirt. He had wrapped rainbow ribbon around his wrists as well.
"You look great," Bucky breathed.
"Thanks, Buck, you too."
Peter was honestly mad at himself and embarrassed for not picking up on their obvious flirting and the way that they looked and acted around each other.
"Alright, gays," Tony said, "to Central Park. Take your own speed, I'm going out the window. We've got a statement to make!" He opened his case and his armor deployed onto his body. It was still red most of it, but he'd managed to add in blues, pinks, and purples.
"Let's DO this!" Peter shouted, jumping over to the balcony and jumping down.
==
Peter was the first one to arrive at Central Park- probably because he was so excited.
Then he caught Tony flying overhead and he webbed himself to the suit and rode on the back until it landed. People had crowded around them. People wearing all sorts of colors, flags, clothes, and styles. People who were gasping in amazement as two heroes had come to say who they were publicly.
Okay, not two, but now three and an anti-hero. Thor enjoyed the energy, but Loki practically glowed as he bathed in the attention, the excitement, the awe, and surprise. He went about and proved to everyone that he was capable of not murdering eighty people in two days. He took pictures, signed flags, and acted rather polite and "normal."
And then to everyone's utter surprise, the two super soldiers arrived.
"Took you long enough, Capcicle," Tony remarked, landing beside them to divert crowds away from them.
They got a lot of "Holy shit, it's Captain America!" "What's he doing here?" "Is he going to say something against this?" "Look at his shield!"
The six did their best to ignore it.
Then a magical sparkly portal opened up and a star-shaped one banged open. Two beings stepped out. Several people screamed in terror and the Avengers were quick to see what it was.
"Strange?" Tony said in surprise, "fancy seeing you here."
"Well, it's Pride, and America here convinced me to go," Dr. Strange replied. Instead of the usual blue robes and the cloak, he was wearing a shirt that said "don't let SCIENCE tell you who you are." He looked so out of character without his usual attire, though, despite looking good.
"Hi, I'm America," the Latino girl with a lesbian flag in her hands greeted.
"So we've got two Americas?" Bucky said.
"Don't worry, I'll always be your one and only Bucky-baby," cooed Steeve.
"You know what, this is great guys!" Peter exclaimed, "we need people like us- heroes. We need people to see that we support this and everything. But also, I'm hungry." Turning to face the doctor, he asked, "wanna eat with us. I think it would be pretty cool if we stayed as a group."
"Now hang on a damn minute, kid-" Tony said but stopped when Peter turned to face him. Even under the mask, Tony could feel the power of Peter's big, pleading eyes. "Okay, let's get pizza. Pizza and then let's go piss off Fox News."
They did just that. While Strange and Loki did exchange suspicious and spiteful looks, lunch went smoothly with America and Peter hitting it off. Tony mainly butted heads with Strange when the guy was not eating and not eyeing Loki.
After that, the eight heroes went out to a group of people who had huddled out on the streets. Protesters.
"Oh, these cunts are gonna get it," Tony grinned. He'd taken his suit off and had changed into a simple pride-themed Led Zeppelin shirt. Actually, this may have been the humblest he'd ever looked.
"Oh, they are," Steve said, marching towards them, Bucky being dragged by the hand, a look of determination and mischief on his face.
"You've got this!" Peter cheered.
"This is going to be interesting," America grinned.
"If it's all the same to you, I'm going to go find some of my adoring fans," Loki said.
"I'll come with you, brother." Thor followed Loki's swishing flag.
"Stop babysitting me!" was the last thing Peter heard before any of their sounds were drowned by the protests.
"Captain Rogers!" Several people gasped. He was swallowed up by people.
However, another sound caught Peter's sharp ears. "And as people who are speaking for the intent of keeping the hearts of young, innocent children un-pressured and pure, many people wonder what several of Earth's mightiest heroes have got to do with what's taking place in Central Park."
"Mr. Steve!" Peter called, webbing up and swinging overhead to land on a light post. "Look over there!"
Steve, Bucky, and several protesters looked over to a Fox News van with a reporter standing behind a camera with a microphone. The two looked at each other before heading over.
The reporter's eyes widened in surprise. "Oh my god- Captain America, sir!" She held her microphone at Steve's face. "As a standing American icon, what have you got to say towards all this ruckus going on?"
Steve swiped the microphone and smirked at the live camera being broad casted across all of America. "You call it ruckus, I call it something that brings pure joy to my heart. See, back in the thirties, people like me and Bucky here would face horrible punishments for being who we are- people who love each other despite homonormatic norms." He did a good job keeping the mic high so the short reporter couldn't grab it away. "Listen up America: I'm tired of all of you homophobes using me as your support to your bigatory! My name is Steve Rogers, also known as Captain America and I'm bisexual!"
"And!" Bucky said, pulling the mic towards him. "I'm his boyfriend!" He stuck out his tongue at the red cameraman before pulling Steve's face for a swift kiss that said everything else that could not be put into words.
Tony ran over and jumped on them when the kiss was getting just a wee bit too long for camera. He laughed manically, "suck it! Suck-"
Steve clamped a hand over his mouth. "We're live."
Tony seized the mic just because he could. The reporter was in too much shock to do anything. "The gays are saving the world!" He threw the mic back and it would have hit the ground if not for Peter being there and catching it. He carefully handed it back to the reporter who didn't even need to ask Peter anything personal because his suit said it all.
With that happened, the three bisexuals and one gay dude went and found the others and had a wonderful rest of the day before heading home.
Videos were floating all around the internet. They had broke twitter and gone viral- the oldies.
They sat on the couch- all eight of them, they sat and laughed and laughed and laughed at the reporter's reaction. (And maybe sparked some more drama as well.)
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